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Apple Is Back With Ads On X After Halting Platform Spending In 2023 Over Elon Musk's Posts
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 1:16pm | 637Technology giant Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has returned to running advertisements on social media platform X, a move that comes 15 months after the company paused spending on the platform. What Happened: Apple was one of several companies that paused or halted spending on X after Elon Musk, owner of...
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Popular Browsers Chrome, Safari, And Firefox Fall Prey To Major 18-Year-Old Security Hole That Allows Hackers To Infiltrate Firewalls: Report
Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 4:26am | 718A significant security loophole has been exploited in major browsers, including Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Safari, Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Chrome, and Mozilla’s Firefox. This vulnerability, present for nearly two decades, has allowed hackers to...
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How Much Is Google Really Paying Apple To Be Default Search Engine On iOS? Unsealed Court Papers Reveal $20B Figure For First Time
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 3:33am | 610The antitrust lawsuit against Google‘s parent company, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) has revealed that the company paid Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) a staggering $20 billion in 2022 for Google to be the default search engine in the Safari browser. What Happened: The payment details...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai To Testify In Landmark US Antitrust Trial On Monday
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 9:20pm | 744Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify in a major U.S. antitrust trial on Monday. The trial revolves around allegations of Google’s dominant position in search and search advertising sectors, reported Reuters. What Happened: Pichai, the head of Alphabet...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Was Reportedly Worried About The Search Engine And Apple's Deal Having Bad 'Optics'
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 10:10pm | 806Emails from Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai, predating his appointment as the company’s chief executive officer, have unveiled his concerns about the bad ‘optics’ of Google’s deal with Apple Inc. (...
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Microsoft Considered Selling Bing To Apple As Google Rival, But iPhone Maker Remained Skeptical
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 10:05pm | 781Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) reportedly discussed selling Bing to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as a replacement for Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, with Cupertino executives expressing skepticism about the former’s...
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Sundar Pichai Unveils Google's Plans For Chrome's 15th Anniversary: Fresh Design, AI Integration And Enhanced Security
Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 11:54pm | 738As Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) web browser, Google Chrome, marks its 15 years of existence, the company has unveiled some exciting updates, including a redesign, advanced AI integration, and enhanced security measures. What Happened: This month...
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Apple Follows Google's Lead Toward Password-Free Future With This iOS 17 API
Thursday, June 8, 2023 - 1:57am | 611In an unexpected move at this year’s WWDC, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) introduced a passkey API for iOS 17. Now, password manager 1Password has shared a sneak peek of what passkeys will look like in iOS. What Happened: During Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, the tech giant...
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Realty.com CFO Says Apple's Safari Browser Redirects To His Competitor
Friday, June 26, 2020 - 4:02pm | 456Over the years, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has made countless innovations to make life easier for its users — except for the CFO of Realty.com. Scott Custen said in a Facebook post Thursday that the Safari web browser automatically redirects traffic from his website to one of his top...
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KeyBanc Downgrades Criteo On Google Cookie Policy Overhang
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 10:42am | 374Although Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is considering new privacy tools that could restrict cookie-tracking in Chrome, this is unlikely to be as stringent as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) in Safari, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets. That news, however...
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Google Chrome World's Top Browser; It's Also The Most Vulnerable To Hackers
Monday, July 24, 2017 - 6:24pm | 340Google Chrome is not only the world’s most popular browser; it’s also the most vulnerable to attack, a pair of studies show. Using information compiled by CVE Detail, the analytics firm Statista said the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) browser led its competitors with the most errors in...
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Bernstein's Comprehensive Look Into Apple Amid WWDC
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 1:31pm | 960The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2016 began on June 13 in San Francisco and Bernstein analyst A.M. (Toni) Sacconaghi offered his key takeaways of the event. Sacconaghi said Apple's announcements were in line with investor and blog expectations. The Cupertino,...
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Gene Munster Says Apple Pay A Legitimate Threat To PayPal's Staying Power
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 10:36am | 453Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray continues to view Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Apple Pay as a superior POS mobile payment solution and, with the dawn of availability in online channels, a legitimate threat to Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL)'s staying power. At Apple's WWDC developer conference...
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What Apple Pay's Journey To Safari Means For PayPal, Visa And Mastercard
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 10:11am | 518At its annual developer conference, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its much awaited “Apple Pay for Safari.” Bernstein’s Lisa D. Ellis maintained an Outperform rating on the company, with a price target of $135. Until now, Apple Pay had only been available for iPhones and...
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Apple Allows Developers To Build Ad-Blocking Apps: Do Online Publishers Need To Worry?
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 1:41pm | 388Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has finally allowed developers to build ad-blocking apps for its platform. Although that might be a good news for Apple’s customers, how will this impact online publishers who make a living through ads? Ted Murphy, IZEA CEO and founder, was on CNBC Friday to answer...