“Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” opens WhatsApp’s privacy policy. “Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind.” But come February 8, 2021, this opening statement will no longer find a place in the policy. The Facebook-owned messaging service is alerting…
The second trend, according to Stewart, is consumer/retailer emphasis on physical health. “COVID-19 brought fear and panic to the retail landscape. The closure of non-essential retail stores to stop the spread of the virus, while mandated for public health, brought intense financial ramifications,” Stewart explains. “At the same time, the focus on health accelerated the…
If you’ve ever wondered what it would take to make Twitter roll back Donald Trump’s tweeting privileges, apparently the red line is inciting people to riot for the purposes of overturning an election. Twitter announced that it was suspending President Trump’s Twitter account for 12 hours, after it removed three incendiary tweets by the president.…
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This post is part of G2’s 2021 digital trends series. Read more about G2’s perspective on digital transformation trends in an introduction from Michael Fauscette, G2’s chief research officer and Tom Pringle, VP, market research, and additional coverage on trends identified by G2’s analysts.
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If you’ve ever wondered what it would take to make Twitter roll back Donald Trump’s tweeting privileges, apparently the red line is inciting people to riot for the purposes of overturning an election. Twitter announced that it was suspending President Trump’s Twitter account for 12 hours, after it removed three incendiary tweets by the president.…
Unexpectedly, today President Trump signed an order banning eight Chinese apps in the US on the premise that they are a threat to national security and might capture sensitive information from the user’s device. And that user could be a US federal employee too. The apps in question are Tencent QQ, CamScanner, SHAREit, VMate, Alipay,…
Denver-based AMP Robotics has raised $55 million for its AI-powered system which aims to reduce global waste. Coming off the hottest year on record, with the US experiencing its first-ever “gigafire”, the worst Amazon fires in a decade, and devastating typhoons swamping the Indian subcontinent – to name just a few climate-related disasters – it’s…
US electricity and gas utility Ameren is to deploy a private LTE network in the 900 MHz band for customers in Missouri and Illinois. It is the first licence to be granted in the spectrum band by private networking firm Anterix, which holds the largest share of 900 MHz spectrum in the US. In May,…
The British government is replacing this summer’s school-leaving exams in England with teacher assessments, after admitting that the algorithms used in 2021 “did not deliver what they needed.” “This year we’re going to put our trust in teachers rather than algorithms,” said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. The decision will come as a relief to the…
