iPhone Deliberate Slowdown : Apple Apology
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Tech giant Apple has apologised after it confirmed that long-held customer suspicions that it deliberately slowed down older iPhone models to encourage an upgrade turned to be true. What Happened? Some customers had been sharing their concerns online for some time that their iPhone’s performance had slowed with age but had sped up after a […]
Lie Detector App
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A UK company has developed a lie-detecting app that could be used interviews or other situations where high levels of honesty in (initially) completing forms is required. Video Combined With Analytics The London based company, called ‘Human’, founded by Yi Xu, a former investment banker and investment news TV presenter, has a team that includes […]
Amazon Accused In Birkenstock Misspelling Advert Row
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German sandal maker Birkenstock has successfully brought an injunction against Amazon to prevent internet shoppers from being directed to the online marketplace with anything other than the correct spelling of the sandal brand name. Why? The reported motivation for the legal move by Birkenstock is to prevent unsuspecting shoppers from buying low-quality counterfeits through Amazon […]
Extremism Tax
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UK Minister of State for Security, Ben Wallace, has said that Britain may impose new taxes on tech giants like Google and Facebook unless they do more to combat online extremism by taking down any material aimed at radicalizing people or helping them to prepare terror attacks. Lack Of Co-operation In an interview with the […]