Well, this is never a good thing. The United States Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA makes it illegal for websites to collect, use, and disclose data from children under the age of 13 without parental consent. The lawsuit […]
If you’re headed to Italy, this might come in handy. A few years ago, Announced announced that it would be supplementing Apple Maps with more detailed maps, better road coverage, and faster, more accurate navigation. Improvements have since rolled out in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, and Apple is […]
Apple has apparently begun snagging Look Around footage in several additional countries and regions this summer. The effort, which is being performed via Apple Maps vehicles equipped with LiDAR gear, have been sighted in Austria, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. The vehicles have also returned to Belgium to survey additional regions after focusing on the Brussels area […]
Apple’s spiffy Look Around feature may be about to work with additional countries in the future, as the company’s imaging vehicles have been spotted in driving around Israel, New Zealand, and Singapore to collect images used to generate the street-level views. Look Around, which was introduced in iOS 13 and later macOS Big Sur, is […]
Microsoft could be bringing something pretty nifty to iOS-based gaming. Following its debut of its Project xCloud streaming game service as a preview last fall on Android, Microsoft on Wednesday launched the preview for iOS via TestFlight. The iOS preview is limited to 10,000 testers. Per Microsoft: Ever since we launched the Project xCloud preview last […]