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Apple Responds Ad Group’s Criticism of Safari 11’s New to Safari 11 Tracking Prevention Feature
In response to advertising industry objections to Safari's new Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature, Apple explained how ad tracking companies are able to recreate a person's browsing history using cross-site tracking techniques. All of this can be done without the user's permission. Apple's new Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature in Safari is aiming to stop these ad...
New Apple Watch Workouts Hinted at in Latest iOS 11 Beta
Files discovered in the latest iOS 11 beta suggest Apple is planning to add a host of exercises to the Apple Watch's Workout app this fall, including complex activities like kickboxing, badminton, baseball and more. Discovered by iHelp BR, Apple's latest iOS beta software includes icons and titles for what appears to be a new set of workout...
Apple Close to Striking ‘Major Partnership’ with NHL to Bring iPads to Team Benches
According to a report from TSN, Apple is close to striking a major partnership with the National Hockey League (NHL) to bring iPads to team benches. The deal would provide Apple with the opportunity to support backend infrastructure, similar to the company's deal with the MLB (Major League Baseball) earlier this year. Citing multiple sources...
Canada Post Users Tracked Their Online Purchases Over 425 Million Times Last Year
According to a blog post from Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra, the Canadian currier’s online services and app helped users track their online purchases over 425 million times. Chopra says that approximately 70 percent of those online tracking sessions were started from their smartphone app, which has been downloaded on iOS and Android over 1.5...
Swish App Uses Smartwatch Sensors to Provide Tips and Feedback When Playing Basketball
Marissa Wu, a biomedical engineering graduate of University of Toronto, has been leading a team to create an app for Apple Watch and Android Wear smartwatches that can improve basketball skills for beginners. The app, which is called “Swish,” uses a variety of motion sensors found in your smartwatch to provide tips and accurate feedback to help...
Apple Watch’s Health and Fitness Features Put to the Test Against Garmin Watch
Hannes Verlinde, a iOS Software Engineer at Facebook in London, has put the Apple Watch's fitness features to the test against a Garmin Forerunner 610 GPS watch. The Apple Watch has proven to be very accurate when it comes to tracking a run. As you can see in the image below, both the Apple Watch...
Snowden Leaks Reveal How Governments Tracked Your iPhone
Just in case you thought that the iPhone tracking story ended with the year 2014: Edward Snowden is back with a new report, shared by Der Spiegel, detailing how the British GCHQ tracked targeted iPhones (via The Verge). The exploit is based on the UDID (the iPhone’s Unique Device Identifier) system: every iPhone has a...