Apple Is About to Sniff Out Child Exploitation Content From Devices
The iPhone maker expands child safety measures at the expense of user privacy. When the FBI and U.S. government demanded Apple to unlock a dead terrorist’s iPhone, Tim Cook hit back with the following response on his company’s website:
Read full storyIf Apple Really Values Privacy, Now Is Their Moment To Show It
As Google faces the heat in the biggest antitrust lawsuit, an Apple search engine could solve a lot of the problems. Apple for long has branded itself as the undisputed king of privacy and a data security leader. “We at Apple believe that privacy is a fundamental human right” is a statement you’ve heard from Tim Cook across multiple Apple conferences.
Read full storyGoogle Is Killing Third-Party Cookies As They Have Better Plans To Dominate the Web
Google’s privacy-first web isn’t really what you think it is. When Apple first announced its plans to introduce opt-in ad-tracking in iOS 14 the whole advertisement industry was left in shock.
Read full story3 Reasons Why The Bitcoin Bull Run Of 2021 Is Different From 2017
Besides the weakened U.S dollar there’s a lot more going in Bitcoin’s favor. Bitcoin ended its bear run from a 12 month low in March 2020 to an all-time high above $23,000 by mid-December.
Read full storyGameStop Is the Black Swan of Wall Street
Regardless of how the endgame pans out, the stock market won’t be the same again. Less than a year ago, nobody was talking about GameStop. The well-known company was struggling to pivot its physical game store business as the Big Tech was capitalizing on online game sales.
Read full storyFacebook Is Gaslighting Users Into Allowing Ad Tracking on iOS 14
As Apple’s opt-in ad tracking popup rolls out, Facebook’s got another trick up its sleeve. The fact that Facebook and Apple have been at loggerheads for a decade is no mystery. A lot of this has to do with their business philosophies which are not in harmony with one another.
Read full storyBumble’s IPO Finds a Good Match As Stock Surges. But Its Wall Street Relationship Might Be Rocky
With a fragile business model, Bumble will find it tough to sustain growth in a space that relies on fickle-minded people. The year 2021 has started on a high note for investors. The stock markets are in a frenzied state and we’ve just witnessed one of the gigantic short squeezes in recent times owing to a group of Redditors who took on large hedge fund managers that were shorting stocks like GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry.
Read full storyHello, Giphy From Facebook. We Didn’t Need You
Facebook acquires the internet’s most popular meme library and further aggravates its stance on data privacy. Facebook recently announced that it’s acquiring Giphy, internet’s most popular service for searching, creating, and sharing animated images in a deal reportedly worth $400 million.
Read full storyInstagram Is Facing an Identity Crisis
An exclusive media sharing platform has now turned into a bloated mess. Very few people knew about Instagram before 2012. Originally released as Burbn, a location-sharing app, the startup didn’t quite make the noise in the initial days.
Read full storyFacebook’s Latest Ploy Against Apple: My Way or the Highway
“Send your WhatsApp data or lose the account” is Facebook’s counter-punch to the upcoming iOS 14 privacy feature. “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA. Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind.”
Read full story3 Teases To Apple’s AR and VR Headset We Saw During WWDC 2021
Apple has quietly laid the foundation for its next big thing and you probably didn’t notice. Images from Iconscout by Rock n Roll 3D, No results found 3D, and FaceTime Logo — edited by author.
Read full storyIf Trump Was A Programmer
His excuses would be as ridiculous as his press briefings. A lot of programmers love making excuses. Calling them lazy or inexperienced would be harsh as we can’t really identify them with stereotypical archetypes.
Read full storyWhat If Trump Was a Stock Broker?
Donald Trump has a unique style of speaking. Ask anybody around and they’ll all tell you that he has the most fantastic dialect. In an alternate universe, Trump is looking to start his own brokerage firm. By leveraging his linguistic skills, he could surely lure new traders into opening an account. Yet, you’d hear a lot of excuses from him.
Read full storyWith iOS 15, Apple Gives Us Strong Reasons to Ditch Google Services
You don’t need Google Workspace on your iPhone and iPad anymore — Apple offers 10 better alternatives. Images from Iconscout, by FaceTimeLogo, Ios Photos 3D , Vikiiing, and Uigo. Edited by author.
Read full storyApple’s New Privacy Ad is Humorously Brilliant (and Pokes Facebook Too)
The one-minute commercial hits the bullseye in showcasing how advertisers track users across apps. Despite setting a record number of iPhone 12 sales in the previous year, Apple is under the gun lately.
Read full storyElon Musk Had Wrecked Bitcoin With a Single Tweet
Tesla stops accepting Bitcoin payments due to environmental concerns — and gave us invaluable investing lessons. Photo by Alexander Shatov on Unsplash. Altered by the author. Elon Musk is unarguably one of the greatest minds on Earth today. He might not have started Tesla but has been a key factor in driving the company’s success.
Read full storyGoogle Joins Apple to Cancel Facebook’s Trillion-Dollar Empire Dream
Android 12 makes interest-based advertising obsolete to set off an irreversible collapse in Facebook’s ad ecosystem. Facebook has a market evaluation of over 930 billion dollars today. That’s billion with a B — and just shy of becoming a trillion-dollar company.
Read full storyIt's time to kill Apple News+
Even Apple One can’t save the paid news aggregator app. Back in the day, Apple News was launched as a replacement for Newsstand. The enriched news application aimed to provide better-curated content from publishing houses across the globe and a personalized feed for its readers.
Read full storyApple M1: The Passing Away of Hackintosh
Recently, I read an insightful piece where the author shared his first-hand experience in building Hackintosh(a home-built computer that runs macOS). The article evoked a sense of emotion as the writer walked us through his journey in building a PC to make it run macOS and how the new Apple Mac Mini is snatching that ability with the new ARM-based M1 Chip.
Read full storyApple Is Ending Email Tracking With a Single Popup
The new Mail Privacy Protection feature ensures that email marketers can no longer track your activity. Screenshot by the author from his iPhone 6s running iOS 15 beta 1 — pasted on a simulator.
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