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Apple advocates use of iMessage in wake of SMS bug discovery

Ok, this is going to require a fix. Following a discovery last week wherein Pod2G uncovered a SMS flaw in iOS that lets someone send a spoofed SMS (in this scenario, the SMS would appear to be from a trusted source, but the response would actually be sent to someone else), the cool cats at […]

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AT&T to require Mobile Share plan to use FaceTime under 3G, 4G connections

You’ll be able to do FaceTime over 3G and 4G connections, you’ll just need the right kind of account to do so. Per AppleInsider, wireless carrier AT&T on Friday announced it will be limiting FaceTime over 3G and 4G networkds to iPhone who sign up for the carrier’s upcoming Mobile Share plans, which are slated […]

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Google Chrome updated to 21.0.1180.81

You can’t knock frequent updates. On Friday, Google released a beta of version 21.0.1180.81 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 43.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Duplex Printing defaults to Yes, which prints extra pages even for a 1 page print out (Issue 138312). – Print preview takes forever […]

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China Unicom may break away from contract sales of iPhone, cites high overhead costs

Sometimes contracts don’t work as well as you’d like them to. Per DigiTimes, China’s Unicom wireless carrier is struggling to benefit from its investment in contract sales of Apple’s latest iPhone models and is reportedly considering a move that would do away with traditional pricing discounts on the handset for customers willing to sign two-year […]

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Motion Picture Experts Group releases H.265 draft standard, offers Web-based video at twice the quality, half the data size

If you think Web-based video is impressive now, wait a bit. Per AppleInsider, the Motion Pictures Expert Group has issued a new video standards draft that promises to deliver twice the video quality at the same size, or alternatively, identical video quality at half the data rate as today’s MPEG-4 H.264 standard. The new H.265 […]