MobileNews

Google will fix an issue that allowed other apps access to COVID-19 contact tracing logs

April 28, 2021
While it didn’t scale in the way it really needed to, contact tracing was a big deal as tech was utilized in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. An issue on the Android side of the Google/Apple COVID-19 contact-tracing API, though, may have allowed other apps access to the logs stored on your device. Privacy was, understandably, a big priority for the contact tracing APIs that Google and…
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MobileNews

OnePlus Watch will be ‘back’ in stock tomorrow, just in case you needed a paperweight

April 28, 2021
The OnePlus Watch is a decent piece of hardware stuffed to the brim with bad and incredibly unfinished software. In our review, we said that not a single person should buy it, and that’s a verdict we’ll stand by until the company shows improvements to the wearable. If, however, you want to ignore us and everyone else telling you the OnePlus Watch is bad, it’ll be back in stock tomorrow. In…
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DefenseNews

Biden to nominate Frank Kendall as Air Force secretary

April 28, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has officially nominated Frank Kendall to serve as secretary of the Air Force and Gina Ortiz Jones for undersecretary of the Air Force. The announcement, made by the White House on Tuesday afternoon, confirmed reporting by Defense News earlier that morning. Kendall is best known as the Pentagon’s top acquisition official during the Obama…
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MobileNews

Fearful of Google winning messaging, Apple executive argued for iMessage on Android in 2013

April 28, 2021
Epic’s lawsuit against Apple has revealed quite a bit about iMessage for Android, including how platform lock-in is one reason it doesn’t exist. New filings today revealed that Apple executive Eddy Cue made the case for iMessage on Android to stop Google from owning messaging. As noted by the Verge, Eddy Cue — currently Apple’s senior vice president of internet software and services —…
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