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Apple recently introduced its controversial App Tracking Transparency feature on iOS. If enabled, the privacy-focused feature restricts apps from tracking you across the web and other third-party apps. This would ultimately mean users gaining more control over how companies share their personal information for ad-targeting. It would also mean people seeing fewer necessary apps. But personalized ads that are sometimes useful could also take a hit.
With iOS 14.5, Apple gives iPhone users a choice to opt out of app tracking. So we asked our readers if they would also want a similar anti-app tracking feature on Android. We gave readers three options to choose from. Here’s how they voted in our poll.
Daily Authority: Health tech evolves with foldable phones, and more
27/04/21 newsletter
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When I read the news that future Samsung foldable phones could get some serious health tracking features, I wasn’t exactly sure of what additional wellness features we might get. Sometimes, having more data that isn’t super accurate doesn’t really help.
But what Samsung is working on here looks serious:
A patent awarded to Samsung, spotted by
LetsGoDigital, shows that it’s developing tech using the non-flat surfaces of foldable phones.
By quite literally folding the phone onto your finger, a bunch of interesting health data can be discerned.