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Flurry analysis: just 4% of iPhone users in the US and 12% worldwide have so far actively chosen to opt into app tracking after the rollout of iOS 14.5 — An early look at an ongoing analysis of Apple's App Tracking Transparency suggests that the vast majority of iPhone users …
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Using PayPal for Twitter's Tip Jar could reveal tipper's address to the recipient and possibly recipient's email to the tipper; Twitter says it will add a label — Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google adds YouTube TV to the main YouTube app on Roku devices and says it is securing “free streaming devices” for customers in case talks with Roku fail — It's also securing ‘free streaming devices’ for customers in case talks with Roku completely fall apart
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Court docs detail Apple's app review process: 500+ people review ~100K apps/week, app rejection rate is less than 40%, less than 1% of rejections are appealed — As the Epic Games v. Apple court case goes forward, we have been learning more details about internal discussions within each company about their business models and more.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Apple emails disclosed in Epic trial show that 128M iPhone users, of which 18M were in the US and 55% in China, downloaded apps with XCodeGhost malware in 2015 — As part of the trial against Epic Games, Apple released emails that show that 128 million users, of which 18 million were in the U.S. …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News: |
Apple hires ex-Cisco communications chief Stella Low as new VP of worldwide corporate communications; Phil Schiller has been overseeing Apple's PR since 2019 — Apple has hired a new vice president of worldwide corporate communications. Stella Low, former communications chief at networking giant Cisco …
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| Brad Sams / Petri: |
Sources: Microsoft will not ship Windows 10X this year and the OS as it was announced will likely never ship as Microsoft concentrates on updating Windows 10 — Back in the fall of 2019, Microsoft held a Surface event that will likely go down in history as one of the most ambitious announcements from the company.
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| CNBC: |
Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices — - Amazon partnered with Tile and smart lock maker Level to beef up its mesh network for tracking items.
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| Anna Leask / NZ Herald: |
US endorses Christchurch Call, an effort to stop the spread of extremist content online, which Big Tech signed on to in 2019 and Trump's White House rejected — Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Herald — The United States has joined the Christchurch Call to Action … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Sennheiser sells its consumer electronics division to Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products like hearing aids and cochlear implants — From blasting your eardrums to assisting them in later life — Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products …
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| Ben Zimmer / Wired: |
Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving AI, won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament last week, the first time AI managed to outscore human solvers at the national event — Dr. Fill, a puzzle-solving automaton, came out victorious at last week's national tournament—but human solvers shouldn't throw in the towel just yet.| Zachery Eanes / Raleigh News & Observer: |
Prescient, a North Carolina-based startup that makes architectural software, raises $190M from JE Dunn and Eldridge, bringing its total raised to around $295M — Prescient, a North Carolina-based startup that makes architectural software, said Monday it has raised $190 million from investors …
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