Tag: Google

  • Apple blocks Facebook ad tracking on iPhone

    As promised months ago, Apple is rolling out an anti-tracking shield with its latest iPhone software update to block Facebook from secretly shadowing people in order to send ads their way. The “App Tracking Transparency” will require users to opt in to any existing or future ad tracking. The Associated Press has the story: Apple…

  • SCOTUS sides with Google in Oracle copyright fight

    Concerns that Google is becoming a monopoly increased with the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest decision. The nation’s highest court ruled that Google’s use of Oracle’s purely functional, noncreative computer code in its Android phones does not violate copyright law. Two conservative justices dissented. The Associated Press has the story: Google OK to use Oracle’s Java…