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As we have previously reported, as of May 8, iOS 14 users have said "no" to apps asking permission to collect their data 96 percent of the...
WhatsApp will begin restricting features unless you agree to Facebook’s data sharing policies The May 15th deadline for accepting WhatsApp’s new terms of service (TOS) and privacy policy is approaching. In an effort to ensure that people will agree to the changes, WhatsApp will begin showing persistent notifications and eventually will start restricting features to the user. For those users who still haven’t accepted the new privacy policy change, WhatsApp has already begun showing reminders in the app over the past few weeks. These reminders will soon become persistent, according to Wh...
'); //]]>//--> By John P. Mello Jr. May 11, 2021 4:00 AM PT More than 90 percent of U.S. users of the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system are taking advantage of a new feature to block an application's ability to track their activity on their phones. This is bad news for advertisers. According to research updated Saturday by Flurry, an analytics company owned by the Verizon Media Group, 96 percent of U.S. users of iOS 14.5 blocked app tracking using the new App Tracking Transparency feature. Worldwide, advertisers fared slightly better with 88 percent of users shutting down appl...
Apple rejected or removed more than 1 million malicious apps from its App Store and stopped more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2020. The US tech giant said its combination of 'sophisticated technology and human expertise' kept customers on its online store safe for the year. Apple also deactivated 244 million customer accounts due to 'fraudulent and abusive activity', and rejected another 424 million attempted account creations for 'patterns consistent with fraudulent and abusive activity'. The announcement follows revelations that Apple is facing a £1.5 b...
11 May 2021, 12:05 am Apple is investing $45 million to Corning Inc., the supplier of Gorilla Glass and iPhone 12's Ceramic Screen. It comes amid the reports of a bendable iPhone, likely coming in 2023. The Cupertino company announced that the latest investment from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund is on top of the $450 million that the precision glass manufacturer has received in the last four years. Furthermore, Apple said that its move is meant to "expand Corning's manufacturing capacity in the US." It also adds that the expansion anchors on the commitment of Apple and Corning to protec...