Apple’s wallet should actually become a central point of contact for purchases on the iPhone. To do this, you should not only be able to pay with Apple Pay cards, but also follow the order triggered with it. The problem: So far, e-commerce providers have had to implement their own code, but only a small … Read more
For the first time there is a WLAN chip from Apple in iPhones: In the iPhone 17, 17 Pro (Max) and iPhone Air, the manufacturer’s own N1 chip manufactures the connections to WLAN routers and also supports Bluetooth and thread. Apple has so far been covered with technical details, except to refer to support for … Read more
In the meantime, a total of 30 airlines support the opportunity to search for lost luggage via Apple’s “Where is?” Find network. This week the Saudi flag carrier Saudia Airlines was added, like local media reported. This is part of the “continuous commitment to digital transformation” by the airline, said technology chief Abdulgader Attiah. One … Read more
Airtag subject instead of Air air cushion: The shoe manufacturer Skechers introduced a series of Airtag-compatible children’s shoes. It seems the first mass-made product of this kind. A compartment hidden under the inner sole offers space for Apple’s coin-sized Bluetooth tracker in one of the two shoes. The child does not feel anything, according to … Read more
Many users of Google Maps and/or Android devices do not know that they Remember the location of the location alias “time axis” can. It is not uncommon for the feature to be activated and users fall from all clouds when they find that they (and Google) track themselves. Apple has so far been very reserved … Read more
In the course of the Android show, Google has renamed “Find Hub” in addition to a redesign of Android 16 and Wear OS 6 as well as other news, its “Mein device find” network and administered new functions. With the “Find Hub”, Google wants to make it easier to “find objects, family and friends”. Among … Read more
France’s competition authority has plunged a penalty of 150 million euros for an iOS function, which is intended to create more transparency in advertising tracking through apps. Apple’s framework “App Tracking Transparency” (Att) itself is not problematic, but the implementation is “abusive in the sense of competition law”, the authorité de la Concurrence announced on … Read more
According to the Federal Cartel Office in Bonn, the authorité de la Concurrence in Paris, the National Competition Authority of France, now wants to act against Apple's app tracking protection. Previously, advertising groups had complained to the authority because Apple has made it difficult for Apple to pursue users across iOS applications. As the Reuters … Read more