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Apple acquires/hires Init.ai staff to help guide new Siri functions, iOS 11 Business Chat

Apple has apparently acquired/hired the staff of Init.ai, a small, six person startup known for its customer service automation software. Init.ai’s product is described as the following: …a smart assistant for customer representatives to parse and get better insights from their interactions with users, as well as automate some of the interactions…

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Apple disables Apple Pay functionality for white supremacist websites, online storefronts

This is pretty significant. On Wednesday, Apple confirmed that the company had disabled Apple Pay functionality for websites that sell apparel and paraphernalia from white nationalists and hate groups. The discontinuation of service applies to garments with Nazi logos, t-shirts sporting the phrase “White Pride,” and a bumper sticker showing a car plowing into stick […]

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Adobe announces “end of life” date for Flash Player at end of 2020

Adobe’s Flash Player now has an end date: the end of 2020. Adobe says it’s working with companies including Apple and Google to prepare for the upcoming death of Flash, as quoted here: Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla – Adobe […]

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Apple joins coalition of 97 companies filing amicus brief against Trump immigration ban

When 97 companies come pounding on your door, it may be time to listen. Apple, along with 96 other companies, including Silicon Valley powerhouses such as Google and Facebook, filed an amicus brief late on Sunday to oppose the immigration order introduced by US President Donald Trump. An amicus brief is a legal filing that […]

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Apple, other tech firms pen open letter to Trump administration voicing opposition to immigration ban

On Wednesday night, a story broke that the heads of several major technology firms, including Apple, were prepping an open letter to United States President Donald Trump as a means to voice opposition to the immigration executive order that he signed last Friday. On Thursday, a draft of the full letter was shared online. The […]