Japanese investigate Apple and Google dominance
It would be best if you did not play monopoly
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has said that it will investigate Apple and Google to see if they are using their dominance in the smartphone operating system market to eliminate competition and severely limit consumer options.
Jobs tried to convince Dell to license Mac software to run on Intel-based PCs
Tried to say it was better than Windows
Michael Dell has an amusing anecdote about Steve Jobs – the fruity cargo cult leader had a crack at telling him the Mac software was better than Windows.
Apple faces fine over NFC chip
Might have to open mobile payment system to rivals
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple seems to be in hot water over its antitrust antics, at least in the EU.
Apple rumoured to be getting into adverts
So much for not copying Google
Changes in iPhone privacy rules could herald a move by Apple into advertising on its iOS software.
Big Tech’s fake climate shame
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney back groups opposed to climate change
While their customers believe that they are as green as Greta Thunberg, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney, are backing business groups that are fighting climate legislation.
Apple Pay with Visa has huge security hole
No authentication needed
Researchers have demonstrated that someone could use a stolen, unlocked iPhone to pay for thousands of dollars of goods or services, no authentication needed.
Apple snubs blind people
It is not as if they can see how beautiful the product is
Fruity cargo cult Apple has changed some functions on Siri which were relied on by blind people, which make the phone pretty much useless to them.
Google moans that the EU is giving Apple a free pass
Asks it to give it a get out of jail free card
Google blasted EU antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe's second highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro fine related to its Android operating system.
Apple’s Lightning port is about making cash
Tame Apple Press is now defending the indefensible
The Tame Apple press has its knickers in a twist over the EU daring to tell its favourite phone company to replace the Lightning port with USB-C cables.
Apple ignored three zero-day vulnerabilities for months
Finder just showed them to the world
After the fruity cargo-cult Apple ignored three zero day security flaws, for ages a security researcher has published details about them to force it to do something.