FBI cracked iPhone
And the Tame Apple Press said it was impossible
All those people who claimed that Apple's "superior, super, cool security" was impossible to crack woke up to a dose of reality this morning when the FBI said it had managed to do it, and did not need Jobs' Mob's help.
FBI's iPhone 'Hacker" is Apple business partner
Not so shadowy after all
The Israeli outfit which is hacking the iPhone for the FBI counts Apple as one of its clients.
Israeli outfit helping the Untouchables crack iPhone
Cellebrite named
Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, has been named as the outfit which is helping the US Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters.
Apple "iPhone 7 Plus" may be officially named "iPhone Pro"
iPhone lineup would become on par with three-model iPad lineup
According to a recent Chinese media report, Apple may be switching its naming scheme on the Plus-sized iPhone models for its tenth-generation iPhone 7 launch later this fall, to one that is more consistent with new product announcements in the third quarter of 2015.
Extensify brings custom app tweaks to non-jailbroken iPhones
Requires iOS 8 and above
Over the past seven and a half years since the App Store launched in July 2008, Apple’s mobile application market has blossomed from a size of just 500 applications at launch to more than 1.5 million as of last month. Unfortunately, even with all of these apps readily available, the company has been reluctantly strict in allowing developers the ability to change application functionality with their own third-party enhancements. Until last summer, the process was mostly restricted to jailbroken iOS devices and there have been few app tweaks available for non-jailbroken devices, until now.
McAfee shows world how to hack an iPhone
You do not need to rewrite the operating system
Colourful IT candidate John McAfee showed how much rubbish Apple is putting into print by demonstrating that you don’t need to rewrite anything to allow the FBI access to a terrorist’s iPhone.
Canadians come up with a bendy phone
Bendier than the iPhone
Ever since Apple came up with a smartphone that bent, everyone wants to copy them. Now a team of researchers have come up with ReFlex which they claims is the first true bendable smartphone.
iPhone “Error 53” bricking repaired phones worldwide
Apple's internal Touch ID security check to blame
In the world of mobile electronics, Apple is taking some fire more than usual these days as users around the globe are reporting that the mysterious code called “Error 53” has rendered their iPhones useless following any third-party repairs to the Home button hardware or Touch ID assembly outside the company’s doors.
Mossberg blasts Apple’s poor software
Times are a changing in the Tame Apple Press
It seems that key members of the Tame Apple Press are starting to have epiphanies lately about how bad Apple really is and are starting to turn on the cult for failing to meet their expectations and spin.
Apple long-range wireless charging tech coming in 2017
Near-field magnetic resonance (NFMR) charging
Apple is said to be developing a wireless charging technology for its next-next generation iPhone and iPad lineups in 2017 that should be able to charge the devices from over 1 meter away, sources close to Bloomberg have claimed.