Kickstarter campaign to give the iPhone a proper operating system
Turns it into real phone
Someone has hit on a novel idea to help users of Apple’s iPhone who actually want to use it as a phone.
Apple's 10.5-inch iPad goes into gear
Announcement comes in April alongside Apple's spaceship campus HQ
Apple is expected to move ahead with production on its mid-size, 10.5-inch iPad model later this month, rather than a previously expected timeframe of May to June, according to the latest reports from the Taiwan-based supply chain.
WikiLeaks says big tech companies will get CIA zero-day exploits first
“Vault 7” is the most comprehensive release of US spying files ever made public
On Tuesday, the leak-focused site founded by Julian Assange released thousands of alleged CIA documents purporting to show how the agency has been able to crack open devices from Apple, Samsung, Google, and Microsoft.
Android is about to become the world’s most-used OS
Beating Windows
Beancounters at web analytics service StatCounter have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that Android is about to eclipse Windows as the world's most-used operating system.
Apple redesigns Touch ID sensor for upcoming OLED iPhone
Using acquisition assets from Authentic and Privaris
According to the latest report from supply chain sources, Apple has been working hard to redesign the fingerprint sensor mechanism used in its Touch ID feature on the iPhone, and will release a new in-house solution for the upcoming OLED iPhone later this year in collaboration with TSMC process technology.
iPhone's emergency glitch still not fixed
911 glitch was the tip of the ice-burg
Last year the iPhone suffered from a security glitch that caused iPhones to repeatedly dial 911 without user intervention.
Boffins turn all stolen phones into a Samsung Note 7
Still better than an iPhone
Researchers have developed new technology that can prevent stolen phones turning into a smouldering blob of plastic, or the case of an iPhone a beautiful looking, reassuringly expensive smouldering blob of plastic.
Apple’s killing of the headphone jack not to be repeated
Industry thinks it is funny
Wandering around the Mobile World Congress 2017 one thing is really clear – the industry is not rushing to copy Apple’s move to kill off the headphone jack.
Apple steered boat crashes into ferry
Captain thought he could run on Apple Maps and an iPad
It is a while since we have had a story about an Apple fanboy who relied entirely on Apple Maps and ended up getting lost. But this guy was dumb enough to use his iPad to do his course navigation on his boat.
iPhones more likely to break than Android
Particularly if you put them near me and a hammer
Apple’s build quality has dropped down the loo, according to mobile diagnostics outfit Blancco Technology Group.