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Democratic senator urges Apple, Google to kick TikTok out of app stores

Democratic senator urges Apple, Google to kick TikTok out of app stores

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, should be removed from app stores run by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google because the short video social media app poses a risk to national security, Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat on the intelligence committee, said in a letter dated Thursday. The app, which Congress has already banned from federal government devices, has come under increasing criticism because of concern that China’s government could use… Source link

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Senate Democrat Michael Bennet Asks Apple And Google To Ban TikTok From App Stores

Senate Democrat Michael Bennet Asks Apple And Google To Ban TikTok From App Stores

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The move signals growing bipartisan concern about the world’s most popular app. Colorado Senator Michael Bennet (D) has called on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing concerns that the app could share private American user data with China or be manipulated by the Chinese government to subtly influence U.S. public discourse. In a letter sent to the companies on… Source link

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Biden administration’s new report on app stores calls ‘on Apple and Google to do better’

Biden administration’s new report on app stores calls ‘on Apple and Google to do better’

Opening up another front in the increasing tensions between Big Tech and Washington, the Biden administration released a new report Wednesday that outlined what they say are a host of anticompetitive practices inside the nation’s biggest mobile app stores. The report from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) concluded that “the current mobile app ecosystem, and especially the current app store model, is harmful to consumers and to… Source link

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Google Play Store’s missing app changelogs are back on the web

Google Play Store’s missing app changelogs are back on the web

Now only if Google updated the release notes of its apps App updates are no longer as interesting as before. The best Android apps nowadays rarely receive significant new features, with updates only being about bug fixes and background changes. But this does not mean changelogs are not important. They still provide useful insight into the small but useful additions the app developer has introduced. At the beginning of 2023 though, Google removed app changelogs… Source link

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Bed Bath & Beyond is closing at least 34 more stores in 4 key states

Bed Bath & Beyond is closing at least 34 more stores in 4 key states

On the brink of financial ruin and in need of massive additional cost cuts, execs at Bed Bath & Beyond appear to be OK with ceding even more market share to rivals such as Target and Walmart. Bed Bath & Beyond said this week that it’s on track to close 150 stores as part of an effort to corral costs and save cash, updating a list of locations that now totals 122 stores. That list shows Bed Bath & Beyond will shutter at least 18 stores in the key Tri-State area of New York (8), the company’s… Source link

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Elon Musk floats ‘alternative phone’ if Apple, Google app stores remove Twitter

Elon Musk floats ‘alternative phone’ if Apple, Google app stores remove Twitter

Twitter Chief Elon Musk says he’d consider making an “alternative phone” in the event that Twitter is removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play. Musk made the comments on Friday night in response to conservative commentator Liz Wheeler, who tweeted, “If Apple & Google boot Twitter from their app stores, @elonmusk should produce his own smartphone. Half the country would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone & Android. The man builds rockets to Mars, a… Source link

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Kyvol Opens Official Online Stores on Ozon and Yandex Market in Russia

MOSCOW and ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Leading smart home appliance brand, Kyvol has announced the official opening of its online stores on prominent Russian e-commerce platforms Ozon and Yandex Market. From this November, the new stores will help Kyvol gain exposure to a wider audience, boosting the brand’s name and serving more customers around the country. “Our new online stores provide shoppers in Russia with easy access to all of our hottest products in one… Source link

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