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Facebook 'prepares' app developers for iOS 14 advertising catastrophe

TechSpot

In June, Apple showcased iOS 14 at its Worldwide Developers Conference. One of the new security features coming to the mobile operating system is better personal information transparency. Not only will developers have to show users how they collect, use, and share their information, but apps will have to ask.

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Huawei announces HarmonyOS update for its smartphones

The Verge

Huawei has announced that its HarmonyOS operating system is coming to its smartphones via a forthcoming update. Huawei’s consumer business CEO Richard Yu says the company is updating around 100 of its devices globally to the new operating system, which also includes tablets like the MatePad Pro. Image: Huawei.

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Google: Innovating in AI but can they catch up with cloud leaders?

CTOvision

From an enterprise IT standpoint, their championing of the Android operating system has earned them a place in the mobility domain, and their Google Apps offering helped show many businesses that the cloud can work for office automation. But the majority of their business is still today selling advertisements. Related articles.

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MicroSoft: Still dominating in enterprise office automation

CTOvision

Here is how Microsoft describes themselves: Microsoft Corporation is engaged in developing, licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers.

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Facebook prompt will encourage ad tracking opt-in ahead of Apple’s privacy push

The Verge

Facebook will begin showing a prompt on its mobile app for the iPhone and iPad that’s designed to convince users to allow ad tracking, in preparation for an upcoming privacy change in which Apple will force developers to obtain permission to track users across apps and websites in the future.

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Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more

GeekWire

— Rob Wilk , previously global head of advertising at Microsoft, joined Snapchat parent company Snap. Breaux was previously CEO of AirNow media and co-founded Airpush, a mobile advertising technology company acquired by Appscatter in 2020. billion campus development plan and its effort to achieve net-zero emissions.

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Google parent company Alphabet broke $200 billion in annual revenue for the first time

The Verge

Q4 saw ongoing strong growth in our advertising business, which helped millions of businesses thrive and find new customers, a quarterly sales record for our Pixel phones despite supply constraints, and our Cloud business continuing to grow strongly,” Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement accompanying the earnings release.

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