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Leaked document explains how Apple tracks communication via, shares information with law enforcement

In the complicated balancing act between privacy and security, it looks like Apple has been handing the phone number you’ve called over to the police. Following this year’s FBI investigation and Apple’s vows of privacy protection, it appears that Apple in fact keeps a log of everyone you try to contact using iMessage, according to […]

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Google iOS News Software

Google app for iOS hits version 9.0, adds new features

The Google app for iOS just hit version 9.0 and brought some decent updates with it. The new version offers the following fixes and changes:

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News Software

Apple confirms existence of “Applebot” web crawler, says program indexes the Web for Siri, Spotlight

Sometimes it’s the Web traffic logs that really let you know what Apple is up to. Last fall, a number of webmasters began seeing web crawler visits from IP addresses starting with 17, an IP address block owned entirely by Apple. Apple has now officially confirmed in a support document that it is operating its […]

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Announcement Software

MacUpdate, Koingo Offering AirRadar 1.1.7 for Free

The lads at MacUpdate and Koingo Software have announced that they will be making copies of Koingo’s AirRadar 1.1.7 wireless network scanning software available for free. AirRadar, which normally retails for US$10, allows users to scan for open networks and tag them as favorites or filter them out. Users can also view detailed network information, […]

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iPhone

Microsoft Implements Hotmail POP3 Support in United States, Other Countries

Back in January, Microsoft announced that the company would be bringing POP3 access to its Hotmail services in select countries, a change which would prove helpful to a number of iPhone owners. Unfortunately, the service had yet to become available in the United States. According to iPhone Alley, Microsoft seems to have implemented this feature […]