Friday, March 11, 2011

iPhone


Post Tech: Apple changes purchases policy to protect kids on iPad, iPhone games
Washington Post
By Cecilia Kang Apple said Thursday that it changed its policy for how purchases can be made within applications on the iPhone and iPad, an attempt to protect users, particularly children, from accidentally racking up iTunes charges. ...
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Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry Fall at Pwn2Own Hacking Contest
eWeek
RIM's BlackBerry was brought low by WebKit – the same open-source technology behind Safari's defeat - and the Apple iPhone was compromised by a flaw in MobileSafari on the second day of the hacking contest. A trio of researchers under the name Team ...
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First Look: IMovie for IOS
PCWorld
By Serenity Caldwell, Macworld When Apple first premiered iMovie for iPhone last summer with the release of the iPhone 4, I was intrigued--but ultimately disappointed. While the app provided basic tools for editing and sharing, it lacked many key ...
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Foursquare upgrades its iPhone and Android apps
CNET (blog)
by Lance Whitney Foursquare has upgraded its Android and iPhone apps to version 3.0 to kick off some new and enhanced features. Officially debuting yesterday in Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market, the free Foursquare 3.0 app has added a new ...
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BuddyGuard Turns an IPhone Into a Lifeline Monitor
PCWorld (blog)
The app is designed to be launched and left running on your iPhone or iPod touch. An Instant Protection feature uploads audio and camera images from your device in real time to Internet servers, along with your GPS coordinates when activated, ...
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Instapaper 3.0 for iPhone/iPad brings social features, biggest update yet
VentureBeat
It's Christmas time for Instapaper fanatics: Developer Marco Arment has finally delivered Instapaper 3.0 for the iPhone and iPad, bringing with it new social features, sharing options, and more. For those not familiar with the insanely useful service, ...
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Apple iPhone 4 security falls in seconds at Pwn2Own
TechEye
In more security humiliation for Jobs' Mob, hackers managed to take down Apple's flagship iPhone 4 in the Pwn2Own competition in just a few seconds. Insecurity expert Charlie Miller teamed with Dion Blazakis to take down the iPhone. ...
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White iPhone 4 release next month?
T3
An Apple watching analyst claims that the white iPhone 4 will take a bow in April, with Apple ramping up production this month following almost a year of delays. Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities reckons Apple has fixed the problems it had with the ...
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Money Reader App Helps Blind iPhone Users Recognize US Currency
DailyTech
Austin Seraphin, a blind iPhone user, uses an app called Color Identifier to help him "see" colors around him. He has described the iPhone as "the greatest thing to happen to the blind for a very long time, possibly ever." (Source: cbsnews.com) A new ...
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