How Google's rumored Pixel 4a stacks up against iPhone SE

Google's entry-level Pixel 4a is just over the horizon. Here's how it might stack up against Apple's budget-friendly iPhone SE.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 8

Latvia launching contact tracing app using Apple-Google API

Latvia's upcoming COVID-19 tracing app will be one of the first to use the Apple-Google contact tracing API, and may also work in tandem with apps produced in other European countries.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 5

Google CEO Sundar Pichai wants to partner with Apple on new projects

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he is "committed" to find other opportunities to collaborate with Apple beyond the companies' Exposure Notification system.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 26

Apple-Google Exposure Notification system worthless due to privacy policies, health experts claim

As Apple and Google work to build out a so-called "Exposure Notification" API and accompanying operating system-level assets to help monitor the spread of COVID-19, health experts argue the companies' overly stringent privacy policies will render the solution useless out of the gate.

Mikey Campbell 6 years ago 98

Chrome to limit resource hog ads by August

Google plans to implement new limitations in its Chrome web browser after discovering certain ads overuse CPU and data resources, costing users device battery life and money.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 10

Rare photos show Steve Jobs having lunch with Google executives

A pair of rare images showing late Apple CEO and cofounder Steve Jobs having lunch with Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, circa 2007, have surfaced online.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 9

NHS admits contact tracing app won't work on older iPhones

Trials of the UK's NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app reveal that users must have iOS 11 or later, and battery life is profoundly impacted by the feature.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 11

Eric Schmidt ends 19-year tenure at Google

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is no longer working with the company, ceasing to be an advisor to the search giant in February 20 months after leaving Alphabet's board of directors.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 25

European countries form coalition over contact tracing app concerns

Several European countries, including Switzerland and Germany, are demanding all user data generated by coronavirus contact tracing apps be stored on-device, rather than aggregated on a centralized server.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 17

Australia's coronavirus tracking app not working properly on iPhones

The Australian government has admitted that its Covidsafe app doesn't work properly on the iPhone because it isn't using Apple's Exposure Notification frameworks, and an update to do so is planned.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 8

France, UK to test contact tracing apps without Apple and Google technology

As world governments scramble to contain the spread of COVID-19, France and the UK this week announced plans to begin testing digital contact tracing solutions developed without the aid of Apple and Google's exposure notification system.

Mikey Campbell 6 years ago 15

Google Drive iOS app can now be secured with Face ID and Touch ID

Google has updated its Google Drive app for iPhone and iPad with a new biometric security option allowing users to protect files stored in the cloud.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 1

Apple releases sample user interface and code for COVID-19 Exposure Notification developers

Apple and Google continue to advance the exposure notification plans, with the release of more code and user interface resources to help developers produce apps.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 2

Apple must expand its COVID tracing technology into large scale testing

In the rough business climate caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple has taken pride in going beyond "competent business as usual" to help. But the company and its trillion-dollar peers should now take the initiative to gather testing data that governments globally are failing to handle. Lives— and their profits— depend on it.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 27

Google discloses zero-click bugs impacting all Apple platforms

Google on Tuesday revealed the discovery of a handful of now-patched bugs in Apple's Image I/O, a multimedia processing framework vital to the company's platforms.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 20

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