China s smartphone shipments
increased more than threefold in February 2021 from a year ago,
government data published on Thursday showed, signaling an
encouraging rebound from last year s nadir as. | March 11, 2021
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PARIS (Reuters) - France Digitale will file a complaint against iPhone maker Apple with data privacy watchdog CNIL on Tuesday over alleged breaches of European Union rules, France s leading startup lobby said in a statement.
In the seven-page complaint seen by Reuters, the lobby, which represents the bulk of France s digital entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, alleges Apple s latest operating software, iOS 14, does not comply with EU privacy requirements.
France Digitale argues that while iPhone owners are asked whether they are ready to allow installed mobile apps to gather a key identifier used to define campaign ads and send targeted ads, default settings allow Apple to carry its own targeted ad campaigns without clearly asking iPhone users for their prior consent.
Nobel Peace Prize winner
Malala Yousafzai is expanding her partnership with Apple Inc
to produce dramas, children s series, animation and
documentaries that will air on the tech giant s. | March 12, 2021
By Sam Schechner The U.K. is investigating Apple Inc. s treatment of app developers that offer their wares on the company s App Store, adding a new front to antitrust complaints against the iPhone maker. The Competition and Markets Authority, the U.K. s antitrust regulator, said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether Apple imposes unfair or anticompetitive conditions on app developers, including requirements that some types of apps use Apple s in-app payment system, from which Apple can take commissions of up to 30%. The authority said it opened the investigation following complaints from developers about some of Apple s terms, such as the requirement that all apps on iPhones and iPads must be distributed through Apple s store. The authority said it would conduct its initial investigation through September, and no decision has been made about whether the company broke any laws.