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| Jason Fried / HEY: |
HEY's Jason Fried responds to Apple, says the dispute is not about the money, but about how Apple forcibly inserts itself between developers and their customers — So far, much of the recent discussion around Apple, HEY, In App Purchase (IAP), Subscriptions, the App Store, and the iOS developer community has been about money.
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish: |
App Store guidelines and policies were created for the world as it was a decade ago, and Apple should rewrite them for a very different world today — It's time for Apple to re-write and re-think the App Store rules. Because it's 2020, not 2010. … Given Apple's recent statements …
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Michael Tsai, ZDNet, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @marcoarment, @markgurman, @marcedwards, @mgsiegler, @siracusa, @briannawu, @mehedih_, @benedictevans, @danielpunkass, @edbott, @pierce, @hotdogsladies, @dwiskus, @marcoarment, @rjonesy, @panzer, @beirutspring, @chriswelch, @harrymccracken, @wongmjane, @kylealden, @backlon, @lucvandal, @stroughtonsmith, @polarbearfarm, @tomwarren, @rustyshelf, @charlesarthur, @danieleran, @eugenewei, @jmccarley, @barakgila, and @steipete
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple is temporarily closing 11 stores across Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina amid COVID-19 spikes — Apple Inc. is temporarily shutting some of its U.S. retail stores again after cases of Covid-19 spiked in some areas across the country, Bloomberg News reports.
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Tweets: @markgurman, @nycjim, @gartenberg, @xecretcode, @mat, @chrisfralic, @llsethj, @hblodget, @fxmacro, @markgurman, @nycjim, @brianmcc, @fxmacro, @scottkleinberg, and @philiped
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Oracle owned BlueKai had an unprotected server leaking identifiable user data and sensitive browsing info, exposing billions of records for anyone to find — Billions of records exposed. — Have you ever wondered why online ads appear for things that you were just thinking about?
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Forbes and Security Boulevard
Tweets: @thomasgermain, @roi, @karlbode, @profcarroll, @zackwhittaker, @mmasnick, @zackwhittaker, @jessedamiani, @roi, and @demopj
| Patrick Kulp / Adweek: |
Pandora will offer more stats to podcast hosts like where listeners live, how long they tune in to each episode, and the number of thumbs up/down they receive — Move makes the streaming service more competitive with Apple and Spotify — Key insight: — Podcasting has long suffered …
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PR Newswire, TechCrunch, Forbes, Albany Times Union, Mobile Marketer, Filmy One, and The Verge
| Bobbie Johnson / MIT Technology Review: |
The UK government's efforts to build a centralized contract tracing app from scratch were plagued by poor technical execution and chaotic personnel management — The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app will damage digital contact tracing efforts worldwide—but its troubles were the result of clear, specific errors.
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The Irish Times, WIRED UK, and Tech.co
Tweets: @mattburgess1, @mattburgess1, @jonworth, @niallfirth, @techreview, and @jackdromeymp
| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
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BBC, The Times, AppleInsider, Gizmodo UK, CityAM, ZDNet, The Guardian, iMore, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Trusted Reviews, The Mac Observer, Daily Mail, Telegraph, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @dangrabham, @sirwilliamd, @dansabbagh, @sebastianepayne, and @jackdromeymp
| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
The IRS says it bought access to a marketing database of location data for millions of US cellphones to try to identify and track potential criminal suspects — The unsuccessful effort shows how anonymized information sold by marketers is increasingly being used by law enforcement to identify suspects| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Snap apologizes and disables its Juneteenth filter that allowed users to “smile and break the chains”, saying it didn't go through its usual review process — It's the latest example of a controversial Snapchat filter — Snapchat is apologizing for a controversial Juneteenth filter …
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CNBC, The Next Web, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Gizmodo, The Daily Dot, CNET, Engadget, NBC News, Axios, Mashable, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @whoopthis, @whet, @joimariewrites, @caseynewton, @carnage4life, @densaer, @_lilchen, @cjc, @amberbaldet, @tnwhiskeywoman, @blackamazon, @marksluckie, @nicolejamessays, @natemcdermott, @chrismessina, @escoblades, @db, @thekenyeung, @mrernestowens, @hypervisible, @lanceulanoff, @imani_barbarin, @offbeatorbit, @schemaly, @deephunk, @db, and @parkermolloy
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the internal divisions at Apple over its plans for an AR/VR headset, which may be released in 2022; AR glasses to be released by 2023 at the earliest — In late 2018, Apple Inc. was a few years into its plan to build a powerful headset with both virtual- and augmented-reality capabilities when things shifted dramatically.
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Six Colors, Daily Mail, Laptop Mag, Ubergizmo, TechRadar.com, Android Authority, Wccftech, Laptop Mag, The Mac Observer, Pocket-lint, UploadVR, MacDailyNews, Tom's Guide, SlashGear, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, iMore, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, and MacRumors
Tweets: @starfire2258, @bloombergasia, @jetscott, @wolfewriter, @tipatat, @markgurman, @alistairmbarr, @ericleamen, @shanselman, @markgurman, @mantia, and @steven_aquino
| Sophie Alexander / Bloomberg: |
Robinhood says it's changing its options offerings after a young customer committed suicide when his account temporarily showed a negative balance of over $700K — Robinhood is changing its options offerings, including increased education, in the wake of a young customer's suicide.
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Under the Hood and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @carnage4life, @profgalloway, @chafkin, @theryanford, and @robinhoodapp
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
BMW and Mercedes-Benz end their partnership, which was announced in July 2019 for the development of autonomous driving technology — BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz AG have punted on what was meant to be a long term collaboration to develop next-generation automated driving technology together … | Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Google removes 106 malicious Chrome extensions with 32M downloads that collected browsing history and sensitive credentials, after being alerted by researchers — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions …
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ZDNet, HackRead, Awake Security, SecurityWeek, forklog.media, Threatpost, Laptop Mag, Gizchina, and Wccftech
Tweets: @glenngabe, @adam_k_levin, @campuscodi, @mazenmahdi, @kaynemcgladrey, and @reuters
| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Profile of Neeva, founded by former head of Google's advertising arm, which has raised $37.5M for a search engine to be funded via subscriptions instead of ads — Sridhar Ramaswamy once ran Google's $115 billion advertising arm. But he grew disillusioned and worried that growth was too much of a priority.Sponsor Posts
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