China lashes India’s app ban, calls for return to ‘win-win cooperation’ Nice economy you’ve got there. It’d be a shame if the World Trade Organisation got involved 04 Sep 2020 | 14
NHS tests COVID-19 contact-tracing app that may actually work properly – EU neighbors lent a helping hand Not just Germany stepping up to the plate – Ireland, too, we're told 14 Aug 2020 | 125
India bans 59 apps it says have privacy, national security problems. In a massive coincidence, they’re all Chinese They may have a point with some of them, though 29 Jun 2020 | 19
NY Attorney General warns Apple, Google to police COVID-19 tracing apps in their souks – or she will herself Worry about user privacy also results in Norway pulling its virus tracker 17 Jun 2020 | 39
Google India says Play store policy, not geopolitics, behind removal of Chinese-app-deleting app And we’d do it anywhere else, anytime, says veep 05 Jun 2020 | 3
Switzerland 'first' country to roll out contact-tracing app using Apple-Google APIs to track coronavirus spread Launch comes ahead of UK rolling out its controversial version 28 May 2020 | 49
Rabobank security cert expires and gives its Australian Android app a case of internet-blindness Needs bank staff to sort things out, but a certain virus means the contact centre is rather busy right now 27 Apr 2020 |
Philippines considers app to trace coronavirus carriers Privacy perspective: President has also threatened quarantine-breaking troublemakers may be shot 03 Apr 2020 | 10
Revolut-won: British banking app gets half a billion bucks in backing, seeks to subvert today's market incumbents Biz bags fat funding round 26 Feb 2020 | 28
Yo, Imma let you finish, but for the 6,000 people still using that app on a daily basis ... we have a question: why? Taylor Swift of apps or ultimate ironic hipster shout-out? 20 Feb 2020 | 47
Iowa has already won the worst IT rollout award of 2020: Rap for crap caucus app chaps in vote zap flap Untested tech, no training, last-minute rollout, buggy code – sound familiar? 04 Feb 2020 | 89
UK parcel firm Yodel plugs tracking app's random yaps about where on map to snap up strangers' tat Shipped from expensive shop X? In the shed, you say? Researcher spots badness 03 Dec 2019 | 98
Facebook iOS app silently turns on your phone camera. Ah, relax – it's just a bug, lol!? Plus Facebook Pay has launched: Why not give them access to your financial data? 12 Nov 2019 | 99
40 million emoji-addicted keyboard app users left with $18m bill – after malware sneaks into Play Store yet again Bogus charges being racked up by Android tool 01 Nov 2019 | 33
Fancy yourself as a bit of a Ramblin' Man or Woman? Maybe brush up on your cartography Ordnance Survey map app update left some users lost, but they're really sorry, m'kay? 17 Oct 2019 | 69
Here's that hippie, pro-privacy, pro-freedom Apple y'all so love: Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store Updated Trying to avoid cops, live rounds, tear gas? Oh no, you don't, say Cook & Co 02 Oct 2019 | 51
You know what the NHS really needs? Influencers, right guys? #blessed Hey nurses, it's not like you've got anything else to do 06 Sep 2019 | 39
Generous Google gives Chrome users Inbox Zero: Sign-in outage boots own browser out of webmail, services Baffling bug forces folks to use Safari, IE, etc 19 Aug 2019 | 11
Apple hits back at devs of axed kiddie screen-time apps It's about privacy, not competition, sniffs Jesus-phone maker 29 Apr 2019 | 22
Hey criminals, need a getaway vehicle? There's an app for that... Car share tool halts ops amid crime wave, arrests You wouldn't download a car – oh actually... 18 Apr 2019 | 32
'Sharing of user data is routine, yet far from transparent' is not what you want to hear about medical apps. But 2019 is gonna 2019 Study finds Android software slinging deets all over the place 21 Mar 2019 | 16
We don't want to be Latch key-less kids: NYC tenants sue landlords for bunging IoT 'smart' lock on their front door Updated Residents claim net-connected, app-controlled system is harassment, surveillance 18 Mar 2019 | 44
Furious Apple revokes Facebook's enty app cert after Zuck's crew abused it to slurp private data Internal FB apps in chaos, lawmaker on warpath 30 Jan 2019 | 134
Slack to fend off the collaboration competition with... a new logo Hipsters choke on pumpkin spice latte as the beloved original is tipped into a dumpster 17 Jan 2019 | 41
Nissan EV app password reset prompts user panic Looks like a functionality fail rather than a data breach, though 14 Jan 2019 | 45
Medical advice app Your.MD could have been tampered with by anyone, alleges ex-veep Did he really blow the whistle on security fears? tribunal asked 11 Jan 2019 | 13
Sneaky phone apps just about obey the law, still have no trouble guzzling your data, says Which? Probe shines light on epic Ts&Cs and clever tactics to make users cough up 26 Sep 2018 | 19
I want to buy a coffee with an app – how hard can it be? Something for the Weekend, Sir? Mindlessly self-indulgent app developers have a laugh at our expense 21 Sep 2018 | 145
Apple takes an axe to its App Affiliate Program Review sites? Who needs 'em! Fanbois need never leave the App Store again 02 Aug 2018 | 22
Facebook Android app caught seeking 'superuser' clearance Updated And what reason would you have not to trust Facebook with your personal data? 18 May 2018 | 73
Oracle demands dev tear down iOS app that has 'JavaScript' in its name Ordinary folk may be confused by title, takedown demand suggests 18 Apr 2018 | 53
Security? We've heard of it, say web-app devs. 31 in 33 codebases have at least one big bad vuln HTTP 404: Secure programming not found 16 Apr 2018 | 9
Grindr: Yeah, we shared your HIV status info with other companies – but we didn't charge them! Coitus collaboration code claims – THE TRUTH 03 Apr 2018 | 29
Microsoft Store adds ‘private audience’ apps to its Store A velvet rope for digital tat, to help with betas, promos and maybe Windows 10 S 29 Mar 2018 | 16
Facebook Onavo Protect doesn't protect against Facebook VPN app collects all sorts of details 07 Mar 2018 | 19
Techno-senator tells Tinder to hook up its app with better security Swipe-a-shag tool gets the dreaded sternly-worded-letter treatment from Wyden 16 Feb 2018 | 3