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Amazon’s auditing of Alexa Skills is so good, these boffins got all 200+ rule-breaking apps past the reviewers • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- July 23, 2020
Amazon claims it reviews the software created by third-party developers for its Alexa voice assistant platform, yet US academics were able to create more than 200 policy-violating Alexa Skills and get them certified. In a paper [PDF] presented at the US Federal Trade Commission’s PrivacyCon 2020 event this week, Clemson University researchers Long Cheng, Christin
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Web apps now easier to publish • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- July 13, 2020
Microsoft and Google have been working together to help make Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) easier to publish, in the hope that web apps will one day compete with native apps on mobile devices. For the past few years, Google has tried to imbue PWAs with the technical means to match native apps on Android or
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PSA: Google Photos is no longer backing up photos from these major apps 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- July 1, 2020
If you’re using Google Photos as your one-stop shop for safeguarding all of your images, then there are some changes to the service you should know about. In a support document, Google is currently halting automatic backups for image folders from prominent messaging and social media services like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat. The
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Huawei’s new Petal Search helps P40 users find apps without Google 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- June 6, 2020
A new app called ‘Petal Search’ is hoping to make finding the apps you want easier on Huawei phones crippled by the effects of the US government’s entity list. Huawei’s predicament If you haven’t heard, the US government placed Huawei on its ‘entity list’ back in May 2019, making it difficult for the Chinese company
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Best Programming Apps for Your iPad 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- May 20, 2020
By Techworld Staff | May 19, 2020 Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn An increase in the demand for coding skills has led to a rise in the availability of programming apps for developers of all levels to learn new skills while at home or on the move. The Apple Store offers a range of apps that
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Need some weekend reading? How about the source code for UK, Australia’s coronavirus contact-tracing apps • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- May 9, 2020
The NHSX, a technology group within the UK government’s National Health Service, has released the source code for its Android and iOS COVID-19 coronavirus contact-tracing apps in an effort to allay privacy concerns and improve the code. Developers who have examined the blueprints have not been entirely mollified, and have called out several potential problems.
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