The Week in iOS Accessories: Making sweet music
Making sweet music This week’s roundup of new iOS accessories includes gear for making music, listening to tunes, and sharing both with your friends. BiteMyApple The $60 Desktop Chair v2… Read more »
Month: July 2014
With Yosemite public beta, Apple’s more open than ever
Just a few years after a big leadership transition, Apple announced not only a brand new operating system but said they would be offering a public beta to interested customers…. Read more »
“Alive Inside” Film Explores Power of Music to Restore Memory
Re/code writes about “Alive Inside,” a documentary that chronicles the experiences of Alzheimer’s patients who have been revitalized through music. The film follows social worker Dan Cohen, whose nonprofit works… Read more »
Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 28, 2014. The company posted quarterly revenue of $37.4 billion and quarterly net profit of $7.7 billion,… Read more »
Blackberry filling
In this episode we discuss why a partnership between Apple and IBM makes sense, the kind of work an iPad is really suited for (“Lots!” says Tim Cook), the EU… Read more »
Apple: OS X Yosemite public beta arrives Thursday
On Thursday, fall will come early for hundreds of thousands of Mac users when Apple releases its first public beta of OS X Yosemite. The public-beta program, announced during Apple’s… Read more »
Apple tech note illuminates purported ‘backdoor’ services
Just a couple days after a security researcher alleged that iOS contained “backdoor” access to user information, Apple has posted a knowledge base article explaining many of the systems that… Read more »
CNN iPhone App Sends iReporters’ Passwords In the Clear
chicksdaddy (814965) writes The Security Ledger reports on newly published research from the firm zScaler that reveals CNN’s iPhone application transmits user login session information in clear text. The security… Read more »
Google To Stop Describing Games With In-App Purchases As ‘Free’
An anonymous reader writes After a series of investigations, lawsuits, and fines over how in-app purchases are advertised and communicated to users, Google has agreed to stop labeling games that… Read more »
Nearly 25 Years Ago, IBM Helped Save Macintosh
dcblogs (1096431) writes “Apple and IBM, which just announced partnership to bring iOS and cloud services to enterprises, have helped each other before. IBM played a key role in turning… Read more »
Apple Announces Eighth Annual iTunes Festival in London
Apple today announced that Maroon 5, Pharrell Williams, Beck, Sam Smith, Blondie, Kylie, David Guetta, 5 Seconds of Summer, Calvin Harris, Chrissie Hynde, and many more of the world’s biggest… Read more »
How One School District Handled Rolling Out 20,000 iPads
First time accepted submitter Gamoid writes This past school year, the Coachella Valley Unified School District gave out iPads to every single student. The good news is that kids love… Read more »
OS X Yosemite public beta: What you need to know
Back in June, at WWDC, Apple announced the next major version of its OS for Macs, Yosemite (OS X 10.10). Though the official release of Yosemite is slated for “this… Read more »
Researcher Finds Hidden Data-Dumping Services In iOS
Trailrunner7 writes There are a number of undocumented and hidden features and services in Apple iOS that can be used to bypass the backup encryption on iOS devices and remove… Read more »
Apple Agrees To $450 Million Ebook Antitrust Settlement
An anonymous reader writes: Last year, a U.S. District Judge ruled that Apple conspired with publishers to control ebook prices in violation of antitrust laws. Apple launched an appeal which… Read more »