The war of words between two of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies heats up as Facebook and Apple continue to battle over privacy. Mark Zuckerberg claims the iPhone maker's latest privacy policy will hurt small businesses. Tim Cook fires back with a blistering rebuke of the social media company, condemning its business model. And now Facebook threatens an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. But this strained relationship isn't new — read how it began with Steve Jobs more than a decade ago.
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Facebook and Apple may be on the verge of a legal war. The two tech giants, whose animosity for each other goes back at least a decade, are now embroiled in an escalating fight over data privacy and market power that could potentially end up in court. Apple said Thursday that it was speeding up plans …
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the opening remarks of the company's fourth quarter earnings call to blast Apple over its upcoming privacy changes, …
Speaking at the EU data protection conference CPDP today, Tim Cook gave the opening keynote with his talk entitled “A path to empowering user choice and boosting user trust in advertising.” Cook covered Apple’s concerns about privacy and security in the technology industry, the hope it sees for …
Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. The delay in its anticipated …
Facebook's Zuckerberg went a little pro wrestling (at least for tech CEOs not named Larry Ellison) with its Apple confrontation. Facebook's fourth …
Facebook is continuing its campaign against a planned Apple privacy feature in 2021, but told businesses in an email that it has "no choice" but to …
Starting Dec. 8, all apps in Apple's marketplace must have so-called "privacy labels" informing users of the data developers are collecting. Not everyone is happy at the move, including Facebook. The social media company has taken issue with the anti-tracking measure saying it'll impact its ad revenue, but Apple defends the change, saying they're "standing up for our users." Developers violating this policy could find their apps removed from the App Store.
Apple shot back at Facebook after the social media giant launched attack ads against the latest iOS update. In Tuesday's iOS 14.3 update, Apple introduced a feature called "App Tracking Transparency." This labels apps in the App Store, telling users what data those apps collect and whether it's used …
Facebook took aim at Apple on Wednesday, criticizing the iPhone maker’s new policies limiting personalized ads on Apple products. Facebook said changes Apple has made to how easily advertisers can track iPhone users will disproportionately harm small businesses that rely on personalized …
It's almost like Steve Jobs saw it coming. The Apple co-founder and tech titan told an audience in 2010 that privacy should be sacrosanct for tech companies like Google and Facebook. Lo and behold, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg was there. The video of Jobs discussing privacy issues has …
