Barriers to entry matter. Similarly, endorsements, especially from A-list universities, make a difference, as well. Combine the two and developers have a big incentive to chose the platform that, happily enough, also pays better than the competition.
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Though it’s all but certain the bad guys know about it, Apple is at least ahead of the media curve this around. A few weeks ago Cupertino papered over a PDF vulnerability and now they’re back to put a cork into another.
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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.
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Here’s another way the iPhone clearly excels, leaving the competition in the dust. Granted, for the time being this feature is only available to developers, but the promise is very real. As you’ll see, although it’s still in beta, Apple’s PC free restore functionality is buttery smooth and all but ready for the rest of us.
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Even for Apple, the secrecy surrounding their next-generation mobile operating system was unusually tight. Yes, we had heard hints about some of it, but the depth and breadth of the changes — more than 200 new features as well as 1,500 updated APIs — were kept well hidden out of view. Come inside for a clearer picture.
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For folks that don’t own this particular model or have one but are ready to upgrade, this is just a rumor. A likely vocal subset of iPhone 3GS owners will receive the news as just the latest evidence that Apple doesn’t care.
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It’s Spring cleaning time for Apple’s iOS development team and, some basic bug fixes aside, it’s all about security. If words like “man in middle” and “arbitrary code execution” cause you to wiggle uncomfortably in your seat, then these are must have updates.
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By now we’ve all read the apparently well-source rumors that iOS 5 won’t be arriving until the Fall. Now, fresh whispers claim the iPhone 5 won’t ship, as has been tradition, at or soon after this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference nor will any new Mac hardware — sigh.
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What comes around goes around. With Apple readying a major rewrite of their Mac operating system, dubbed OS X Lion, for a Summer release, it perhaps shouldn’t surprise anyone that their mobile operating system won’t be arriving in the traditional June timeframe.
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Other peoples’ children, that’s what this is about. With the release of iOS 4.3, Apple now requires that you enter your password with every in-app purchase, a measured specifically targeted at the kids who have made Smurfs’ Village and Tap Zoo among the most lucrative titles on the App Store.
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