updated: May 15 2021, 13:17 ist
Last month, Apple released the much-awaited App Tracking Transparency feature with the iOS 14.5/iPadOS 14.5 to all eligible iPhones and iPads.
The new critical security feature gives more power to device owners to put a stop on apps from tracking and storing user information.
It was welcomed by all users and tech critics around the world. As per the study, close to 90% of the global Apple device users have disabled the App Tracking.
Apple s move has enraged top app makers especially Facebook, which owns Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which have registered billions of installations on phones around the world. They generate revenue by offering targeted ads based on user s search habits and also location details.
updated: Mar 02 2021, 17:03 ist
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates created the Windows operating system, which runs billions of desktops and laptops around the world. However, he still regrets that his company was complacent to understand the potential of the mobile industry and failed to create an alternative to Google s Android, which now runs on more than 80-percent of the phones.
Though Microsoft made a delayed attempt with the Windows Mobile platform, the headstart the Google Android and Apple iOS got, was just too overwhelming for the Bill Gates company to make any dent in the status quo. In the software world, particularly for platforms, these are winner-take-all markets. So the greatest mistake ever is whatever mismanagement I engaged in that caused Microsoft not to be what Android is. That is, Android is the standard non-Apple phone platform. That was a natural thing for Microsoft to win. It really is the winners take all. If you’re there with half as many apps or 90 per
Published December 16, 2020, 8:54 AM
iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 dropped today, and one of the most anticipated new feature is the App Privacy Label. Similar to nutrition labels found on food, Apple has required all developers to provide this information so users will know what collected are used to track them or that is linked to them. Here’s a preview of some of the applications (in no particular order) that already complied with the requirement:
Facebook and Instagram
Twitter and Tweetbot
Apple’s FaceTime and Clips
App Privacy Label for Apple’s FaceTime
Zoom and Microsoft Teams
Signal and Viber
Landbank, PayMaya and GCash