Apps

(CNN)– A bug in Apple’s mobile operating system allows hackers to take control of iPhone and iPad apps, using them to steal people’s photos, contacts and even send text messages without the device’s user knowing about it, according to a … Continue reading →

Hoping to capitalize on the lucrative over-50 Boomer market, Apple has launched its much-anticipated new smartphone for seniors, the iSight 6t. The revolutionary device comes with apps designed specifically for Boomers who are plagued by nostalgia issues …

A software flaw in Apple’s iPhones and iPads may allow hackers to build apps that secretly install programs to steal data, send text messages or destroy information, according to an expert on Apple device security. Charlie Miller, a researcher with … Continue reading →

Having revolutionized the computer, music, and phone industries, Apple is now targeting brick-and-mortar stores. On Tuesday, the technology giant released the free version 2.0 of its Apple Store app, which allows iPhone users to pay for products at the …

Apple has updated the Apple Store app to version 2.0, allowing iPhone owners to buy items and pick them up in their local Apple Store, and to pay for purchases in-store, no clerk required. The Apple Store app has long … Continue reading →

This is version 2.0 of Apple’s Apple Store app (do you think there are enough “apps” in that statement?). Here’s how Apple describes the changes: Personal Pickup: Buy in the app and choose to pick up your order at any … Continue reading →

Camera+ (tap tap tap) 7. Flick Home Run ! (infinity pocket) 8. GarageBand (Apple) 9. WhatsApp Messenger (WhatsApp Inc.) 10. TETRIS (Electronic Arts) ___ Top Free iPhone Apps: 1. Facebook Messenger (Facebook, Inc.) 2. Hardest Game Ever — 0.02s …

Apple told Mac OS developers that all applications submitted to Apple’s Mac App Store must implement sandboxing by March 1, 2012. Sandboxing is akin to what Apple enforces in iOS. Developers are only allowed to use a prescribed set of APIs … Continue reading →

Apple has banned well-known security researcher Charlie Miller from its developer program, for creating an apparently benign iOS app that was actually designed to exploit a security flaw he had uncovered in the firmware. Within hours of talking about the … Continue reading →

Apple’s iPhones and iPads have remained malware-free thanks mostly to the company’s puritanical attitude toward its App Store: Nothing even vaguely sinful gets in, and nothing from outside the App Store gets downloaded to an iOS gadget.