RIM CEO Prays iPhone and Android Security Will Fail – Minyanville.com
CBC.ca RIM CEO Prays iPhone and Android Security Will FailMinyanville.comBy Mike Schuster January 30, 2012 02:16 PM After spending the remainder of last week regretting what he said at the beginning of the week, Research in Motion's (RIMM) new CEO Thorsten Heins continues to survey his empire and is now weighing his options …RIM's Plan [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus, featured at CES 2012 — hands-on comparison to iPHone – Examiner.com
Samsung Galaxy Nexus, featured at CES 2012 — hands-on comparison to iPHoneExaminer.comAnother experience we had with Nexus / Android security was that we changed a feature to prevent the phone from storing data cookies, which made it impossible to use Facebook and other popular websites. Then we had difficulty undoing that change.and more » “android security” [...]
Study: Apple’s iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases (Darrell Etherington/GigaOM)
Darrell Etherington / GigaOM:Study: Apple’s iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases — If people are buying through mobile online retail site, they’re most likely doing so on Apple devices, according to a new report this week from retail analysis firm RichRelevance. iPads and iPhones accounted …
iPad, iPod touch, iPhone top kid’s Christmas lists (Jim Dalrymple/The Loop)
Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:iPad, iPod touch, iPhone top kid’s Christmas lists — iPad, iPod touch, iPhone top kid’s Christmas lists — We’re coming into the busiest shopping season of the year and all indications are that it will be another incredible year for Apple. — According to market research firm Nielsen …
iPhone Security Bug Lets Innocent-Looking Apps Go Bad (Andy Greenberg/The Firewall)
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:iPhone Security Bug Lets Innocent-Looking Apps Go Bad — Apple’s iPhones and iPads have remained malware-free thanks mostly to the company’s puritanical attitude toward its App Store: Nothing even vaguely sinful gets in, and nothing from outside the App Store gets downloaded to an iOS gadget.
Google Pulls Lousy Gmail iPhone App, Grovels For Forgiveness (Steve Kovach/Business Insider)
Steve Kovach / Business Insider:Google Pulls Lousy Gmail iPhone App, Grovels For Forgiveness — After a torrent of complaints from iOS users, Google has pulled the Gmail app from Apple’s App Store. — In a tweet from Gmail’s official account, the company says: — The iOS app we launched today contained a bug with notifications.
Dear Apple, Please Make My iPhone 4S Battery Life Suck Less (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch)
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:Dear Apple, Please Make My iPhone 4S Battery Life Suck Less — I think I figured out what the “S” stands for in the iPhone 4S. Now, to be clear, I love my new iPhone 4S. I talk to it even when there isn’t a human on the other end of the [...]
Apple’s iPhone 4S Cracked Open, Money Spills Out (Arik Hesseldahl/AllThingsD)
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:Apple’s iPhone 4S Cracked Open, Money Spills Out — From the outside, Apple’s iPhone 4S looks an awful lot like its predecessor, the iPhone 4. Apple fans and investors were initially so disappointed when the phone turned out not to be a more revolutionary iPhone 5, the company’s shares fell on October [...]
Siri Service on Apple’s iPhone 4S Talks Back With Humor (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Wall Street Journal)
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:Siri Service on Apple’s iPhone 4S Talks Back With Humor — New Devices Dish Out Sarcasm, Tell Jokes; ‘Two iPhones Walk Into a Bar’ — Now even your phone talks back. — Matt Legend Gemmell, a software designer from Edinburgh, got a new Apple Inc. iPhone on Friday and [...]
Lost iPhone 5 Update: Police ‘Assisted’ Apple Investigators in Search of SF Man’s Home (Peter Jamison/The Snitch)
Peter Jamison / The Snitch:Lost iPhone 5 Update: Police ‘Assisted’ Apple Investigators in Search of SF Man’s Home — The bizarre saga involving a lost prototype of the iPhone 5 has taken another interesting turn. Contradicting past statements that no records exist of police involvement in the search for the lost prototype …
