John-Michael Bond

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Security team describes iPhone Airplane Mode issue

by John-Michael Bond (Oct 4th 2013 2:30PM)

The addition of an easily accessible control panel for turning on features like WiFi, brightness and Airplane Mode from the iPhone's lock screen was a welcome addition to iOS 7. But, as a group of German security researchers has discovered, it may provide a backdoor for thieves to break into your ...

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Schools complain that upgrading student iPads to iOS 7 removes security filters

by John-Michael Bond (Oct 3rd 2013 6:30PM)

When Apple announced iOS 7, it made a big deal about how good the operating system would be for educators looking to manage iPads in their classroom. There's a whole page set up making that claim. But a new report from AllThingsD shows that while iOS 7 has some great tools for educators, its initial ...

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Snoopy lets you examine websites with Mobile Safari

by John-Michael Bond (Oct 2nd 2013 7:00PM)

One of the weaknesses of mobile web browsers is the lack of a simple way to view a website's source information. Sure you could wait until you got home to examine how a site is built, but we live in the future. Waiting till we get home is very 2012. That's where Snoopy comes in. Snoopy is a ...

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iTunes outages reported by some

by John-Michael Bond (Oct 2nd 2013 5:30PM)

Apple has confirmed that users may have experienced an outage across its store services today, including iTunes, the App Store, Mac App Store, and the iBookstore. The outage effected access to iTunes in the Cloud, iTunes Match, and the ability to restore purchases from iCloud backup. In total the ...

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Emily Books launches iOS subscription app

by John-Michael Bond (Oct 1st 2013 6:30PM)

Emily Books is an independent e-book publisher that runs its own e-bookstore with a special twist, offering readers a subscription model. For US$13.99 a month, or $159.99 a year, readers are provided with one e-book every month. If you pay all at once, you save around $7.89 a year. Now Emily Books ...

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Apple TV gets NHL, Vevo in Germany

by John-Michael Bond (Oct 1st 2013 4:00PM)

We've got good news for expat hockey players and music fans in Germany. According to Macerkopf, Apple TV has been updated for the German market with the additions of Vevo and the NHL channel. Vevo has been making inroads with Apple TV for several months; the service came to North America and ...

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BlackBerry: BBM still coming to iOS

by John-Michael Bond (Sep 30th 2013 2:30PM)

It's a tough time for BlackBerry. On the heels of its recent financial problems, the company's long-delayed BBM messaging program looked like a bright spot. It finally seemed like it was going to be released on September 22 and, for a brief moment, it was. But disaster struck when an Android BBM ...

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EU bureaucrats want to force Apple to adopt micro-USB adapter

by John-Michael Bond (Sep 27th 2013 6:00PM)

Since the concept was first introduced, consumers have complained about proprietary chargers. Regardless if they're needed or not for a given product, they can be annoying and inconvenient. But are they bad for the environment? That's the argument being put forward by the Members of the European ...

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iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c on tap for Virgin Mobile starting October 1

by John-Michael Bond (Sep 27th 2013 2:00PM)

The iPhone 5s and 5c are flying off the retail shelves, and soon they'll be expanding their reach. Yesterday we reported that smaller regional carriers would start selling the new iPhones on October 1. Today Virgin Mobile has announced it will get in on the action starting October 1 as well, via ...

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Evernote updates iOS app, announces partnership with Post-It and creates Evernote Market at EC3 conference

by John-Michael Bond (Sep 26th 2013 5:30PM)

Evernote, the go-to note-taking app for 75 million people, has announced the latest expansion of its empire today at its EC3 conference with the unveiling of Evernote Market and a partnership with Post-It Notes. Yes, that's right: Post-It Notes, where people's random ideas were stored before ...

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