US Mobile Commerce

Google to stop geofence warrants by letting users store location data on devices

12/20/202312/19/2023 Stephanie Beck

Geofence warrants - Location Data own device

Law enforcement have been accessing location data stored in massive amounts by tech giants. Google will soon be providing users with the opportunity to store their location data on their devices instead of on its own servers, putting to the end the geofence warrants trend it played a large part in creating. Use of these warrants has recently taken off. This will effectively cease a surveillance practice that has long existed and that has permitted law enforcement such as police to be able to access the company’s massive stores of…

Apple sued over mobile payments market competition abuse allegations

12/01/202311/30/2023 Stephanie Beck

Venmo and Cash App customers have filed a class action lawsuit against the iPhone maker. PayPal’s Venmo and Block’s Cash App customers have sued Apple Inc. in a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the iPhone maker of having required consumers to pay “rapidly inflating prices” by manipulating mobile payments market competition. The class action lawsuit was filed by four customers from Georgia, Hawaii, New York and South Carolina. The mobile payments competition lawsuit was filed in a San Jose, California federal court. The filing accuses Apple of having violated US…

New York bans schools from using facial recognition technology

10/10/202310/05/2023 Jennifer Goula

Facial recognition - Banned for use in schools

The state announced that it would not allow educational institutions to use this type of tech. New York state has announced that it has banned schools from being able to use facial recognition technology. The decision was made following indications that suggested that it would place student privacy at risk. The state officially banned schools following the result of an analysis conducted by the state’s Office of Information Technology Services. It concluded that student privacy risks were more important than the possible benefits it could offer security efforts. The move…

How to pay the toll quickly?

06/09/202306/09/2023 Jesse Collins

Traveling by car is a very popular way of traveling in the United States. While driving you are close to nature, and you can meet local people while getting out of your car. However, it is worth knowing that some roads and road infrastructure are not free of charge. As an outcome, you need to pay a toll for driving it. Read this article to the end, to learn where you have to pay tolls, how to pay the toll quickly and where you do not need to be worried…

Apple Pay Later launches, letting US consumers buy now

03/31/202303/29/2023 Stephanie Beck

Apple Pay Later - Buy Now Pay Later - Mobile

This type of popular way of shopping has reached the iPhone maker and its mobile wallet. Earlier this week, Apple Pay Later was launched by the iPhone maker as a “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) service for consumers in the United States. The initial rollout is only to select users, but they do intend to complete a full rollout this year. The launch of Apple Pay Later is starting in the United States and will begin with a number of select users, expanding in coming months to a full rollout.…