After months of waiting, Apple finally released its iOS 4 operating system for the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the third-generation iPod touch and the iPhone 4. The new version of the operating system, which weighs in at a hefty 579 megabyte download, is available through iTunes boasts the following changes and fixes: Multitasking: Now […]
Month: June 2010
By Steve Abrahamson Friday, Apple released the Find My iPhone app (in truth it’ll find your iPad too). In this reviewer’s opinion, this is an app that should have been here a year ago, but I’m just glad it’s finally here. Having this as an app is a terrific idea. A case study: early last […]
Just a couple more days and you’ll have your mitts on it. Per iLounge, Apple has started shipping iPhone 4 units to customers who pre-ordered the handset last week. According to shipment details seen by one customer, the phones appear to be shipping directly out of Shenzhen, China. Based on reports from readers, some shipping […]
There’s something to be said for an operating system succeeding and gaining market share: people will make more of an effort to write viruses and malware for it. Per CNET, Apple’s recent Mac OS X 10.6.4 update includes software to protect Macs from a Trojan horse that has been distributed by attackers disguised as iPhoto, […]
On the second to last day of E3 this year, I was walking from the south hall to the west hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center only to find a man named Howie repeatedly dropping his iPad to the ground in public. Since a picture’s worth a thousand words… There it is, the accurately-titled […]