Apple has just dropped beta 4 of iOS 9.3 to members of Apple Developer program with compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. This new seed comes about two weeks after Apple released beta 3 to both developers and public testers.
A number of high profile names from the business world have already come out in support of Apple as the company fights against a federal court order to assist law enforcement in unlocking an iPhone involved in the San Bernardino shootings in California. Notably, current Google CEO Sundar Pichai offered his support to Apple, calling the move a "troubling precedent" if allowed to continue. Now, a couple of additional figure heads from the technology community have chimed in with an opinion, one in favor of Apple's stance on the case, and one supporting the FBI's position.
It probably won't come as any surprise that Apple is still vehemently opposed to assisting the FBI in decrypting the iPhone that belonged to one of the accused in the California shooting last year. After initially being ordered by a federal judge to assist law enforcement agencies with their enquiries, the Cupertino-based company has since opted against compliance on the grounds that what it is being asked to do could have serious ongoing repercussions for all iPhone owners. Now, in an effort to shed some clarity on the situation, Tim Cook's company has published a FAQ that goes into additional detail as to why compliance is a very bad idea in this instance.
Senior Apple executives have told reporters on a scheduled call that county officials within San Bernardino reset the Apple ID/iCloud password associated with the iPhone 5c that is part of the law enforcement's case. The executives also went as far as to say that if the Apple ID password had not been reset in the crucial hours after the shooting in California, then it was highly possible that the data FBI needed from the device could have been retrieved from iCloud backups after a court order without having to build any backdoor to iPhone which FBI is now demanding Apple to create.
Ringing Bells Freedom 251, India's $4 Android smartphone which is currently making waves on the web, seems to have taken more than a little inspiration from the iPhone's design and icons. Check it out in action in the embedded video.
Apple today has released a new version of iOS 9.2.1 with build 13D20 to fix "Error 53" which bricks devices when a third-party Touch ID repair is performed on iPhone 6/6 Plus, iPhone 6s/6s Plus, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4 & 3.
A Federal court in the U.S. has ordered Apple to help the FBI crack the iPhone 5c belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple has responded with an open letter by CEO Tim Cook. Here are the details.
A free app called WiFi Passwords List for iOS allow users to find and view all WiFi passwords for saved networks on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
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