By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld | August 24th, 2014 Plans to compete with Microsoft, Google and Apple on the OS front. China hopes to launch a home-grown operating system by October to wean the country from foreign-made OSes like Windows, the
Hold the phone: iMessage spam not all it’s cracked up to be
By Marco Tabini, Macworld.com | August 22nd, 2014 Is Apple’s iMessage the new favorite tool of spammers worldwide? A widely-quoted recent article written by Wired’s Robert McMillan suggests it is, even going so far as to claim that iMessage “is
What Apple’s new content delivery network means for net neutrality, and for you
By Glenn Fleishman, Macworld.com | August 19th, 2014 In late July, Apple reportedly brought online its own content distribution network (CDN), a way of pushing data files closer to end-users. A CDN can reduce the number of hops and the
OS X Yosemite public beta: What you need to know
By Dan Moren and Dan Frakes, Macworld.com | July 23rd, 2014 Back in June, at WWDC, Apple announced the next major version of its OS for Macs, Yosemite (OS X 10.10). Though the official release of Yosemite is slated for
Apple “inadvertently admitted” to iOS backdoor: forensics expert
By John Cox, Network World | July 22nd, 2014 Apple has “inadvertently admitted” to creating a “backdoor” in iOS, according to a post by a forensics scientist, iOS author and ex-hacker. Apple has “inadvertently admitted” to creating a “backdoor” in
Researcher finds backdoors in Apple iOS
By Antone Gonsalves, CSO | July 21st, 2014 A number of undocumented features in iOS have been found to essentially create backdoors for siphoning large amounts of users’ personal data from Apple devices. Jonathan Zdziarski, a researcher who often trains
Apple Gets Serious About Social, Adds Familiar Functions to iMessage
By Matt Kapko, CIO | July 17th, 2014 Apple’s most popular app will be getting its biggest overhaul to date when the company releases iOS 8 in the fall. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Apple has been
Apple and IBM form apps and sales partnership
By Leo Kelion, BBC | July 15th, 2014 Apple and IBM have announced a business partnership that will see the two firms co-develop business-centric apps for iPhones and iPads. In addition, IBM will start selling business clients Apple's mobile devices
Apple fires back at China state media allegations of location tracking
By Dan Moren, Macworld.com | July 14th, 2014 Apple’s certainly no stranger to accusations of location tracking, but the latest allegations come from what may be a surprising source: China’s state-sponsored media. As reported by the Wall Street Journal over
Apple quickly counters China claim of iPhone spying
By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld | July 12th, 2014 Fast response shows how important the market is to the U.S. company. Apple on Saturday denied claims by China’s state-run television that its iPhones track owners’ locations. The 600-word message was linked
Google denies report of Gmail security risk on Apple iOS
By Antone Gonsalves, CSO | July 11th, 2014 Google has denied a security vendor report that users of Gmail on Apple iOS could have data intercepted because of a missing security component in the popular app. Lacoon Mobile Security, which
OS X 10.9.4 update fixes Wi-Fi network issue, includes Safari 7.0.5
By Dan Moren, Macworld.com | June 30th, 2014 It never rains software update, but it pours. Apple on Monday released OS X Mavericks 10.9.4, incorporating a number of small fixes for the Mac OS, as well as patching some security