When our iOS devices are locked with a passcode, we, as consumers, like to think that the data behind it is secure as can be. However, in compliance with guidelines in place for use by US law enforcement officials, Apple has revealed precisely what it would potentially be able to extract from your handset if the cops ever wanted to investigate the contents.
Given that the iPhone 5s and 5c launched in early September of last year before releasing later on in the month, it has been widely presumed that the next flagship - dubbed the "iPhone 6" for obvious reasons - will follow suit. However, new information has come to light indicating that Apple's next major smartphone release could arrive slightly earlier, with a new, August release bracket having been offered.
Saving offline maps using Google's famed Maps app has always been slightly tricky and tedious for those on iOS and Android, but thanks to a recent update, things just got a whole lot easier. Below, we'll take you through each of the steps required for you to save offline maps using the freshly-bumped Google Maps 3.0 for iOS and 8.0 for Android.
We've seen a bunch of leaks relating to Apple's as-yet unannounced iPhone 6 smartphone, but while most of them have highlighted the same key features - rounded rear shell, repositioned power button and larger display - a new purported sighting throws in the interesting prospect of a slightly curved display around the edges.
While other large corporations involved in the gaming world have openly embraced the world of mobile, Nintendo has used all of its internal grit and determination to stay away from the small screen. The Japanese based company has internally opposed building games and software for smartphones and tablets, choosing instead to focus on its own console hardware like the Wii U. An acknowledgement toward the end of last year seemed to indicate that things could be about to change with the company today announcing that it will launch its first mobile smartphone service alongside the release of Mario Kart 8 later this month.
A week rarely passes by at the moment without someone managing to find a security or privacy vulnerability within Apple’s mobile operating system. The latest bug, discovered last week by security research specialist Andreas Kurtz, leaves email attachments without any encryption being applied to them. Apple has already been informed that the bug exists and apparently is working to resolve with a future iOS update. Until then, Ryan Petrich of the jailbreak fame has come to the rescue by offering a free-to-download tweak that resolves the issue for jailbroken users.
Just like a résumé or a bad suit, a business card can reveal a great deal about a person in a matter of seconds, and when it comes to making first impressions count, this little piece of literature must be instantly engaging. Without a touch of edginess to distinguish it from the crowd, it's likely to end up in the waste-paper basket, but for one Apple engineer - whose b-card is made from a real iPhone screen - his important contact info is unlikely to be squirrelled away among the stash of generic efforts.
As far as free iOS goodies go, this week has offered quite a few treats, and undoubtedly trumping every app to have shaken off its price tag in the past few days comes the news that TuneIn Radio is now also free. For the uninitiated, TuneIn is among the most celebrated radio apps of its kind, offering access to thousands of streaming radio shows from across the globe, and with seamless recording functionality to boot, it offers everything you could want of a radio app and more.
A home surveillance system used to be a high-cost commodity that was both difficult and expensive for your average individual to install. But nowadays, one can purchase a camera relatively cheaply, and the process of setting up is not particularly cumbersome either. Dropcam, a company that has been helping folks keep an eye on their houses with neat smartphone integration, mightn't necessarily be the first choice of somebody looking to protect themselves from intruders, but some newly-added hardware suggests that the Dropcam team is looking to move its product toward this particular niche.
Pegatron, a key manufacturing partner of Apple's in recent years, is reported to have received a mere 15 percent of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6's orders, which is a dramatically smaller slice of the cake than was initially speculated. Even though Apple appears not to be utilizing one of its increasingly close allies in the production of the newer handset, though, Pegatron is still set to play a major role in supplying Cupertino smartphones in 2014, with the report also concluding that a total of 50 million handsets will be produced by Pegatron through this calendar year.
