Software

Apple Files iOS Steering Wheel Remote Patent – Itproportal

iPhone owners could control their smartphone from a wheel. The Cupertino-based company has come up with a way of letting drivers control their mobile devices much easier. The US Patent and Trademark Office recently published 21 Apple patents, which point … Continue reading

ElcomSoft Discovers an Alternative Way of Accessing iPhone User Data, Provides Forensic Access to iCloud Backups – PR.com

ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. discovers yet another way to access information stored in Apple iOS devices by retrieving online backups from Apple iCloud storage. Moscow, Russia, May 18, 2012 –(PR.com)– The company updates Elcomsoft Phone Password Breaker, a tool to …

Why Apple is making OS X more like iOS – IDG NEWS

When Apple unveiled its preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion earlier this year, many people in the blogosphere concluded that Mac OS X was being “iOSified.” In other words, features from iOS were being ported to OS X for … Continue reading

iOS warning messages hint at 3G support for Apple’s FaceTime – Apple Insider

Warnings contained in the latest version of iOS suggest that Apple plans to bring support for 3G wireless data connections to its FaceTime video chat feature. When a FaceTime call is active over Wi-Fi on an iPhone running iOS 5.1.1, … Continue reading

IPhone, IPad Become Apple of Cyber Criminals’ Eye – PC World

But that may change soon. Zscaler’s report said in a survey covering 200 billion transactions, Apple iOS web traffic jumped from 40% in the last quarter of 2011 to 48% in the first quarter of 2012, surpassing Android, which dropped … Continue reading

Apple plans iCloud revamp – ITWeb

Apple’s push into online services is about to gain some steam, The Wall Street Journal reports. The maker of the iPhone and iPad is preparing a big upgrade to its iCloud online service that includes new photo-sharing features, according to … Continue reading

Apple Readying FaceTime over 3G for iOS 6? – Gotta Be Mobile

Those hoping to use Apple’s FaceTime service over 3G may be able to one day in the near future as it seems that Apple is now testing the service. iDevice, a Romanian blog, has released a screenshot of what appears … Continue reading

Apple Developers Leak OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion DP3 (Build 12A206J) Seed Note – Softpedia

As Apple rolled out OS X Mountain Lion Server DP4, developers registered with the company’s annual $99 program leaked the seed note for the newest Client version (Developer Preview 3), revealing that Apple still has a ton of bugs to … Continue reading

Class-action lawsuit accuses Apple of botching MobileMe to iCloud transition – Macdaily News

“A new lawsuit accuses Apple of participating in ‘unfair, unlawful, deceptive, and misleading practices’ in promoting the simplicity and reliability of its iCloud service,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider. “The complaint was filed …

Download OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Server Developer Preview 4 – Softpedia

Enlisted Apple developers this week can download not one, but two brand new builds of OS X Mountain Lion for testing & reporting purposes. The last seed is OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Server Build 12S219N, or Developer Preview 4. … Continue reading