If you frequently use your iPhone as a wireless hotspot you might want to listen up: researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany found that they were able to crack the default pre-shared key (PSK) authentication method in iOS 6 (and below) in 24 seconds. While users can always set their own pre-shared key, many mobile devices including the iPhone often propose a...
The long-awaited untethered jailbreak of iOS 6 finally arrived yesterday via the evasi0n release, and while some folks rushed to get their grubby mitts on the hack, others waited patiently to see if any quirks popped up to spoil the fun. And now, if you’ve been keeping up with this news, you know that many iPhone users experienced a weird glitch that breaks the stock Weather app....
Apple mentioned last June that it was working on a new Eyes Free mode, explaining that it was working with various car companies to bring Siri voice command to automobiles. And now it seems GM is at the head of the line, as it just announced that it will be featuring the Apple tech next year in the Chevrolet Spark and Sonic. GM is no stranger to mobile tech, as its Cadillac division...
If you're a podcast or streaming audio fan with an iOS 6 cellular device, you'll want to pay attention to this one: Thanks to Public Radio Exchange (PRX) Labs, another data consumption glitch was uncovered that affects users who stream this kind of audio content. Unlike iOS 6's previously reported data leaking issue, this one doesn't appear to be a LTE-vs-Wi-Fi-switching fault. This...
Apple announced a major shake up in the ranks of the management yesterday. As a result, Scott Forstall, who oversaw iOS, and retail chief John Browett will be leaving the firm. A report surfaced late Monday night that Forstall was asked to leave the firm after he denied a request to sign Apple's apology letter when it pushed out iOS 6 with its problematic Maps application. Apparently...
Apple issued a press release on Monday that announced a major executive shakeup within the Cupertino company, which will see its senior vice president of iOS software, Scott Forstall, and the recently appointed senior vice president of retail, John Browett, ousted from their positions. Browett’s dismissal could have been predicted some time ago. He’s been with Apple less than six...
There’s another iOS 6 feature that the media is buzzing about, and this time, it has nothing to do with the Maps app. According to Business Insider, Apple put out a software update last month that quietly rolled out user-tracking for advertising purposes. If you recall, we’ve already seen a dust-up before when Apple allowed user-tracking via UDID, or Unique Device Identifier (the...
Do you care about the iPad mini? Does anyone you know care? Rumor has it that the device will be announced on Oct. 17 and, when Apple does, the tablet will largely compete with the Amazon Kindle HD, the Barnes & Noble Nook HD and the Nexus 7. But does anyone even care about this highly-rumored, basically confirmed 7.85-inch iOS device? It doesn't seem so. I spent the last 12...
Apple announced early Monday morning that it sold 5 million iPhone 5 units globally during the three days following the device's launch on Friday, Sept. 21. It also said that more than 100 million iOS devices have already updated to iOS 6. The phone is now available in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Apple said...
Apple’s new (and seriously flawed) iOS 6 maps app has been drawing a lot of fire, causing the likes of websites like CNET to wonder, “Did Apple just create the best Google ad campaign ever?” (Honestly, we wondered the same thing.) Google is strangely demure on the topic — instead of publicly gloating or launching full-scale publicity skewering the iOS fail (which, in all probability,...