Apple takes steps to kill a scary Mac botnet
The so-called “iWorm has affected over 17,000 users in recent days, but thankfully Apple has added now added the flaw to its malware detector and thus hopefully put an end it.
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Killer Google Now feature ensures you’ll never miss paying a bill again
As we get older, you tend to have more and more bills that can sometimes go unpaid. It’s not because you don’t have the money, it’s because there are so many bills that you have to pay, you may forget one or two of them. That’s why Google on Tuesday has highlighted a fantastic Google Now feature that will help you remember those pesky forgotten bills.
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Friends don’t let friends use Siri and drive
It has been widely accepted that hands-free voice commands are the safest way to interact with a cell phone while driving, and understandably so, but new research reveals that we might have been a bit too hopeful about our virtual assistants. According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, hands-free technology is so complex and inaccurate that it can actually be mentally distracting enough to be considered a threat to driver safety.
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Clever cases will give you the waterproof iPhone 6 that Apple never delivered
One feature that many iPhone fans wish they had with the iPhone 6 was the same waterproof casing we see on devices such as the Galaxy S5 and the Xperia Z2. Thankfully, there’s a new Indiegogo campaign for two new premium iPhone 6 cases developed by accessories manufacturer Lunatik that will alternately either make your smartphone waterproof or waterproof and borderline indestructible.
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Apple reportedly scrambling to meet surprisingly strong iPhone 6 Plus demand
After suggesting in a questionable report that Apple might be shifting more resources to iPhone 6 Plus production, Digitimes is back with a second report on the same theme. Apparently the strong iPhone 6 Plus demand has surprised Apple, and the company is currently adjusting supply ratio for the two phones.
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Facebook is going farther to protect your privacy than anyone expected
With all the personal information that’s on Facebook, sometimes a user just wants to be anonymous when going online. With this in mind, Facebook is planning release a new mobile application that will allow Facebook users to interact with each other anonymously.
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New documents show the beastly Nexus 6’s launch is imminent
We’ve been buzzing about Motorola’s “Shamu” smartphone, assumed to be the Nexus 6, since the beginning of the year, but neither Motorola nor Google have shared any official details about the device yet. That might be about to change as FCC documentation made available on Tuesday reveals that a 6-inch smartphone supporting AT&T and T-Mobile frequency bands is indeed in the works at Motorola. And since this kind of FCC documentation isn’t normally released until a device is almost ready to launch, we can safely assume that we’ll be getting official word on the Nexus 6 very soon.
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Here are the complete release notes and change log for iOS 8.1 beta 2
Apple released iOS 8.1 beta 2 to developers on Tuesday and the company described the release as simply containing “bug fixes and improvements.” Taking a look through the official change log, however, we can see a couple of interesting specific additions in the new release, including changes to the Address Book people picker UI, workarounds for reported problems third-party keyboard app developers have had testing out their software on some iOS applications, and instructions for enabling Wi-Fi calling on the iPhone 6 over T-Mobile’s network. We’ve posted the full change log and release notes for iOS 8.1 beta 2 below.
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Apple is patching the one iOS flaw you’ll actually want to keep
A bug in iOS 7 discovered in early 2014 allowed users to play classic Nintendo and Game Boy Advance games after installing an emulator from the web on their devices without having to jailbreak them first. That’s not something iOS devices should be able to do in the first place, as the only way to install apps on iOS devices is from Apple’s App Store. Called the “Date Trick” bug, this unofficial “feature” is still available to iOS 8 users, but that will soon change, Pocket Gamer has found out.
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iOS 8.1 beta 2 released to developers
Apple has just released its second beta of iOS 8.1 to developers. It is an over-the-air release that will be compatible with 32 different device types and Apple says that it generally contains assorted “bug fixes and improvements.” 9to5Mac notices that it’s 62.5Mb and it also features new Apple TV and Xcode 6.1 betas. The latest release comes just over a week after Apple released its first iOS 8.1 beta to developers, which we noted at the time was one of the fastest iOS x.1 releases ever.
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