Phishing for Apples and Blackberrys – American Banker Online
Smartphone users are three times more likely to submit to a phishing attack than PC email users, according to security tech firm Trusteer. “Mobile users are more vulnerable,” says Mickey Boodaei, CEO of Trusteer, who says it can be hard to identify or get …
Here’s How Apple’s iPad Is Invading The Business World (Dan Frommer/Silicon Alley Insider)
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:Here’s How Apple’s iPad Is Invading The Business World — Apple’s iPad is a consumer device, first and foremost. (And it’s a good one, at that.) — But a few recent events have illustrated how the iPad could also potentially become an important device for business and enterprise users …
Apple’s iAd for Developers is a (sometimes expensive) work in progress, app makers say (Mark Milian/L.A. Times Tech Blog)
Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:Apple’s iAd for Developers is a (sometimes expensive) work in progress, app makers say — Apple’s advertising program for mobile developers, which lets app makers market their wares to iPhone and iPod Touch owners, may have something in common with Mac computers.
Forget Apple TV. AirPlay Is Apple’s Sneak Attack On Television (Joel Johnson/Gizmodo)
Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:Forget Apple TV. AirPlay Is Apple’s Sneak Attack On Television — It was almost a footnote. AirPlay, the audio streaming protocol once known AirTunes, got just one minute of keynote time last week. But it might end up as the backbone of Apple’s assault on the living room. — What Does AirPlay [...]
Patent suit challenges motion-based input with Apple’s iPhone 4 (Katie Marsal/AppleInsider)
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:Patent suit challenges motion-based input with Apple’s iPhone 4 — A new lawsuit takes aim at the accelerometer- and gyroscope-powered abilities of Apple’s iPhone 4, alleging that the interactive, three-dimensional input methods are in violation of a U.S. patent.
Apple’s ‘Freedom From Porn’ Enforcer Drawn To Porn Stars and Escorts on Twitter (Ryan Tate/Gawker)
Ryan Tate / Gawker:Apple’s ‘Freedom From Porn’ Enforcer Drawn To Porn Stars and Escorts on Twitter — As the director of Apple’s app store, Phillip Shoemaker is responsible for enforcing Apple’s controversially draconian policies on iPhone code and content. So you’d think he’d have done a better job cleaning the online skeletons out of his [...]
Apple’s War With Google Takes To The Skies With iTunes In The Cloud (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:Apple’s War With Google Takes To The Skies With iTunes In The Cloud — iTunes in the cloud. We all know it’s coming, it’s just a question of when, and with what capabilities? A story from Boy Genius Report today appears to answer at least one of those questions, and vaguely answers [...]
Apple’s multitouch lawsuit is both dumb and dangerous. (Farhad Manjoo/Slate)
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:Apple’s multitouch lawsuit is both dumb and dangerous. … – Is Bart Stupak Deliberately Misinterpreting the Abortion Language in the Senate Health Care Bill? – Not Even the Cheshire Cat Was Smiling by the End of This Movie- Why Steve Martin Stopped Being Funny- Help! Is It OK To Sleep With the [...]
Apple’s iPad could be game-changer in digital-media censorship (Frédéric Filloux/Washington Post)
Frédéric Filloux / Washington Post:Apple’s iPad could be game-changer in digital-media censorship — I live in a country (France) where censorship is a big deal. It comes mostly from greedy celebrities; they use a legal system that largely favors them. Often, they find a compassionate judge to rule on the issue …
Apple’s A4 chip: Engineers correct stupid journalist (Paul Boutin/VentureBeat)
Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:Apple’s A4 chip: Engineers correct stupid journalist — I have no clue about computer chip design and manufacturing. So I trolled VentureBeat’s readers with a challenge: Explain to me how Apple’s switch from third-party chip manufacturers to its own in-house design for the A4 chip that powers …
