Two Sure-Fire Reactions to the Release of Any New Apple Product [Comic]
Yep, that about sums it up! [Source: Brian @ Shoeboxblog]
Category Archives: Apple
Apple Addresses iPhone Fingerprint Security Concerns
When Apple announced the forthcoming iPhone 5S will have a fingerprint unlock mechanism, cynics were, to say the least, skeptical about the security implications. Apple is now on a PR offensive to reassure potential users. In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, Apple reiterated that at no point does the device store an image of […]
Man Builds a “Mini Macintosh” That is More Functional Than the Original [Pic + Video]
Featuring HDMI, 2 USB ports, an ethernet port, and running on a Raspberry Pi board, John Badger created this “mini Mac”! It is 1/3 the size of the original Macintosh, but way more powerful! [Via]
SimCity Woes Continue on Mac
Mac owners sometimes complain about being left out when it comes to gaming. However, Electronic Arts clearly has an equal opportunity policy: its launch of SimCity on the Mac has gone as badly as on PC. The Mac launch had already been put back two months because, in the words of Kip Katsarelis of EA, […]
eBook Pricing Becomes the Never Ending Story
If you thought the e-book pricing controversy was over, think again. Apple and major publishers, former partners in what was judged an unlawful price-fixing deal, have now fallen out over the proposed punishment for Apple. To give the Cliff’s Notes version of events we’ve covered several times, once upon a time the likes of Amazon […]
Obama overturns iPhone/iPad import ban
President Obama’s administration has overturned a patent ruling that would effectively have banned some iPhone and iPad models in the US. A government official said the rare veto was necessary to protect competition and consumer interests, but it’s the issue of standards-essential patents that is really the key here. The case is separate to the […]
Rogue iOS App Makes Evil Transformation
Researchers at Georgia Tech say they’ve found a creative way to bypass the iTunes store security reviews: by having an app mutate once it’s installed. The same researchers also say they’ve found a way of carrying out a physical attack on iOS devices, though Apple has already mitigated it to some extent. Tielei Wang of […]
Apple in-app purchases: more parents could get refund
Apple has confirmed details of the settlement for people whose children made in-app purchases without their knowledge. It works slightly differently to the way it was originally planned, meaning more people may qualify. The settlement relates to the way Apple changed its rules on in-app purchases and passwords. After the change, once you typed in […]
BestBuy recall Macbook batteries as fire risk
BestBuy is recalling two models of replacement batteries for Macbook computers after multiple reports of overheating and one customer suffering burns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says BestBuy “received 13 reports that the battery caught fire, including one report of a serious burn to a consumer’s leg.” The models in question are both ATG lithium-ion […]
Apple e-book “smoking gun” may be damp squib
Prosecutors have shown an e-mail that they claim is proof that Steve Jobs was in on a plot with publishers to force Amazon to change the way electronic book pricing works. But there’s a mystery about whether the e-mail was ever sent. It’s all part of the ongoing trial in which Apple is accused of […]