Mobile Applications

What's a mobile app? A mobile app is a software program you can download and access directly using your phone or tablet or generally any touch screen device. Typically a mobile app is purchased or downloaded through an app store or can be side loaded on various platforms.

Grab Fined For Privacy Breach For The Fourth Time
Grab Fined For Privacy Breach For The Fourth Time
September 13, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

GrabCar, a unit of Grab Holdings, a Singapore-based ridesharing company, has been issued a $10,000 Singapore dollar ($7,311) fine for a personal data breach, Bloomberg...

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Apple Provides Temporary Access To Epic Games’ Fortnite
Apple Provides Temporary Access To Epic Games’ Fortnite
September 13, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

After a nearly two-week ban, fans of Fortnite, a video game in which players fight each other until the last one is standing, can log...

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Apple Revamps App Store Guidelines For Games, Classes
Apple Revamps App Store Guidelines For Games, Classes
September 11, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Before the anticipated deployment of iOS 14 later in September, Apple updated its App Store guidelines on Friday (Sept. 11). Staffers of the tech company...

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US Deadline On TikTok Won’t Change, Trump Says
US Deadline On TikTok Won’t Change, Trump Says
September 10, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

President Donald Trump is holding firm to the deadline for video-sharing company TikTok to be sold to a U.S.-based buyer, according to Reuters. On Thursday...

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Facebook Debuts New ‘Facebook Campus’ For College Students
Facebook Debuts New ‘Facebook Campus’ For College Students
September 10, 2020  |  Facebook

In response to new challenges caused by the pandemic, Facebook is rolling out its new Facebook Campus feature, a college-only zone reminiscent of the social...

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Personal Finance Apps Executing Trades In Latest Ranking
Personal Finance Apps Executing Trades In Latest Ranking
September 10, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Putting stock trades and investment decisions in the consumer’s hand, literally, via smartphones, has in a way gamified securities for the mobile app set, making...

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg: Apple’s ‘Control’ Of App Store Should Be Examined
Facebook’s Zuckerberg: Apple’s ‘Control’ Of App Store Should Be Examined
September 09, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, speaking with “Axios on HBO,” said he believes Apple‘s App Store “deserves scrutiny.” “I think it’s probably about 50 percent of...

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ByteDance, US Government Talk TikTok Sale Alternatives
ByteDance, US Government Talk TikTok Sale Alternatives
September 09, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Amid an upcoming deadline for TikTok to consent to selling its U.S. operations, TikTok parent ByteDance is in talks with the American government about potential...

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple, Google, Amazon Boost UK Fees To Cover New Digital Tax; Amazon Gets FAA’s OK For Drone Delivery 
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple, Google, Amazon Boost UK Fees To Cover New Digital Tax;...
September 08, 2020  |  Regulation

Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from legislators and regulators the world over....

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