Tag Archives: #TECHVIBE: Apple punishes Google over app rules

Google is shutting down the Google+ social network.  Google is Shutting Down Google+, Admits Low Consumer Adoption. Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers following a security breach. A software bug was discovered that gave developers access to private profile data of over 500,000 users. … There is also no evidence that any data has been misused Google will stop supporting Google+ APIs in early March and Google+ will …

Apple revoked Google’s ability to offer its employees internal-only iPhone apps, likely causing significant disruption to the search giant. Apple was punishing its rival for breaking its developers’ policy, a day after it took the same action against Facebook. The move came after both firms used special access for market research. Apple restored Google’s access to the software by the …