Here’s How to Watch Apple’s iPhone 6 Event

By Josh Wolford at WebProNews:


The tech world turns to Cupertino today, as Apple is holding yet another September press event expected to showcase new hardware.

The event is scheduled to kick off at 1 pm EST (10 am PST) and Apple has chosen to put a stream online.

That’s the good news. The baddish news is that you can’t stream the event on Chrome or Firefox.

Instead, you’ll have to use Safari. Live streaming of today’s big event requires Safari 5.1.10 or later on OS X v10.6.8 or later, or Safari on iOS 6.0 or later.

You can also stream the event using the second or third generation Apple TV with software 6.2 or later.

Here’s where you should head.

What can you expect? Well, new iPhones for one. Apple is expected to unveil multiple sizes of the new iPhone 6, possibly in 4.7 and 5.5 inches. There’s also a lot of speculation surrounding Apple’s much-discussed wearable device (you may have heard it called the ‘iWatch’).

All will be revealed in a few hours, so you don’t have to sit there and speculate.

Ah, who am I kidding – it’s an Apple launch. Speculate away!

Turn your selfie Into an Emoji With The New iPhone App Imoji

By Jason Hahn at Digital Trends:


That standard set of yellow-faced emojis is so 2013. If you really want to leave your emotive mark on your text messages, consider downloading a new iPhone app called (what else) imoji, which lets you turn your selfies or other beloved images into stickers you can send to your friends.

“Imoji makes your texts more you,” the app’s website declares. The way it works is straightforward enough: Take a selfie or upload a photo of your choice, crop and edit it, and turn it into a sticker you can include in your text messages.

To be clear, imoji isn’t a standalone messaging app like WhatsApp, KakaoTalk or Line. Rather, it’s an app that links itself to the iOS iMessage app. User-created imojis can be made private or public, the latter being visible to all the app’s users, who can also search through a preexisting selection of imojis set up and shared by other users.

Imoji was tested with 100 “content creators” ahead of its official release as a free iOS app on July 24, and the app boasts thousands of stickers already. Users can expect the app to roll out more features in the future, including an Instagram-like “follow” feature, enabling users to keep up-to-date on their preferred imoji creators. Brands will eventually have the opportunity to sponsor imojis.
“Where we think things are heading is a more flexible and creative form of communication, one which adds a new dimension to a text message,” said creator Tom Smith, formerly of Apple. “We’ve designed imoji to be just that.”

Facebook Save Lets You Bookmark For Later

By Selena Larson at ReadWrite:  


Since you're not spending enough time on Facebook, you can now save things to read or view later ... on Facebook.

On Monday, the company announced the Save feature, which allows users to bookmark things like links, photos or videos to view when they actually have time to sit down and enjoy them. It's Facebook's answer to Pocket and Evernote—sort of.

Unlike these other services, stuff saved on Facebook can only be saved and viewed while using Facebook mobile and Web services.

Though the feature lets you bookmark things like pictures, it's clear this is geared more towards news and information shared on Facebook—the stuff we usually don't have time to check out when we're quickly scrolling through the news feed. The company has put an increased focus on putting news higher in your feed than, say, pictures of Grumpy Cat.

Good on Facebook for calling this feature "Save" instead of "Read Later," because, let's be real, who has time to read it later anyway?

Why Many People Want Their BlackBerrys Back After Switching

By Zach Epstein at BGR:


Following the release of the original iPhone in 2007 and the subsequent launch of Android, many people with work-issued phones spent years asking for their employers to switch away from BlackBerry smartphones to more modern devices. Finally, as Apple and Google increased their focus on security and BlackBerry hit dire straights a few years ago, workers began getting what that wanted and bring your own device (BYOD) policies became more common.

More recently, however, an interesting trend is being observed: Workers want their BlackBerrys back.

Following the release of the original iPhone in 2007 and the subsequent launch of Android, many people with work-issued phones spent years asking for their employers to switch away from BlackBerry smartphones to more modern devices. Finally, as Apple and Google increased their focus on security and BlackBerry hit dire straights a few years ago, workers began getting what that wanted and bring your own device (BYOD) policies became more common.

More recently, however, an interesting trend is being observed: Workers want their BlackBerrys back.

FROM EARLIER: BlackBerry says its square phone is already stealing back iOS and Android users

CIO’s Tom Kaneshige reports on an interesting phenomenon that we’ve heard rumblings of in the past. At companies where employees were permitted to ditch their work-issued BlackBerry phones and bring their own iPhones and Android handsets, they’re now begging their IT departments to move back to BlackBerry.

Why? It turns out there are a few reasons.

For one thing, there are privacy concerns. When workers use their own iOS and Android devices, IT departments gain access to all of their private data in addition to any corporate apps that might be on the devices. It’s never a good thing when you have to hand over a smartphone packed full of naked selfies so that IT can fix an issue with email not syncing properly.

Beyond that, IT professionals Kaneshige spoke with say they are having some serious problems with mobile device management (MDM) software, and the related on-device apps often cause issues like battery drain and device bogging.


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Google Analytics Finally Gets an iPhone App

By Josh Wolford at WebProNews:  


In pretty big good lord, finally news, Google has released a native Google Analytics apps for iOS. Available in 39 languages, Google Analytics for iPhone promised to let you “access all of your Google Analytics web and app data from your mobile device, monitor recent changes with Real Time reports, and easily get your Analytics data anytime, anywhere.”

Considering Android has had a version of a Google Analytics apps for years, it’s high time that iOS was invited to the party.

The app is plain but functional, with an overview tab that shows real time visitors to pages, total audience visits and a location breakdown, traffic sources, and a pageview grid.

'Kim Kardashian: Hollywood' Game Could Make $200m a Year

By Carl Franzen at The Verge:   


The hit mobile game of the summer has a familiar face behind it. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is an adventure game for iOS and Android that lets players create their own celebrity and interact with the titular reality show star, her friends, and her frenemies. Following its release on June 25th, the game has quickly risen to become the third most popular free app in Apple's App Store and is in the top 10 free games on Google Play. It's also received a nearly perfect overall rating in both stores.

And although the game is free to download, the company that created it, Glu Mobile Inc., stands to make a pretty penny thanks to all of the in-app purchases that players are making (one player reported spending nearly $500 within the app in just a few days). One analyst projects that the "freemium" game could make up to $200 million annually from advertising and in-app purchase revenue, as Bloomberg reported recently. Glu Mobile's stock has also been on a tear since the release of the game.

Everything Apple announced at WWDC 2014 In One Handy List

By Natt Garun at The Next Web:


It’s a wrap! Here’s a handy recap of all the announcements Apple made at its Worldwide Developers Conference this year.


OS X Yosemite

Apple announced its latest version OS X Yosemite (OS X 10.10) which features the flat design first unveiled with iOS 7 last fall. Also new: a Dark Mode that changes the menu bar to a translucent black hue and new dock icons. Search via Spotlight now also integrate results from a variety of resources, such as the iTunes store and Apple Maps locations.

OS X Yosemite also features a slew updates to its Mail and Safari apps. Users can now send files up to 5GB in size via the Mail Drop feature, or mark up images straight in the app before sending them off. The Safari app boasts a redesign to its address bar, favorites and subscription tabs.

AirDrop also now works between iOS and OS X using its proximity awareness technology called Continuity. You can transfer documents between your iPhone and Mac, or receive caller ID on your Mac and even pick up the call or dial straight from the computer.

Apple also unveiled Family Sharing which allows up to six family members using the same credit card to access the same purchased item.


iCloud Drive

With OS X Yosemite comes Apple’s iCloud Drive, a cloud-based storage system that works from within the Finder. The documents also sync across other Mac computers and iOS devices. Windows users can access the files as well!


iOS 8

Like OS X Yosemite, iOS 8 brings updates to its Mail app which features a Mailbox-like swipe gestures, such as swipe far left to delete, right to mark as unread or swipe left to archive. The Spotlight suggestions feature also integrate results from Wikipedia entries, the App Store and iTunes, to name a few.

iOS 8 also includes quick actions to its push notifications, so you can respond straight from the lock screen or while you’re engaged in another app.

In the Messages update, users can opt to leave group conversations, set a ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode to halt notifications for various durations, share locations or send audio or video messages. If you receive an audio message, you can just raise the phone to your ear to listen to it straight from the lock screen. The audio and video messages self-destruct after two minutes, Snapchat-style.

The Photos app also has more advance editing tools, such as level adjustments and straightening, and edited images are available across all your devices via iCloud. This Photos feature will come to Macs early next year.

Lastly, in addition to new dictation languages, the Siri update now supports Shazam which will allow users to purchase recognized music through iTunes.

iOS 8 beta will be available to developers today, with a public release coming in the fall.


QuickType

Apple also introduced QuickType, a predictive typing technology that learns from your local device words you often type or context from previous messages to suggest words you’re about to type.


HealthKit

Apple officially gets in on the Quantified Self fitness game with HealthKit which collects your personal health data from various third party apps and keeps track of your daily activities. You can access the aggregated information through the Health app. Opt to share this information with Mayo Clinic and Health will alert your doctors if your conditions are unusually worrying.


HomeKit

Another trend Apple’s hopping on is smart home with HomeKit, an SDK that aggregates third party Internet of Things apps into one place. Users can use audio commands like “Get ready for bed,” and the app will make sure all the connected doors are locked and lights are off.


For developers

Of course, it’s not a developers conference without a little something from the coders out there. Apple announced that TestFlight will be available this fall for the Apple developer platform, finally allowing developers to beta-test their apps.


CloudKit

Apple announced a new developer framework called CloudKit to let developers build cloud-connected apps. This means Apple will now handle asset storage for free, though… “with limits.”


Metal

Apple also introduced a new 3D API that allows game developers to take advantage of Apple’s processing power and create beautiful, interactive 3D graphics. Apple says Metal will allow games to get “10x” faster draw rates. The company also announced additional iOS 8 gaming frameworks, such as SceneKit and SpriteKit.

Other APIs being made available to developers also include Cameras and TouchID. The latter will make TouchID integrated with third party apps, adding an extra layer of security.


Swift

Apple announced its own programming language called Swift which will replace Objective C. Apple claims Swift is faster than Objective C thought it can still work alongside the language, and works with Cocoa and Cocoa Touch.

Apple Partnering With Shazam to Integrate Song-ID features

By Trevor Mogg at Digital Trends: 


Apple and song-ID service Shazam have struck a deal that could see elements of the popular cross-platform music app brought to a future version of iOS, sources with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg Wednesday.

As anyone familiar with Shazam knows, the software allows users to quickly identify a music track simply by holding a mobile device’s mic close to the sound source and waiting a few seconds for the result to return.

It’s not entirely clear if the app itself would be baked into iOS or if its technology would be incorporated into Apple’s mobile operating system in other ways. For example, Bloomberg’s report talks of a song-discovery “feature” being integrated into iOS, while also suggesting it could be incorporated in the same way as the Twitter app, which has been baked into the operating system of iDevices since version 5.

The report also says Shazam is likely to be integrated with Siri, allowing a user to ask, “What song is playing?”, in which case everyone within a five-meter radius will also discover the name of the music track you wanted to ID. Google Now for Android has long had a voice-activated song-ID tool, while Microsoft’s new virtual assistant for Windows Phone, Cortana, also offers a similar feature, so many will see Apple’s entry into the space as long overdue.

Yahoo Wants To Become The Default Search Engine On iOS

By Trevor Mogg at Digital Trends:  


Marissa Mayer has been working diligently to revive the fortunes of Web firm Yahoo since taking the reins back in July 2012, though the enormity of the task means the challenge is far from over.

Decisions have included hiring hundreds of engineers to help bolster Yahoo’s gargantuan site and its slew of services; making a ton of acquisitions, such as Tumblr, which has given Yahoo access to a younger generation of users; and making a commitment to mobile, a growing sector of the market where it needs to establish itself in order to take on the likes of Google and Facebook, who currently dominate when it comes to revenue from mobile ads.

According to a Re/code report Wednesday, part of Mayer’s plan to make the company’s presence felt in the mobile space involves trying to convince Apple to replace Google with Yahoo as the default search engine on all of those iDevices out there.

Speaking to unnamed insiders at Yahoo, the report says Mayer has prepped a detailed pitch that she hopes will be enough to persuade Apple executives to take a serious look at her proposition and ultimately make Yahoo the default search service on the Cupertino company’s mobile phones and tablets.

No official meeting has yet taken place between the two companies, though Mayer has reportedly talked with some Apple executives about the idea, including long-time friend Jony Ive.


Trying to ‘grab the pole position in iOS search’

“This is the aim of the whole effort here, to grab the pole position in iOS search,” an unnamed source told Re/code, adding that it’s currently one of Mayer’s main goals.

That the Yahoo boss might get her way is not impossible. After all, Yahoo already provides the data for the weather and finance apps on iOS devices. In addition, Apple had few qualms about getting rid of Google Maps as its default mapping app, though admittedly the company replaced that one with its own equivalent app (sort of).

However, when it comes to search, Google remains the go-to service for Web users across most platforms, so Apple would be understandably wary about suddenly switching to Yahoo. Service quality would be a concern, too, with one of Re/code’s sources questioning whether Yahoo has adequate technology yet to power an effective and efficient mobile search product.

Oh, and there’s also the small matter of the annual $1 billion payment that the Mountain View company currently hands over to Apple for keeping its search engine as the default option on iOS devices.

Of course, iOS users can switch search engines by going into settings, but considering many just go with the default service, Yahoo’s apparent plan to get its offering front and center on millions of Apple devices is perfectly understandable. Whether it can achieve this is another matter entirely.

Internal Doc: Samsung’s Top Priority Was “Beating Apple,”

By Jacob Kleinman at TechnoBuffalo: 

Apple has accused Samsung of blatantly ripping off the iPhone with its own line of Galaxy S devices, and an internal document from the South Korea giant may help support Cupertino’s latest claims as the two companies duke it out in court again this month. The document leaked online today, reveals Samsung’s sales strategy, putting a clear focus on predicting and outselling Apple’s iPhone.

The internal document, which comes from 2012, makes it clear Samsung sees Apple as its main competitor. “Beating Apple is #1 priority,” reads the outline, “everything must be [in the] context of beating Apple.” The document goes on to discuss Apple’s strategy for the iPhone 5, predicting the device would launch in June 2012 with improved software. The “threat from Apple is extremely real and urgent,” Samsung notes.

The company goes on to outline plans for promoting its own line of smartphones by focusing all its devices around the “Galaxy” brand. Samsung’s sales strategy included non-stop marketing, carrier partnership, and understanding “why consumers buy Apple” with the goal of developing countermeasures.

Samsung’s internal document clearly confirms it was keeping a close eye on Apple, but doesn’t prove the company ever released an iPhone knockoff. It’s possible this single page isn’t the full document Apple’s lawyers plan to submit in court. Still, it’s definitely a good start in proving that Samsung’s smartphone strategy was focused on dethroning Apple by any means necessary.

Via TechnoBuffalo.

Office for iPad is Here, Free For iPhone & Android

By Emil Protalinski at TNW: 


At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft Office General Manager Julia White unveiled Office for iPad, featuring Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new apps, which supports viewing but not editing for free, will go live in Apple’s App Store at 11:00AM PDT (2:00PM EST).

You can download them now right here: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Also, today wasn’t just about the iPad: Office for iPhone and Android phones is now completely free, Android tablet version coming ‘in the future’.

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint all have a ribbon interface just like the one in Office for Windows and OS X. The trio of apps are much more powerful on the tablet than the smartphone, but naturally don’t compare to the desktop versions.






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iTunes Radio Scores NPR as First News Provider

By Brittany Hillen at SlashGear:


iTunes Radio users can now tune into the latest news broadcasts, with NPR announcing that it has become the first news provider on Apple's radio service. The stream will be available 24-hours a day, and with it will come the segments faithful listeners enjoy, including the Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

NPR announced its new designation on its website today. With the addition to iTunes Radio, listeners will also have access to national news stories, cultural programs, and other broadcasts common to the station. In addition, NPR is promising an expansion in the future.



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Flappy Bird Will Return To The App Store

By Darrell Etherington at TechCrunch:

I hope you enjoyed your life over the past month and a half; Flappy Bird is coming back to the App Store after its removal earlier this year, according to the game’s developer Dong Nguyen. Gawker spotted the dev’s tweeted response to a question about whether or not it would ever return, which is an unequivocal “Yes.”

As you can see, Nguyen doesn’t give a timeline but does say it won’t be “soon,” which suggests possibly there’s some additional development going into the game, or at least some kind of preparatory action so that Nguyen can deal with the life upheaval that’s bound to follow. Nguyen left the door open for a Flappy Bird return in his extended Rolling Stone profile, but this confirms the bird won’t stay grounded forever.




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Medium iPhone App for Reading Stories On The Go

By Casey Newton at Maagg:

After a short delay, Medium released its iPhone app with a focus on reading and recommending stories. “Every week, thousands of people come to Medium to write,” company founder Ev Williams said in a post on the site. “That’s the hard part. We’re just helping amplify their voices.”

After signing in with Twitter, the app presents you with a list of stories based on what’s popular and what you have already chosen to follow. It tells you about how long it will take to read each story, and if you get bored partway through, you can swipe to the next story. The app also lets you share articles through Twitter, Facebook and email.



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New Samsung Ad Burns the Kindle, Surface and iPad

By T.L Stanley at Mashable:

Oh, you poor Luddite, with your keyboard, battery dock and mouse. You call that a tablet? It’s positively Neanderthal. And that iPad? Why can’t it do two things at once? Let’s not even get started on the Kindle, because that dinosaur only lets you read books.


That’s the tart, smug and rather effective message in a new ad that will air on national television for Samsung's Galaxy Tab Pro on March 19. The spot not only shows the souped-up tablet's capabilities (multitask, mainly), but also casts aspersions on other leading devices on the market.

The commercial, which advertises a trio of new Galaxy Pro tablets, comes from agency McKinney. It continues the finger-wagging at competitors for having bulkier products with lower-quality visuals, a quality present in its previous ads. Its tagline: "It can do that?"

People who use lesser gadgets will have to defend them, the ad says, but not without being the target of colleagues' withering stares. Even if your device has the “retina thingy,” it’s still a hunk of junk — according the patronizing looks from folks in the ad.



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Apple Releases 8GB Cheaper Version of its iPhone 5c

Apple has released the 8GB version of its iPhone 5c in various European regions, including the UK and France, on its official site for £429 ($712). It has also brought back the fourth-generation iPad with Retina display, which comes with a 16GB capacity. Apple had earlier stopped sales of the iPad 4 after it introduced its iPad Air. However, it seems to have replaced the iPad 2, which has now been discontinued. The WiFi-only version of the iPad 4 costs £329, while the mobile data-equipped one costs £429.

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5 Fantastic iOS 7.1 Features You Have to Try Right Now

By Zach Epstein at BGR:

Apple’s new iOS 7.1 software was released earlier this week, and it brought with it a wide range of fixes, improvements and new features for compatible iPhones, iPads and iPod touch handhelds.

Sharon Vaknin at CNET has compiled a quick list of four must-try new features in iOS 7, and we have added a fifth that will definitely be appreciated by many users.


Kill parallax, keep the zoom

First up, Apple finally made it possible in iOS 7.1 to disable the annoying parallax wallpaper effect without eliminating the great zooming transition animations when opening and closing apps.

To do this, first ensure that “Reduce Motion” is toggled off in Settings > General > Accessibility. Then go to Settings > Wallpapers & Brightness and tap your lock screen wallpaper. Toggle “Perspective Zoom” to off and tap set, then do the same thing for your home screen wallpaper.

It’s as easy as that.



Teach Siri some manners

iOS 7.1 includes a number of enhancements to Apple’s virtual personal assistant Siri.

They’re all appreciated to some extent, but CNET has compiled a collection of terrific advice on how to make sure Siri is always working for you instead of against you.



Bring back the buttons

One of many complaints people had about iOS 7 compared to earlier versions of Apple’s mobile software was the fact that the tap targets in this new minimalistic OS were very confusing.

With iOS 7.1, however, users can now add button shapes to the software’s text-only tap targets.

Adding button shapes is simple. Just go to Settings > General > Accessibility and toggle “Button Shapes” to on.



Enable HDR Auto

iOS 7 had an awful bug that caused devices to constantly disable HDR each time the camera app was closed. In iOS 7.1, Apple repented for its annoying mistake by introducing a new “HDR Auto” setting on the iPhone 5s that will monitor the surrounding lighting conditions and enable or disable HDR automatically.

To enable this great new feature, simply tap “HDR On” or “HDR Off” at the top of the screen with the camera open. Then select “HDR Auto” and you’ll never have to think about it again.



New visibility options

Apple’s iOS platform is a clear leader when it comes to accessibility options for the disabled. There is no close second. For those with relatively minor vision problems though, some accessibility features in iOS 7 were a bit drastic.

In iOS 7.1, Apple has addressed one such issue by adding new fine-tuned options for increasing the contrast on the screen of your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Go to Settings > General > Accessibility and tap “Increase Contrast.” You’ll now find three separate options in iOS 7.1.

“Reduce Transparency” will remove all of the transparency effects in areas including the home screen dock, folder backgrounds, the Control Center and the Notification Center.

“Darken Colors” will do just that: Darken all of the colors on the device’s display to make them more visible.

Finally, “Reduce White Point” will make whites on the screen less bright, which is another way to improve visibility.



Via BGR

US Market: Apple 41.6%, Samsung 26.7%, Android Down

Apple’s dominance as the top smartphone OEM in the US has started off strong in the first month of this year: 41.6 percent share. Samsung is once again gaining share faster than its main competitor, however, hitting a new high at 26.7 percent. Rounding out the top five were LG, Motorola, and HTC.

In the platform wars, Google was still first with Android, and Apple took second with iOS. Yet Google’s mobile platform slipped at the start of the year, while Apple’s continued to plow forward. Rounding out the top five were Microsoft (which managed to sneak into third place), BlackBerry, and Symbian.

The latest data comes from comScore, which regularly surveys over 30,000 mobile subscribers in the US. The market research firm says 159.8 million Americans owned smartphones (66.8 percent mobile market penetration) in January, up 7 percent since October.

During the quarter, here is how the top five smartphones OEMs fared:

On the software side, Google is still dominating, even with Apple’s steady gains. Android lost share most months in 2013, and 2014 isn’t off to a good start:

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CarPlay: Meet Apple's iOS in the Car

By Harry McCracken at Time:

Ferrari, Mercedes and Volvo are first in line for Apple's iPhone-friendly auto interface.

Read more: CarPlay: Meet Apple's iOS in the Car | TIME.com http://techland.time.com/2014/03/03/apple-carplay/#ixzz2v0O3COg9

At last June’s WWDC keynote, Apple unveiled a bunch of stuff — including a sleeper sort of product it called iOS in the Car. The idea was to let auto makers give their vehicles the ability to serve as a second screen for a driver’s iPhone, with bigger-screen versions of apps such as Music and Maps and voice control provided by Siri.

Now iOS in the Car is ready to hit the road. Confirming a story reported last week by the Financial Times, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo are at the Geneva International Motor Show announcing that they’re rolling out the feature — which is now called CarPlay — in new vehicles this year. If you aren’t planning to buy a Ferrari, a Mercedes or a Volvo anytime soon, you might still be able to put CarPlay on your shopping list next time you get new wheels: BMW, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar, Land Rover, Kia, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota and others are also planning to support it in future models.

With all due respect to the automotive industry, which has made a lot of progress in the last few years modernizing its entertainment and information systems, its standards of interface polish still don’t come anywhere near Apple-like levels. So it’s good news that Apple itself is building a car-friendly interface. Unlike a smartwatch or a TV, it may not count as the all-new product category that people are sitting around waiting for Apple to enter, but it’s closer than anything else Apple has done in the Tim Cook era.



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iPhone Owners: Download The Patch Before Your Emails Get Hacked

A major flaw in Apple Inc software for mobile devices could allow hackers to intercept email and other communications that are meant to be encrypted, the company said on Friday, and experts said Mac computers were even more exposed.

If attackers have access to a mobile user's network, such as by sharing the same unsecured wireless service offered by a restaurant, they could see or alter exchanges between the user and protected sites such as Gmail and Facebook. Governments with access to telecom carrier data could do the same.

"It's as bad as you could imagine, that's all I can say," said Johns Hopkins University cryptography professor Matthew Green.

Apple did not say when or how it learned about the flaw in the way iOS handles sessions in what are known as secure sockets layer or transport layer security, nor did it say whether the flaw was being exploited.

Apple released software patches and an update for the current version of iOS for iPhone 4 and later, 5th-generation iPod touches, and iPad 2 and later.

Without the fix, a hacker could impersonate a protected site and sit in the middle as email or financial data goes between the user and the real site, Green said.

After analyzing the patch, several security researchers said the same flaw existed in current versions of Mac OSX, running Apple laptop and desktop computers. No patch is available yet for that operating system, though one is expected soon.



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