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Retail Asia30/01/2024

The iOS 17.4 beta update that was recently released by Apple includes a new feature for the Clock app’s Stopwatch. Once iOS 17.4 is installed on your iPhone, (we expect the update to be released as soon as March 4th), you’ll be able to start the Stopwatch from the clock app and watch it count the seconds, minutes, […]

Retail Asia15/04/2022

With last year’s iOS 14.5 came Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature that asks people whether they would like to be tracked by apps. Companies like Facebook which rely on this sort of tracking to serve personalized ads vehemently criticized the Cupertino giant for introducing this feature, but it’s not all doom and gloom, suggests a new report. Apple assigns […]

Retail Asia25/03/2022

Recently, Facebook has been struggling with its market share as it predicted a $10 billion loss in revenue due to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency. However, the company might be starting to recover its ad revenue. For those of you who don’t know, with iOS 14.5, Apple introduced a feature dubbed App Tracking Transparency (ATT), which allowed […]

Retail Asia26/10/2021

When Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency back with iOS 14.5, a feature that allows iPhone users to opt-out of ad-related activity tracking on their phones, Facebook was not happy with it. Back then, Facebook criticized the new privacy feature claiming it would hurt small businesses’ advertising. Now, Mark Zuckerberg is at it again. On Monday, Facebook reported its […]

Retail Asia08/07/2021

Ever wonder how you could look up a product online and all of a suddenly targeted ads for that product pop up on your phone and other connected devices? This, not witchcraft, readers. Third-party apps and websites track your travels across the internet and also know which apps you’ve been viewing. When Apple released iOS 14.5 […]

Retail Asia10/05/2021

Powered by 5G, eSIM or embedded subscriber identity module is a rising technology that is threatening to replace traditional SIM cards. With 5G revolutionizing connectivity, eSIM emerges as a seamless way to harness greater connectivity between a future of billions of IoT devices. Instead of relying on physical SIM cards, eSIM is the embedded alternative […]

Retail Asia04/05/2021

Researcher Ashkan Soltani disseminated a tweet on Friday about Facebook’s plan to take on Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature. ATT sends out a prompt from third-party apps asking whether users want to opt-in to being tracked through their travels on other apps and online. This information is collected and used to send out personal advertisements […]

Retail Asia13/04/2021

Privacy-first search engine DuckDuckGo on Friday posted a blog that discussed Google’s new data-tracking system called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC). Using an algorithm and browsing histories, Google groups together those with similar interests and demographics. FLoC replaces the use of cookies to track users and feed them ads and other targeted content. When Google added FLoC […]

Retail Asia17/05/2019

While Garmin makes all kinds of wearable devices, ranging from super-basic activity trackers to luxury smartwatches, its central focus remains on so-called GPS running watches, designed to take on the likes of the Fitbit Versa rather than the global market-leading Apple Watch family. But not all athletes have the same passion, drive, and needs, which is why Garmin is today […]

Retail Asia06/11/2016

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Alematics a tracking device manufacturer for fleet tracking and management and GPSengine, a leading hosted platform service provider in IoT, GNSS, Tracking and Telematics,have established a new partnership to support Alematics tracking devices on GPSengine’s Platform Connect hosted platform. Based in Taiwan and with a core focus on tracking devices, Alematics provides a range of […]

Retail Asia06/11/2015

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Singaporean software startup Semantics3 Friday said it has successfully closed a $1.55 million round of bridge funding, with Brussels-based seed investor E-Merge bringing $1.5 million to the table. The company will use the latest funding, which also saw participation from early-stage investor Zillionize, to expand its business team and ramp up sales efforts. The company […]

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The iOS stopwatch gets Live Activities support in iOS 17.4

New report says increasing number of iOS users seeing the value in being tracked

Ads on Facebook are starting to recover from Apple’s App Tracking Transparency effect

Facebook criticizes App Tracking Transparency on iPhones

Apple blocks TikTok’s attempt to track iPhone users

eSIM and its impact in an hyperconnected world

Facebook uses scare tactic to get iOS users to opt-in for tracking

DuckDuckGo reveals how you can block Google’s new method of tracking Chrome users

Garmin expands Forerunner line with five new GPS models

GPSengine, Alematics forge partnership in tracking fleets

Singapore startup Semantics3 in new funding round