iOS

Mac OS X Targeted By Clever New Trojan – PC World

At this point it would be cliché to echo the same ominous warnings that are issued every time a new malware threat targets Mac OS X. I think all but the most naïve of Apple users understand that the days … Continue reading

Is Mountain Lion worth the money? Video – CNET News

… I’m Brian Tong and welcome to the Apple byte for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple and the big news this. — tax out of the bag. — was released OS-X outline for 1995 through … Continue reading

From Black Hat: Apple’s Debut Falls Short – New York Times Blogs

Last April, security experts discovered that a new piece of malware, called Flashback, had affected more than half a million Mac users in the largest-scale attack on Apple’s Mac OS X operating system to date. A year earlier, researchers …

Apple security guru lays out iPad, iPhone crypto architecture at Black Hat – Computerworld

Network World – A top Apple security guru Thursday presented an in-depth view into the security architecture for iOS, the basis of iPhones and iPad tablets, underscoring the complex certificate-based encryption framework Apple has adopted.

Apple Gets Philosophical About iOS Security In First Black Hat Appearance – CRN

Page 1 of 2 Apple made its first official appearance at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas Thursday, with Senior Security Product Manager Window Snyder and other members of Apple’s security team watching the historic event unfold from … Continue reading

OS X Dashboard: can it be revived, or is it destined to be a ghost town? – Ars Technica

So, are there any kind-hearted developers who are still actively developing widgets for the OS X Dashboard? Is this the beginning of the end? And how could Apple revive the scene? Trust me when I say it is not an … Continue reading

Apple Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 Upgrades Take 13 Minutes To Less Than An Hour – International Business Times

Tekserve, a popular Apple reseller that claims to be “New York’s largest independent Apple Store,” estimated the Mountain Lion upgrade time across various Mac desktops and notebooks averaged the scores across models and posted results on its …

Google releases 3D maps app for iOS months before Apple’s will be ready – Gigaom.com

Google’s 3D images for Google Earth, in 13 cities, are now available for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and new iPad users. Google smartly pushed out the update for its app months before Apple will make its own 3D-capable mapping app … Continue reading

OS X Mountain Lion: Did Apple play it safe? – Macdaily News

“If someone accustomed to the first Macintosh in 1984 got into a time machine, traveled to 2012, and tried to work on a MacBook Air running Mountain Lion, that person would have a surprisingly short learning curve. Sure, the desktop … Continue reading

Podcasts for iOS remains hard to use after recent fixes – Ars Technica

One month ago when we examined Apple’s Podcasts application for iOS, we felt it wasn’t fully baked. We did like the freedom from downloading that Podcasts’ robust streaming feature provides. We also liked the simple access to podcasts downloaded …