Tech Meme

Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Samsung suspends an internal review into replacing Google with Bing as its mobile devices’ default search engine, citing business relations with Google  —  Samsung Electronics suspends internal review that contemplated changing its smartphones’ default search engine from Google to Microsoft’s Bing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apollo Global and Fortress Investment are each spending ~$50M to back competing groups that aim to restart Celsius under new management  —  Investors that buy and turn around downtrodden companies have largely shunned crypto  —  Two Wall Street heavyweights are locked in a bidding war … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK sentences Tejay Fletcher, the mastermind behind phone number spoofing service iSpoof, which scammed victims out of ~£100M, to over 13 years in prison  —  The mastermind behind a global “spoofing shop” that scammed victims out of as much as £100 million ($124 million) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Revolut is locked in a fight with top shareholder SoftBank after UK regulators told the company it must simplify its ownership to win a banking license  —  Minister to meet payment group’s bosses amid fears UK’s biggest tech group will leave the country Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple shares its first App Store Transparency Report, listing app rejections, government requests, and more, as part of a settlement in a 2021 developer lawsuit  —  Earlier this week, Apple shared an in-depth look at how the App Store helped prevent fraud and protect developers and customers alike. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK sentences Tejay Fletcher, the mastermind behind phone number spoofing service iSpoof, which scammed victims out of ~£100M, to over 13 years in prison  —  The mastermind behind a global “spoofing shop” that scammed victims out of as much as £100 million ($124 million) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: days after Linda Yaccarino’s appointment, media agency GroupM tells its clients that Twitter is no longer “high risk”, a designation from November 2022  —  WPP-owned GroupM removed designation of platform after appointment of Linda Yaccarino Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ezra Marcus / Grub Street: Restaurant chefs are increasingly designing food that plays well on video for influencers on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube that market to young diners  —  The most important social-media food genre of the past decade is photos of avocado toast, bright and colorful and clean. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: A look at Apple’s Personal Voice, an accessibility feature that lets ALS patients digitize their voices on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, set to arrive later in 2023  —  Among the many challenges people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) face is its impact on their speech. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple shares its first App Store Transparency Report with data on app rejections, government requests, more, as part of a settlement in a 2021 developer lawsuit  —  Earlier this week, Apple shared an in-depth look at how the App Store helped prevent fraud and protect developers and customers alike. Lees verder op Tech Meme