In the US, the iPhone 4S comes on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, but one major carrier is noticeably absent: T-Mobile. But a method has surfaced to unlock the iPhone 4S that allows it to be used on the T-Mobile network. A video showing the process has been posted to YouTube, though it won't tell you how to do it. While it has not been completely confirmed, several users have reported success with the process.
The practice of "security by obscurity" on the Apple's iOS needs to improve as smartphone adoption increases, according to Blue Coat US vice president of Cloud services, Anthony James.
James, an ex-pat Australian who has worked in the US for 10 years with security companies such as Fortinet, said iOS users have been lulled into a false sense of security because Apple doesn't check an application for security controls before it is published.
Apple has updated its iTunes software to correct a security shortcoming that offered the potential for miscreants to mount man-in-the-middle attacks and appears to have played a central role in the infamous Ghost Click botnet scam.
We recently told you about the hidden panorama mode in the iOS 5 Camera app that could be enabled by editing a .plist file. Since then, a jailbreak tweak called “Firebreak” has been released that automatically enables the feature on any jailbroken iOS 5 device.
Panorama mode in the iOS Camera actually works, and you can get it on your own device right now without jailbreaking.
Raise your hand if you have owned a MacBook or MacBook Pro with a "T" style MagSafe connector that has frayed and possibly even exposed live wires to you and all your lovely flammable furniture? This happened to me at least three times before I switched to a MacBook Air, which has the newer style "L" shaped MagSafe that doesn't seem to fray so easily. Now, Apple has settled a lawsuit filed over the T-shaped MagSafe connectors that have frayed and has started an adapter replacement program, allowing users whose MagSafes are both in and out of warranty to get a replacement.
A newly published Apple patent application sets out a way for a virtual SIM card to be built into an embedded secure element which can, in turn, be attached to an NFC controller chip.
An NFC-related patent application filed by Apple in November 2010 has now been made public by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
We’ve previously seen Apple’s much raved about Siri intelligent assistant feature hacked to work on an iPhone 4, but now developers have managed to hack the feature to work on an old iPhone 3GS. The hack comes from developers Grant Paul and Steve Troughton-Smith, while a video demoing the hack was posted by Ryan Petrich.
After demonstrating that an app can download malicious code after being accepted into the App Store, developer Charlie Miller found out that his iOS developer credentials were pulled by Apple.
Charlie Miller exposed a threat to the security of iOS devices by creating an app that could exploit a javascript exception in mobile Safari. The exception allowed the download of malicious code after an app has already been accepted into the App Store.
Apple could face a ban on the sales of the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and other devices in Germany after the company failed to show up in court to answer a dispute with rival Motorola over alleged patent infringement.
The reasons behind Apple's no-show at the court are still unknown - but because the company's representatives didn't appear, the district court in Mannheim passed a default judgement favouring Motorola.
Apple has fixed a security flaw affecting the Smart Cover for the iPad 2, it has been reported.
9to5Mac reports that among the changes in iOS 5.0.1 is a fix for the bug in how iOS handles the Smart Cover that makes it possible to bypass the iPad's passcode screen.
It works by preventing the iPad 2 to go to sleep when the Smart Cover is closed while the iPad 2's power off menu is being displayed. iOS 5.0.1 has been issued to developers as a beta after Apple yesterday conceded that there is a problem in iOS 5 that affects battery life.
