Apple first announced plans for introducing new privacy labels akin to nutrition labels on food items in June during WWDC 2020 and made clear that developers had to submit all the necessary informatio …
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Apple’s App ‘Privacy Labels’ Are Here—and They’re a Big Step Forward
Starting today, apps in the Mac and iOS App Stores will display mandatory labels that provide a rundown of their privacy policies. Think of it as a sort of “nutrition facts” for apps. It’s Apple’s …
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Apple Begins Disclosing What Data Its Devices’ Apps Are Gathering
Apple is revealing information to users about the personal data that is being gathered by the apps in its app stores.
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Apple now lets you see what data apps collect before you hit download
The privacy tool released with iOS 14.3 aims to increase transparency, but relies on developers to self-report the data their apps collect.
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Apple Updates Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Clips, and Compressor Apps With Streamlined YouTube/Facebook Sharing Function
Apple today updated its video apps iMovie, Final Cut Pro, and Compressor for Mac with a unified sharing option for platforms like YouTube …
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Apple launches privacy labels for App Store, offers transparency around data collection
This reporting of privacy practices is part of the app submission process for all developers, and is applicable on all app developers globally, including Apple …
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Apple’s worst moments of 2020
History won’t remember 2020 fondly. While Apple weathered the year well, the company experienced some notable troubles. TechRepublic’s Erik Eckel explores Apple’s worst moments of the year.
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Apple updates Privacy website alongside App Store ‘nutrition labels’
Apple has updated its privacy-related pages on its website, with the changes this time focusing on the App Store’s new privacy nutrition labels, notifications advising of the kind of user data the app …
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Apple launches new App Store privacy labels so you can see how iOS apps use your data
Apple is making good on its promise to provide more transparency around iOS app data collection with the launch of new privacy labels on the App Store. The company first announced its intention to …
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Why You Should Stop Using WhatsApp If You’re Taking These ‘Critical’ Risks
WhatsApp wins out on its user base alone. You can be fairly sure your colleagues, suppliers and customers will have it on their phones. But, ironically, when it comes to workplace tools, that users …
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Child spends $16K on iPad game in-app purchases
Over the summer of 2020, a six-year-old spent over $16,000 in the App Store, on in-app purchases for the iPad version of Sega’s “Sonic Forces.” …
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iPhone 12 Pro’s lidar feature: See it in action with this 3D-scanning app
House-scanning app Canvas works with lidar on the iPhone 12 Pro, but also scans without it. The difference is accuracy.
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Why bring Android apps to the Microsoft Store and Windows 10?
Microsoft’s ‘Project Latte’ is about bringing Android apps to the Microsoft Store and Windows 10. But why is Microsoft doing this? There are several theories.
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Have You Ever Heard of This App by Apple? Well, It’s Dying
While Google launches and discontinues products at a rate that no one can keep up with, Apple’s modern track record for sticking with its bets is virtually unparalleled. But nothing lasts forever.
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Apple’s app store is an illegal monopoly, rival Cydia claims in suit
The company behind Cydia, an iPhone app store that launched before Apple’s own App Store, has sued Apple arguing that Apple has monopolized the market for iOS app stores, violating antitrust law in …
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Jailbreak app store Cydia files its own antitrust lawsuit against Apple
Cydia, the original app store for jailbroken iPhones, has joined a wave of companies and regulators in targeting Apple over antitrust concerns. In a lawsuit it filed on Thursday, it accused Apple of …
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Apple is sued by rival over alleged App Store monopoly
Apple Inc was sued on Thursday by the creator of a once-popular app store that accused the iPhone maker of illegally monopolizing software distribution on its own operating system. Cydia, which was …
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