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Pirates hijack Apple’s enterprise certificates to put hacked apps on iPhones
Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple to distribute hacked versions of Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go, Minecraft and other popular apps on iPhones, Reuters has found.
Saudi Arabia creates app to track women’s movement
Saudi Arabia has created an application that allows male guardians to track and prevent women from travelling due to the rise in the number of women recently fleeing the ultra-conservative kingdom.
Apple blocks Facebook app that paid teens to track internet use
Apple has blocked an app made by Facebook which paid users to track their internet usage.
Tumblr removed from Apple’s App Store over child pornography issues
Tumblr says that child pornography was the reason for its app’s sudden disappearance from the iOS App Store. The app has been missing from the store since November 16th, but until now the reason for its absence was unclear — initially Tumblr simply said it was “working to resolve the issue with the iOS app.”
Apple to broaden iPhone lineup with more screen
Apple on Wednesday was expected to unveil new iPhones, playing up eye-grabbing edge-to-edge screens in a bid to strengthen its position in a largely saturated global smartphone market.
Apple bans Alex Jones app
Apple said on Friday that it had banned from its App Store the Infowars app belonging to popular U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after finding that it had violated the company’s rules against “objectionable content“.
Apple removes app that stole data and sent it back to China
Apple just removed its number one paid utility in the Mac App Store, Adware Doctor, after it was found to be secretly recording users’ app data and browser history and sending it back to a server located in China, as spotted by 9to5Mac.
Apple removes 25,000 ‘illegal’ apps from App Store in China
Apple has reportedly pulled more than 25,000 apps from its App Store in China that were deemed to fall foul of Chinese regulations. At least 4,000 of these apps were tagged with the word “gambling,” according to Bloomberg, while the 25,000 figure comes from state broadcaster CCTV.
Apple bans developers from selling, sharing users’ contacts
Apple has quietly tightened its App Store rules to better protect users from developers who want to harvest their data or sell it to third parties. Previously, developers would ask for users’ phone contacts and sometimes then sold that data without the explicit consent of the users or their contacts, according to Bloomberg, which spotted the change.
Apple buys digital magazine subscription service
Apple announced Monday it is buying digital magazine subscription service Texture, adding to the side of its business aimed at making money from online content or services.
Why Apple pulled Telegram from App Store
According to a report from 9to5Mac, App Store chief Phil Schiller said that Apple had been alerted that Telegram’s apps were sharing child pornography, which Apple verified, removing the apps and notifying authorities.
Apple removes Telegram from App Store due to ‘inappropriate content’
Apple has removed Telegram’s official app from its iOS App Store. The app disappeared yesterday, shortly after Telegram launched a rewritten Telegram X app for Android.
Apple warns iPhones, iPads and Mac computers hit by Intel flaw
Apple has confirmed an Intel glitch has affected all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers.
Chinese President Xi hints at ‘more open’ cyberspace
China's restrictive cyberspace could become more open, the country's president has claimed.
Skype joins list of apps on China blacklist
Skype has apparently joined the lengthening list of internet communication tools on China’s blacklist, with Apple saying Wednesday it was ordered to clear its download store of apps that violate national laws.
Google removes Gab app for violating hate speech policy
Gab, the social network that has become popular among members of the alt-right, was removed from the Google Play Store this week for violating Google’s hate speech policy.
China targets social media in new crackdown
China's largest social media platforms are being investigated for suspected breaches of the nation's strict cybersecurity laws.
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Ogun SSG involved in car crash, one dead
The Secretary to Ogun State Government, Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa, was Friday involved in an auto crash along the Abeokuta – Sagamu Road in which one person died.
BCO: Thuggery, ballot box snatchers have no place in credible democracy
Few hours to the presidential and National Assembly elections, Buhari Campaign Organisation (BCO) has said that thuggery and ballot snatchers have no place in a credible democracy.
Multiple explosions rock Maiduguri
Multiple explosions were heard in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in Northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning.
US bans DR Congo election chief, top judge over vote conduct
The United States said Friday it will refuse visas to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s election chief and top judge on charges that they undermined long-awaited presidential polls.
INEC seeks partnership with electoral stakeholders in Adamawa for credible polls
Mr Kassim Gaidam, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa state, has called for close working relationship with stakeholders for the conduct of credible elections.
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PDP: INEC released excess result sheets to encourage rigging
The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State on Sunday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state of providing for electoral fraud in last Saturday’s rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections by releasing excess polling units result sheets, Form EC8A.
Drama as Kwara APC deputy governorship candidate reads ó tó gé from scripture
A mild drama occurred on Sunday when the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy Governorship candidate in Kwara, Mr Kayode Alabi, visited Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Gaa Akanbi, to seek spiritual guidance.
Sacked US man kills five co-workers, wounds five police
A US man being fired from his job shot dead five co-workers at a factory on the outskirts of Chicago and wounded five police officers before being gunned down himself, in the country’s latest mass shooting.
Ghana’s Emmanuel Boateng joins Chinese club Dalian Yifang from Spanish side Levante
Ghana forward Emmanuel Boateng has joined Chinese Super League club Dalian Yifang from Spanish side Levante.
Governor Umahi alleges plan to bomb lNEC offices in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, on Thursday alleged of plans by some political thugs and people believed to be mercenaries by politicians to bomb the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the 13 local government area headquarters in the state.