PRIVACY: Google will soon restrict loan apps from accessing users’ photos and contacts. Google will implement a new rule for apps providing personal loans starting on May 31st that could help protect users from abuse and harassment. The tech giant has …
by deep6er By making a minor adjustment in your device settings, you will immediately notice how much faster your device will perform. Why YSK is that Android default is set to much slower settings and your device can be noticeably …
Apple Store employees around the United States are reportedly attempting to unionize as hourly workers grow frustrated with wages and working conditions. According to the Washington Post, Apple employees are using Android smartphones to discuss unionization to avoid potential snooping …
by senttoschool https://blog.google/products/android/introducing-privacy-sandbox-android/ Summary: It’s a response to Apple’s IDFA change that screwed FB Google had to do something because it doesn’t want to look bad and Apple has been touting its change as a user privacy benefit Google’s change …
by John Ward End of the year or not, this is a time to be looking forward, not back. The few opportunities to preserve such wealth as we have are almost upon us….before the inevitable crash removes any chance of so …
by chartr I made this chart for my newsletter – it’s pretty insane how many mobile operating systems there used to be… now it’s pretty much just a duopoly between Apple and Google. Source: StatCounter Tool: Excel
Microsoft plans to expand Xbox Live to other platforms, including Nintendo Switch and mobile. The company says bringing the network to more consoles will “enable game developers to connect players between iOS, Android, and Switch in addition to Xbox and …
Facebook tried to conceal that it was secretly vacuuming up call and text logs from Android users without their permission, newly-released internal documents have revealed. The hundreds of pages of documents, which were previously sealed as part of an ongoing …
by QuartzPuffyStar Yesterday I at last updated my old Lollipop Android to the Marshmallow version, and after being happy with the hud improvements and speed of my phone, I was unpleasently surprised when I was digging in the default apps/processes …
This month, the Associated Press launched an investigation into Google and discovered the company was able to track its users’ physical movements even when they told them not to. This week, a lawsuit was filed against the Silicon Valley giant over its tracking policies. …
THE ACCC is investigating accusations Google is using as much as $580 million worth of Australians’ phone plan data annually to secretly track their movements. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims said he was briefed recently by US …
from QZ.com: The Alphabet subsidiary’s location-hungry tentacles are quietly lurking behind some of the most innovative features of its Android mobile operating system. Once those tentacles latch on, phones using Android begin silently transmitting data back to the servers of …