Mobile and Infrastructure News
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Snap recovers from Apple privacy changes, shares surge 50%
Snap Inc has said its advertising business bounced back from the effects of Apple Inc’s privacy changes faster than it expected, and shares of the company skyrocketed 50% as ...
Bill targeting Apple and Google approved by US Senate panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, particularly Apple and Google.
Alphabet eyes $2 trillion value after blowout results
Google parent company Alphabet advanced nearer to joining peers Apple and Microsoft in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club as the search giant’s shares surged more th...
UK politicians: ‘Big Tech’ should reimburse victims of online scams
Big tech companies whose online platforms carry advertisements for scams should be made to reimburse victims, British lawmakers said, as part of wider efforts to combat a growing e...
Apple sales and profit top estimates as hit from chip shortages eases
Apple Inc has reported record sales in the holiday quarter, beating estimates due to high iPhone demand and growing subscribers, even as a chips shortage that it said has begun eas...
Apple poised for strong earnings despite supply constraints, Omicron
Apple Inc navigated pandemic-related supply chain issues better than rivals at the end of 2021, likely helping the iPhone maker surpass Wall Street revenue growth targets of 6%, so...
Three US states, DC sue Google over location-tracking
Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade use...
White House to hold second Competition Council meet today
The White House is set to hold the second meeting of its Competition Council on Monday, federal agencies said over the weekend.
Google asks judge to dismiss most of Texas antitrust lawsuit
Google has asked a federal judge to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing its dominance of the onlin...
US bill targeting Big Tech approved by Senate panel despite hefty lobbying
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that would bar tech giants like Amazon.com from giving preference to their own businesses on their websites, despite hefty lob...
Microsoft faces challenge cleaning up Activision Blizzard’s culture
The success of Microsoft’s biggest deal ever rides on rehabilitating Activision Blizzard’s culture, Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella declared after announcing the $69 billio...
White House meets SME’s to discuss competition in tech sector
White House officials met with small and mid-sized companies to discuss competition issues in the tech sector, as momentum grows in the US Congress to rein in large technology comp...
China cyberspace regulator drafts new rules for internet behemoths
China’s cyberspace regulator has drafted new guidelines that will require the country’s internet behemoths to obtain its approval before they undertake any investments ...
Microsoft to gobble up Activision in $69 billion metaverse bet
Microsoft Corp is buying “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in the biggest gaming industry deal in history as global technology giants stake the...
Apple pulls Wordle knockoffs from App Store
Apple Inc said on Wednesday it has removed from its App Store several knockoffs of Wordle, a website-only word game that has seen a recent surge in popularity thanks to celebrities...