EFF: Google Chromebook is still spying on grade school students

Privacy advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have again outlined how Google is successfully dumping millions of low-cost Chromebooks on U.S. schools, enabling the mass collection and storage of information on children without the consent of their parents or even the understanding of many school administrators.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 46

Alphabet Verily begins research on 10,000 patients to 'map human health'

Alphabet's health-focused moonshot Verily is launching Project Baseline — a project to both track long-term health of 10,000 people, and to create a map of human health.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 16

Google Maps adds Timeline support on Apple's iPhone & iPad

Google on Tuesday announced another update to the iOS version of Google Maps, bringing support for a Timeline feature previously limited to Web and Android users.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 3

Google Maps for iOS gets Directions widget, location sharing via iMessage app

Google on Monday updated its Google Maps iOS app with a new lock screen widget bearing turn-by-turn directions, as well as iMessage integration for the mapping service's newly released location sharing feature.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 2

Google to patch Chrome phishing vulnerability already solved in Safari & Edge

Google is finally preparing to update its Chrome browser, available for platforms including macOS and iOS, with protection against a phishing vulnerability already patched in Apple's Safari and Microsoft's Edge and Internet Explorer.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 3

'New' Google Earth may usher in much-needed 64-bit iPhone & iPad app

Google will announce a "brand new experience" for Google Earth on Apr. 18 — something which could simultaneously signal a much-needed upgrade of the Earth iOS app to 64-bit code.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 8

Microsoft offers free Outlook for Mac Preview to test Google Calendar & Contacts features

Microsoft on Wednesday released a standalone Outlook for Mac Preview version for free, as part of an attempt to gain more feedback on Google account upgrades including Calendar and Contacts integration.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 10

Apple quietly patched iPhone vulnerability allowing unauthorized collection of sensor data [u]

Apple in 2016 issued a fix for a website-based iOS exploit that could've allowed hackers to collect sensor data from iPhones, and potentially learn many things about their targets — even their passcodes, researchers revealed this week. [Updated with Apple clarification]

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 14

Google may pump $876M into LG Display to compete with likes of Apple iPhone in OLED

Google is reportedly in talks to invest over $876 million in LG Display to secure a source of OLED panels, likely for its Pixel phones — perhaps signalling more intense competition with Apple's iPhone, as well as third parties using Google's Android operating system.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 24

Researcher calls Samsung's Tizen OS "the worst code I've ever seen"

Samsung's Tizen operating system is a mess of zero-day exploitable security flaws, broken encryption privacy issues and amateur-level coding mistakes, according to the findings of a security researcher participating in Kaspersky Lab's Security Analyst Summit.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 87

YouTube TV rolls out in five cities with free Chromecast offer

YouTube TV, Google's live TV streaming service, is now live in five major markets in the United States, with Google tempting users to try out its $35 subscription service by offering a free Chromecast, allowing shows to be viewed on a television instead of through the iOS and Android apps.

Malcolm Owen 9 years ago 14

Apple, Amazon, Google identified as bidders for Toshiba's NAND flash memory business

Three tech firms — Apple, Amazon, and Google — have reportedly joined the considerable list of bidders of Toshiba's NAND flash memory business, now on the market as Toshiba looks to raise $9 billion to cover losses at its U.S. nuclear unit, Westinghouse.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 19

Apple investors shrug off Samsung Galaxy S8 event, send stock upward

The launch of Samsung's 2017 flagship Galaxy S8 isn't causing any apparent concern among Apple's investors, who collectively pushed the company's stock even further upward today despite the announcements—and the continuous run up in Apple stock that has occurred since the iPhone maker last released earnings in January.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 43

Google Calendar gains native Apple iPad interface with latest iOS update

Google on Wednesday released a long-awaited update to its Calendar app for iOS, finally introducing a native iPad interface that makes use of the extra screen space on Apple's tablet.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 7

Google's Top News results for 'Great Barrier Reef' directs to fringe political commentary

Google's algorithmic efforts to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" are again facing a critical failure, calling into question confidence in the search giant's unfinished, buggy artificial intelligence that's currently stomping all over its mission statement.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 4

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