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Iphone

+ - 103 Easiest Way to Install and Update the Best Iphone Apps->

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walkerkatie
walkerkatie writes "Get your iTunes installed on your computer if it already has not been installed by you because it is the iTunes that directs all technical gifts by Apple as well as it will not ask you to spend even a single penny to get it downloaded. Just follow the step by step directions given on Apple’s website to get it downloaded, and, then, install it on your computer."
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China

+ - 117 Apple iPad: Chinese Authorities Urged to Ban Export and Import ->

Submitted by Hkibtimes
Hkibtimes writes "Proview, which won a court ruling that it owns the iPad name in China, has said that it will ask customs officials to ban import and export of Apple's iPads.

"We are now working on a request to China Customs to ban and seize all the import and export of the iPad products that have violated the trademark," Xie Xianghui, a Proview lawyer, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. But he has not indicated when the request will be lodged."
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Businesses

+ - 127 Apple-Approved Fair Labor Inspections Begin at Foxconn->

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redletterdave
redletterdave writes "Apple announced on Monday that the Fair Labor Association (FLA) has begun inspecting Foxconn's Chinese factories, upon Apple's request. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said that Auret van Heerden, the president of the FLA, is leading a group of labor rights experts in the first round of inspections at the sprawling plant in Shenzhen, China, more informally known as "Foxconn City." The FLA's independent assessment — completely supplementary to Apple's own auditing practices — will involve interviewing thousands of Foxconn employees about the working and living conditions, including working hours, compensation, managerial issues, and health and safety conditions. Foxconn has "pledged full cooperation with the FLA," and will reportedly allow unrestricted access to all of their operations. The investigative team will report their findings in early March on the FLA's website. Apple's other suppliers, including Quanta and Pegatron, will be inspected later this spring. By the time summer rolls around, the FLA hopes to have covered 90 percent of facilities where Apple products are built and assembled."
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Google

+ - 123 Apple Tops Google for No. 1 Image in Poll->

Submitted by devleopard
devleopard writes "Apple Inc. (AAPL), burnished by the iPhone’s success and memorials to Steve Jobs, displaced Google Inc. (GOOG) as top company in Harris Interactive (HPOL)’s poll of corporate images. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) and Johnson & Johnson dropped.
Apple earned the highest score in the 13-year history of Harris’ survey of U.S. consumers, buoyed by the Cupertino, California-based company’s financial success and products like last year’s iPhone 4S ..."
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China

+ - 101 Foxconn is Under Inspection from a Labor Rights Group, at Apple's Request ->

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pigrabbitbear
pigrabbitbear writes "The Fair Labor Association, a worldwide worker’s rights nonprofit, is currently inspecting Apple’s supply chain at the behest of the company, a press release sent out this morning stated. The inspections apparently started this morning at Foxconn’s Shenzhen facility known as Foxconn City, with the manufacturer’s Chengdu facility slated for inspection in the future."
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Privacy

+ - 150 How to stop apps like Path from stealing your contacts->

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes "Path caused quite a stir last week when it was discovered that the app secretly transmitted users’ entire contact lists to its servers. Without giving users the option to approve the transfer or even giving an indication that this data was being sent, Path was basically stealing personal data. The company’s CEO would later apologize and a recent update makes the process more transparent, but the damage has been done and the company’s image is tarnished. Apple is known for having strict guidelines by which iOS apps are judged before being allowed in the App Store, but apparently the theft of user data falls within those guidelines. Luckily for iPhone users, one developer decided to take matters into his own hands..."
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Iphone

+ - 135 By the numbers: Apple vs. the world->

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes "The news that Apple planned to unveil its third-generation iPad in early March sent Apple’s stock soaring to $500 and beyond, and it brought back a meme that has come and gone quite frequently over the past year: “Apple is worth more than.” Ever since Apple began to go back and forth with Exxon for the title of most valuable company in the world, the media has become obsessed with finding combinations of companies, national debts and other interesting things that Apple is worth more than. The game has become quite easy now that Apple has put some separation between itself and Exxon — as of market close on Friday, Apple’s market capitalization topped $460 billion while Exxon’s value sat at just under $397 billion — but in the context of Apple’s rivals, there are two key areas where this meme is of particular interest..."
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Apple

+ - 272 A share of Apple stock now costs more than an iPad->

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes "The “Apple is worth more than” meme has gotten plenty of play over the past year, but a new measure of Apple’s success emerged on Monday that is as simple as it is monumental: a single share of Apple stock now costs more than an iPad. As of the open of the market on Monday, Apple’s stock rose just above $499 — the entry-level price of Apple’s iPad 2 — undoubtedly on its way to $500 and beyond..."
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Apple

+ - 227 Apple launches new legal attack on Samsung-> 1

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walterbyrd
walterbyrd writes "Apple Inc has asked a federal court in California to block Samsung Electronics Co Ltd from selling its new Galaxy Nexus smartphones, alleging patent violations. In a suit filed last week in San Jose, Apple said the Galaxy Nexus infringes on patents underlying features customers expect from its products. Those include the ability to unlock phones by sliding an image and to search for information by voice."
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IOS

+ - 169 Southwest Airlines iPhone app vulnerable to hackers

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davidstites
davidstites writes "I am a masters computer science student at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and in November I performed a security audit of 230+ popular iOS applications because I wanted to know how secure apps on smartphones and tablets really are.

I made a shocking discovery. The largest single potential security breach was with the Southwest Airlines application. Southwest Airlines’ iPhone app leaves a user’s information vulnerable to hackers. When you login to the application on your phone using your Rapid Rewards account, the app submits your username and password information as plain-text (unencrypted) to a Southwest remote server (mobile.southwest.com). A potential attacker can simply sniff for the data on the network and steal it. This situation is a hackers dream!

If a victims credentials were captured, a hacker could use those credentials to login to that particular account and they would have access to anything the victim would have access to, such as addresses, birthdays, e-mail, phone and credit cards. They could even book a flight in the victims name. This not only obviously worrisome from the standpoint of a potential attacker fraudulently using a victims account and credit card information, but also due to the possibility of terrorist threats in air travel. At the very least, this discovery uncovers the potential for identity theft and at the very worst, it is a complete breakdown in national air travel security.

The possibility of being able to capture this data is especially probable since Denver International offers free WiFi and it is an unencrypted network. The probability that a Southwest passenger would login to their account is also quite high since they have an entire terminal to themselves (C concourse). However, this could occur on any unencrypted or encrypted network.

Consider the possibility of a person who is currently (and rightfully) on the Department of Homeland Security’s “No-Fly” list. If this person were able to capture a victim’s credentials and create a fake ID, he could pass through TSA security without being stopped.

I don't know how Southwest Airlines let this happen, but sometimes companies have to decide between security and the bottom line. Companies rush to get products out, the engineering dollars are not there to complete the project, so security falls to the back. Usually, security is not thought of as a benefit, until it fails.

I contacted Southwest when the vulnerability was found in early December and they still have not released a patch as of today and they have never contacted me back about the vulnerability. Until the security flaw is fixed, the best solution is to not use the application.

A full list of applications with vulnerabilities can be found at http://blog.afewguyscoding.com/2011/12/survey-mobile-device-security-threats-vulnerabilities-defenses/.

Additionally, some local NBC (http://www.koaa.com/news/uccs-student-points-out-phone-security-concerns/) and ABC (http://www.krdo.com/news/30422585/detail.html) news stations and the Denver Post covered this story (http://blogs.denverpost.com/techknowbytes/2012/02/09/southwest-airlines-iphone-app-vulnerable-to-hackers-study-says/3264/)."
Android

+ - 94 Apple takes legal action against Galaxy Nexus->

Submitted by sik6si2o1faan6
sik6si2o1faan6 writes "Apple's latest legal offensive, if successful, will take Samsung's Galaxy Nexus off the U.S. market. To quote the posting in Apple Insider:

Apple is leveraging four recently granted patents to seek a preliminary injunction against sales of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone, Google's Android 4.0 flagship device, as part of a new federal lawsuit that also involves other patent claims.

General details of the new suit were published yesterday, but according to a report by Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents, Apple's latest suit targets the Galaxy Nexus, parallel to a separate complaint last fall, but differing in several key respects.'"
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Apple

+ - 126 Magic FrogPad converts an Apple Magic Trackpad into a one handed keyboard. ->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "FrogPad has redesigned its revolutionary FrogPad architecture to fit on a single, clear, repositionable cling. The touch sensitivity is powered by a simple software that turns the Apple® Magic TrackPad into a Magic FrogPad. Functionality can easily be interchanged between mouse & keyboard by simply sliding your finger across the FrogMouse Key. You don't need your QWERTY keyboard anymore. Magic FrogPad can take over the functionality of both keyboard and mouse with one simple cling. FrogPad is offering an Apple Magic Trackpad as a gift."
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IOS

+ - 179 Hackers Hit Apple Supplier Foxconn->

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes "Protests against Apple and Foxconn due to furor over reports about working conditions have gone digital.

A group known as SwaggSec has successfully hacked computers at Foxconn, and posted the stolen data to The Pirate Bay website.

News of the hack comes as protesters paid a visit today to Apple stores around the world to deliver petitions demanding the improvement of working conditions at factories run by Apple suppliers in China and other countries.

In response to the attack, Foxconn reportedly took down a website that explains the services it offers to some of its partners, including Apple, Cisco and Acer."
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Apple

+ - 192 FBI File Notes Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field 1

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes "Bloomberg reports that the FBI has released a decades-old file it kept on Steve Jobs, the deceased Apple co-founder, after a background check for a possible appointment by former President George H. W. Bush conducting interviews with unnamed associates of Jobs to judge his character, drug use and potential prejudices. “Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs’ honesty stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals,” according to the materials. Several people commented “concerning past drug use on the part of Mr. Jobs,” according to the file including marijuana, hashish and LSD during the period 1970 — 1974. The file also noted that Jobs was not a member of the communist party."
The Almighty Buck

+ - 137 U.S. Air Force Buys iPads to Replace Flight Bags->

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redletterdave
redletterdave writes "Following the precedent set by commercial airliners in December, the U.S. Air Forceplans to buyup to 18,000 iPads for its Air Mobility Command (AMC), replacing heavy flight bags with light and efficient Apple iPad 2s for the crews that fly cargo aircrafts. The devices will reportedly be used by the crews on the C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster aircrafts. There are several benefits to using electronic flight bags instead of physical versions. For one, the iPad can instantly update charts electronically, while the AMC would require flying charts get reprinted every 28 days to stay up-to-date. By cutting publication printing and distribution costs, and exchanging 70 pounds of paper for a 1.3-pound iPad, the Air Force can save some serious cash, including more than $1.2 million worth of fuel per year."
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China

+ - 176 Labor activist: Apple may be terrible, bit all others are worse->

Submitted by CheerfulMacFanboy
CheerfulMacFanboy writes "Labor Activist Li Qiang wants you to know that the iPhone 4 in his pocket is not an endorsement of Apple’s policies, just an acknowledgement that the company is doing a better job of monitoring factory conditions than its peers. The founder of leading advocacy group China Labor Watch (CLW) told us that, though the Cupertino company does more-thorough inspections than competitors, it is responsible for poor working conditions at its suppliers’ factories and needs to invest some of its record-breaking profits in improving them.

“Although I know that the iPhone 4 is made at sweat shop factories in China, I still think that this is the only choice, because Apple is actually one of the best. Actually before I made a decision, I compared Apple with other cell phone companies, such as Nokia,” he said through a translator. “And the conditions in those factories are worse than the ones of Apple."
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Android

+ - 124 The Dark Side of Apple's Mobile Dominance->

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GMGruman
GMGruman writes "Although it sold just 9 percent of mobile phones globally last quarter, Apple made 75 percent of all the mobile phone profits. Android sales stalled, allowing the iPhone 4S to outsell all Android phone sales in the same period. And each iPhone sale costs the carriers more due to higher iPhone subsidies, hurting their bottom lines. It's a nightmare scenario for many not he mobile industry: Apple is sucking the money out of the market, much as we saw with iTunes and iPods. Apple's success is due to its own innovations, as well as to the continual stumbles of others, but the result is nonetheless a discomforting dominance by a company users love but that has a dark side tendency to control and obstinance. The joke "It's Steve Jobs' world and we just live in it" may not turn out to be so funny."
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IOS

+ - 154 Carriers hate the iPhone->

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes "Apple’s iPhone is the most profitable product offered by the most valuable company in the world. With only three iPhone models in its lineup, the Cupertino-based technology giant shipped more smartphones last quarter than any other vendor in the world. Carriers that sell Apple’s sought-after smartphone enjoy huge activation figures each quarter as a result, but activations and unit sales don’t necessarily paint a complete picture. In fact, according to some industry watchers, carriers hate the iPhone..."
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Businesses

+ - 214 Apple Could Lose $1.6 Billion in iPad Lawsuit->

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redletterdave
redletterdave writes "Proview Technology, which currently uses the 'iPad' name on several of its products including computer monitors, stands to win $1.6 billion and an apology from Apple for allegedly infringing upon Proview's trademarked name to use on its bestselling tablet. Proview International, which owns subsidiaries Proview Technology in Shenzhen and Proview Electronics in Taiwan, originally registered the name "iPad" in Taiwan in 2000 and mainland China in 2001. Proview eventually sued Apple in 2011, and even though the Cupertino-based company retaliated with a counter-suit of its own, Apple lost the case in local Chinese courts. Depending on the court's findings, Apple could be fined anywhere from $38 million to the $1.6 billion that Proview is seeking. In addition to the money, Proview also wants Apple to apologize. 'We have prepared well for a long-term legal battle,' said one of Proview's lawyers."
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