Apple's revised App Store guidelines now say game streaming services are permitted but games offered by them must be available as individual App Store downloads
In a series of new App Store rules promulgated to developers on Friday, Apple will allow services like Microsoft Xcloud …
Apple revises App Store guidelines, clarifying rules for in-app purchases from certain categories of apps and iOS 14 features including App Clips and widgets
Apple today is releasing updated App Store Guidelines with the goal of clarifying how it will approach new technologies …
Microsoft says Apple's App Store changes still create a bad experience for gamers, who want a catalog app and not to “be forced to download over 100 apps”
Apple is changing its App Store rules to allow game streaming services, which let people play video games over the internet …
Sources: China would prefer to see TikTok shut down in the US as it believes a forced sale would make China appear weak in the face of pressure from Washington
(Reuters) - Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok's U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer …
Trump says “there will be no extension of the TikTok deadline”, as sources say ByteDance will likely miss the WH deadline to sell TikTok's US operations
Bloomberg :
PE firm EQT to buy Madrid-based property classifieds site Idealista for €1.3B from Apax Partners; Idealista was valued at €235M during its acquisition in 2015
Swedish buyout group to buy company for five times the price rival Apax paid five years ago
Newly uncovered emails from 2016 show Peter Thiel hosted a dinner in the summer of that year with one of the most influential white nationalists in the US
The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency. Now what does he have to show for it?
Goodreads has held on to its dominant spot online despite being nearly unusable, but its reign is now being challenged by competitors, including The StoryGraph
On a typical day, a long-time user of Goodreads, the world's largest community for reviewing and recommending books, will feel like they're losing their mind.
Report: despite publicly promising otherwise, Amazon significantly increased prices on essential products during pandemic, allowed 3rd party sellers to do same
Key Findings — Amazon set prices of products during the COVID-19 pandemic to levels that would be considered violations of price gouging laws in many states.
Sources: about a dozen states, mostly led by GOP, are considering joining DOJ's upcoming antitrust lawsuit against Google, while readying their own complaints
- Democratic states have sought more time for broader probe — States are scrutinizing Google search, advertising, Android
Study: ~180 online-only, open-access science, social sciences, and humanities journals have disappeared in the last 20 years and their content wasn't preserved
Eighty-four online-only, open-access (OA) journals in the sciences, and nearly 100 more in the social sciences and humanities …
How Sundar Pichai is leading Google at a time when many of the company's strengths become the focus of intense public criticism and antitrust scrutiny
The low-key chief is contending with possible antitrust lawsuits, a revenue drop and pressure to take the company in new directions Tweets: @realrobcopeland , @wsjtech , @georgikantchev , @wsj , @alex...
Experts discuss worst-case scenarios for election night, from coordinated social media disinfo campaigns to ransomware targeting voter registration systems
and what to do about it. #GeorgetownLaw's @mattblaze: “this year my nightmares are less about technical mischief and more about logistical breakdown.” https://www.nytimes.com/... @nbcpolitics : With f...
How TechCrunch moved Disrupt online, expanding to 5 days to mitigate screen fatigue and creating a 3D rendering of Moscone Center using green screens and sets
Help us make your experience with Digiday even better by taking a quick survey. Respondents will be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card. Tweets: @anthonyha , @techcrunch , @mikebutcher , and @travi...
Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries unveils a military drone that can fly autonomously, form a data-sharing swarm, and track people, missiles, equipment using AI
depending on who you ask.” I'll got out on a limb and say it's neither nor. https://www.wired.com/... William Fitzgerald / @william_fitz : or maybe just don't make autonomous lethal weapons? https://t...
Sources, job ads, and references to GDPR for Apple Card in iOS 14 Beta 8 code hint at the coming international expansion for the card
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors :
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri says the company needs to “make our case as strongly as we can” against Apple's planned changes to IDFA tracking in iOS 14
@mosseri really is Tariq Aziz of Facebook. I mean, really 🙄 https://twitter.com/... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : I see Zucka's Facebook lieutenant now CEO of Instagram is going full-on propaganda mode t...
Q&A with M. G. Siegler on Apple's identity and future direction, its rivalry with Facebook and battle with Epic, the 30% cut policy, and on life as a VC
Apple's identity, the Epic Games beef, and brewing competition with Facebook … For years, Apple had a clear identity: It was the world's best devices maker.
Getting broadband internet to everyone in the US is a political and policy issue, which will need a multi-layered effort at the local, state, and federal level
even if a wire runs by your house, it doesn't matter if you can't afford it, or that service is good. A look at how we here (telecom lobbying + bad government) and how to fix it: https://www.vox.com/....
Q&A: FCC's Rosenworcel on why current Section 230 review at FCC is corrupt, FTC's role under its Section 5, and Pai's excuses for not closing the “homework gap”
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol :
Google says it will remove any Autocomplete suggestions that endorse or oppose a candidate or a party, or make a claim about voting or the electoral process
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Source: NS8, a startup designed to protect online transactions, lays off ~240 staff amid SEC fraud investigation; CEO abruptly departed last week
David Jeans / Forbes :
A month after the launch of TikTok's $200M fund, some creators are complaining about the low payouts and lack of transparency in how payouts are calculated
Louise Matsakis / Wired :
[Thread] Coinbase CEO details how Apple's App Store restrictions, like blocking the ability to access decentralized finance apps, stifle innovation in crypto
Brian Armstrong / @brian_armstrong :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.