Coronavirus to hit Android's hopes for 5G, folding screens the hardest

As Apple deals with interruption of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, its Android competitors face all the same issues; except that they make far less money and operate on much thinner margins across fragile shipment volumes.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 22

FTC demanding info from Apple & other big tech companies about past acquisitions

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is launching a probe into past acquisitions made by Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Google, and Facebook, going back to 2010.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 22

Google reabsorbing Jigsaw spin-off as it continues to undo Alphabet

Search giant Google is continuing to absorb what it once split from itself to form Alphabet, and has taken back a branch designed to combat online misinformation called Jigsaw.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 30

Google Maps turns 15, rolls out new app features

Google Maps turns 15 today, and in honor of the service's birthday, Google is revamping its Google Maps app for both iOS and Android.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 16

Google Photos has shared some users' private videos with strangers

Google has sent notices to some of its Google Photos users, telling them that that some of the videos stored in the service may have been exported to random users' archives.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 13

Google developing all-in-one messaging app for businesses

Google has seeded select employees with an unreleased app that combines the functionality of Gmail, Hangouts Meet, Hangouts Chat and other services in what appears to be a play at competitors like Slack.

Wesley Hilliard 6 years ago 30

Avast antivirus harvested user data, then sold to Google, Microsoft

The Mac and Windows version of Avast antivirus has been used to harvest user data, an investigation claims, with some sensitive info sold to third parties, including Google, Microsoft, and Intuit.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 20

Apple's Intelligent Tracking Protection can be exploited to track Safari users, says Google

Apple's enhanced privacy tools in Safari to prevent tracking can be used to continue tracking users, Google researchers intend to reveal in a paper, with a total of five different attack vectors identified in Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention system.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 12

Google parent company Alphabet hits $1 trillion market cap

Alphabet, parent company of Google, Verily, Waymo and other firms, became the fourth U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization on Thursday, just over a month after former Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the reins.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 13

Google snubs Apple TV users with Nest login migrations

Google's push to migrate Nest users over to using Google accounts has continued to leave users of the Apple ecosystem out in the cold, with the search company failing to support the Apple TV version of the Nest app properly by failing to allow migrated customers to log in on Apple's streaming set-top box.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 14

Google now lets iPhones act as FIDO hardware keys for better security

Following an update to Google's iOS Smart Lock app, iPhones can now be used as a Fast Identity Online (FIDO) security key. This replaces the physical hardware keys previously required — and brings the iPhone into line with Android phones.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 27

Sonos is suing Google for patent infringement, and wants to sue Amazon too

The speaker company Sonos says that Google "blatantly" used technology information disclosed in confidence — and that if only it could afford to, it would simultaneously sue Amazon for the same reasons.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 16

February 2019 in review: Security problems, iPhone sales woes, and Apple controversies

It was in February 2019 that we learned Apple's plans for the year included at least 11 devices — and it felt like it was this month that the company was embroiled in that many controversies.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 0

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Apple takes 66% of smartphone profits, HomeKit, Mac Pro, Apple AR & more on the AppleInsider Podcast

Victor Marks 6 years ago 3

Apple part of 'Project Connected Home over IP' group to simplify home automation connectivity

Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance are forming a new working group that plans to develop a new smart home networking standard.

Mike Wuerthele 6 years ago 14

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