The vulnerabilities encompass everything from unauthorized audio recording to command execution to the ability to modify system properties and wireless settings…
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Google’s Android is still a toxic hellstew compared to Apple’s iPhone even when it’s not polluting your phone
Android’s popularity can be attributed for the most part to Google’s distribution model…
Marco Arment: iTunes is a toxic hellstew
Just keep your music libraries away from iTunes Match and Apple Music…
Cheap Android TV streaming devices may have dangerous backdoors to China
Human Security researchers found seven Android TV boxes and one tablet with the backdoors installed, and they’ve seen signs of 200 different…
Apple CEO Tim Cook warns that proposed antitrust legislation would make iPhones less safe
Cook on Tuesday warned that proposed antitrust legislation in the U.S. and the E.U. would have the consequence of making iPhones less safe…
Under proposed EU law Apple would be forced to allow sideloading and third-party app stores
Under proposed legislation recently unveiled by the EU, Apple would be forced to allow users to sideload apps from outside the security of…
Apple VP Federighi delivers hypocritical speech on dangers of sideloading apps
Apple software chief Craig Federighi delivered a dramatic speech about what might happen if Apple has to allow iPhone users to sideload apps…
Android devices infected with malware 15 to 47 times more than iPhone
Devices that run on Android – a platform that supports sideloading – have an estimated 15 to 47 times more infections from malware…
Verizon offers free Apple Arcade for unlimited subscribers
For its smarter customers, Verizon will include an up to 12-month subscription to Apple Arcade ($4.99/mo.). Those with lesser brainpower can…
Apple’s Craig Federighi: ‘It’s well understood that Android has a malware problem’
Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi on Wednesday is testifying during the Epic Games v. Apple lawsuit…
Apple defends App Store control in court; doesn’t want iOS to devolve into Android
In court on Monday, Epic Games argued that Apple purposely locks in its customers in the first day of a landmark trial with Apple…
Why Apple never released Messages for Android
Court documents filed in the Epic Games v. Apple case show that Apple considered a version of Messages for Android, but…
More than 50 percent of all iPhones are already running iOS 13
If you count only iPhones purchased in the last four years, the figure jumps up to 55 percent…
Apple makes statement regarding iOS security, blasts Google for ‘creating false impression’
Google’s post, issued six months after iOS patches were released, creates the false impression of “mass exploitation” to “monitor the private activities of entire populations in real time,” stoking fear among all iPhone users that their devices had been compromised. This was never the case…
Apple’s Messages for Android will never arrive and green bubbles will keep ruining Messages
For the time being, those who settle for Google insecure, privacy-trampling, fragmented, toxic hellstew will remain in their green bubble ghetto sporadically soiling our pristine, blue, full-featured Messages…
Apple Card makes iPhone even stickier
The new Apple Card credit card will help Apple retain iPhone users since the interface for the card is an iPhone app, and users won’t be able to pay their balance…
Android settlers besieged by factory pre-installed malware
There’s a flow of Android malware that those who settle for pretend iPhones cannot defend themselves against: malicious apps that have been factory pre-installed…
Google confirms that advanced backdoor malware came preinstalled on Android devices
People who value security and privacy use real iPhones…
One of the main problems with Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is that it doesn’t really fold
Samsung went to painstaking lengths to avoid talking about the fact that their Galaxy Fold doesn’t really fold…
Samsung announces foldable 4.6- to 7.3-inch ‘Galaxy Fold’ phone with giant off-center notch, starts at $1,980
At its Unpacked 2019 event that took place in San Francisco today, Samsung officially announced…
Yet another reason I’ll never downgrade from Apple’s iPhone to an Android phone,
For a period of time, I almost always carried an Android phone with me in addition to my main iPhone…
Android phone makers skip Google security updates without telling users, researchers say
Android smartphone manufacturers are skipping security patches without notifying users, instead claiming their smartphone’s software is up to date…
TechHive reviews Schlage Sense: The heaviest-duty of heavy-duty HomeKit-enabled smart locks
A bit on the industrial side? Perhaps, but if reliability is what you really want…
Apple’s revolutionary iPhone is nine years old – and still no significant malware outbreaks
Apple started selling the Apple iPhone nine years ago today…
Apple updates iTunes with ‘simpler’ design that doesn’t really solve anything
Apple knows that the iTunes interface is extremely confusing and needs work…
Apple destroyed my will to collect music
I decided enough was enough. I was going to figure out how to use iTunes and Apple Music if it killed me. It almost did…
Apple waited too long to get into music streaming or something
Apple Music’s biggest problem is and will continue to be that millions and millions of people…
Alternatives to Apple’s bloated iTunes
For a Mac user seeking a fully operational iTunes-like app that will manage files with the same ease
Should iTunes be split into 16 different apps?
The bloated Swiss army knife app for managing everything from your music library to the apps on your iPhone has been begging for help for years…
Why Apple can’t and won’t fix iTunes
There is no easy way to say this. iTunes is a dinosaur…
Apple Music one month later: Not loving it, but I’ll be subscribing to it
One thing I’ve always loved about Apple products is that there was a certain elegance about them…
90% of iOS device users now running Apple’s iOS 8
When iOS 8 rolled out last September…
Here’s why I won’t pay for Apple Music after the free trial ends
When the free trial ends, I can’t imagine paying for Apple Music…
Designer mocks up standalone Apple Music app for Mac (and Windows)
What makes Apple Music so un-Apple is the total disregard for user experience in many areas…
Apple Music in iOS 9 gets a much-needed redesign
When Apple Music first launched in iOS 8.4 on June 30th…
The tragedy of iTunes: Nothing ‘just works’
The new version of Apple’s signature media software is a mess. What are people with large MP3 libraries to do?
Dear Apple, please go thermonuclear on iTunes
iTunes is a total mess…
