Lets start with apple, which has launched the latest update to its Operating System with a controversial feature that will stop companies tracking you around the internet. Its new App Tracking Transparency feature means users will have to agree to companies tracking their data. Platforms like facebook, which rely on personalized data to sell targeted ads, have criticised the move, saying apple is acting in self interest. Our Technology Reporter James Clayton has more from san francisco. I think by far the biggest story in terms of these apple is this App Tracking Transparency. We have been shopping online and then go on to another app and suddenly the thing you were searching for Pp5 Thing you were searching for pops up. That is the thing that apple is focusing on. From now on, will be asked if you want the company to track you online. That will really hurt facebook because it relies on targeted adverts, knowing lots of information about you and selling it to companies. It will hurt it
for european markets. they are all headed in one direction at the moment. we ll be getting an expert view on how long it will last. a vision for the future. we ll be talking interactive billboards and digital advertising with one of the industry s leading companies. dentists are calling for an end to the workplace cake culture. is there too much junk food at your work, or does it make a happier office? let us know, just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. it is never too early for cake and chocolate, just get some false teeth! today, markets in the us, the uk and most of asia have been open for the first trading session of the year. in 2016, surprise political results caused tremors on both sides of the atlantic, but a new report suggests there s been a sharp increase in business confidence for the year ahead. the professional services firm grant thornton says the number of companies expecting to grow their annual profits is at a two year high. indeed, here
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