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FacebookiOSiPhoneNov 3, 2021

Facebook’s Nick Clegg attacks Apple’s ATT privacy feature, again

Rida Imran

Nick Clegg, Head of Global Affairs at Facebook (now called Meta) criticized Apple’s ATT privacy feature. Speaking at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon, Portugal, he said that Apple is exploiting its dominant market position and its power of…

FacebookNov 3, 2021

Facebook is shutting down facial recognition system over privacy and social concerns

Rida Imran

In the coming weeks, the Facebook app will longer support the facial recognition system which was used to automatically recognize users in photos and videos, for suggested tagging and other purposes. The company says that decision is taken to preserve…

AndroidGamesNov 3, 2021

Netflix launches mobile gaming service with 5 games on Android, coming soon on iOS

Rida Imran

Netflix has finally debuted its mobile gaming service with 5 games, worldwide. Currently, subscribers can enjoy the games on Android smartphones and tablets at no additional cost. Official Twitter Netflix Geeked account confirms that the support for mobile games is…

FacebookOct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021

Facebook company is now called ‘Meta’ to reflect its efforts in creating a metaverse

Rida Imran

In the video presentation on its plans for the future, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new name of the company “Meta”. Zuckerberg said that the new name reflects the company’s evolution from just social media platform into a metaverse….

FacebookOct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021

Facebook imposes ‘legal hold’ asking employees to preserve internal documents since 2016

Rida Imran

As its investigation proceeds, Facebook tells employees to “preserve internal documents and communications since 2016” related to its business. The social media tech giant is under investigation by U.S lawmakers after a whistle-blower provided evidence that the company deliberately ignored…

MacOct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021

Dropbox is testing native support for Apple Silicon, expected to arrive in 2022

Asma Hussain

An official Dropbox support thread recently shared on Twitter suggested that the company had no plans to natively support Apple Silicon Macs, almost a year after the first models with the M1 chip were released. However, Dropbox has now explicitly…

iOSAndroidInstagramiPhoneOct 28, 2021

Instagram’s link stickers are now available to all users

Rida Imran

Instagram discontinued ‘swipe-up links’ in August and began testing the new ‘link stickers’ for Stories. The Verge reports that the link stickers are rolled out to everyone on the platforms. Now, users can add the link of their favorite restaurant,…

FacebookOct 26, 2021Oct 26, 2021

With $29 billion ad revenue, Facebook CEO slams Apple’s app tracking system for hurting “millions” of small businesses

Rida Imran

At its Q3 2021 earnings conference, Facebook reported $29.01 billion in revenue from advertisements. Even then, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed discontent with Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature and said that it hurting “millions of small businesses” including…

FacebookOct 24, 2021

Google accused of colluding with Facebook to bypass Apple’s privacy measures

Imran Hussain

As per the antitrust case against Google in Texas, the company colluded with Facebook for several years to bypass Apple’s privacy measures to identify users and ensure that its ad exchanges always won auctions. In an amended complaint filed on…

Oct 23, 2021Oct 23, 2021

Hacking group REvil, that targeted Apple supplier, taken offline

Asma Hussain

The hacking group REvil, who carried out a ransomware attack against Apple supplier Quanta Computer, was hacked and forced offline this week through a multi-country operation led by the FBI in partnership with the Secret Service. REvil has been responsible…