Security experts level criticism at Apple after Big Sur launch issues
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Users took to social media to complain about slow systems with one report pointing to an OCSP responder as the culprit.
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Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
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Network World
MARCH 14, 2017
Even though the iPhone only accounts for less than 15% of global smartphone marketshare, Apple's iconic smartphone attracts a disproportionate amount of attention because it's proven to be quite popular among "social, political, diplomatic and business elites." To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
CTOvision
DECEMBER 19, 2013
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Forrester IT
JANUARY 31, 2019
Facebook’s tumultuous year made approaching the social giant’s Q4 2018 earnings call complicated, to say the least. Then, a story breaks that Apple is pulling a Facebook app that invites users to share their phone […].
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
DeepSeeks launch of its R-1 AI model in January has clearly upset the AI apple cart. Unlike Microsoft and the PC operating system, Google search, and Metas social media, it doesnt look like any single model developer is going to have a controlling interest in shaping the evolution of AI in the near-term.
Network World
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
By 2020, the existing wireless infrastructure was struggling to keep pace with the demands of modern fans who were on their phones talking, texting, shooting videos, taking selfies, posting content on social media, checking out other online sites, and generally consuming huge amounts of bandwidth. Luckily, the vendor community has stepped up.
Forrester IT
JUNE 11, 2024
It profusely apologized for Skittles changing its green candy’s flavor from lime to apple and, to citrus lovers’ delight, announced lime’s return in a pantomime press conference live streamed on Twitch and X. The campaign relied on social […]
SecureWorld News
JANUARY 7, 2025
Beware the Poisoned Apple: Defending Against Malware and Social Engineering Just like Snow White was tricked into accepting a poisoned apple from the Evil Queen, malware and social engineering attacks exploit trust to deliver harmful payloads. Are your defenses ready to withstand a "Jack"?
TechSpot
MAY 3, 2024
Samsung was quick to laugh at Apple following reports earlier this week from iPhone users complaining that their phones' alarms were not going off. Today highlighted the number of social media reports from people saying they'd missed engagements due to iPhone alarm failures. Read Entire Article
The Verge
OCTOBER 31, 2021
billion in revenue following Apple’s changes to its privacy practices. Last year, Apple announced the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy that requires apps to ask permission to track users’ data. Apple’s new policy will force social platforms and other apps to get more creative with their advertising.
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Getting started with Apple Invites is as simple as choosing a background template from the app's gallery or selecting an image from your own photo library. You can also tap into Apple Intelligence to create unique illustrations in Image Playground. From there, simply add any pertinent details like the date, Read Entire Article
The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2022
On Saturday, Android boss Hiroshi Lockheimer accused Apple of “using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products ,” after a Wall Street Journal report revealed how US teens have turned Apple’s iMessage into a social status symbol that locks Android users out. We’re not asking Apple to make iMessage available on Android.
The Verge
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Apple is planning to make changes to iOS 14 early next year that will require developers to ask for permission to gather data and track users across mobile apps and websites on an iPhone or iPad. Image: Apple. Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 privacy prompt. Unsurprisingly, Apple doesn’t agree. “We
Dataconomy
MARCH 26, 2025
Despite its reputation for lagging in AI development, Apple has crafted the best computer for AI research. Apple installed researchers revealed the models functionality on Monday. This software runs efficiently not only on bulkier server farms but also comfortably on Apples desktop computer. This was not planned.
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Small language models are also better for edge and mobile deployments, as with Apples recent mobile AI announcements. Its a step forward in terms of governance, trying to make sure AI is being used in a socially beneficial way. But Ive found them immensely useful in trimming down busy work.
The Verge
AUGUST 9, 2020
Apple has filed a notice of opposition against a meal prep company because it claims the Prepear app’s cartoon fruit logo— in this case, a pear— is too close to Apple’s own trademarked logo which is, of course, an apple (via MacRumors and iPhone in Canada ). that had more than 14,000 signatures as of this writing.
GeekWire
JUNE 10, 2023
The original Microsoft HoloLens, above, and Apple’s new Vision Pro, below. That last one sure looks like a possibility after Apple unveiled its new augmented reality headset this week. EyeSight promises to make the device less socially awkward for the people using it, allowing them to interact with those around them.
GeekWire
MARCH 25, 2025
You likely haven’t heard about it and what it does, but you’ve certainly heard of the social network built using this protocol: Bluesky. Contrary to X/Twitter and Threads, the AT Protocol and, for instance, Bluesky provides the mechanism for a decentralized open social web. players that you came to love and hate.
The Verge
AUGUST 30, 2021
The company has taken a strong stance on safeguarding its customers’ data — but some employees don’t believe it protects theirs Jacob Preston was sitting down with his manager during his first week at Apple when he was told, with little fanfare, that he needed to link his personal Apple ID and work account.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 4, 2014
Last week technology news site Re:Code announced that it would stop hosting comments on its own sites as the conversation around stories was already happening on social media. How Apple Forces New Technology to Improve the Future. Apple rounds up top iOS app developers for Aids charity campaign.
The Verge
DECEMBER 11, 2020
You may have never heard of the company X-Mode Social, but its code may be in some of the apps on your phone, tracking and selling your location data. Now, Google and Apple are trying to put a stop to it. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
Venture Beat
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
GamesBeat Summit Next's panel on Apple challenges explored the antitrust case, alternative payments for devs, and the IDFA changes. Read More.
Gizmodo
MARCH 9, 2021
Apple added period-tracking to the iOS Health app and launched a clinical study into women’s health back in 2019. Now, the Apple Women’s Health Study team has some preliminary data that affirms that, yes, there is an incredible variety of period symptoms suffered by menstruating people worldwide. Read more.
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 25, 2024
Wall Street has its own tale of contrasts: Apple, which represents order and safety, and UnitedHealth Group, which represents — well, it was supposed to be order and safety, too, only it didn’t work out that well. The thing about buybacks What does this have to do with Apple, and what does Apple have to do with you?
Forrester IT
OCTOBER 28, 2022
This delay gave marketers a false sense of security, despite other browsers blocking third-party cookies, Apple letting users opt out of IDFAs, and privacy bills mandating the use of cookie consent banners. Often, marketers focus on data deprecation’s impacts on paid social and programmatic […].
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Visible Photo) “Most parenting apps focus on finding friends and sharing social posts, rather than building a network for insights and decision making,” Wong said via email. The app is available for Apple devices and will add Android users later this week. They can also query the community for advice and recommendations.
Venture Beat
AUGUST 1, 2020
Antitrust experts weigh in on this week's congressional hearing with CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google and consider the best course of action. Read More.
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 20, 2024
Safety over commercial success SSI aims to differentiate itself from established AI giants such as OpenAI, Microsoft, and Apple by avoiding the “pressure of management overhead and product cycles.” “Our He is supported by Daniel Gross, a former AI lead at Apple, and Daniel Levy, who previously worked with OpenAI, SSI noted.
GeekWire
JULY 2, 2021
Intentionalist , a Seattle-based startup that promotes small companies, has partnered with Apple to connect users with LGBTQ-owned businesses via its Guides feature on the Maps app. The company’s partnership with Apple involves LGBTQ businesses in recognition of Pride Month. Guides launched in Apple Maps in iOS 14.
TechSpot
AUGUST 30, 2022
With Apple expected to announce the iPhone 14 series at their special "Far Out" event on September 7, rumors are still going strong. The latest leak comes from a short hands-on video posted on the Chinese social media website Weibo by Chinese tipster DuanRui, which hints at the iPhone 14's.
TechSpot
OCTOBER 1, 2023
To no one's surprise, Apple's highly anticipated iPhone 15 and 15 Pro release resulted in long lines, depleted retail stock, and pre-orders exceeding the iPhone 14's initial demand by up to 12 percent. Not long after its release, users began reporting uncomfortably high phone temperatures across review sites and social.
Venture Beat
OCTOBER 9, 2020
A federal judge denied a request from Epic Games to force Apple to reinstate Epic's Fortnite game on the App Store during an antitrust lawsuit. Read More.
The Verge
MAY 14, 2021
Apple trial. Apple antitrust trial has produced a weeks-long, frequently hilarious debate over the definition of a video game. Epic wants to prove that its shooter Fortnite is a “metaverse” rather than a game, pushing the trial’s scope to cover Apple’s entire App Store instead of just games. Image: Roblox. The Epic v.
Venture Beat
AUGUST 13, 2020
Apple deleted Fortnite after Epic deliberately violated terms by adding direct payments. Shots have been fired in what could be a very big App Store war. Read More.
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.’”.
Venture Beat
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Epic Games has argued that Apple's actions have stunted Epic's efforts to create the foundations for the Metaverse, or the universe of virtual worlds. Read More.
GeekWire
MARCH 18, 2022
In one of the first activations I walked into, I was offered a complimentary NFT at the door and proceeded up the stairs to see multiple people in headsets playing a social VR game that was being projected on the walls. Heightened emphasis on social justice & equity.
The Verge
JANUARY 10, 2022
Apple’s Messages app distinguishes between iOS users (in blue) and Android users (in green). Google has accused Apple of benefiting from bullying as part of a deliberate strategy to make Android users into second-class citizens on the iPhone-maker’s iMessage service. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.
The Verge
DECEMBER 26, 2020
While that’s a legitimate argument against providing yet another hunk of plastic that resembles all the other chargers people already have, Xiaomi joined other phone makers who poked fun at Apple a few short months ago for not including chargers with the iPhone 12.
Venture Beat
APRIL 21, 2021
Apple has launched its new iOS14 software, and that means that the long-feared IDFA change is here for mobile games. Read More.
The Verge
OCTOBER 20, 2020
It reminds me a little of the iPhone 5, but more importantly, it looks and feels very different than any other modern phone, in the way Apple is historically good at making older designs seem instantly out of date. The front of the phone is covered in what Apple calls “Ceramic Shield,” a hybrid of glass and ceramic.
Vox
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.
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