Apple on Wednesday added Find Friends to iCloud.com, where you can now take advantage of the friend-finding application that’s already present on iOS devices. Find Friends can be kind of creepy, at least if you’re like me and don’t really want your friends and family always knowing where you are. But for small companies that might use the feature to keep track of employees in the field...
Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a letter addressing privacy concerns last night, following the company's release of iOS 8, its latest mobile operating system, and in advance of the public launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus tomorrow. The letter also follows a security breach, which Tim Cook blamed on phishing in a recent PBS interview, in which hackers were able to obtain private...
iOS users can now bypass Apple's Activation Lock and reactivate devices without an iCloud password thanks to a new tool from smartphone unlock provider ChronicUnlocks. The service is intended to free blocked devices when users forget their iCloud login details or sell their devices without restoring them, but it will cost you a cool $150. Apple's Activation Lock, introduced last year...
Apple’s beta iCloud website has undergone an iOS 7 redesign, eliminating all signs of Scott Forstall’s skeuomorphic tendencies; the linen, leather and analog look have been completely replaced by Jony Ive’s vision of what Apple’s ecosystem should look like. Whether you like the look and feel of iOS 7, the designs look pretty slick in a Web environment—really elegant and intuitive. The...
Apple exposed a major flaw in its own iCloud security last week when it allowed a random person to call up and reset the password for Wired editor Matt Honan's iCloud account. This gave the hacker the ability to take control and remotely wipe all of Honan's Mac and iOS devices. To ensure the same thing doesn't happen again, Apple has now suspended iCloud password resets over the...
Apple events can’t be ignored. They’re hyped, anticipated, endlessly talked about and absolutely demand our attention. They are stages of theatre that have introduced some of the most widely used products in the world today. But lately, they’ve felt a bit unsatisfactory. They’ve lacked that One More Thing-level of excitement. First there was the iPhone 4S, which was essentially an...
Overview You’ve probably already read the State of the Union Addresses from my fellow Buffalos — and if you haven’t, you certainly should — but mine’s a little different. As TechnoBuffalo’s resident Brit, I’m going to be taking a look at the state of mobile devices and television here in Britain and how it compares to that of the United States. Of course, in many ways, they are both...
Apple's iOS 5 software offers some pretty awesome features that make using an iOS device all the more enjoyable. Features like wireless iTunes syncing, iCloud backups, Notification Center, and Twitter integration are all things that make iOS users wonder how they ever got by prior to iOS 5. But those who are still rocking the first-generation iPhone (iPhone 2G), the iPhone 3G, or the...
Will we finally see an a la carte cable subscription service in 2012? If Apple can successfully finagle licensing deals, its much fabled iTV offering may introduce Internet-based content subscriptions with customized channel lineups, according to Sterne Agee analysts Shaw Wu. Love sports? Order all the sports channels to your heart’s desire – and that’s it. No unnecessary bundling...
You may not be familiar with Apple's Jeff Robbin, but you'll certainly be familiar with his work. He's the vice president of consumer applications for the Cupertino company and the man who created iTunes. He also helped develop the original iPod along with Tony Fadell. Robbin's latest project is one that we've been hearing about a lot lately: the Apple television set. According to a...