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Facebook launches PR campaign to defend targeted ads in spat with Apple

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 08:49 AM

Facebook is not backing down in its fight with Apple over a new privacy feature that could curb tracking needed for the social network's targeted ads, launching a major media campaign to defend a practice that is a big revenue generator. Read more »

Apple supplier Foxconn teams up with Fisker to make electric vehicles

Akanksha Rana and Ben Klayman, Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 01:26 PM

Electric-car maker Fisker Inc said it will work with Apple Inc supplier Foxconn to produce more than 250,000 vehicles a year beginning in late 2023, sending its shares up 18 percent. Read more »

Apple is top smartphone vendor in Q4, but Samsung keeps lead in 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 03:52 PM

Apple emerged as the top smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter of 2020 after it introduced the iPhone 12 series, but Samsung still kept the top spot for the year, according to industry tracker Gartner.  Read more »

Controversial social network Parler announces relaunch

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 06:40 AM

WASHINGTON - Social network Parler, which is popular with supporters of Donald Trump, announced Monday it had relaunched after being forced offline over incitements to violence on the platform. Read more »

Apple iPhone 12 mini sales slow as smaller smartphones lose appeal: report

Subrat Patnaik, Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 11:42 PM

Apple Inc's iPhone 12 mini US sales were just 5 percent of overall sales of its new phones during the first half of January, industry data provider Counterpoint said on Tuesday, adding to signs of muted demand for the new smaller version of its flagship device. Read more »

Hyundai, Kia deny Apple car talks, send shares tumbling

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 06:01 PM

South Korean automaker Hyundai and its affiliate Kia on Monday denied news reports they were in talks with Apple for a joint project to make autonomous vehicles, sending their shares tumbling. Read more »

Google moves away from diet of 'cookies' to track users

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 07 09:17 PM

Google is weaning itself off user-tracking "cookies" which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders.   Read more »

Google phone cameras will read heart, breathing rates with AI help

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 05 08:31 AM

The development is one of the first applications of Alphabet Inc's artificial intelligence technology to its wellness services. Read more »

Facebook pop-ups to escalate feud with Apple

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 06:59 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Monday said that pop-up messages on its iPhone and iPad apps will tout benefits of targeted ads ahead of a privacy move by Apple that could curb tracking. Read more »

Huawei plummets as Apple becomes world’s No 1 smartphone seller on China boost

Iris Deng and Celia Chen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 30 04:06 AM

Consumers, including many in China, snapped up iPhones in droves in the holiday quarter of 2020. Huawei ceded market share to Apple and others as it struggled to deliver premium handsets under US sanctions.  Read more »

Facebook out to loosen Apple's grip on App Store: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 10:04 AM

Facebook is readying a lawsuit aimed at loosening Apple's grip on the App Store that serves as an exclusive gateway onto iPhones, a tech news outlet reported on Thursday. Read more »

Apple's Tim Cook criticizes social media practices, intensifying Facebook conflict

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 06:11 AM

Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Thursday criticized polarization and misinformation on social media, intensifying a conflict between the iPhone maker and Facebook Inc. Read more »

Fil-Am singer Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘drivers license’ is breaking hearts, streaming records

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 08:37 AM

If you’re subscribed to any of the major music streaming platforms, then you’ve probably come across this new song, “drivers license.” More likely if you are the type to browse the ones trending. Read more »

White House discusses Trump address on Big Tech ban

Nandita Bose, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 01:37 AM

WASHINGTON - The White House is discussing the idea of having President Donald Trump make remarks on camera on Monday about Big Tech platforms that took steps in recent days to limit his social media reach, according to a source familiar with the matter. Read more »

Digital health in spotlight as pandemic shifts tech show focus

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 11:22 AM

Digital health care is in the spotlight at the tech industry's big event this week amid a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of remote services, with a potentially lasting impact on medical delivery. Read more »

Baidu plans smart electric vehicles company, to make cars at Geely plant: sources

Yingzhi Yang, Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh, Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 10:26 AM

BEIJING - China's Baidu Inc plans to form a company to make smart electric vehicles (EV), two sources familiar with the matter said, with manufacturing to be carried out at plants owned by automaker Geely. Read more »

Apple ties exec bonuses to social, environmental values

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 09:58 AM

Apple is making environmental and social values factors it will weigh when calculating bonuses for top executives, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.   Read more »

Apple loses copyright suit against security startup

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 05:03 AM

A US federal judge Tuesday dismissed Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit against cybersecurity startup Corellium in a case which could have implications for researchers who find software bugs and vulnerabilities.   Read more »

Apple targets car production by 2024, eyes 'next level' battery technology

Stephen Nellis, Norihiko Shirouzu and Paul Lienert, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 06:47 AM

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read more »

Apple temporarily shuts California stores in virus surge, some in UK after new curbs

Kanishka Singh, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 08:57 AM

Apple Inc has temporarily shut all of its 53 stores in California because of a coronavirus outbreak and 16 stores in the United Kingdom following restrictions introduced by the government in London, a spokesman said on Saturday. Read more »