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People wear face masks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus as they use a phone app to scan a code required to prove their health and travel status before being allowed to enter a shopping mall in Beijing on May 2, 2020, the second day of a five-day national holiday. The debate on privacy protection while using such apps is especially urgent in Europe, where academics and civil liberties activists are pushing for solutions that protect personal data. Eastern nations are less likely to adhere to privacy protection norms followed in the West. (Photo | AFP)

Location tracking not allowed on apps using Google, Apple APIs but...

Aarogya Setu, which runs on its own Application Program Interface or API, is not bound by international privacy...

5 May 2020 8:32 PM IST

Deep-pocketed companies such as Intel, which is sitting on USD 11.4 billion cash, are expected to forge ahead with their investments in fields they believe will turn into gold mines. After Intel bought Mobileye, the self-driving car startups revenue has ballooned from $210 million in 2017 to $879 million last year. Thats a reflection of the big bets being placed on automated driving by both major technology companies, such as Google spinoff Waymo and Apple, and automakers such as General Motors and Toyota. (Photo | Mobileye)

Intel buys Moovit app to boost its self-driving car business in an age...

The chip maker plans to combine Moovit with Mobileye, a self-driving car specialist that Intel bought for about USD 15...

5 May 2020 3:20 PM IST

Trump calls the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post fake news, and a lot of scrutiny that Amazon comes into is attributed to this. However, the US House Judiciary Committee has been investigating Big Tech Companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple on anti-trust and data privacy issues. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has testified in such hearings earlier. Now it is Jeff Bezos turn. (Photo | AFP)

Jeff Bezos may be forced to testify in US House about Amazon's alleged...

US lawmakers on Friday wrote to Bezos saying they would use legal means to force him to appear if he didn't do so...

2 May 2020 3:30 PM IST

Google increased its free advertising initiative by $200 million, with the added funding intended for non-profits tackling pressing issues like COVID-19 response and recoveryespecially in hard-hit developing economiesand fighting racial injustice around the world, Google Ad Grants head Michelle Hurtado said in a blog post.

Anti-racism and COVID non-profits will get Google ads worth USD 1...

Since 2003, Ad Grants has provided non-profits with up to $10,000 per month in free ads on internet search results to...

19 Jun 2020 6:53 PM IST

The app framework developed jointly by Google and Apple relies on Bluetooth technology to alert users if they came into contact with a COVID-19 infected person.

After dissing Google-Apple COVID app model, UK now embraces it

Earlier, the UK government had said the privacy controls that the app developed by the tech companies was unsuitable and...

18 Jun 2020 9:58 PM IST

European countries in particular say the so-called GAFAGoogle, Apple, Facebook and Amazonare unfairly exploiting tax rules that let them declare profits in low-tax havens, depriving them of a fair share of their fiscal payments.

France says it will go ahead with taxing Big Tech if US plays hooky on...

In January, 137 countries, including India, agreed to negotiate tax on tech firms but since tech gains during lockdown,...

18 Jun 2020 6:57 PM IST

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said now is the time when everyone needs to figure out how to contribute to solving racism. He said historically black colleges and universities have been resilient little-known gems for black education. (Photo | AP))

Amends for poor minority representation in Netflix? CEO to donate USD...

Reed Hastings and his wife will be giving USD 40 million each to three historically black colleges and universities in...

17 Jun 2020 8:52 PM IST

It also appears that Apple set conditions on how Apple Pay should be used in merchants apps and websites. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Apple Pay accused of exclusionary tactics by rivals, EU launches two...

The investigation follows complaints from Spotify and an e-book distributor on the impact of App Store's rules on the...

16 Jun 2020 5:45 PM IST

CEO Tim Cook said he grew up in Alabama during the Civil Rights movement, and said the burden of change must not fall on the underrepresented. (Photo | AFP)

To make the workplace more inclusive, Apple starts USD 100 million...

The initiative's goal is to challenge systemic barriers to opportunity faced by communities of colour, particularly...

12 Jun 2020 5:36 PM IST

US tech giants like Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Netflix are being singled out, says the US Trade Representative office.

Trump administration says won't let India, others tax US tech firms...

The US Trade Representative office has announced investigations into nations, including India, with digital services...

3 Jun 2020 10:40 PM IST

Electronics being assembled in a facility in Shanghai. (Photo | Flickr- Mitch Altman)

Govt eases norms, Apple's iPhone assembler Pegatron plans to set up...

As US, Japan, Taiwan look to shift their companies' bases out of China, the government of India is giving them...

1 Jun 2020 9:41 PM IST

Staggering economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic was reflected in reports released Thursday from Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Googles corporate parent, Alphabet. (AFP Photo)

Big Tech including Apple, Facebook reports mixed earnings amid...

Apple delivered surprisingly strong numbers with both its revenue and profit rising, defying analysts' lowered...

31 July 2020 9:37 AM IST