Two minute SIM card hack could leave 25 percent of phones vulnerable to spying
Image: joyenjoys.com A two minute SIM card hack could allow an intruder to listen to your phone calls, send text messages from your phone number and make mobile payments from your account. The...
View ArticleCanary aims to be home security for the rest of us
There’s a likable trend brewing. Affordable home automation used to be complicated and the equipment was generally ugly. Nest made the humble thermostat both smart and beautiful, Jawbone made door...
View ArticleAT&T announces new 300MB & 2GB Mobile Share plans launching July 26
AT&T announced today that it’s expanding unlimited talk and text Mobile Share plans to include two new data options including 300MB and 2GB. The new options will fill the gaps between the carrier’s...
View ArticleConsumers in U.S. make case for low-cost iPhone demand w/ increased sales of...
New numbers out today from research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (via AllthingsD) show that consumers in the U.S. are purchasing an increasing number of previous generation iPhones...
View ArticleFrom the makers of Clear, ‘Ember’ is a digital scrapbook that illuminates...
“Ember is your digital scrapbook of things that inspire you” Realmac Software has been busy at work this year, releasing Analog Camera for iPhone, updates to Clear and Analog for Mac, and now...
View ArticleFlipboard now allows custom, curated magazines to be read in web browser
To augment the March Flipboard update that allows users to create and curate their own digital magazines, Flipboard has now launched a feature that allows these custom magazines to be read in a web...
View Article‘Jobs’ star Ashton Kutcher rumored to be close to $10M deal … to sell Windows...
The New York Post claims that Ashton Kutcher, who plays Steve Jobs in the biopic Jobs, is close to signing a $10M deal to appear in a series of ads for … Windows PC maker Lenovo. Jobs, which will...
View ArticleReport: Apple/iOS continues lead as top mobile advertising platform by...
Opera Mediaworks, the “world’s leading mobile advertising platform”, is out today with its report covering the state of mobile advertising for Q2 2013. Using data from the over 35 billion mobile ad...
View ArticlePhone and texting app ‘Viber’ hacked by Syrian Electronic Army [update 2:...
The Hacker News is reporting that communications app “Viber” has been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, a “pro-Assad hacker group”. In addition, their support webpage was defaced before the...
View ArticleSprint brings real-time caption calling service for the hearing impaired to...
Sprint announced today that it will now be offering its Wireless CapTel service to iOS device users, enabling the hearing impaired to read “real-time word-for-word captions” of conversations on their...
View ArticleApple rolls out update to Apple Store iPhone app
Following our report that Apple would be rolling out an updated Apple Store app today, the company has just updated the iPhone app to Version 2.7. The updated app includes several performance...
View ArticleApple reports $35.3b revenue for Q3 2013: 31.2m iPhones, 14.6m iPads, 3.8m Macs
As planned, Apple today announced its earnings results for the Q3 2013 quarter. CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 third quarter ended June...
View ArticleLive blog: Apple’s Q3 earnings call
To coincide with Apple’s Q3 2013 earnings release, the company will hold a live conference call to discuss the results at 2 PM Pacific/ 5 PM Eastern Time. Below, we will have a full live blog of the...
View ArticleApple at Q3 call: iCloud reaches 320M accounts, 900B iMessages, 125B photo...
Senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer is on first today for Apple’s Q3 2013 earnings report and just provided some updates on the company’s iTunes sales, retail stores...
View ArticlePlastic iPhone shell compared to older plastic iPhones and iPod touch in new...
Michael Kukielka, otherwise known as the DetroitBorg, posted the excellent video above showcasing one of the plastic iPhone shells that has been leaking all over the web like crazy. Besides the focus...
View ArticleApple’s Q4 guidance implies likely iPhone launch(es) by late September
Image: wallsfeed.com An analysis of Apple’s Q4 guidance by BTIG’s Walter Piecyk suggests that the company will launch new products in Q4, which ends on 28 September. We don’t think that Apple can hit...
View ArticleNike+ Running iOS app offers virtual races with friends, group chat
The loneliness of the long-distance runner may have been reduced by the latest update to the Nike+ Runner app. Version 4.3 allows you to challenge friends at other locations to virtual races, set a...
View ArticleApp Store becomes EA’s biggest retail partner by sales for the first time in...
As noted by VentureBeat, EA revealed today during its earnings call with investors that for the first time, Apple has become “EA’s biggest retail partner as measured by sales” as a result of the App...
View ArticleGoogle Drive for iOS adds option to open links in Chrome & Safari
Google has just updated its Google Drive app for iOS with a couple new features and performance enhancements. After adding support for opening links in native Google apps from the Chrome iOS app last...
View ArticleGoogle takes on iPad mini with new Nexus 7 & Android 4.3, announces...
Google just wrapped up its breakfast with Android/Chrome chief Sundar Pichai and, on top of the expected next-gen Nexus 7 and Android 4.3 announcements, announced new products and services coming to...
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