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Why a Real Facebook Ad Boycott Is Doomed
Here’s a fun thought experiment. Let’s say you, like any decent, law-abiding internet user, are feeling enraged by the recent slew of Wall Street Journal reports detailing Facebook’s myriad failures. Maybe you’re angry over Facebook’s inability to reckon with anti-vax content, or you’re angry at its slow response to known criminals abusing its platform, or,…
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Qualcomm’s Feeling the Heat Over Its Android Smartwatch Chips
There are a lot of reasons why Google’s Wear OS smartwatch platform has stagnated over the years, but a major factor was that the majority of its smartwatches were running on outdated processors from Qualcomm. But now that Google and Samsung have partnered to build a new platform — and Samsung’s new watches are rumoured…
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Too Bad Zuck: Just 4% of U.S. iPhone Users Let Apps Track Them After iOS Update
Apple recently rolled out its highly anticipated App Tracking Transparency feature with iOS 14.5, which lets users decide whether apps track their activity for targeted advertising. Overwhelmingly, users seem happy to leave app tracking disabled. Just 4% of iPhone users in the U.S. have agreed to app tracking after updating their device, according to the…
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Verizon’s Selling Off AOL and Yahoo for $6 Billion
Verizon’s officially selling off its media assets to the private equity firm Apollo Global for $US5 ($6) billion, the company announced on Monday. Alongside that bundle of cash, Verizon will also be keeping a 10% stake in the company, which will simply be renamed — no joke — Yahoo.