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AI and telecom breakthroughs dominate ‘Innovation of the Year’ category for 2024 GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

It’s a big year for artificial intelligence, telecom advances, and tools designed to make these emerging technologies safe and transparent, judging from the finalists in the category of Innovation of the Year. If interested in sponsoring a category or purchasing a table sponsorship for the event, contact us at events@geekwire.com.

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Ring ends feature that let police ask users for videos via Neighbors app

GeekWire

Ring introduced the “Request for Assistance” tool in the neighbors app in 2021, as an alternative to private messages, giving police a way to publicly ask users to voluntarily turn over video footage. A post by Ring’s Eric Kuhn did not give a reason for the change.

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Facebook says it’s been asking Apple to let people change iPhone’s default messages app for years

The Verge

With iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, Apple finally acquiesced to a longtime request from customers: the company introduced an option to change your default apps for browsing the web and handling email. But many other categories of appsmessages, music, calendar, etc. remain stuck on Apple’s built-in software.

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Google Play Removes 16 Apps Tied to Clicker Malware

SecureWorld News

Google Play has removed 16 apps from its app store after the McAfee Mobile Research Team alerted the company to Clicker malware associated with the apps, affecting 20 million people who installed the apps. The apps have already been removed from Google Play's app offerings. EzDica (com.joysoft.ezdica).

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Facebook Messenger: The Future Of Customer Service?

Forrester IT

As this metaphorical bridge, Messenger provides customer service pros with: Read more Categories: CRM. messaging apps. Customer Service. Facebook Messenger. Social media.

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WhatsApp begins testing a yellow pages-style business directory

The Verge

WhatsApp is piloting a new business directory in São Paulo, Brazil that lets users find local shops and services with a presence on the app, the service’s head Will Cathcart has announced. As of last October, WhatsApp reported that over 175 million people globally used the service to message a WhatsApp business account every day.

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Know this before using iOS alternative app stores

Dataconomy

This update marks a significant shift for Apple, as it now supports iOS alternative app stores. For the first time , this enables iPhone users to download applications from sources other than the Apple App Store. With the release of iOS 17.4 The duration of this grace period, however, remains unspecified by Apple.

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