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iPhone owners sue Apple over storage space, allege fraud
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2015-01-05 02:25
A pair of Florida men have sued Apple for allegedly misrepresenting the amount of storage room available to owners of 16GB iPhones and iPads.
The two, Paul Orshan and Christopher Endara, accused Apple of "unfair, unlawful, and fraudulent business acts or practices," including false advertising, and asked a California federal judge to designate the lawsuit as a class action so that others can participate.
The iPhone WireLurker malware: What you need to know
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2014-11-07 00:13
There's a scary new piece of malware that collects call logs, phonebook contacts and other sensitive information from Apple iPhones and iPads. Should you be worried?
The malware was first discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks who dubbed it WireLurker and said it exhibited behavior that had never been seen before in malicious software targeting Apple's platforms.
Apple confirms it will never make a cheap iPhone
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-10-29 23:55
Apple has confirmed that it will never make a cheap iPhone.
Speaking at Recode's Code/Mobile conference, Apple product marketing executive Greg Joswiak delivered the bad news that Apple has no intention of chasing the budget market to compete with low-cost Android devices, dismissing speculation that the firm might one day release an affordable iPhone.
Apple wants iPhone to pay for train fares, access secure locations
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-10-28 00:48
Most of us are already attached at the hip to our smartphones, so why not make them ever more useful in our daily lives? Apple seems intent on doing so by expanding use of near-field communication (NFC) to do more and more things.
NFC was just introduced to the latest iPhone and iPad models to facilitate the launch of Apple Pay, which allows users to charge a credit card or account by placing the device near a payment terminal, and Apple is currently rolling the feature out to more and more places around the world.
Apple expected to begin selling iPhone 6 in China on October 10
Submitted by l33tdawg on Sun, 2014-09-28 23:59
A series of reports from China have pointed to iPhone 6 sales beginning on Friday, October 10. The date was most recently supported by a store preparation timeline presented to retail employees in an internal training course.
The information points to product readiness and employee training that begins October 7 to support initial sales three days later.