Apple has rolled out its “Look Around” feature of Apple Maps into three more U.S. cities, with street level views of Boston, Philly, and Washington, D.C…
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Apple may let users change default apps on iPhones to satisfy trustbusters
Apple is considering allowing users to use third-party web browsers and email applications as the default app options on iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch…
Will the coronavirus outbreak cause Apple to cancel WWDC 2020?
Every year, Apple invites developers from all around the world to WWDC. But, will the coronavirus outbreak cause Apple to cancel WWDC 2020?
Apple mulls letting users replace Safari, Mail, other default apps on iPhone and iPad
Apple executives are mulling whether to let users choose third-party apps as default options on iPhones and iPads, replacing the company’s Safari apps…
Software developer: Apple’s iOS is adware
Apple’s iOS is adware, software developer Steve Streza writes on his blog, along with copious expository screenshots. Apple’s Services business…
Disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin’s Essential shuts down
Essential Products, an Android smartphone peddler founded by disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin is shutting down, the comnpany confirmed Wednesday…
France fines Apple €25 million over iPhone throttling
According to French officials, Apple installed software that slowed down iPhones. So, the country fined Apple more than $27 million for iPhone throttling …
Apple reveals new ‘CarKey’ feature in iOS 13.4 beta
Apple today released the first beta version of iOS 13.4 with a new CarKey feature that will allow the use of iPhone or Apple Watch as a car key and more…
FBI claims it still can’t access data on Pensacola terrorist’s iPhones
The FBI has reconstructed an iPhone belonging to an Islamic terrorist, but still can’t access the encrypted data on the device…
Mac usage at SAP doubles as Apple grows in the enterprise
Mac usage at SAP has doubled in just over a year as Apple shows continued enterprise growth. There are almost 26,000 Macs in use across SAP at this point…
Jeff Bezos’ hacked iPhone had Apple’s vaunted security, and that may have helped its alleged hackers
A security report last week alleged that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos received a WhatsApp message laden with code that secretly hacked…
Why Apple is right to oppose an iPhone backdoor for law enforcement
Apple is right to continue opposing an iPhone backdoor for law enforcement. Creating a “backdoor” would undermine cybersecurity and privacy for everyone…
President Trump demands Apple unlock iPhones
Trump demands Apple unlock iPhones – again. U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his stance on Apple’s refusal to unlock iPhones for investigators…
This $10 million NYC lab is dedicated to breaking into Apple iPhones
There’s a $10 million lab in New York City that’s dedicated to breaking into Apple iPhones overseen by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
iPhone vs. Android: Hidden iPhone feature is a big advantage over Android
When it comes to iPhone vs. Android, Apple often comes out on top; likely because they invented the modern smartphone while Google is just trying to approximate it for the less discerning…
Scottish police video shows Cellebrite device unlocking smartphone
Police Scotland has posted a video showing a Cellebrite device unlocking an Apple iPhone and accessing data found on the device…
Apple reveals which governments requested the most user data
In their biannual “Apple Transparency Report: Government and Private Party Requests” report, Apple reveals which governments requested the most user data …
President Trump demands iPhone backdoors, putting all iPhones at risk
President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on Apple to unlock two iPhones used by an Islamic terrorist suspect in a shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in December…
FBI successfully unlocks iPhone 11 Pro, so why is it demanding Apple unlock older iPhones?
Senator Ron Wyden’s office has asked the Department of Justice to explain why it is making public demands for backdoors if it has already used the tool to access the newest iPhones…
Steve Bannon warns Apple: President Trump is going to ‘drop the hammer’ on you over unlocking iPhones
Steve Bannon, U.S President Trump’s former chief strategist, says that the president is going to “drop the hammer” on getting Apple to work with authorities…
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin urges Apple to work with law enforcement
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that Apple and other companies should cooperate with U.S. investigators as law enforcement officials continued probing last month’s Islamic terrorist attack…
The FBI doesn’t need Apple to unlock Pensacola terrorist’s iPhones
Forensics firm Cellebrite has released a new update its UFED Physical Analyzer software that could be used to access data on the Pensacola Islamic terrorist’s iPhones…
Apple preps for legal fight with DOJ over encryption
Apple is preparing for a legal battle with the U.S. Justice Department and the Trump administration as the company publicly attempts to defuse the dispute. Apple CEO Tim Cook has assembled a group of top advisers…
As DOJ pressures Apple, researchers say older iPhones are easier to crack
The escalation of a long-running encryption conflict between the Justice Department and Apple Inc. has puzzled security experts who say that new hacking tools have made it possible to gain access to many of the company’s older devices…
Cellebrite moves into computers with acquisition of BlackBag Technologies
Cellebrite, a provider of forensic solutions for law enforcement, government, and enterprise agencies, announced today it will acquire BlackBag Technologies…
Apple releases iOS 13.3.1 beta 2 and iPadOS 13.3.1 beta 2
Several weeks after the release of iOS 13.3, Apple today seeded developers with the second betas of iOS and iPadOS 13.3.1…
Apple to A.G. Barr: No, we won’t unlock the Pensacola terrorist’s iPhones
Earlier today U.S. Attorney General William Barr called on Apple to unlock the alleged iPhones of the Islamic terrorist who murdered three people and injured eight others…
U.S. Attorney General Barr complains Apple has provided no ‘substantive assistance’ in accessing terrorist’s iPhones
U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr declared on Monday that a deadly shooting last month at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., was an act of Islamic terrorism…
Apple’s new privacy features rattle the location-based ad market
With Apple devices, you have control over what you share. Privacy is built in from the beginning, from the moment you open your new device…
8 things Apple’s iOS does better than Android
There are many things that Apple’s iOS does better than Google’s Android…
FBI seeks Apple’s help unlocking iPhones of suspected Pensacola naval station gunman
The FBI is asking Apple Inc. to help unlock two iPhones that investigators think were owned by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani…
Apple targets jailbreaking in lawsuit against iOS virtualizer Corellium
Apple has expanded a lawsuit against an iOS virtualization company, claiming that its actions facilitate jailbreaking and violate the DMCA..
Dell laptops to add ability to transfer photos and videos, mirror iPhone content on Windows
This spring Dell Mobile Connect will expand its wireless transfer and app mirroring capabilities to iOS phone users…
Free file manager ‘Documents 7’ for iPad and iPhone puts Apple’s Files app to shame
The free Documents 7 app is billed as the best file manager for iPhone and iPad. It is designed for…
Decade in Review: What the smartphone has wrought
When the first Apple iPhone hit the market in 2007, not everyone was convinced it would supplant the flip-phone…
Apple 2020 preview: 5G iPhones, Apple Watch Series 6, and much more
Here’s an idea of what the coming year will look like for Apple…
Apple officially launches public bug bounty program with rewards up to $1.5 million
Apple has formally opened its bug bounty program today to all security researchers…
Phil Schiller and Walt Mossberg recall the birth of Apple’s revolutionary iPad
We were sitting on the couch, and on the coffee table there was something covered in black cloth…
IDC: Worldwide wearables market to top 300 million units in 2019 and nearly 500 million units in 2023
Continued end-user demand, proliferation of devices, and declining average selling prices will propel the worldwide wearables market in the years to come…
The iPhone Decade: How Apple’s revolutionary iPhone created and destroyed industries and changed the world
In the last 10 years, Apple has gone from a large computer company with a profitable side business in MP3 players to a $1 trillion+ megacorp with operations around the globe and 137,000 full-time employees…
The ‘Apple Tax’ died years ago
From the Mac to the iPod to iPhone and iPad to AirPods: Apple products are better designed, with symbiotic, custom, complimentary hardware and software…
German law set to force Apple to grant banks, payment rival access to iPhone’s secure NFC chip
Banks and payment service rivals complain that Apple restricts access to iPhone’s secure NFC chip…
