Tag Archives: privacy

There’s a small, but incredibly important feature privacy feature in iOS 11 you’re going to want to use. Instead of giving developers the power to decide which options to present users with for location sharing, Apple is giving that power to iOS 11 users.  Prior to iOS 11, users could only use one of the …

With Face ID, Apple is bringing a new way to unlock your iPhone. But whether people are going to use it is still out on the table. We compare Face ID with facial recognition for devices like the Galaxy Note 8 and Samsung’s Galaxy S8, and highlight how Apple’s made it different for the new iPhone X.  Also on the …

Smile! Apple just introduced a facial recognition system for its latest marquee phone. The arrival of facial recognition on the new iPhone X signals a shift in how Apple fans can get access to their devices. Rather than tap your finger on the home button (which is gone), you simply look at the phone to get out of the lock …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Apple CEO Tim Cook: Our products aren’t for the elite. Drew Angerer / Getty Images You’ve likely been putting a dollar away each day for the last 1,000 days. After all, strong rumors suggest Apple’s new iPhone X (or whatever it will be called) will …

Dear Siri, Tomorrow, Apple is holding an event to most likely announce the next iPhone. Many people are hoping for a radical redesign, others are debating what the new phone will be called: iPhone Pro, Edition, X, or just 8? But my mind is on you, Siri. To quote Joey Tribbiani: How you doin’? It’s been six years since you …

If you want to understand and tweak how Google uses your private data, the internet giant hopes to make it a bit easier soon with a new dashboard that works better on mobile devices. The dashboard already lets you see what data Google stores about you, like websites you’ve opened with the Chrome web browser and destinations that Google Maps …

With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — from prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. For Todd Spodek, the decision to equip his New York law firm with Google‘s software applications boiled down a single need: collaboration. “We settled on Google because it was at the forefront of …

It’s always worth remembering that when you’re online, someone could be watching. That’s the situation a Romanian man ended up in when he was fired from his job in 2007 for chatting online with his brother and fiancee while at work. His company used surveillance software to track the conversations and used the information as proof he violated a company …

Lenovo reached a settlement Tuesday with the US Federal Trade Commission, ending two-and-a-half-year dispute over the Chinese company preinstalling problematic advertising software in hundreds of thousands of its laptops. Thirty-two state attorneys general joined the FTC settlement, with the states getting a $3.5 million settlement from Lenovo. The FTC accused Lenovo, one of the world’s largest PC makers, of preinstalling ad software …

 Apple has a new feature to easily disable Touch ID in iOS 11. The feature, which is designed to aid calls for emergencies, allows users to quickly tap the power button five times to call 911 on an iPhone 7. A CNET reviews editor tested and confirmed the feature Thursday after seeing multiple reports. While this won’t automatically dial emergency services, it …