Apple v Facebook: Why I'm cheering for Tim Cook's team
6 years, 10 months ago

Apple v Facebook: Why I'm cheering for Tim Cook's team

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But while Apple boss Tim Cook would appear to be sitting pretty, he is alive to the danger of being a one trick pony in a fickle market and the push his company has made into selling services is yielding impressive results. While the pace of growth slowed to 8 per cent compared to the final three months of 2017, service sales are still poised to overtake the combined revenues drawn from the iPad and the Mac this year, and Apple clearly has the appetite to further buttress the division with new additions. You may remember that the latter said “it’s time” as #deletefacebook app bounced around the web, and he has invested some of the billions he made through Facebook’s buyout of his company into the Signal Foundation.

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How Apple screwed Facebook
3 years, 10 months ago

How Apple screwed Facebook

Wired  

It is not unusual for the bosses of Apple and Facebook to be at loggerheads with each other over privacy. Back in 2018 Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg accused his Apple counterpart Tim Cook of being “extremely glib” for making scathing remarks about Facebook’s involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Weeks later Apple introduced privacy controls that hampered Facebook’s ability …

Apple Vs Facebook: A Losing Battle For Facebook Because Privacy Always Wins With Users
4 years ago

Apple Vs Facebook: A Losing Battle For Facebook Because Privacy Always Wins With Users

News 18  

It is nothing new. First, Apple is not ending data tracking and secondly, Apple is not putting an end to personalized In a blog post, Facebook says, “Everyone’s News Feed is unique, which means you’re more likely to see content you want to watch, groups you want to join, creators you want to follow, and products and services you want …

Facebook's feud with Apple may dent ad revenue
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook's feud with Apple may dent ad revenue

The Hindu  

Apple is all set to roll out its anti-tracking feature, an update that gives iPhone users more control over their data. The Cupertino-based company’s update has not gone down well with Facebook as the Apple’s move could ‘‘significantly’’ hurt Facebook’s ad revenue and user targeting strategy in 2021. The social media giant’s advertising revenue rose 31% in the last quarter …

Facebook and Apple Are Beefing Over the Future of the Internet
55 years, 2 months ago

Facebook and Apple Are Beefing Over the Future of the Internet

Wired  

Last July, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with the heads of Google, Amazon, and Apple, spent a long day fielding heated questions from members of the House Antitrust Subcommittee. On Thursday morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a speech explaining his company’s upcoming privacy changes, which will ban apps from sharing iPhone user behavior with third parties unless users give …

Facebook vs Apple: Social media giant sees future competitor
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook vs Apple: Social media giant sees future competitor

Al Jazeera  

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said he sees Apple Inc. as a “significant” future competitor as the two companies begin to build out rival business lines. Zuckerberg discussed Facebook’s key product areas on Wednesday during a fourth-quarter earnings call, and said he expects there to be “very significant competitive overlap” with the iPhone maker on several of them, …

Who is right: Facebook or Apple?
4 years, 2 months ago

Who is right: Facebook or Apple?

Al Jazeera  

The two tech giants are at loggerheads, and it’s all about privacy. The world’s richest companies are going head to head in a very public argument, one which affects both their bottom lines. In one corner, there is Apple, not only the most dominant company in tech, but the highest valued brand in the world. Its social media platform is …

Apple hits out against Facebook as fight between companies over privacy escalates
4 years, 3 months ago

Apple hits out against Facebook as fight between companies over privacy escalates

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple has hit out against Facebook after the social media company said it …

Facebook Accuses Apple of Anticompetitive Privacy Policy, Takes Out Full-Page Newspaper Ad
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook Accuses Apple of Anticompetitive Privacy Policy, Takes Out Full-Page Newspaper Ad

News 18  

Facebook accused rival Apple of engaging in anticompetitive practices on Wednesday, firing another shot in a monthslong standoff between the two tech giants over Apple’s planned privacy changes for iOS14. In response, Apple said its new rules will not require Facebook to change its “approach to tracking users and creating targeted advertising” but instead requires Facebook to give users on …

Facebook feuds with Apple over privacy changes that threaten its advertising business
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook feuds with Apple over privacy changes that threaten its advertising business

CNN  

CNN Business — Facebook is now waging a public relations effort to attack Apple ahead of new iOS data privacy changes that would make it harder for advertisers to track users, in a possible sign of just how much the social network views the move as a threat to its core business. The newspaper ads coincide with a new section …

The coronavirus has only made Big Tech more dominant
4 years, 7 months ago

The coronavirus has only made Big Tech more dominant

CNN  

CNN Business — One day after the CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google were grilled by Congress about whether their companies are too powerful, the businesses posted earnings results that showed they are only getting more dominant amid the pandemic. The company said that number reflected “increased engagement as people around the world sheltered in place.” Amazon posted quarterly …

Big Tech In Washington's Hot Seat: What You Need To Know
4 years, 8 months ago

Big Tech In Washington's Hot Seat: What You Need To Know

NPR  

Big Tech In Washington's Hot Seat: What You Need To Know Enlarge this image toggle caption Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Evan Vucci, Jeff Chiu, Jens Meyer/AP Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Evan Vucci, Jeff Chiu, Jens Meyer/AP Updated at 7:17 p.m. Here's what you need to know: Who: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO …

Apple introduces web login, stresses privacy in challenge to Google, Facebook
5 years, 9 months ago

Apple introduces web login, stresses privacy in challenge to Google, Facebook

Firstpost  

By Stephen Nellis - Apple Inc on Monday launched a “Sign In With Apple” function to rival Facebook and Google web login accounts, drawing a contrast with rivals by stressing protection of users’ private information. When users sign in with their Google or Facebook Inc profiles to third-party apps, the apps often share valuable data with Google and Facebook, a …

We disagree with Apple but Android use purely on merit: Facebook
6 years, 4 months ago

We disagree with Apple but Android use purely on merit: Facebook

The Quint  

San Francisco, Nov 15 Dismissing a media report that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered his management team to use only Android phones after his tiff with Apple CEO Tim Cook, the social media network on Thursday said the decision to use Android is because it is the most popular operating system in the world. The New York Times on Wednesday …

Apple CEO Tim Cook lashes out at Facebook and other rivals
6 years, 5 months ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook lashes out at Facebook and other rivals

Daily Mail  

Apple CEO Tim Cook has hit out at Silicon Valley giants who are obsessed with collecting user data. In an interview with HBO's Vice News Tonight, Apple CEO Tim Cook countered claims that companies need to siphon user data in order to make their products better. Earlier this year, Apple began requiring developers to clearly communicate how their users' personal …

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Company Hasn't Collected Data Available From Facebook
6 years, 9 months ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Company Hasn't Collected Data Available From Facebook

NPR  

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Company Hasn't Collected Data Available From Facebook Apple's CEO Tim Cook denies that Apple is implicated in Facebook's latest scandal. He speaks with NPR at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Today NPR spoke directly with Apple CEO Tim Cook about the revelations that hardware makers had access to …

Apple Requested 'Zero' Personal Data In Deals With Facebook, CEO Tim Cook Says
6 years, 9 months ago

Apple Requested 'Zero' Personal Data In Deals With Facebook, CEO Tim Cook Says

NPR  

Apple Requested 'Zero' Personal Data In Deals With Facebook, CEO Tim Cook Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Ariel Zambelich/NPR Ariel Zambelich/NPR "We've never been in the data business," Apple CEO Tim Cook told NPR on Monday, responding to a report that Facebook struck agreements giving Apple and other device makers access to Facebook users' personal information. "The things mentioned …

Will Tim Cook's privacy stance win or lose customers for Apple?
9 years, 1 month ago

Will Tim Cook's privacy stance win or lose customers for Apple?

Firstpost  

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook’s refusal to comply with the U.S. government’s request to unlock an iPhone of one of the San Bernardino, California attackers drew strong reaction from critics and supporters this week, but is unclear how the decision will affect potential buyers of the company’s products. In an open letter to customers, Cook vowed to fight a court …

Tim Cook’s stance on privacy could define his Apple legacy
9 years, 1 month ago

Tim Cook’s stance on privacy could define his Apple legacy

LA Times  

Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, had his pay cut by 15% after the tech company experienced its first decline in revenue since 2001. — Chenxi Wang, chief strategy officer, Twistlock But the typically mild-mannered Cook, 55, has portrayed the issue as a “fundamental human right.” “I don’t need to know what time you go to bed at night; I don’t …

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