The European Union has fined Facebook 110 million euros — about $122 million — for providing “misleading information” during a 2014 review of its WhatsApp acquisition, which raised concerns about data sharing between the two services.
A new study published by investment bank Morgan Stanley shows 92 percent of iPhone users who are “somewhat or extremely likely” to upgrade within 12 months intend to buy Apple, a good indicator that this year’s iPhone revamp has the makings of a so-called “super cycle.”
In recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Apple CEO Tim Cook this week invited three accessibility advocates and bloggers to the company’s Cupertino, Calif., campus, for discussions on how Apple technology impacts their daily lives.
In a blog post on Wednesday, Panic developer Steven Frank said he inadvertently downloaded a malware-infected version of popular transcoding software HandBrake, which was targeted in a hack last week, leading to the theft of “quite a bit” of source code related to several of his company’s apps.
Google has unveiled new versions of Android at its annual I/O developer convention with features often inspired by the previous year’s iOS. The main difference: Apple can launch a new version of iOS and broadly distribute it before Google can deploy its copy of last year’s iOS across even a third of its installed base. This problem is getting worse each year for Google and its Android partners.
Google is doubling down on increasing Android’s market share in emerging markets with the creation of ‘Android Go,’ a version of Android O optimized for lower-specification entry-level Android devices and the bandwidth constraints of local infrastructure where those devices are sold.
Photos of a mockup published on Wedesday are claimed to show the finished design of Apple’s “iPhone 8,” including a vertical twin-lens camera on the rear, and the absence of any physical home button or obvious Touch ID sensor.
Major features of Google’s next iteration of Android have been revealed at the I/O developer conference, with “Android O” gaining a Picture-in-Picture mode, notification dots on app icons, and the ability to autofill data within apps, shown alongside improvements to the security and speed of the mobile operating system.
Coming alongside the start of its annual I/O conference, Google is on Wednesday launching an updated Gmail app for iOS and Android, introducing a “Smart Reply” feature based on the company’s machine learning technology.
Google has revealed a number of updates it will be rolling out to the Google Home connected speaker, with major additions including the device’s ability to put responses to queries on a nearby display, such as the user’s iPhone, as well as being able to place phone calls from the device itself.