Operating Systems
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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...
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...
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...
Top Apple Executives Likely to be Deposed in US Fight with Google
The Justice Department wants to depose some of Apple's top executives as it prepares for a trial to determine if Alphabet's Google broke antitrust...
Users Should be Allowed to Sue US Tech Giants Under EU Rules, Civil Groups Say
Individual users should be allowed to take US tech giants to court for breaching landmark EU rules aimed at curbing their power, Privacy International,...
Vestager Says Tech Giants May Prefer EU Fines to Compliance, Cites Apple
Some US tech giants may prefer to pay a fine rather than comply with antitrust rules, the European Union's antitrust chief said, and cited...
Advocacy Group to Challenge the Ios Browser Status Quo
Apple is being challenged by a group of developers to end WebKit's dominance and allow other browser engines on the tech titans iPhone and...
Whatsapp to Launch New Group Polling Functionality
WhatsApp is reportedly working on new functionality that will allow its users to create polls in group chats.
According to a report by the WhatsApp...
File Explorer Tabs to Return in Windows 11?
Over the years, power users of the Windows OS have long asked the Washington state-based tech titan to improve the File Explorer interface, prompting...
New Google Messages Functionality and Features Announced
Google has just announced a slew of new features that are either coming to coming to Google Messages, or already launched and available to...
Android has a Brand New Taskbar and Multi-Window Function
Google’s Android OS was originally designed for smartphones, but eventually found its way to tablets and notable other devices such as Smart TV's and...