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September 12, 1985: Steve Jobs Leaves Apple to Start NeXT

September 12, 1985: Steve Jobs Leaves @Apple to Start NeXT #podcast #technology #history

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1985 – After an interesting power struggle with John Sculley, Steve Jobs decides to throw in the towel and tenders his resignation at Apple. He announces at the Board meeting he and other low level employees will be starting a new company – NeXT. The next day, Jobs tells John Sculley that Bud Tribble, Dan’l Lewin, George Crow, Rich Page, and Susan Barnes will be leaving to join him.

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Apple bans Facebook’s 'research' app that paid teens to install VPN that spies on them

Apple bans Facebook’s ‘research’ app that paid teens to install VPN that spies on them

”Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a ‘Facebook Research’ VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and web activity, similar to Facebook’s Onavo Protect app that Apple banned in June and that was removed in August,” Josh Constine reports for TechCrunch. “Facebook sidesteps the App Store and rewards teenagers and adults to…

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Hidden documents reveal how Facebook made money by bamboozling children

Hidden documents reveal how Facebook made money by bamboozling children

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”A trove of hidden documents detailing how Facebook made money off children will be made public, a federal judge ruled late Monday in response to requests from Reveal,” Nathan Halverson reports for Reveal. “A glimpse into the soon-to-be-released records shows Facebook’s own employees worried they were bamboozling children who racked up hundreds, and sometimes even…

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Apple CEO Cook calls for U.S. Congress to pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation

Apple CEO Cook calls for U.S. Congress to pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”In 2019, it’s time to stand up for the right to privacy—yours, mine, all of ours,” Apple CEO Tim Cook writes in an op-ed for TIME Magazine. “Consumers shouldn’t have to tolerate another year of companies irresponsibly amassing huge user profiles, data breaches that seem out of control and the vanishing ability to control our own digital lives.”

“This problem is…

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Senator Marco Rubio introduces privacy bill to create federal regulations on data collection

Senator Marco Rubio introduces privacy bill to create federal regulations on data collection

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at creating federal standards of privacy protection for major internet companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google,” Renae Reints reports for Fortune.

“The bill, titled the American Data Dissemination Act, requires the Federal Trade Commission to make suggestions for regulation based on the Privacy Act of…

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Apple endorses comprehensive privacy legislation in U.S. Senate testimony

Apple endorses comprehensive privacy legislation in U.S. Senate testimony

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]Bud Tribble, Apple’s Vice President of Software Technology, has provided the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Hearing on “Examining Safeguards for Consumer Data Privacy” written Congressional Testimony, dated September 26, 2018. Here it is, verbatim:

Good morning Chairman Thune, Ranking Member Nelson, and members of the Committee. I am honored…

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Any collection of Apple customer data requires sign-off from 'privacy czars'

Any collection of Apple customer data requires sign-off from ‘privacy czars’

“Unlike Google, Amazon, and Facebook, Apple is loathe to use customer data to deliver targeted advertising or personalized recommendations,” Julia Love reports for Reuters. “Indeed, any collection of Apple customer data requires sign-off from a committee of three ‘privacy czars’ and a top executive, according to four former employees who worked on a variety of products that went through privacy…

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