The UK CMA has launched an investigation into Apple as a result of complaints about anti-competitive practices around the App Store.
47,000 iOS Apps Have Misconfigured Cloud Servers
Researchers at Zimperium analyzed 1.3 million Android and iOS apps to detect common cloud misconfigurations. They found that nearly 84,000 Android apps and 47,000 iOS apps have errors.
The researchers found almost 84,000 Android apps and nearly 47,000 iOS apps using public cloud services—like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure—in their backend as opposed to running their own servers. Of those, the researchers found misconfigurations in 14 percent of those totals—11,877 Android apps and 6,608 iOS apps—exposing users’ personal information, passwords, and even medical information.
New 'Apple For Kids' Page Helps Parents Control Children's Digital Activity
A new ‘Apple for Kids’ page gives parents various piece of guidance on how they can keep their children safe when using Apple devices.
Apple TV+ Shows Earn 11 Total Annie Award Nominations
“Wolfwalkers” the Golden Globe-nominated Apple Original animated film has received 10 Annie Award nominations.
Google Reveals Plan to End Third-Party Cookies
Google wrote a post updating its plans for its Privacy Sandbox project. Its goal is to make third-party cookies obsolete.
we are confident that with continued iteration and feedback, privacy-preserving and open-standard mechanisms like the Privacy Sandbox can sustain a healthy, ad-supported web in a way that will render third-party cookies obsolete.
Once these approaches have addressed the needs of users, publishers, and advertisers, and we have developed the tools to mitigate workarounds, we plan to phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome.
I don’t know what the new “open standards” will be, but I’m definitely skeptical given the nature of Google’s advertising business. Will there be a new first-party tracking technique? Update: Here’s why the EFF thinks it’s a terrible idea.
Apple Orders ‘Dr. Brain’ Starring Lee Sun-Kyun
Apple has put in a series order for Korean sci-fi thriller “Dr. Brain.” It’s directed by Kim Jew-Woon and stars SAG Award winner Lee Sun-Kyun.
An Inside Look at Apple TV+ Movie 'Cherry'
Ahead of its release on Apple TV+ on March 12, there is a new video about Cherry in which the film’s stars provide an inside look. Tom Holland and Ciara Bravo talk about the self-destructive love story their two characters go on. (Cherry is already available in theaters that are open.)
iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 Public And Dev Beta Three Now Out
Both the public and developer betas of iOS 14.5 and iPad OS 14.5 are now available to those enrolled in the respective programs.
AWS Announces Ethereum on Amazon Managed Blockchain
Amazon Web Services announced on Wednesday the general availability of Ethereum on Amazon Managed Blockchain.
With Amazon Managed Blockchain, customers get secure networking, encryption at rest and transport, secure access to the network via standard open-source Ethereum APIs, fast and reliable syncs to the Ethereum blockchain, and durable elastic storage for ledger data. Amazon Managed Blockchain monitors node health, replaces unhealthy nodes, and automates Ethereum software upgrades, improving the availability of customers’ Ethereum infrastructure.
Apple's Health Responses and Study Results – TMO Daily Observations 2021-03-03
Andrew Orr and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s year of pandemic actions, and the results of the latest health study.
