If you haven’t read my colleague Mat Honan’s eye-opening account of his “epic hacking” over the past weekend, you should. If you have, you have a pretty clear idea of how the trust we put in service providers can be cracked, and then subverted to …Find out more from Wired News
Fresh Apple news
Apple Hammers in That Samsung’s Products, UI ‘Confusingly Similar’ to Its Own
Apple used testimony from several expert witnesses Tuesday, including former Mac graphic artist guru Susan Kare, to emphasize to jurors that Samsung willfully copied its iPhone, iPad and iOS user interface designs. But Samsung’s counsel continued to …Find out more from Wired News
Upsides in Apple Booting Its YouTube App
Apple Inc.’s announcement that its app for Google’s YouTube service won’t be preinstalled on future iPhones and iPads caused a stir in Silicon Valley, as the two tech giants ended yet another longstanding partnership. But there appears to be less …Find out more from Wall Street Journal (blog)
Apple pulls its boy genius ads
Apple pulls its boy genius ads. Claiming this was its strategy all along, Apple removes the Olympics ads in which its Genius Bar employees were helpful at 4 a.m. and its customers were none too bright about tech. Chris Matyszczyk. by Chris Matyszczyk …Find out more from CNET
Apple Seeks Swift Appeal of Kodak Imaging Patent Ruling
Bankrupt Kodak sued Apple in June, accusing the iPhone maker of trying to disrupt an auction of more than 1000 patents that officially starts tomorrow. A judge in Manhattan ruled in favor of Kodak on two of 10 patents claimed by Apple, which Kodak …Find out more from Businessweek
Famed Apple icon designer testifies in patent feud with Samsung
Comparisons between the Samsung Tablet and Apple’s iPad are seen in this evidence image presented at their patents trial in San Jose, California and received by Reuters August 6, 2012. Apple accuses Samsung of copying the design and some features of …Find out more from Marin Independent-Journal
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has doubts about cloud computing
By: Chenda Ngak; Topics: Tech Talk. Wozniak speaking. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. (Credit: James Martin/CNET). (CBS News) Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has major reservations about cloud computing. Apple responds to journalist’s iCloud hack …Find out more from CBS News
Apple drops YouTube app in iOS 6
7, 2012 – Apple says the next version of iPhone and iPad software won’t come with a pre-installed YouTube application. (/Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: E-mail · Save/Share · Embed · Comments · Permalink · NEWS · Curiosity Mission …Find out more from Washington Post
Tests show Mountain Lion may indeed degrade battery life
Some bit of software within Mountain Lion indeed appears to noticeably reduce battery life for Apple’s portable Macs. Following on numerous reports lodged in Apple’s support forums, we did some additional testing using our Retina MacBook Pro review …Find out more from Ars Technica
Apple’s Facetime faces patent infringement suit in China
Apple’s Facetime is the latest technology stirring up legal complaints against the Mac and iPad maker in China. A Taiwanese man who claims to hold a patent on a “voice network personal digital assistant” technology has filed a lawsuit against Apple …Find out more from CNET
Blog posts about Apple
Why Apple Should Buy Foursquare
What happens to Foursquare? As long as it’s just another app to check, it doesn’t have much room to grow. But there’s more to Foursquare than a standalone app, something fundamental enough that it could be built into a phone. Specifically …More By Jon Mitchell
The Bottom Line on Apple and YouTube – Jim Louderback – Voices …
I would gladly lose 10 percent of our overall YouTube views in exchange for 20 percent better monetization.More By Jim Louderback
Apple and Amazon Know About a Massive Hack Exploit—And Have …
Gizmodo alumnus Mat Honan got hacked this weekend. It was bad. But that’s not the worst part. Worse is that Apple knows exactly how easy this is, and hasn’t done a thing to stop it. And Amazon accounts are in just as much danger.More By Kyle Wagner
Apple lands patent for NFC-ready shopping app, could make …
Apple has been filing more than its fair share of NFC-related patents, but it was just granted what could be one of its more important wins at the USPTO.More By Jon Fingas
Apple’s motivation for suing Samsung
Reading the press from the Apple vs Samsung trial lead me to believe that most people don’t understand Apple’s motives for suing Samsung. This lawsuit isn’t…More By Jim Dalrymple
