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Podcast: iPhone privacy settings still allow apps to track users, plus Android's privacy measures

30-09-2021 20:35

Last week, The Washington Post revealed that, despite update app tracking transparency measures, iPhone apps continue to track users. This presents a serious privacy issue, since the type of data gathered about a user's device could be specific enough to identify individual iPhones. And worse yet, The Washington Post revealed that this tracking occurs even when users explicitly ask apps not to do so. Apple's iOS competitor, Android, also has app privacy measures in place. In Android 11, app per

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The Chrome shortcut sidebar you didn't know you needed

30-09-2021 15:23

I'll admit it: I've found myself tempted to switch browsers more than a few times lately.Let me offer up a little context on my near-transgressions: I've relied on Chrome for longer than I can remember at this point. Standard story, I know, right? But it's true: By and large, Chrome gives me everything I want in a browser and then some. We're very much in the comfortable marriage phase of our relationship: Sure, the initial thrill of the courtship might be gone, but we know each other inside an

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Microsoft Teams gets Phone features, Operator Connect service

30-09-2021 13:41

Microsoft added a raft of new Teams Phone features this week designed to make it easier to make calls from the collaboration app. The company also announced the full launch of Operator Connect service, which helps businesses connect Teams Phone to public switched telephone network (PSTN) operators.Along with chat and video, audio calls remain an important component of Teams, and there are now 80 million monthly Teams Phone users, Microsoft said. (Teams, which launched in 2017, has a total of 25

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CIO Think Tank: Data and analytics at scale

30-09-2021 12:00

The world is awash in data. So in almost every enterprise, the question looms: How can we scale data analytics to deliver the greatest possible value?

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It could be us: executive bonus jackpots at Camelot - The Times

30-09-2021 01:01

It could be us: executive bonus jackpots at Camelot The Times

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