Alphabet, Facebook, and Microsoft are expected to file a joint motion in support of Apple, as the company fights a ruling forcing it to bypass iPhone security. | Continue reading
Ben and James discuss Apple versus the FBI. Links James Allworth: The U.S. has Gone F&*%ing Mad — Medium James Allworth: How the Apple/FBI Fight Risks the Whole U.S. Tech Industry — Harvard Business Review Ben Thompson: Apple, The FBI, and Security — Stratechery Radley Balko: Sur … | Continue reading
Dass Apple in so ziemlich allen Belangen sehr korrekt und akkurat ist, zeigt sich auch bei deren Webseitendesigns. Für das aktuelle Betriebssystem OS X El Capitan wird mit dem Slogan geworben: "There's more to love with every click". Leser, d... | Continue reading
Just over half of Americans believe that Apple should unlock an iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino terrorists, according to a poll published today, while 33 percent think it should not cede to the FBI's demands. The poll, conducted by the Washington, DC-based firm Morning … | Continue reading
One of Apple's allures among fans is the company's attention to detail, which often makes its products just a little more thought-out than the products of its competitors — a hidden antenna here or a set of perfectly aligned slots there. A recent revelation shows this meticulousn … | Continue reading
Im Kampf um die vom FBI geforderte Hintertür in iPhones, hat Apple nun einen Antrag gestellt, der besagt, dass der erforderliche Antrag des FBI einen Bruch der Verfassung darstellt.Apple nennt das, was sie für das FBI basteln sollen, ei... | Continue reading
Bislang sind alle davon ausgegangen, dass wir auf der nächsten Präsentation von Apple am 15. März ein neues iPad Air sehen werden. Nun hat die Gerüchteküche ein neues Thema. Laut 9to5Mac, in letzter Zeit mit sehr genauen Vo... | Continue reading
Apple hires plenty of interns all year round, but one particular new addition revealed this week caught the eye given the company’s current position opposing a controversial order to enable the FBI to access a locked iPhone. Read More | Continue reading
At a loony debate tonight filled with yelling and schoolyard attacks, CNN asked a few of the remaining Republican candidates if they would side with Apple or the FBI in the government's fight to hack an alleged terrorist's iPhone. They're all on team FBI, and it was a mess.Marco … | Continue reading
If you squint, you can see how the word “click” might look inappropriate. But Apple’s too prim and proper for that. So when it wanted the tagline for its new desktop operating system El Capitan to be “There’s more to love with every click”, it made a tiny, hilarious tweak to its … | Continue reading
Apple is gearing up to debut a new smaller iPad but it won't be another iPad Air, according to a new report.Instead, the company will show off a smaller iPad Pro during its upcoming March event, 9to5Mac reportsSee also: Apple may finally be bringing Siri to the MacThe new iPad Pr … | Continue reading
Apple is trying to prove that the FBI's request to hack the iPhone is "unduly burdensome," so today it laid out in more detail what it would take to comply. The company had said it would have to create a custom OS in order to help the FBI break into the iPhone 5C previously belon … | Continue reading
Apple today filed a motion to vacate U.S. Justice Department attorneys’ order to compel the tech company to help the FBI unlock the iPhone 5c that belonged to San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook. The attorneys filed the 35-page motion in the U.S. District Court’s Central Di … | Continue reading
Google plans to follow Microsoft in throwing its legal support behind Apple in its increasingly contentious dispute with the federal government around the San Bernardino terror attacks, according to sources.At a congressional hearing on Thursday, Microsoft’s legal chief, Brad Smi … | Continue reading
Rumors have pointed to a new 9.7-inch iPad at Apple's to-be-announced March event, but apparently it's not going to be called the iPad Air 3. 9to5Mac is now reporting that the next iPad will fall under the iPad Pro brand, offering a step-down size from the monstrous 12.9-inch dev … | Continue reading
In a discussion with Apple executives today, TechCrunch was informed that Apple had filed a Motion to Vacate in the case of the FBI compelling Apple to assist in unlocking an iPhone belonging to Syed Farook. Read More | Continue reading
Apple can now count one of its former adversaries as an ally in its legal fight with the FBI.Microsoft President and Chief Legal Counsel Brad Smith testified before Congress today, saying the company would file paperwork next week in support of Apple in the current case, where th … | Continue reading
Today, Apple filed a motion to vacate the district court order demanding it break security protections on a phone linked to the San Bernardino attacks. The filing lays out Apple's extensive legal objections to the FBI order, setting the stage for a lengthy court battle. "This is … | Continue reading
Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile carrier in the United States, has strongly — and rather unexpectedly — stood up in support of Apple in its legal showdown with the FBI. In a statement, CEO Lowell McAdam said "Verizon is committed to protecting customer privacy and one of the … | Continue reading
In 2010, tablets were supposed to be the new hot thing. Apple released the first iPad, Samsung was working on the Galaxy Tab and countless of others were about to flood the market with Android tablets. Six years later, there wasn’t any tablet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona … | Continue reading
It’s pretty much exactly what Apple asked for in its ongoing encryption dispute with the FBI – the company’s legal representative Bruce Sewell will appear in Congress on Tuesday to argue its case in front of the House’s legal committee. The director of the FBI James Comey Jr. wil … | Continue reading
Speaking at a congressional hearing today, Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith said that his company "wholeheartedly" supports Apple in the ongoing case that's pitted the iPhone maker against the FBI. "We at Microsoft support Apple and will be filing an amicus … | Continue reading
Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell will argue Apple’s encryption case in front of the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee on March 1. Joining him will be FBI director James Comey, New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance, and encryption specialist and professor at Worcest … | Continue reading
iCloud could be facing some serious changes as a result of Apple's legal fight with the FBI. A Financial Times report today claimed that the company is working on stronger security measures for iCloud, which would potentially block access from both Apple and law enforcement reque … | Continue reading
Apple Pay rolled out in China last week to a mixed response. Domestic players WeChat Wallet and Alipay have had years to figure out how the Chinese epayments market works, and a new player — especially one that doesn’t offer staple services like discounts, online purchases, and s … | Continue reading
The one thing we know about privacy and data security is that we have neither. Those words are more true every day and if a federal judge gets her way, the state of privacy throughout the world is about to get a lot worse.Apple is currently wrestling with the FBI and Department o … | Continue reading
As Apple and federal law enforcement continue to hurl rhetoric about encryption, one thing has become crystal clear: today’s encryption debate is neither healthy nor well-informed. Read More | Continue reading
London residents who are MasterCard customers and use Apple Pay will be able to ride the Tube for free over the next three Mondays, as part of a promotion by the credit card company to incentivize its users to ditch their plastic cards for smartphones. This is the second time Mas … | Continue reading
It would have been Steve Jobs’ 61st birthday yesterday and had he been alive to see it, it would have been interesting to watch him approach the ongoing legal battle around iPhone encryption. In his absence, Tim Cook used a slot on ABC with David Muir to explain, in terms we can … | Continue reading
I can always tell when my earbuds are about to die. It usually begins with a whimper — some static here, weird fadeouts there — and I can usually fix it with a few delicate twists of the jack. But deep down, I know that worse things are coming, sort of like that hollow, achy feel … | Continue reading
Apple is already thinking about ways to make it harder to hack iPhones, reports say. According to the New York Times, the company wants to prevent passcode-free recovery mode in future iPhones. According to the FT, Apple also wants to encrypt iPhone backups on iCloud. Read More | Continue reading
Apple is working on strengthening the iPhone’s security measures, making it even harder for government agencies to break into an encrypted device, the New York Times reports, citing sources close to the companyThe fact that Apple is constantly working on improving various facets … | Continue reading
Mark Gurman von 9To5Mac berichtet, dass Siri, Sprachassistent von iOS, dieses Jahr auf dem Mac, also OS X, landen wird. Das klassische und älteste Betriebssystem von Apple, ist im Moment das einzige, das noch keine Sprachsteuerung erlaubt. iOS... | Continue reading
Apple CEO Tim Cook has mounted the fiercest argument explaining why Apple is opposed to an FBI order to open the iPhone used by San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook. Read More | Continue reading
Bei der Vorstellung des iPad Pro wurde ein Accessoire – der Pencil – gefeiert, das andere – das Smart Keyboard – verbal in den höchsten Tönen vermöbelt. Zu teuer, zu wenige Features, verpackt in ein Case, das... | Continue reading
Apple's OS X may soon get a lot sassier.Later this year, Apple plans to bring its digital assistant, Siri, to OS X, its desktop operating system, according to a new report from 9to5 Mac. The update will reportedly be part of Apple's next major release, slated for the fall of 2016 … | Continue reading
"This case is not about one phone. This case is about the future," Tim Cook said to David Muir on ABC World News Tonight Wednesday"What is at stake here is: Can the government compel Apple to write software that we believe would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable a … | Continue reading
Tonight, ABC World News aired an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, with the conversation focused on the ongoing encryption battle between the iPhone manufacturer and federal authorities. But it turns out what viewers saw on TV was only a small portion; the full-length interview … | Continue reading
Speaking on national television in his first public remarks since the rapid ascent of the Apple-FBI iPhone encryption debate, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said today spoke out against the notion that the controversy is boils down to the cause of privacy versus the cause of nati … | Continue reading
Apple is reportedley hard at work on closing the loophole that would allow the company to aid the FBI in breaking into an iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooter. Company executives alluded to the plan to expand iPhone security in interviews with the media on Friday, and now Th … | Continue reading
Just eight days after a court ordered Apple to break security protections on an iPhone linked with the San Bernardino attacks, CEO Tim Cook is appearing on national news to plead his case to the public. Cook's interview with ABC's David Muir will air tonight, but excerpts of the … | Continue reading
Tonight on ABC News, Tim Cook is talking about the ongoing war of words between Apple and the FBI.The interview, which will air during World News Tonight with David Muir at 6:30 p.m. EST, is Cook's first public interview on the topic since the news broke last week.See also: The F … | Continue reading
Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be "bad for America," and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans. | Continue reading
The worldwide wearable tech market, which includes fitness trackers and smartwatches, grew a staggering 172 percent last year, shipping 78.1 million units, according to a report today from research firm IDC. The growth was driven by the popularity of lower-cost trackers from comp … | Continue reading
Apple’s next iteration of OS X — 10.12, codenamed Fuji — will feature a familiar voice that’s already made her way to Apple TV and Apple Watch, as well as the iPhone and iPad in years past. Apple has been testing internal versions of OS X with Siri integration since 2012, but acc … | Continue reading
For FBI allies, "unlocking" has become a useful word. The latest salvo came in a New York Times opinion piece on Tuesday, in which NYPD commissioner William Bratton and a coauthor weighed in on Apple’s legal fight under the headline "Why Apple Should Unlock an iPhone." The proble … | Continue reading
The American public might be on Apple’s side in its war with the FBI. An Ipsos poll conducted for Reuters found that 46 percent of Americans support Apple’s opposition to the FBI’s court order demanding it subvert its iPhone security. Thirty-five percent disagreed with the compan … | Continue reading
Siri is on the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, and now it may finally be headed to the Mac. 9to5Mac reports that Apple is adding Siri into the next version of OS X, which should arrive later this year. Apple reportedly plans to add a Siri button in the Mac's menu bar, be … | Continue reading