Facebook criticizes Apple over data privacy changes in iOS 14
Facebook posted full-page ads in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Washington Post, blasting Apple for its upcoming iOS 14 operating system. The ads carried the headline, “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere.”
The criticism is against Apple’s decisio... Read more
New iOS version adds support for RAW photography
Apple has released iOS 14.3, iPadOS 144.3 and WatchOS 7.2. The update brings some small new features, mainly in the fields of photography and fitness.
The most important new feature is the ability to take photos in Apple's new ProRAW format. This offers more possibilities to edit photos with pho... Read more
iPhones hackable through WiFi due to severe vulnerability
A security researcher has managed to build an exploit for iPhones that works via their WiFi connections. This does not require any action on the part of the victim, and the victim won't realise that someone was trying to get into his phone.
The researcher Ian Beer explained the possibilities of ... Read more
App Store commission delayed for some apps
Apps in which virtual meetings or lessons can be held are not yet required to make payments through the Apple App Store. The deadline was not until December but has been postponed until June.
Apple announced the postponement via a message on its website. This specifically concerns the participat... Read more
Update for iOS fixes actively exploited zero-days
In an update for iOS, Apple fixes three zero-day vulnerabilities that were being actively exploited. The leaks were found by Google's Project Zero research group.
In addition to iOS, the vulnerabilities were also present in iPadOS, which is largely the same operating system. The new update fixes... Read more
Microsoft Teams now lets users go invisible with offline status
New feature aims to lessen distractions from co-workers.
At the Ignite 2020 digital conference last month, Microsoft announced a range of new features for Microsoft Teams. One of these was the Online Status indicator.
Microsoft Teams added indicators on the web, Android, iOS, and Windows 10 ... Read more
Microsoft updates Teams for iOS and Android, adding Cortana
The Android version of the update includes additional features not found on the iOS release.
Microsoft released two updates this week to enhance its popular Teams app on both Apple iOS and Google Android platforms. The Sept 17th update, Version 2.0.21, added support for Cortana, and today’s up... Read more
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 14 – but developers aren’t happy
With only a day's notice to get ready for the new release, third-party app developers are scrambling - and complaining.
Apple officially released its iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Sept. 16. The update will be available on any device that currently runs iOS 13 or iPadOS 13.
The iPhone is benef... Read more
Apple does not block bug fixes anymore after guideline discussions
Apple has decided that it will no longer block important bug fixes for already published applications. It changes its app review and feedback process after discussions about the guidelines. Also, developers can now submit suggestions for changing the guidelines.
With the change, the tech giant n... Read more
‘WhatsApp is working on a feature to synchronize chats’
WhatsApp is working on a feature for synchronizing chats between iOS and Android (or vice versa), according to ABetaInfo.
For the time being, it appears that users can access their entire history on four different devices with only one account (linked to a phone number). This probably requires w... Read more