Google Play Store app developers will soon have to share details about type of user data collected

New Delhi: Google has made a ‘pre-announcement’ about an upcoming safety section in Google Play that it claims will help people understand the data an app collects or shares, if that data is secured, and additional details that impact privacy and security. The new feature is aimed at providing more control to the user over their own data. The announcement follows Apple’s iOS 14.5 update which has also introduced a new safety feature where apps will have to request permission for… Source link

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Yahoo Escaped a Slow Death at Verizon for One Final Act

Yahoo and AOL, two seminal but damaged internet brands, are under new, private equity ownership. Yahoo’s decades-long decline is a case study in wasted opportunities, hubris and lack of clarity. The next chapter for Yahoo may not be glamorous but it won’t be fruitless either — at least for its new owner. See more stories on Insider’s business page. … Source link

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Google Photos’ free unlimited storage ends on June 1st

Bloomberg Key Brexit Clash Would Cost Euro Swap Traders $2.4 Million a Day (Bloomberg) — One of the biggest Brexit battlegrounds between the European Union and the U.K. now has a price tag: at least $2.4 million a day.That’s how much any move by the European Union to cut off access to London’s dominant clearinghouses for derivatives could cost traders in euro interest rate swaps, net of buying, according to an estimate from Albert Menkveld, professor of finance at Vrije Universiteit… Source link

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Prepare to pay more for your favorite chicken sandwich

Bloomberg Asia Is Exception as Emerging Markets Start to Look Fragile (Bloomberg) — EXAMPLEDiscover what’s driving the global economy and what it means for policy makers, businesses, investors and you with The New Economy Daily. Sign up here.In the pandemic’s second year, some familiar worries — about inflation, capital flight or public debt — are starting to surface across the developing world. Except in one corner.In Asia, policy makers aren’t too preoccupied with these classic… Source link

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The downside of upside: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, May 7, 2021 Earnings guidance is lacking right now. There are good reasons why.  Corporate earnings and the process that goes into forecasting these results is one of our favorite topics here at The Morning Brief.  We’ve recently explored why results are topping estimates at a record clip, why strategists keep raising their forecasts, and… Source link

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Verizon just sold Yahoo and AOL

Verizon confirmed earlier this week that its Verizon Media division would be sold to Apollo Global Management, only four years after it was founded. The subsidiary includes brands like AOL and Yahoo with all its various offerings. Verizon will retain a 10% stake in the company, but at the cost of $5 billion for the transaction, it’s a fraction of the original purchase price. Verizon acquired AOL in 2015 for $4.4 billion and a year later made a $4.48 billion offer for Yahoo’s core… Source link

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Google To Flip Default 2FA Security Switch For Millions Of Gmail Users

While the annual World Password Day event is quickly forgotten (it was May 6 if you missed it), it had one memorable moment courtesy of a seemingly unassuming Google blog post. Mark Risher, Google’s director of product management, identity and user security, wrote about password management. However, he also revealed a move that will suddenly make millions of Gmail accounts way more secure. I’m no fan of the password day thing as awareness of the importance of password hygiene, from… Source link

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Google’s 3-Word Plan for Returning to Work Is the Best I’ve Ever Seen

As we get closer to what all of us hope is the end of the pandemic, companies are faced with a new challenge: how to bring people back to work. It’s not a small thing to consider when and how to get your team back in the office safely–or, whether that’s something you should do at all. That’s exactly the question Google is tackling with a new set of policies rolled out this week in a  blog post by the company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. Google’s workforce has been almost entirely remote since… Source link

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