Vox

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Apple Pay leads the tap-to-pay market, which has exploded in popularity in the last few years. Apple released iOS 17 on September 18 and now that the new operating system is here, you can probably leave your wallet at home. It also marks a step forward in Apple’s steady march toward becoming a sort of bank.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Russia pressured Apple and Google to remove the Smart Voting app from their app stores. Critics say Apple is not keeping its promise to hold fast when faced with government pressure. google @Apple — Ivan Zhdanov (@ioannZH) September 17, 2021. Apple’s top-down monopolistic approach is at the root of their harm.”.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

At the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple announced a range of new privacy features that will be bundled into iOS 14, including new protections against user tracking on apps and websites, as well as incremental updates to a range of pre-existing systems.

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The Verge

APRIL 28, 2021

Next week, Epic Games and Apple will appear in court for a long-anticipated legal battle. Epic argues that Apple unfairly kicked its hit game Fortnite off the App Store last year, exercising an illegal monopoly over the ubiquitous iOS platform. Apple and Epic both filed revised tentative witness lists on April 26th.

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2021

Apple proceedings kicked off, and the news has been relentless. 1] Apple keeps iMessage closed in order to sell more iPhones. 3] Apple pulled out all the stops to keep Netflix selling subscriptions on the iPhone. But for a while, Apple was willing to do just about anything to keep Netflix from giving in to the obvious economics.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

Apple is greatly improving its gaming support in iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS. Game developers and players have long been asking for zone-based rumble and haptics support, and it’s finally coming later this year. Apple is also planning to support some controllers with motion inputs, like Sony’s DualShock 4 controller.

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GeekWire

JULY 1, 2023

That, at least, is what Microsoft is promising with the development of Windows Copilot. It’s an adaptation of its Open AI-powered Bing search chatbot, integrated directly into the operating system, showing as a persistent sidebar once activated by users via a new taskbar button.

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GeekWire

MAY 12, 2020

Jay Inslee said Tuesday that the state’s contact tracing team will be in place by the end of the week and revealed other details of the program, which is seen as essential to re-opening the state’s economy. Washington Gov.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2024

In this Technology Short Take, I have links on things ranging from physical network designs to running retro operating systems as virtual machines. Operating Systems/Applications Julia Evans digs into what “current branch” means in Git. Surely there will be something useful in here for you!

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Venture Beast

JUNE 8, 2021

Apple's new CI/CD platform Xcode Cloud allows developers to create, test, and deploy apps for all Apple devices from the cloud. Read More.

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Vox

APRIL 16, 2020

Apple and Google’s contact-tracing tool has better privacy, but it isn’t perfect. Apple and Google are a month away from launching a series of updates to their smartphone operating systems that will use Bluetooth signals to track potential coronavirus cases. The new Apple-Google tool sounds miraculous at first blush.

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Vox

AUGUST 6, 2020

Virginia’s Covidwise app is the first in America to use Apple and Google’s exposure notification tool. | The Apple-Google coronavirus exposure notification tool , which the companies are offering to public health authorities to help build their Bluetooth-based Covid-19 contact tracing apps, was announced in April and debuted in May.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Apple’s cloud ban and Fortnite feud have made it gaming’s latest villain Apple has always had a complicated relationship with the game industry, but this month that relationship slid into a bitter and very public legal and regulatory war that could shape the future of iPhone apps. Join the fight to stop 2020 from becoming ‘1984.’”.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

WA Notify , announced Monday morning, is a free app that uses technology developed through a joint effort by Apple and Google called the Exposure Notification System. The technology initially announced by Apple and Google required states to build their own apps and handle the notifications. As of last week, 17 U.S.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2021

An antitrust lawsuit filed against Google and its Play Store by several state attorneys general echoed the Epic vs. Apple battle , and a new document highlights how and why Google’s app store is so similar. We’ve long had programs in place that support developers with enhanced resources and investments. 3:20-CV-05761-JD - 53.

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The Verge

JUNE 26, 2020

Apple CEO Tim Cook in front of a silicon wafer platter | Screenshot: Sean Hollister / The Verge. Earlier this week, on what Tim Cook called a “historic day,” Apple announced that it’s moving Macs away from Intel processors to its own silicon chips. Developers won’t need to make any changes to their old apps; they’ll just work.

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2021

There was never any question what Epic Games wanted when it took Apple to court: the 48-second “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite” made it clear App Store hypocrisy was the agenda. Project Hug” and the “Premier Device Program”. Nokia phone maker HMD Global signed up too, as did Sony, Sharp, Xiaomi, and another unnamed brand.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 6, 2024

Apple’s ecosystem has been known for its closed, “walled garden” approach due to iOS sideloading restrictions. Due to new regulations, Apple will soon need to allow alternative app stores and the ability to sideload apps. Apple has traditionally had a very restrictive policy when it comes to sideloading apps on iOS.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Microsoft’s first version of Windows might not have been well received, but it kick-started a battle between Apple, IBM, and Microsoft to provide computing to the masses. If you wanted to run multiple programs, then you needed a PC with a hard disk and 512 kilobytes of memory. Carol Halebia. Back in 1985, Windows 1.0 With Windows 1.0,

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

This will be the first opportunity for anyone who’s not enrolled in Apple’s developer program to try out the new operating systems, which we expect to see in their final form at the end of this summer. Elsewhere, Apple is adding system-wide picture-in-picture functionality to iOS videos and FaceTime calls.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 16, 2024

The evolution of smartphones since Apple’s introduction of the iPhone in 2007 has been nothing short of revolutionary, leading us to a point where these devices are no longer just tools for efficiency but have become central to our daily lives. The Rabbit R1 vs AI Pin comparison emerges as an important discussion in the headlines.

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GeekWire

MARCH 28, 2023

Before joining MTI, Auchenpaugh held leadership roles at Samsung, Lynx Innovation, Apple and Beats by Dr. Dre. She was previously vice president of policy and programs at the Washington, D.C. Senthil Sankaran , a principal for Amazon’s housing equity fund, will serve as interim head of the Amazon program. and Nashville.

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GeekWire

JULY 31, 2020

Microsoft will shut down Cortana on a wide range of devices, reflecting the challenge for third-party voice assistants attempting to compete with built-in programs like Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant. (Microsoft Image). The company announced Friday it will discontinue all third-party Cortana skills on Sept.

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The Verge

JANUARY 15, 2021

Amazon is doing so to allow automobile manufacturers more control over the software experiences in higher-end vehicles, as an extension of the existing Echo Auto program. The screens and software experiences inside car have proven to be a ripe market for companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced the awarding of a landmark contract for Mobile Device Management and Mobile Application Store (MDM/MAS) capabilities to support the use of hundreds of thousands of Apple iOS and Android devices across the U.S. How DoD is Securing its Apple and Android Devices , Federal Times.

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Vox

OCTOBER 2, 2020

New York and New Jersey are the latest states to use the Apple-Google exposure notification tool. This gives us the potential for a nationwide digital contact tracing system. New Yorkers now have a contact tracing app as part of a regional effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Mireya Acierto/Getty Images.

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Dataconomy

JULY 12, 2023

The iOS 17 public beta has arrived, celebrating a new era of innovation for Apple enthusiasts worldwide. Packed with an array of exciting features, this latest iteration of Apple’s operating system promises to transform how we interact with our beloved iPhones.

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Vox

AUGUST 20, 2020

Apple is facing increasing pressure to change its App Store practices. Apple’s App Store war against developers and its ongoing antitrust issues appear to be coming to a head. Apple, a $2 trillion company, has not only refused to consider changing its lucrative business model, but it’s also kicked Fortnite out of the App Store.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

A team of researchers from British Lancaster and Lincoln Universities has studied the behavior and habits of more than 500 clients of the Android and iOS operating systems. Based on these data, the program 70% of cases guess which phone is in the pocket of a person,” says one of the research authors David Ellis.

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Vox

APRIL 21, 2021

Apple’s Air Tags, which go on sale later this month, seem pretty similar to Tile’s item-tracking devices. Apple’s new AirTag looks and works a lot like the trackers produced by Tile. For Apple fans, it’s another handy product. Apple, for its part, has pushed back against this criticism.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

According to an engineer at Microsoft , Windows 11 users will have the ability to sideload Android apps onto the operating system, which looks like an answer to one of the biggest questions we had when Microsoft announced it was bringing Android apps to Windows 11 via the Amazon Appstore ( via Android Police ). Image: Microsoft.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Cool to see Koyeb release a Pulumi provider, so that you can use Pulumi programs to interact with Koyeb. Welcome to Technology Short Take #164!

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 3, 2013

DHS will expand cybersecurity intern program - “A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) summer internship program for community college students focusing on cybersecurity was so successful, the department plans to ramp it up.” There are also many web services only available via IE (ugh). Via ComputerWorld, more here.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

9to5Mac outlines some details on the so-called PACMAN attack against Apple’s M1 chips. Operating Systems/Applications. Programming. Thierry De Pauw lays out the arguments against the use of feature branches in software development. Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework.

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Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. It focuses on all of the latest developments in Google’s security world. Operating System & Software Blogs.

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 6, 2023

These features rely on specific technologies or programming languages that may not always be fully supported by automated conversion tools. Testing and Quality Assurance To guarantee compatibility across various devices, operating systems, and eBook reading software, white label ed platforms perform extensive testing and quality assurance s.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 28, 2015

For example, Apple's Siri or the capabilities they embedded directly in IOS9, or Google's many savvy search solutions or Amazon's very smart recommendations. AI capabilities are also being programmed into robotic solutions including self driving cars. Jade: Java Agent Development Framework. Intelligent personal assistant.

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