Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Apple’s annual WWDC usually takes place in front of a cheering crowd but will be online this year Apple is facing mounting pressure over how it runs its app store ahead of its major global developers’ conference, which starts on Monday. The firm has been accused of creating “hostile” […]
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Apple said it did not know about a proposed “hybrid” version of the contact-tracing app announced by Matt Hancock Apple says it did not know the UK was working on a “hybrid” version of the NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app using tech it developed with Google. The firm took the
The news: The UK is going to abandon its current contact tracing app in favor of one based on technology built by Apple and Google, the BBC reports. Tests of its existing app among residents on the Isle of Wight found it had trouble recognizing iPhones. The app had been supposed to launch for the
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In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google. The Apple-Google design has been promoted as being more privacy-focused. However, it means epidemiologists will have access to less data. The government now intends to launch an
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Executives and engineers from Facebook’s games division submitted their new app, Facebook Gaming, to Apple last month for approval to offer it in the iPhone maker’s App Store. Apple considered Facebook’s application for a few weeks. This month, it delivered its verdict: denied. The Facebook team was not surprised. It wasn’t the first time Apple
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A government minister has said the NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app is “not a priority” and he was not sure it would be out by winter. The app, which has been trialled on the Isle of Wight, was initially expected to launch nationally weeks ago. The BBC can also reveal that the project’s two lead managers
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Apple’s chief executive will address app-makers at its online WWDC conference next week Apple is facing mounting calls to reconsider its App Store rules, from the creators of the apps themselves. Dozens have used the term “hostile” to describe how they perceive it treats its third-party developer community. The
Hansson says this is emblematic of Apple’s “capricious and inconsistent review process” for third-party apps, and he’s hardly the first app maker to allege this. Last fall, developer Steve Troughton-Smith’s number-picking app Lotto Machine got a “blanket rejection” from Apple when he tried to launch it for MacOS, despite the fact that “the same app
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American investigations of Big Tech’s power, including those by the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general, have tended to lump Apple in with Google, Facebook and Amazon. But Apple was thought to be at the least risk of punishment there because its business practices appeared to be less problematic than its closest
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If brick and mortar retail stores weren’t already in enough trouble prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re now facing widespread customer concerns about touching products — including hard-to-disinfect goods such as clothes — that were previously handled by strangers. Augmented reality tech developer Vertebrae announced today that it’s ready to help clothing retailers address this challenge
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