iOS

Microsoft Vs. Apple – Yahoo Finance

And if turns out that Microsoft’s mobile OS is just as good, or better, than Apple’s, are we going to see a repeat of the PC market evolution? The Bottom Line For better or worse, competition in a free market … Continue reading

Apple Scrambles to Patch App Store Hack – PC World

A hack that lets iOS users trick the App Store into giving them in-app purchases for free has gone public, potentially costing app makers revenue and causing Apple a major headache. The exploit was first posted Wednesday, but came into … Continue reading

Apple investigating App Store fraudulent activity – Orlando Sentinel

an Apple spokeswoman. “We take reports of fraudulent activity very seriously, and we are investigating.” Alexey Borodin discovered a method to steal content from iOS apps by making in-app purchases without actually paying any money. In-app …

iOS hacker posts method to get in-app purchases for free – Gigaom.com

In the demonstration he’s using iOS 6 (the beta version) and an iPhone 4S … Obviously it should be concerning to Apple as well, which is only a week removed from dealing with an App Store issue of its own … Continue reading

Make your iOS and OS X devices work better together – Techradar.com

One of Apple’s many strengths is the way its devices integrate so … set it up in iTunes on your Mac via the Advanced menu (select Turn On Home Sharing), then tap Settings on your iOS device and select Music … Continue reading

Cheddar for iOS: to-do lists and markdown wherever you go – Ars Technica

Ubiquity seems to be Cheddar’s aim, at least for the Apple-friendly—while there are currently no … Additionally, I found the Markdown entry to be a chore on iOS. Entering tasks quickly, a tenet of almost every task manager, was slowed … Continue reading

The other hidden cost of running Windows on a Mac: battery life – ZDNet

Apple’s hardware designs are so handsome … battery-life tests on the brand-new 2012 MacBook Air and its 2011 counterpart were done with OS X and with Windows 7. (Engadget’s 2012 MacBook Air review confirms that the Windows tests were …

Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: AirPlay Mirroring – Apple Insider

AirPlay, Apple’s wireless audio and video distribution system, gets an update in OS X Mountain Lion, offering modern Macs with compatible hardware the ability to wirelessly mirror the screen to an Apple TV-attached HDTV display. AirPlay, originally named …

Alarm for Apple as Russian hacker publishes way to get in-app purchases for FREE – Daily Mail

A Russian hacker has discovered an easy way to get in-app purchases on the iPhone and iPad for free. The process is potentially damaging for Apple’s iOS developers whose main revenue comes from the paid upgrades. Users just have to … Continue reading

Even A Successful Hack Of The Apple Apps Store Doesn’t Make Any Money – Forbes

The hack also works on all devices running iOS 3.0 to 6.0. We confirmed the method works (at least temporarily), and the published instructions are starting to get attention, so we decided to publish this story as a warning to … Continue reading