FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this image taken on December 2, 2019. REUTERS / Johanna Geron / Illustration / File Photo TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s largest lenders confirmed on Friday that they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook IncFB.O) started by United …
Read More »Indian video-sharing apps rise in popularity due to TikTok ban
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian tech and entertainment companies are seeking to capitalize on sudden opportunities arising from a government ban on Chinese-owned apps, including the popular TikTok, with a rival video app that it says has added 22 million of users in 48 hours. India this week banned 59 …
Read More »Google-backed groups criticize Apple’s new warnings about user tracking
FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, USA, October 16, 2019. REUTERS / Mike Segar / File Photo (Reuters) – A group of European digital advertising associations criticized Apple Inc on Friday (AAPL.O) plans …
Read More »Twitter removes Trump’s image tweet about NYT copyright complaint
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc withdrew an image tweeted by United States President Donald Trump from his platform after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times. FILE PHOTO: President of the United States, Donald Trump, in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, January 3, 2020. REUTERS / Tom Brenner Trump’s …
Read More »Advocacy groups in the US and the EU warn against the purchase of Fitbit by Google
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty advocacy groups from the United States, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement on Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google’s $ 2.1 billion offer by fitness tracker company Fitbit. Inc (FIT.N) for privacy and competition reasons. FILE PHOTO: The Fitbit Blaze watch is …
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