BIZ TECH
  • BIZ TECH

    Apple challenges FBI’s request to unlock shooter’s iPhone 5c by building new 'GovtOS'

    Apple recently filed a legal response to a court order ordering it to unlock the iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, for the FBI. It had been given an extension to file its first response. The Steve Jobs co-founded company stated in the motion trying to overturn the court order it would take much time and many resources to build a new operating system to bypass encryption on the California terrorist's smartphone.

  • Business

    Apple Car: Tim Cook says iCar anticipation will be like very long Christmas Eve

    Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at a shareholders meeting on February 26, Friday that the company's development of an iCar or other auto industry products would be like kids on Christmas Eve waiting for the big day. Cook made the statement about a possible electric/self-driving Apple Car while discussing other issues including the tech giant's current battle with the FBI over encryption backdoors to unlock iPhones.

  • Business

    Mercedes replaces assembly line robots with humans to handle customization

    Mercedes-Benz is reversing the trend of human workers being replaced by robots, by pulling some mechanical workers from its assembly line and substituting them with real people. That is because the number of customized options for the S-Class sedans is difficult for the robotic workers to handle.

  • Legal

    Creating iPhone Hacking Software for FBI is 'Equivalent of Cancer' Says Apple CEO

    Apple CEO, Tim Cook, is a man on a mission to make sure the FBI never gets the software it needs to gain a backdoor entry into the company's iPhone devices. Recently, claimed that the iPhone-cracking software required by the FBI is equivalent of cancer, and those should be viewed as fighting words.

  • Smartphone

    Xiaomi smartphones: Chinese phone maker plans to enter US market in 2017

    Smartphone startup Xiaomi has already become a big seller in Asia and Brazil but plans to enter the United States market despite other Chinese phone makers struggling to compete in the home of Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. The world's second-most valuable startup stated on February 24, Wednesday it hopes to launch its mobile phones in the US by the end of 2017.

  • Smartphone

    iPhone backdoor: FBI asked Apple to hack iPhones, iPad in 12 other active cases: Document

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and United States Department of Justice (DOJ) have made a strong case to force Apple to hack the iPhone 5c used by a terrorist who participated in the San Bernardino shooting last December. Although the FBI claims it requires an encryption backdoor for just one phone there are 12 similar active cases that involve iPhones and iPads running iOS versions 6 to 9.

  • Deals

    Google, mobile carriers to develop Android messaging client to replace SMS

    Google is teaming up with global mobile operators including Sprint to speed up the rollout of its Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Android OS. RCS is an SMS-like system that adds features to basic text messaging including group messaging and IP voice calls, which are already available for platforms including Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. The Alphabet company's press release was posted during Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain.

  • BIZ TECH

    Mastercard to launch selfie, fingerprint authentication tech in US, UK

    MasterCard is launching a facial recognition system that uses artificial intelligence to approve web purchases. The new mobile tech would use selfies or fingerprints to authenticate online purchases. Large banks will roll out the new service in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom during the next couple months.

  • Smartphone

    Facebook CEO supports Apple in fight with FBI over encryption back door

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated his support for Apple in its phone encryption battle with the FBI about creating a backdoor to hack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Zuckerberg made the statement on February 22, Monday at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, following similar support from Microsoft, Google, Twitter, and WhatsApp.

  • Money

    Yelp employee fired after complaining via Medium about low pay, SF’s high cost of living

    A Yelp employee penned an open letter to CEO Jeremy Stoppelman on blog-publishing platform Medium on February 19, Friday. The customer service rep blasted the company for her low pay that made it difficult to cover the high housing costs around the San Francisco Bay Area. She reported two hours later that she had been fired, after discovering her work email stopped working.

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