“This year we wanted to help you with tracking in apps,” said Katie Skinner, a user privacy software manager at Apple during the keynote. “We believe tracking should always be transparent and under your control. So moving forward, App Store policy will require apps to ask before tracking you across apps and websites owned by […]
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Apple confirmed on Monday that it would design the processors inside its new Mac computers, ditching Intel, its partner of 15 years, and completing a yearslong effort to control the core components underpinning its main devices. Apple said that the first Macs with Apple chips would arrive by year’s end, and that the full transition
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MacBook Air costs $999 from Apple or $900-$999 from Amazon Small Upgrade: If you want to future-proof your laptop with a bit more power, it might be worthwhile to pay $100 more for the MacBook Air with the Core i5 processor. We don’t recommend upgrading the RAM and paying $1,299 though, because at that point
On Monday, Apple will hold its opening keynote for WWDC 2020, its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. At WWDC, the company is expected to discuss its new iOS 14 iPhone and iPad software, as well as new WatchOS and MacOS software to power its Apple Watch, MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros, too. Apple’s Macs are about to change, big time. Óscar
Apple’s move would be a symbolic blow to Intel, particularly when civilian and military officials are concerned over the weakening of American leadership in chip manufacturing, which they regard as crucial to the country’s ability to retain an edge over China. Legislation introduced in Congress last week, with rare bipartisan agreement, would funnel tens of
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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
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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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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“We need to ensure that Apple’s rules do not distort competition in markets where Apple is competing with other app developers, for example with its music streaming service Apple Music or with Apple Books,” Margrethe Vestager, the commission’s executive vice president for competition, said in a written statement. Every time an iPhone user subscribes to
