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Opinion: A New Personal Computing Paradigm

By Robert Snow How soon before most personal computing can be done with a phone? With a 64-bit iPhone, perhaps quite soon. Imagine the phone as your take everywhere computer: “Never”, you say, the screen’s too small, even a phablet. When you need a better display, just pull out your touchscreen. It would look like […]

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BlackBerry releases BBM client for Android, iOS, then recalls software due to “rogue version” concerns

Not that BlackBerry’s officially dead in the water (yet), but this isn’t a great sign. Per Mac|Life, BlackBerry announced Saturday that it had suspended the rollout of the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app for iPhone and Android over concerns that a rogue version of the Android app would cause issues with the service. Originally scheduled for […]

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iOS 7 Lock Screen bug discovered, Apple says fix is en route

Per Forbes and AllThingsD, the first iOS 7 security bug has appeared and may be worth noting. The bug is currently found in the iOS 7 Lock screen and Control Center implementation that could allow a person to bypass the device’s passcode and access the photo library. This bug is more of a potential security […]

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Four privacy settings you should enable in iOS 7 immediately

Data backed up? Check. iOS 7 installed? Check. Data restored? Check. Life is good and time to fire up your favorite iTunes Radio station, right? Not so fast. Before diving into the beautiful, parallaxy, candy-colored world that is iOS 7, you need to adjust your privacy settings on your iPhone or iPad. If you like your […]

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Apple releases iOS 7.0, 7.0.1 updates for iOS devices

It’s finally here. On Wednesday, Apple released iOS 7.0 and iOS 7.0.1 (depending on your iOS device), the long-anticipated new version of its operating system for its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. The new operating system, which weighs in as a several hundred to a 1.33 gigabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: […]