Google tracks 39 types of personal data, Apple tracks 12
New research claims that of five major Big Tech firms, Google tracks more private data about users than any other — and Apple tracks the least.
New research claims that of five major Big Tech firms, Google tracks more private data about users than any other — and Apple tracks the least.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has levied a $40 million fine on Google, after the Big Tech firm was found to have misled Android users over location tracking.
The Department of Justice is reportedly preparing to sue Google over concerns that the company illegally controls the online advertising market.
Android has launched a new website highlighting some of the challenges in interoperability between Android and iOS — and has urged Apple to adopt RCS to address it.
A fire at a Google data center in Iowa may have caused issues for Google and the Internet as a whole, with the tech giant encountering longer than usual search times and other issues starting late on Monday night, and carrying forward to Tuesday morning.
App Store operators Apple, Google, and One Store, will be probed by South Korea regulators following suspicions of all three breaking the law.
Apple bought seven times more firms in 2020 than it now has across both 2021 and 2022 so far, according to new regulatory filings.
The bipartisan antitrust bill that aims to prevent Big Tech firms favoring their own services, faces a setback as Congress heads for its August recess without a vote.
Apple isn't the only smartphone maker that will debut new models in the second half of 2022. Here's what to expect from Google's and Samsung's upcoming devices.
Apple and Google delisted almost 600,000 apps combined from their respective app stores, amidst a wide crackdown by Apple on abandoned applications.
Apple and Google have been hit by class action complaints in Portugal alleging that their 30% app marketplace commission rates are "anticompetitive and excessive."
Big Tech companies, including Apple, have registered for licences in Indonesia, which gives local authorities "flexible" and "rubbery" powers to censor platforms.
Britain's government is proposing legislation that would require WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Apple's Messages to adopt automatic scanning for child sexual abuse material.
An FCC commissioner has called on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, likening the popular social media platform to a wolf in sheep's clothing.
A new examination of salaries across the Standard and Poor (S&P) measure of 500 large US firms, says Apple pays less than its rivals — but only when its enormous, worldwide retail staff are included.
AR evangelist Robert Scoble believes that Apple will unveil a new user-centric web search engine similar to Google's, but is waiting until January 2023 to do so.
After a leaked opinion draft indicated that the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe V. Wade, U.S. lawmakers have asked Apple and Google to help safeguard data that could be used against those seeking abortions.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has revealed that it now expects its plans to negotiate a global digital tax on firms such as Apple and Google, won't happen in 2023 as hoped.
Apple and other tech giants have lost more than $2 trillion in value in 2022, but the big players are well-positioned to emerge from the economic downturn stronger than ever.
US senators are proposing legislation that would break up the advertising side of big tech firms such as Google, and will also affect Apple's growing ad business.
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