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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc won accolades from privacy experts in September for assuring that facial data used to unlock its new iPhone X would be securely stored on the phone itself. But Apple’s privacy promises do not extend to the thousands of …
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Facebook, which bought WhatsApp for a record $19 billion back in February 2014, has already added a peer-to-peer payment solution to its Messenger chat app. Apple is set to introduce the ability to send money via Apple Pay within its iMessage chat service …
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WhatsApp is the leader across the world outside of the U.S. and China, so Apple is in a competitive race. This is likely why the Messages app is getting such regular feature updates compared to other Apple apps — stickers, iMessage Apps, and soon message …
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According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is currently testing group voice calls internally, so it’s likely this feature will also turn up in a forthcoming update. WhatsApp is a free download for iPhone from the App Store. [Direct Link] Tag: WhatsApp
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Apple is showing signs of a comeback in China following six … Click here to learn more about how you can gain risk-free access today. EXCLUSIVE FREE REPORT: The Top 4 Apps and Platforms Takes That Go Against The Grain Report by the BI Intelligence …
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Not all apps have been updated to look right for the screen yet … You’ll get wireless charging, a great display, a solid camera and more. The iPhone X is the best iPhone Apple has ever made — as it should be. It’s not for everyone, just the folks …
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Apple’s smart speaker, HomePod, will go on sale in December for $349. People will use it by talking to it. Apple wants developers to make Siri apps for the HomePod, but only in a few categories — messaging, lists, and notes. This means that users won’t …
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This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Apple is showing signs of a comeback in China following six consecutive quarters of year-over-year (YoY) declines in iPhone …
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iOS: Security researcher Felix Krause is killing it this month, if “it” means iPhone users’ sense of security. We recently covered two of his security warnings: If you give an app permission to use your camera, it can also track your location and …
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Many of my apps haven’t been redesigned for the new screen size, so they show up with thick black bars on the top and bottom to mimic the aspect ratio you’d get on a regular iPhone screen. It looks like a lot of wasted space. Other apps have been refitted …
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Those hands-on activities include working with 3D printers and coming up with ideas for iPhone apps, and then actually creating those apps. Students from 10 Island high schools will visit the exhibit. It is open to the public Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. The …
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A Google patent was granted this month that finds app store spam. With Google inventing and running the Android operating system, it developed a marketplace for apps that run on Android devices. As a competitor of Apple, it has a lot to learn from Apple.
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The best way to stay connected to the Android pulse … the new app will be released on Android TV and Xbox One in the next few days. The app will hit smart TVs from Samsung and Sony and Apple TV “in the coming weeks”. Availability for Roku and …
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Google has been expanding YouTube TV’s reach in recent months, with the service now available in “all top 50 … of a TV app had been an Achilles’ heel for YouTube to this point, with competitors Hulu and Sling already featured on Apple TV.
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Rubin reports, “But even more recently, developers of content-focused apps that run the gamut from the serious to the superficial have launched exclusively on iOS despite having no need for the kind of processing and graphics performance that Apple often …
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In this day and age, it’s nearly impossible to keep track of all the ways that our devices keep track of us. Many of us have simply come to terms with this new reality, but thankfully, there are others out there who are staying vigilant and doing their …
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Since mid-2016, Apple’s iPhone Photos app has used metadata analysis and image-recognition technology to sort users’ photos automatically and tag them for easy extraction. The categories include everything from various animals to inanimate objects like …
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