By Sanuj Bhatia on Jan 28, 2021 01:51 pm
 European Union data protection conference, CPDP, is finally underway, and following Tim Cook’s speech, Apple’s senior director of global privacy Jane Horvath took part in a discussion focused on data privacy. Continue reading →  
By Mahit Huilgol on Jan 28, 2021 10:29 am
 Facebook has locked horns with Apple over the recent iOS 14 privacy changes. The advertising industry lead by Facebook is against the new iOS anti-tracking feature that will come to force shortly. After facing lash back from Facebook, Apple postponed the new feature. However, it is soon set to come into force much to the dismay of advertising industry. Facebook could a legal route, and alleges Apple has “abused its power.” Continue reading → By Rajesh Pandey on Jan 28, 2021 09:44 am
 Apple’s M1 Macs have shown just how power-hungry Intel CPUs had become over the last few years while delivering very little performance improvements. John Gruber of Daring Fireball has now taken the official power consumption figures of all Mac Minis starting from the 2005 PowerPC G4 variant and compared it to the M1 Mac mini. Continue reading → By Rajesh Pandey on Jan 28, 2021 09:15 am
 Apple stopped revealing the number of iPhone units it sells every quarter a couple of years ago. The company reported a blowout Q1 2021 earnings yesterday with revenues of over $100 billion, but did not reveal how many iPhones it sold. Now, as per analytics firm IDC, Apple shipped a staggering 90.1 million iPhones in the last quarter of 2020. Continue reading → By Rajesh Pandey on Jan 28, 2021 05:26 am
 WhatsApp has long allowed users to link their accounts with their desktop app. The process involved scanning a QR code to pair the desktop and mobile client. The company is now improving this pairing process by requiring biometric authentication from the user. Continue reading → By Megan Lopez on Jan 28, 2021 12:30 am
 It’s 2021, and it’s time to start protecting yourself on the internet. VPNs are an easy way to protect yourself on the web, making sure nefarious hackers can’t access your personal data while granting a lot of perks in the process. A lifetime subscription to KeepSolid VPN Unlimited is available in the iPhone Hacks Deal Hub for just $39.99, a whopping 80% off the usual price of $199. Continue reading → By Rajesh Pandey on Jan 27, 2021 11:55 pm
 Telegram is looking to cash in on people looking to move to its platform from WhatsApp after the latter announced its new privacy policy by adding an option to import chats from WhatsApp. The company had pushed out an update to its iOS app earlier today with a tool that allowed one to move their history from WhatsApp, Line, and KakaoTalk to it. Continue reading → By Rajesh Pandey on Jan 27, 2021 10:53 pm
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been very critical of the new privacy features introduced by Apple in iOS 14. At the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg once again lashed out at Apple and called it one of their “biggest competitors.” Continue reading → By Rajesh Pandey on Jan 27, 2021 10:12 pm
 During the Q1 2021 earnings call, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook revealed that the company saw a record number of FaceTime calls being made on Christmas this year. The CEO did not provide any number, but with Apple having a blowout quarter and millions of people forced to stay at home due to the pandemic, it is understandable as to why FaceTime saw a record number of calls. Continue reading → |
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