Mat Honan, the Wired journalist whose iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air were remotely wiped by hackers using iCloud’s Find My Device feature, has now detailed the security flaws that allowed the attackers to trick a member of Apple’s Tech Support into giving them access to his iCloud account.
When it launches later this year, iOS 6 will be the first version of Apple’s mobile operating system not to include a dedicated YouTube app. The omission first came to light after the fourth beta version of iOS 6 was released to developers earlier today, and has since been officially confirmed by Apple.
Find My iPhone/iPad/Mac is a handy iCloud feature that can help you locate your lost or stolen Mac or iOS device on a map, display messages on its screen, and remotely wipe its data. But as Wired journalist Mat Honan recently found out, if your iCloud login details end up in the wrong hands, the results can be disastrous.
An internal email from January 2011 reveals that Eddy Cue – Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, believed the company should produce a smaller 7-inch iPad, and that then-CEO Steve Jobs seemed receptive to the idea.
Firemonkeys, a combination of EA-owned gaming studios IronMonkey and Firemint, has announced that it is working on Real Racing 3. According to a post on the Australian studio’s blog, the third game in the popular series promises “the most beautiful and authentic circuit racing available on mobile devices”.
In a patent application made public on the US Patent & Trademark Office’s website earlier today, Apple describes a flexible display technology which it believes could be integrated into an iPad cover – enhancing the functionality of the tablet, without affecting its overall form factor.
On the 30th of June Apple officially closed its MobileMe service, but gave any remaining users a “limited time” to move their accounts over to iCloud, and to download any iDisk files and Gallery photographs.
When Apple unveiled the MacBook Pro with Retina display at WWDC back in June, it also announced a couple of Thunderbolt adapters which allow users to connect the machine to networks via Ethernet, and attach FireWire 800 devices.
US Apple TV owners can now access the video streaming service Hulu Plus on their devices, after Apple quietly added the channel earlier today. According to MacRumors, who where the first to report the new feature, users may need to restart their Apple TV for the channel to appear.