Archive - Big Tech

Apple’s Journal App: A Foray Into AI, the Other Way Round

It’s more than just a journaling app.

Feb 13, 2024 •

May 2022

Thoughts on Apple’s New “Data Auction” Ad

The privacy ad is funnily scary. Yet it fails to highlight a great feature

May 24, 2022 •

August 2021

Apple Is About to Sniff Out Child Exploitation Content From Devices

The iPhone maker expands child safety measures at the expense of user privacy

Aug 28, 2021 •

June 2021

With iOS 15, Apple Gave Us Strong Reasons to Ditch Google Services

You don’t need Google Workspace on your iPhone and iPad anymore — Apple has 10 better alternatives

Jun 18, 2021 •

Apple Is Killing Email Tracking With a Single Popup

The new Mail Privacy Protection feature ensures marketers can no longer track your email activity

Jun 11, 2021 •

Google Joins Apple to Cancel Facebook’s Trillion-Dollar Empire Dream

Android 12 makes interest-based advertising obsolete to set off an irreversible collapse in Facebook’s ad ecosystem

Jun 3, 2021 •

May 2021

Google’s New Popup Will Further Weaken Facebook’s Advertisement Business

Android 12’s privacy-focused permission deepens the woes of Facebook by vowing to end invasive location-targeted marketing

May 31, 2021 •

Mark Zuckerberg vs. Tim Cook Feud: A War of Words Over iOS 14's App Tracking Transparency

Apple vs. Facebook’s timeline of events depicted through illustrations

May 1, 2021 •

April 2021

One Billion iPhones Is The Biggest Asset Of Apple AirTag— But The Device Is Far From Perfect

The coin-sized tracker’s anti-stalking technology is well thought out. But the gadget can be easily misused

Apr 29, 2021 •

March 2021

Google is Killing Third-Party Cookies As They Have Better Plans to Dominate the Web

Google’s privacy-first web isn’t really what you think it is

Mar 29, 2021 •

Apple vs. Facebook Isn’t a Matter of Privacy but Opposing Business Philosophies

In the never-ending spat, both are leveraging privacy for their own good

Mar 5, 2021 •

February 2021

Facebook Is Gaslighting Users Into Allowing Ad Tracking on iOS 14

As Apple’s opt-in ad tracking popup rolls out, Facebook’s got another trick up its sleeve

Feb 3, 2021 •

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