Perhaps finally realizing the money and fame to be made on mobile, The Pokemon Company is now flooding the smartphone market with experiences that go beyond simple mini-games. In addition to Pokemon Rumble Rush that’s slowly rolling out to some markets, the company teased new experiences and a new game centered around mobile devices, including one that seems to be … Continue reading
Apps encounter bugs from time to time, and the best way to get those bugs fixed is by reporting them to developers. However, sometimes apps don’t always make it so obvious as to how bugs can be reported, but Facebook is hoping to change that by using gestures, where a shake of your phone might be all you need.
The company is intending to roll out an update to its app where users can just shake their smartphones and they will be presented with a popup menu which will allow them to send their bug reports. We should point out that this isn’t a new feature per se as previously, Facebook had included the feature as an opt-in feature for the iOS app, but now it seems that the company is planning on making it a mainstream feature across its iOS and Android apps.
In addition to reporting bugs, it also looks like Facebook wants this feature to allow users to report other things. For example, if there is a certain feature that you can’t figure out, you can use this feature to report it as well. Presumably, Facebook won’t be using it to teach you how to use certain features, but it could be used as a feedback tool where if too many users are reporting the same thing, Facebook could make changes to make certain features easier to use and understand.
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If you’re someone who truly values their privacy, then a recent report from The Washington Post might come across a little upsetting. This is because according to the report, they teamed up with privacy firm Disconnect and found that your mobile apps are sending a ton of data back to tracking companies.
Now, we know that apps do track you to a certain extent, but the report found that this was a lot more than what we probably think is being sent. The report’s author Geoffrey Fowler writes, “On a recent Monday night, a dozen marketing companies, research firms and other personal data guzzlers got reports from my iPhone. At 11:43 p.m., a company called Amplitude learned my phone number, email and exact location. At 3:58 a.m., another called Appboy got a digital fingerprint of my phone. At 6:25 a.m., a tracker called Demdex received a way to identify my phone and sent back a list of other trackers to pair up with.”
As 9to5Mac points out, app tracking isn’t new and it isn’t always bad. In some instances, it might even be required for certain apps to work. They also note that usually, it is innocuous where developers want to know what features of an app are being used and which aren’t. However, as the report notes, there is a lack of transparency going on where very few users actually know where their data is being sent to, or when it is being sent.
This means that trying to protect our privacy can be difficult if we don’t know where the leaks are. Fowler does have a suggestion, which is that Apple could require apps to label when they use third-party trackers.
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There’s no denying that, at least for techies, the idea off a foldable device is dreamy. But like many dreams, turning them into reality requires hard work, patience, and time. Samsung may have ignored the latter two and tried to rush its Galaxy Fold phone to market with disastrous results. Now it seems that even its June launch date is … Continue reading
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