Apple and Google forced to delete Russian opposition app ahead of election
An app created by Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been removed from the Apple and Google apps stores after they were threatened by the government.
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BT pushes on with plan to disguise advertising as altruism
BT has switched on the first of its new generation of street hubs in London, which essentially offer free connectivity in exchange for advertising.
Amazon launches an Alexa telly
Unperturbed by its questionable track record in the device market, Amazon has decided to launch an own-brand TV.
NEC and AWS expand partnership to drag 5G even further into the cloud
The two tech heavyweights are expanding their existing collaboration to deliver cloud native 5G, enhanced digital government solutions, as well as hybrid cloud.
ProtonMail and WhatsApp under pressure over user privacy failings
A couple of investigations have revealed that some services that pride themselves on user privacy might not be nearly as secure as they claim.
AWS reportedly planning to increase platform censorship
Dominant public cloud platform AWS is reportedly forming a censorship team that will help it remove more content that violates its policies.
EU court rules against Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone on net neutrality
Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone have found themselves on the wrong end of a European court decision in a years-long dispute over certain content offerings.
Apple placates Japan Fair Trade Commission with token app store concession
A five-year Japanese investigation into Apple’s app store practices has been resolved with a superficial tweak.
South Korea demands Apple and Google open app stores to 3rd-party payments
A bill voted through by Korea’s parliamentarians demands application store operators like Apple and Google to allow customers to choose alternative payment methods when buying apps and content.
Extent of EU corruption by big tech lobbying revealed
According to a new study technology is the biggest lobby sector to the European Union and that spend is dominated by US tech giants.
Apple opens its purse to settle developer class-action suit
Apple has agreed to loosen its grip on how mobile apps can be distributed and promised more transparency on app approval processes in a package to settle a class-action suit brought by app developers.
These 3 kings will rule the future of streaming
The streaming ecosystem is in a high stakes transition. How it shakes out will impact media, entertainment, and technology industries across the world.
SKT launches its own subscription platform
Korean telco SKT has decided the time is right to launch a suite of subscription services for its customers.
OnlyFans blames banks for content policy change – UPDATED
The founder of Social subscriber platform OnlyFans has pinned the blame on banks refusing to process transactions connected to the company.
Facebook keen to add calling functions following amended FTC complaint
Facebook has reportedly begun testing a version of Messenger that will add voice and video calling to the world’s largest social network.
OnlyFans, Locals, Stripe, and the payment processor police
Social subscriber platform OnlyFans is reportedly banning sexually explicit content, undermining the businesses of many of its creators in the process.
Telcos ask for loophole in OECD’s anti-tax-loophole rules
Two of the telecoms industry’s biggest lobby groups have called for their members to be exempt from upcoming rules designed to curb tax avoidance by multinational tech firms.
Afghan debacle once more exposes the incoherence of social media censorship
Social media companies have come under pressure to censor accounts linked to the Taliban, but there seem to be no clear guidelines or public policy.
Uncarrier T-Mobile unable to protect customer data
US operator T-Mobile has confirmed that a hacker has accessed nearly 50 million customer records.
Eurobites: MegaFon extends VoLTE services across Russia
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Inmarsat accelerates the L-band; Finnfund boosts connectivity in Africa; it’s time we took a ‘woliday’.
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