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Apple Debuts iBeacon Location Technology in U.S. Stores

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Apple’s iBeacon technology is looking to accomplish both, and after a successful run with the MLB’s ‘At the Ballpark’ mobile app at Citifield , Apple has now installed the location technology into its own retail stores. Last Friday, the technology debuted in 254 Apple stores in the U.S.

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Is Marketing About To Get Really Creepy Or Really Good?

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Apple acquired a company last week. On March 23rd, 2013, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple acquired a company called WiFiSLAM for an estimated $20 million (not bad for a two year old company with just a handful of employees that includes some ex-Googlers). This is more than a defensive move for Apple.

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France Alleges Apple For Not Helping With Contact Tracing App

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Just yesterday only, we talked about Apple & Google developing an app with the vision of preventing probable COVID-19 cases all over the world. And recently, we received news about France releasing a statement saying Apple isn’t helping the country as it should to help the crisis in a better way.

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Location Tracking Ban on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

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Recently, tech giants (Google & Apple) have made big announcements related to the contact tracing apps. Apple & Google Bans Location Tracking on Contact Tracing Apps. Apple & Google are undoubtedly the biggest mobile operating system players who capture more than 98% hold on the market.

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Why I Did Not Freak Out Over My Stolen iPhone | Bare Feet Blog

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My Tech and Internet Guardian Angels Mobile Me Account I always purchase Mobile Me alongside my iPhone service. It is only $99 a year and it saved me and my privacy. I had enabled the “Find My Phone&# feature that interacts with the GPS on the device. This is great if someone steals your computer and your phone!

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Cyber Safety Experts Reveal Tiktok Is The Most Data-Hungry App

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The privacy policies of the most downloaded face-transforming apps on Google Play Store and Apple App Store were studied to reveal what types of data they collect and how long they retain it for; these were spilt into five categories: ageing, gender-swap, beautifying, face-swap, and body-swap apps. Body-Editing Apps.

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7 Best Open-Source Apps for Android and iOS

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They might not be as popular as other mainstream apps, but they provide better safety against data harvesting, spyware, and privacy violations. You might already be aware that Android is an open-source OS, but Apple’s iOS isn’t. There’s a pretty good selection of free and open-source applications for both the Mobile OSes.