iOS

The HD recording of the iOS / OS X panel discussion that took place at #HITB2012KUL last month has been uploaded to the HITBSecConf YouTube channel.

In a blog posting, author Jenn Frank reports that the Oxford Dictionary of English iPhone/iPad app, which retails for £20.99 (or €26.99) , accuses legitimate buyers of being software pirates. Apparently, the app's flawed DRM feature automatically tweets "How about we all stop using pirated iOS apps? I promise to stop. I really will" to the dictionary user's Twitter followers. Frank says that the message "I am a software thief!" is pushed to the iPhone's lock screen at the same time.

Apple’s iOS 6 Maps app has received so many complaints and been the butt of so many jokes that you’d think Nokia could capitalize on Cupertino’s fail by releasing a stunning maps app to dominate the iOS space. No such luck. Nokia’s Here Maps is a mess.

Last week, Nokia announced last week that it was bringing a mapping solution to iOS and now that app is available in the iOS App Store.

Nokia HERE is a free, universal app that's powered by Nokia's NAVTEQ mapping data. It includes a garden variety of views like map view, live traffic view, public transport line view and satellite view. It also supports offline maps, so you can still travel when you lose your data connection. For those who prefer to walk, it even has voice-guided walk navigation.

Only days after an embarrassing parting of ways with Windows 8 architect Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is back to his industry-slaying form, laying into Apple for its high prices and Google's Android for its record on mobile security.

Google has reportedly begun testing its own mapping application for iOS among outside users, further supporting rumors the company plans to submit it to the App Store in the near future. The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed sources that claim Google is in the process of putting "finishing touches" on the app before submitting it for approval through Apple. Not only will the app use Google's own data—like the default Maps app under iOS 5 and earlier—it's also said to include turn-by-turn navigation. That feature was not previously available under Apple and Google's partnership.

Siri will get a little smarter with the next version of iOS.

The iOS 6.1 update will give the voice-command feature the ability to order movie tickets through Fandango, according to 9to5Mac.

Users can ask to get movie tickets for a specific film and location, and Siri will bring up a theater and showtime. Users can then click to purchase the tickets, which brings up the Fandango apps to finish out the transaction. If the device doesn't have Fandango, Siri will direct users to a link to download the app.

L33tdawg:If you care about jailbreaks and unlocking, then obviously - DON'T UPGRADE

If you have an Apple device that is capable of running iOS 6, you might have resisted upgrading it after hearing people complain about Apple's new mapping application.

But you ought to have grabbed it with both hands for security reasons: iOS 6 patched a whopping 197 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities in 41 system components, broken down as follows:

AT&T's apparently jumping into the cloud storage fray with a new program called AT&T Locker.

AT&T's cloud-based Locker is hardly new, having been made available to Android users since this past September. But, as of today, iOS users on the network now have the option to enjoy that freemium service as well, with 5GB offered gratis. The service will provide up to 5 GB of free storage via an app to iOS users, with extra charges for any storage above that.

Google is aiming to chip away at Siri, potentially converting some iOS device users to its own side along the way. The company announced on Tuesday that its updated Google Search app for iOS is now available on the App Store, complete with its new "enhanced" voice search capabilities that Google discussed in August.

According to Tuesday's Google Blog post, the new voice search feature aims to better recognize the context and intent of your searches while providing "the comprehensive Google search results you know and love."