- Tech CEOs To Appear Before Congress, Grilled Over Antitrust Concerns
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai are scheduled to appear July 27 before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold ...
- Amazon, Google, Facebook To Face New EU Legislation On Content, Competition, Taxes
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, July 5, 2020
The goal is to quash anticompetitive behavior in companies such as Google, Amazon and Facebook. It would make the companies pay more taxes and take more responsibility for illegal content ...
- 'NYT' Leaves Apple News, Wants To Control Its Product
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
'The New York Times' wants to focus on driving readers directly to its own site and app. ...
- Conservative Activists To Pursue 'Censorship' Battle Against Tech Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 29, 2020
Conservative activists Freedom Watch and Laura Loomer will ask an appellate court to reconsider claims that Google, Twitter, Facebook and Apple violated the First Amendment and antitrust laws by conspiring ...
- Report Says Apple To Charge Extra For Adapter On New iPhone 12
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, June 29, 2020
According to reports, Apple plans to market its new iPhone 12 this fall without including EarPods -- and won't include a charger, either. ...
- The Cookieless Future Won't Give Up On Data
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
A few companies -- Clickagy, LiveRamp, and Infutor -- have been working to helping marketers make the challenging transition to a cookieless world. ...
- Marketers Fear Forthcoming Changes To iOS Privacy Settings
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, June 25, 2020
With the change, iOS14 users will be asked to give explicit consent in order for individual apps to track their activity, and share it with third parties. ...
- Hey Is Formally Launched, And Offered In App Store
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 25, 2020
Hey, the new email service from Basecamp, was officially launched on Thursday, and is now open to anyone with no invite needed. In addition, the Hey app is now available ...
- Mental Health Concerns Heightened Among Execs At Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Of 95 ad industry execs surveyed, 60% cited an increased sense of loneliness in June. Anxiety rose by 5% in June vs. March dates. The study analyzes the feelings of ...
- Apple To Require Apps To Seek Users' Permission For Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Apple's upcoming operating system, iOS14, will offer new privacy features, including one that could make it harder for ad-tech companies to track users. ...
- Apple Switches Gears - Lets Basecamp Update Hey
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, June 22, 2020
In the letter, Apple's board also gave the Basecamp CEO the option of offering his email reader to nonsubscribers. The newest version of Hey now includes a free option. ...
- Cook Says Macs Will Start Using Apple Chips By End Of Year
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The chips "will improve battery life and allow for faster processing speeds and new security features," according to Apple. ...
- Handful Of Apple Stores To Close Again In States Hard-Hit By COVID-19
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, June 19, 2020
Apple said Friday it will close 11 stores that had reopened in four states: Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. ...
- Apple Rejects Mac Version Of Hey Email App: Reports
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 19, 2020
The email service was rejected as not working, but a Hey executive says Apple is acting like "gangsters." ...
- Apple Hit With EU Antitrust Investigations
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
The European Commissioner for Competition believes Apple has assumed too powerful a position within the mobile marketplace and is dominating app distribution. ...
- Apple-Backed Study Says In-App Advertising Contributed $45B To The Half A Trillion Commerce In 2019
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
More than 85% of the estimated half a trillion "accrues solely to third parties," while about $45 billion comes from in-app advertising -- 9% of the total -- a study ...
- EU Members Agree On Tech Standards For COVID Tracing Apple, Google App
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Germany, Italy, Poland and Latvia have launched Bluetooth-based apps using technology from Apple and Google that log contacts on a mobile device. Reuters reports the approach is backed by a ...
- Google And Apple Urged To Crack Down On Contact-Tracing Apps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 15, 2020
"More needs to be done to protect consumers' personal information and to minimize consumer confusion," New York Attorney General Letitia James told Google and Apple Monday. ...
- Google Warns Chrome Users About Glitches
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 12, 2020
Google has warned Google Chrome users about serious graphical issues on macOS. The firm confirmed findings by PiunikaWeb. Many users are angry. ...
- Apple Discontinuing iBooks Author And iTunes U
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Apple is discontinuing iBooks Author and iTunes U, 9To5Mac reports. "iBooks Author will no longer be updated, and iTunes U is being discontinued at the end of 2021," it wri ...
- Apple And Microsoft Surpass $1.5T Market Caps
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, June 11, 2020
As tech stocks continue to soar, both Apple and Microsoft surpassed market caps of $1.5 trillion on Wednesday, CNBC reports. ...
- Apple Should Acquire Privacy Search Engine DuckDuckGo, Analyst Suggests
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 8, 2020
Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi suggests in a research note that Apple should purchase the privacy search engine DuckDuckGo for about $1 billion to gain ad dollars and put pressure on ...
- Apple's CEO Promises To Fight For Racial Equality With Contributions, More Company Diversity
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, June 4, 2020
Tim Cook said the company will donate more money to organizations fighting racial injustice and mass incarceration. ...
- U.S. Will Investigate Trading Partners' Taxes On Tech Giants
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
"[M]any of our trading partners are adopting tax schemes designed to unfairly target our companies," said U.S. trade representative Robert E. Lighthizer. ...
- How Apple News+ Can Turn Print Articles Into Podcasts
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Now, publishers are well positioned to take advantage of that growth. ...
- France Rejects Apple-Google COVID-19 Tracing App, Builds Its Own
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
France is rolling out a COVID-19 contact-tracing app, becoming the first major European country to deploy the smartphone technology amid privacy fears. StopCovid will run on Google Android and Apple ...
- Right-Wing Activists Lose Battle With Tech Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 27, 2020
A federal appellate court has refused to revive claims that Google, Twitter, Facebook and Apple unlawfully conspired to suppress conservative views. ...
- North Dakota Contact-Tracing App Found To Share Location Data With Foursquare
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 22, 2020
Although North Dakota's new contact-tracing app promises to keep users' data confidential, it actually shares location data with Foursquare, according to a report by privacy company Jumbo. ...
- North Dakota Microsoft Developer For COVID Tracing App Refutes Data-Sharing Allegations
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, May 25, 2020
Microsoft's ProudCrowd Developer Tim Brookins says the allegation suggesting the contact-tracing app Care19 transmits some user location data to Foursquare is not exactly true. Brookins discussed the allegations that Care19 ...
- Six Months In, Where Is Apple TV+?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Entertainment is still new ground for Apple. TV and movies are a hit-driven, publicity-driven business -- something that is not completely in Apple's DNA. ...
