Although 2020 presented unique challenges, Apple refused to be derailed and collected multiple wins. Here are Apple’s top five best moments of the year.
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When you use WhatsApp, this is data it collects and records for user tracking according to Apple App Store
How much data does WhatsApp collect from users? It is true that the chat app uses end-to-end encryption for messages but it still collects a lot of user data to effectively track users, show the …
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Facebook Slams Apple Privacy Change Again, Suggesting It Will Kill Free Apps
The day after launching an attack on Apple’s upcoming privacy change, Facebook is running new ads around content monetization.
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Major US news publishers join the Coalition for App Fairness advocacy group to fight the ‘Apple tax’
A group of major U.S. news publishers have joined the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), the advocacy group pushing for increased regulation over app stores and fair treatment for all developers. The …
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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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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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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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WhatsApp criticizes Apple privacy labels as anti-competitive
Apple’s iMessage service isn’t subject to the same requirements, making it difficult for people to compare the apps directly.
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WhatsApp criticizes Apple’s new app privacy labels over iMessage inconsistency
WhatsApp has hit back at Apple over its new privacy labels for apps in the App Store, Axios reports, arguing that it’s unfair that they don’t appear to cover the pre-installed first-party service …
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WhatsApp says Apple’s new privacy nutrition labels are anticompetitive
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has criticized Apple for demanding privacy information that it does not have to disclose for its own apps — but as it turns out, Apple is in fact disclosing this information, …
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WhatsApp accuses Apple of double standard on data privacy labels
WhatsApp claims Apple’s data privacy labels are anti-competitive as they don’t apply to iMessage and might scare away users.
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