A patch for a hack and an eye for a tooth. Apple is now offering an update that addresses the well publicized “malicious PDF” attack vector. Although, this hack hasn’t yet been associated with malicious attacks in the wild, jailbreakers and their app thieving fellow travelers have.
In general, Apple’s approach to security and piracy is one that emphasizes low prices and minimal barriers to entry. “Helping honest people stay honest” are usually words one associates with this low-impact approach — is it enough?
We’ve all heard that the Verizon iPhone and iPad 2 have all but killed Android unit volume growth. Now, the other shoe has hit the ground with a resounding thud as a new report details the declining fortunes of Google’s mobile platform among developers.
Call it sheep for the fleecing if it helps keep you regular, but the real import of this news is that the app sector is maturing, rapidly so. Whereas pay-to-play apps once represented a plurality on the App Store, an overwhelming majority are now free (if you don’t make any in-app purchases).
From the beginning, Apple’s iPod touch has been described as ‘everything good about the iPhone and no AT&T.’ According to a new rumor, that’s about change as it’s believed that the mothership’s next-generation full service media player will gain 3G data functionality.
To quote Gurney Halleck (Patrick Stewart) in the original movie adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, “Gawd, what a monster!” What we’re looking at here is a $249 mounting device for a $1,200 lens onto $1,600 smartphone — what will they think up next!
As a developer, you may prefer Android’s attenuated version of “open,” but nothing compares to cashing that check. Blorge has brought you the news that iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are much more willing to pay for apps and twice as likely to click on in-app ads — now we close the circle.
Life in the rumor mill is good. Fresh news out of Taiwan posits that Apple’s CDMA iPhone contract manufacturer has started gathering parts and workers in order to fill a big order. Interesting, it’s also being thrown out there that orders for the model came in well below estimates.
Buzz, buzz, buzz. Google’s finally created something that’s generating a lot of it. And, although the limited rollout isn’t taking new members, there’s no shortage of people wanting in. That said, when it comes to social, it ain’t real until you can do it on your iPhone.
From the unscientific study department comes this list of great iPhone and iPod touch games for tween boys — my 10-year-old son and his idevice toting pals have very definite ideas about what’s wicked cool and just so much nasty drool. Put on your rain slicker, because this is gonna get messy.
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