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Federal judge rules Apple cannot be forced to aid in NY iPhone unlocking, cites ‘unreasonable burden’

February 29, 2016 mactips

Apple was handed a crucial win in its fight for encryption on Monday, as a New York federal judge denied a government All Writs Act-based motion to compel Apple’s assistance in bypassing the encryption safeguards of an iPhone linked to a years-old drug case.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

MasterCard to roll out Apple Pay support in Canada, Brazil and Asia in 2016, report says

February 29, 2016 mactips

A report on Monday suggests Apple Pay is on track to integrate wider availability in Canada, Brazil and parts of Asia with help from MasterCard, which will expand credit card support into those regions later this year.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

Google adds 3D Touch, mid-trip detours to Maps for iOS

February 29, 2016 mactips

Google on Monday released an important update to the iOS edition of Maps, bringing 3D Touch to the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, and mid-route detours to both iPhones and iPads.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

Building unlock tool for FBI could create dangerous international precedent, says Apple lawyer

February 29, 2016 mactips

One of Apple’s major concerns about creating a tool to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook is that doing so for the FBI would set a precedent in other countries, a lawyer for the company said on Monday.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

Google self-driving car bears ‘some responsibility’ in accident for first time ever

February 29, 2016 mactips

Though Google’s automated vehicles have been involved in a handful of minor accidents on the road, those were all caused entirely by other, human drivers. But that changed with an accident in California earlier this month.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

EU competition chief denies anti-US bias in investigating tax deals like Apple’s

February 29, 2016 mactips

The European Commission is not unfairly targeting American corporations like Apple when it comes to cracking down on tax deals constituting illegal state aid, according to the E.U.’s competition head, Margrethe Vestager.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

WhatsApp to cut off BlackBerry users by the end of 2016

February 29, 2016 mactips

Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry suffered another blow on Monday as megapopular messaging service WhatsApp announced that it would no longer offer support for any BlackBerry platform after the end of this year.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

Apple will ask Congress for a ‘thoughtful and honest consideration of the facts’ in testimony on encryption debate

February 29, 2016 mactips

Apple’s chief attorney, Bruce Sewell, will testify before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, where he will argue that any decisions on mobile encryption should be decided by representatives of the people, not a warrant request based on a 220-year-old statute.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

Sharp liabilities holding up Foxconn takeover simply ‘worst-case’ risks – source

February 29, 2016 mactips

The liabilities that led Foxconn — Apple’s main manufacturing partner — to delay its planned takeover of Sharp actually consisted of a study of worst-case risks, a report said on Monday.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

Microsoft’s ‘bug chicks’ praise Windows 10, diss Macs in new ad campaign

February 29, 2016 mactips

Two middle-aged women and a host of insects star in the latest ads for Microsoft’s Windows 10, demonstrating some of that operating system’s most prominent features while holding spiders and talking trash about the Mac.

Source:: Apple Insider

      

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