The Nest Secure has a hidden microphone, and Google didn't tell owners for 18 months

Owners of Google's Nest Secure system are upset about a microphone on the product suddenly being enabled for Google Assistant — one that they weren't aware existed.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 62

Apple's Tim Cook will 'take a look' at controversial Saudi app used to track women

Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised his company will "take a look" at Absher, a Saudi government app with a feature letting men control the travel of their wives and daughters.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 15

Apple may have been paid $9.5B by Google in 2018 to stay default Safari search option

Google may have paid Apple close to $9.5 billion in 2018 to remain the default search engine in Safari, Goldman Sachs analysts said in an investor memo this week.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 19

HomePod holding at 6 percent of growing US smartspeaker market

The HomePod took 6 percent of the install base for U.S. smartspeakers in the December quarter, new research data claims, illustrating the uphill battle Apple faces versus Amazon and Google in an emergent marketplace flooded with cheaper alternatives.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 45

Apple, Google have apologized for privacy issues but Facebook is just sorry they got caught

Apple's shutting down all of Facebook's internal apps seemed like a big deal, but it's just business as usual for the social media company — violate agreements and trust, get caught, find another way to do the same thing and move on.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 8

Podcast

Facebook, Google, and Apple in the spotlight for security issues on the AppleInsider Podcast

William Gallagher 7 years ago 1

Apple restores Google enterprise developer certificate after five-hour ban

Roughly five hours after Apple revoked Google's enterprise developer certificate over an illicit data gathering campaign, the iPhone maker late Thursday restored access to the program just as it did for Facebook hours earlier.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 35

Apple kills Google's enterprise development certificate because of Screenwise Meter

Apple on Thursday took action against Google for violating terms of its developer agreement, and has rescinded the search giant's enterprise development certificate like it did when Facebook was caught doing much the same.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 23

Google is violating Apple's iPhone app privacy rules the same way Facebook did [u: disabled]

Facebook is not the only major tech company found to be misusing Apple's Enterprise Certificate system, with a report claiming Google is pulling the same trick for its own app, one that is similar in nature to Facebook's now-blocked "Research" app.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 57

Google Fi for the iPhone solid for travelers, but still has same carrier customer service nonsense

At the tail end of 2018, Google changed the name of their MVNO carrier service from Project Fi, to Google Fi and opened up support to the iPhone. AppleInsider has been using it for a while even before the announcement, so let's take a look at the service now that you don't have to jump through hoops to use it on an Apple device.

Victor Marks 7 years ago 28

Google pays Fossil $40M for smartwatch IP to compete with Apple Watch

Google's attempts to take on the Apple Watch in the wearable devices market with Wear OS may receive a boost, after the revelation the search giant will be paying watch maker Fossil $40 million to buy the company's smartwatch-related intellectual property.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 15

Apple reveals macOS Mojave, iOS 12, and watchOS 5 at WWDC — Apple's June 2018 in review

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference dominated much of the month but June also saw awards season — with Apple both giving and receiving trophies.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 0

Munster predicts Apple to outperform FAANG stocks in 2019

Longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster on Wednesday issued predictions on the 2019 tech stock landscape, saying Apple will outperform its fellow FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google) investment options on the back of a growing services business and consumer-minded company ethos.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 34

Podcast

Bending iPads, hearing Apple Music on strange devices and the Waze and means of mapping on the AppleInsider Podcast

William Gallagher 7 years ago 5

Siri accuracy dramatically improves in latest smart speaker showdown

Siri on HomePod improved its standing in an annual smart speaker comparison carried out by analyst Gene Munster's Loup Ventures, with Apple's virtual assistant weathering a barrage of accuracy tests to place second behind Google Assistant.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 24

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