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Google, Apple working together to prevent unwanted tracking

Alphabet Inc-owned Google and Apple Inc have announced to work together to curb unwanted tracking of people by Bluetooth devices such as AirTags used for finding lost items. When this will be implemented is still unclear, but by the end of this year, the companies promise to release a production implementation of the specification. Apple and Google are not always competitors. Sometimes they want to make everyday life better for everyone. In a unique collaboration to safeguard the misuse of location-tracking devices, the two industry giants have jointly submitted an industry specification to help combat the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices for unwanted tracking. https://twitter.com/davey_burke/status/1653405528054435843 The two competitors Apple and Google are competitors in many ways, but they have now teamed up to spearhead an initiative to develop an industry specification to combat unwanted tracking. “The first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bl...

Apple has created 1 lac direct jobs, 70% for women, in India

News Desk India has become a major smartphone market for Apple as the Cupertino-based tech giant has created over one lakh direct jobs in manufacturing in the past two years in India. As per a tweet by the Minister of State, Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, “Propelled by Prime Minister @narendramodi's visionary PLI scheme @Apple ecosystem has generated over one lakh new direct jobs in manufacturing over the last 24 months”. https://twitter.com/BadaBusinessOff/status/1648672931524882432 He further added that about 70 per cent of these jobs are taken up by women in the age bracket of 19-24 years, who are starting their careers, acquiring skills and improving the ease of living for their families. A recent report by Bloomberg revealed that Apple has tripled its production in India in the last couple of years. Apple now manufactures 7 per cent of its total iPhones in India. Back in 2021, the production was just 1 per cent. India has become the world’s fastest-g...