- Apple Poised To Regain Market Share
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, May 11, 2020
Did company strategists know the mass market appetite for a $1,000 phone was nearing its end? ...
- Supreme Court Wrestles With Text-Messaging Law
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 7, 2020
The Supreme Court heard arguments about whether to strike down the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits companies from robotexting and robocalling cell phones without consumers' consent. ...
- Startup Prepares To Battle Apple, Google Over COVID-19 Tracing Patent Rights
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 7, 2020
Apple and Google may be in line for a patent-infringement battle. Blyncsy, a Utah-based startup, claims it holds the patents to trace people via smartphones who have come in contact ...
- Court Revives Lawsuit Accusing Apple Of Duping iPhone Purchasers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Apple must face claims that it duped consumers about the amount of storage capacity in iPhones and iPads, a federal appellate court ruled this week. ...
- Republican Senators To Introduce COVID-19 Privacy Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 30, 2020
The "COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act" would require companies to obtain people's express consent before collecting or sharing data for contact tracing. ...
- Pandemic Turns Morning Into Prime Time, Digital Device Usage Soars
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, April 30, 2020
The period from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. has become the new prime time as many Americans turn to their digital devices, computers, tablets, smartphones and connected TVs for work, ...
- Smartphones Have Revolutionized Email Marketing: Analysis
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Email marketing has undergone many changes since its inception. But one that has revolutionized the channel is the emergence of the smartphone. Here is an analysis of how mobile has ...
- Smart Streetlights Fail To Deliver
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Three years and $30 million later, smart streetlights in San Diego have yet to deliver on their promise. ...
- Google-Apple Contact Tracing Plan Meets With Skepticism
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Just 50% of smartphone owners said they were likely to use the new Google-Apple contact tracing app, and respondents expressed doubt that tech companies could keep data anonymous. By contrast, ...
- Back Off! My SocialSafety Smartphone Is Beeping
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, April 27, 2020
When one co-worker gets less than six feet away from another, their smartphones start to vibrate and beep. ...
- Apple, Google Address Privacy Concerns Around COVID-19 Tracing On Mobile
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, April 26, 2020
The Australian Government on Sunday officially launched its Contact Tracing app, COVIDSafe, using the software based on the Singapore Ministry of Health and Government Technology Agency's TraceTogether software. It relies ...
- Google-Apple Contact Tracing Plan Poses 'Alarming' Privacy Risk, Sen. Hawley Warns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 21, 2020
"Your materials state that the data necessary for this project will be anonymized. But anonymity in data is notoriously unstable," Hawley says in a letter to the companies. ...
- 80% Will Need To Download COVID-19 Tracing App
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 17, 2020
The University of Oxford's Big Data Institute has crunched the numbers and calculated that a COVID-19 tracing app could halt the spread of the disease but would need four in ...
- Android Users Battling Google Can't Seek Intervention By Appeals Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 16, 2020
A group of Android users have lost another round in a privacy battle with Google over alleged location tracking. ...
- Apple Launches Second-Generation iPhone SE
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 16, 2020
Apple is taking order for a second-generation iPhone SE from this Friday, according to "City A.M." The new phone will be the company's most affordable, retailing from GBP419. ...
- Apple Intros $399 iPhone SE
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Apple today introduced a new iPhone SE with a starting price of $399 to target first-time smartphone buyers. ...
- Samsung's Resilience Amid Pandemic: Q1 Revs Forecast To Hit $45 Billion
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Analysts are attributing Samsung's resilience to its booming semiconductor business, which was already a cash cow for the company. ...
- Google Questioned By Senators Over COVID-19 Reports
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
"No one should fear that their phone is monitoring their every step," Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal wrote Tuesday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. ...
- Mobile Apps Use Location Data To Identify When People Cross Paths With COVID-19
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Software tools that use location history and ad-targeting technology to track how COVID-19 spreads are available from companies like OnAudience.com, which has developed an app that gives people information if ...
- Can You Believe It? People Are Talking Again -- On Their Phones!
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, April 2, 2020
The "voice" feature has always been available on cell phones, but was rarely used -- until now, as we seek more human connection. ...
- Consumers At Home Buying Tech Devices While Dealing With COVID-19
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
Consumers staying home due to COVID-19 are turning to tech. More than a third of U.S. households have purchased a tech device over the past week to help them adjust ...
- COVID-19 Leading To Shortfall Of Phones, Smart Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, March 26, 2020
COVID-19 has the potential of wreaking havoc on the technology supply chain. Now researchers have estimated a range of what that may look like. In one scenario, makers of smartphones, ...
- Phoning It In: COVID-19 Drives Consumers Back To Speaking On Phones
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Using a smartphone to talk is back, at least for now. For the longest time, consumers have been migrating to texting and web surfing on their smartphones. ...
- Smartphone Shipments Plunge 38% Due To COVID-19
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Monday, March 23, 2020
The market of connected things is taking at least a short-term hit due to COVID-19. Global smartphone shipments dropped 38% annually in the month of February. ...
- Government Plan To Fight COVID-19 Could Result In 'Wholesale Privacy Invasion,' Senator Warns
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 19, 2020
"I urge you to balance privacy with any data-driven solutions to the current public health crisis," Sen. Ed Markey said in a letter to the White House. ...
- Coronavirus Delays Google's Mandatory Move To Online Video Parallel Tracking, Product Rollouts
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 13, 2020
Coronavirus seems to be testing tech companies, with some pushing out original deadlines to accommodate any chaos the unexpected virus might have caused. ...
- 'The New York Times' Uses Google Lens To Create Interactive Experience
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, March 12, 2020
The interactive covers, featuring Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and Megan Thee Stallion, offer a behind-the-scenes look at their creation through a new video series. ...
- Verizon Media Launches Yahoo Unlimited Mobile Phone Service, Adds Cross-Screen Planner To DSP
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Yahoo Mobile provides users with an unlimited mobile hotspot for one connected device at a time, ad-free Yahoo Mail Pro and Account Pro connecting to 24/7 customer service. ...
- Coronavirus To Push Smartphone Market Down: Study
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, February 28, 2020
Global shipments of smartphones will decline 2% this year due to the impact of the Covid-19 virus, according to the International Data Corporation. Shipments in Q1 are projected to drop ...
- Trump Campaign Urges Judge To Throw Out Robo-Texting Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 27, 2020
Three Minnesota residents who are suing Trump's campaign over unwanted robotexts should not be allowed to proceed with their claims, Trump's campaign argues. ...
