Apple plans to put forth an argument before Congress tomorrow afternoon that if it were to comply with court order to crack open a smartphone for FBI used in the San Bernardino shooting, it would set an extremely "dangerous precedent" for the future. Apple's statement prepared by Bruce Sewell has already been submitted to the panel ahead of the appearance, and can now be read below.
Those familiar with Apple's dedicated app stores for Mac and iOS would know that the company simply needs an excuse to throw some quality paid apps at us for absolutely free. Given that today is February 29th, a day that comes around once every 4 years, Apple is giving away five paid iOS apps worth $15 for free through its "Leap Into Leap Year" promotion.
Apple is rumored to he hosting a media event in March next month to announce its next wave of products. Previously, it was reported that this event will take place on March 15th, with announced products being available for purchase almost immediately on March 18th. Now however it seems like that rumored March 15th event will instead take place in the week of March 21st, with Monday, March 21st itself being the most likely date for the event.
What better way to start your weekend than with downloading a paid iOS title for free? This week, Apple's Free App of the Week is bringing us an addictive active game for free; one that usually retails for $1.99 on the App Store.
Prepare yourself for the speculation pertaining to Apple's new 4-inch iPhone SE to go into a serious overdrive as we approach Apple's rumored March media event. Earlier today, we were privy to a research note from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggesting that the iPhone SE would not only fall into the $400-$500 price range, but that it would also ship with a camera module that's more performant than what has been expected. Now, we are seeing a number of leaked images that could potentially be of a display assembly pulled directly from the production line of the iPhone SE.
Rather than face the laborious process of having to defend itself against governmental requests and court orders once again, Apple is said to be looking internally at strengthening its cloud encryption in order to effectively make it impossible to comply with court requests for data in the future. A number of sources who are seemingly familiar with Apple's plans have suggested that the Cupertino-based company is assigning engineering resources to add encryption to iCloud backups in such a manner that it's impossible to comply with valid data requests from government agencies.
Apple's much rumored 4-inch iPhone may be called the 'iPhone SE' instead of iPhone 6c or iPhone 5se. The iPhone SE is set to be unveiled at an unannounced event on March 15th, with the hardware going on sale a matter of days later.
As the Apple vs FBI iPhone unlocking case moves forward, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies have come together to support the company in court.
Apple has filed a motion to what it hopes will prevent it from creating "GovtOS" which will enable FBI access to an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters. The motion filed claims that the court order to allow the FBI access to the aforementioned iPhone gives FBI "dangerous power" that breaches the company's constitutional First Amendment right to free speech.
According to leaked iPhone 5se design schematics, the upcoming 4-inch iPhone will feature a design very similar to that of iPhone 5s. Check out the complete details here.















