- Apple Starts Sending iCloud Sign-In Notifications
Apple has started sending users iCloud sign-in notifications in an effort to increase security measures and user awareness following the nude celebrity photo scandal earlier this month.
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently told the WSJ that Apple will alert users via email and push notifications when someone tries to change an account password, restore iCloud data to a new device, or when a device logs into an account for the first time.
We received the email below after signing into iCloud on a web browser.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Microsoft Introduces Redesigned MSN, Will Release Suite of MSN Apps for iOS
Microsoft has introduced a redesign MSN portal and announced that it will release a suite of MSN apps for iOS to complement its corresponding Windows and Windows Phone apps.
We have rebuilt MSN from the ground up for a mobile-first, cloud-first world. The new MSN brings together the world’s best media sources along with data and services to enable users to do more in News, Sports, Money, Travel, Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, and more. It focuses on the primary digital daily habits in people’s lives and helps them complete tasks across all of their devices. Information and personalized settings are roamed through the cloud to keep users in the know wherever they are.
The top of the MSN homepage adds a new ‘Services Stripe’ for easy access to Outlook, Office, OneNote, OneDrive, Maps, Facebook, Twitter, Music and Skype. Other features include productivity tools like shopping lists, a savings calculator, a symptom checker, a 3D body explorer, and more. Categories and interests can be reordered to reflect your tastes.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Apple to Use Tokenization Technology for Its Payments Platform?
Apple will use NFC and Tokenization technology for its payments platform, according to BankInnovation sources ‘close to Apple and with knowledge of Apple’s plans for its new smartphone’.
Financial institutions — card issuers and networks — prefer token technology because it replaces primary account numbers, those 16-digit card numbers on the front of credit and debit cards. Instead, the tokenization technology uses complex codes that are easily transmittable over the air and between devices, but that are used only once, so even if they are intercepted, are of no use to fraudsters.
The site also points to a 2013 patent entitled ‘Secure communication between trusted parties’ in which Apple details how tokens might be used.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Alleged iWatch Component Drawings Leaked, 8 Models to be Announced? [Images]
Alleged CAD drawings of various iWatch components have been leaked online just a day before its expected unveiling. The images were posted to reddit this morning and appear to show a comparison of parts from the P2B to EVT stage.
The device will purported feature a mic, speaker, and Siri. A flexible multi-touch screen is said to add a ‘new dimension’ to the user interface.
There apparently won’t be a lightning connector or other ports. The battery is said to last over a day and the device will allegedly be waterproof to about 20m.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Twitter is Testing a 'Buy' Button [Video]
Twitter has announced that it is testing a way for users to make purchases from their timeline.
Today we are beginning to test a new way for you to discover and buy products on Twitter. For a small percentage of U.S. users (that will grow over time), some Tweets from our test partners will feature a “Buy” button, letting you buy directly from the Tweet.
The company has partnered with Fancy (@fancy), Gumroad (@gumroad), Musictoday (@Musictoday), and Stripe (@stripe) as platforms for the initial test.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Spotify Introduces Video Ads for Free Users
Spotify for Brands, Spotify’s marketing platform, is launching two new video ad formats: Sponsored Sessions and Video Takeover.
Spotify Free users can opt in to watch a brand-sponsored video spot (aka a Sponsored Session) in exchange for 30 minutes of uninterrupted music. Brands can also sponsor a video ad break on desktop with a Video Takeover. Both formats are delivered in a 100% viewable environment and give our brand partners 100% share of voice.
“Our audience is incredibly engaged so we are delivering an advertising experience that enhances their time spent on Spotify and connects them to the music and brands they love,” says Jeff Levick, Spotify’s Chief Business Officer.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - iOS Simulator Reveals 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 May Be Able to Run Landscape iPad Apps
Developer Steven Troughton-Smith has discovered that according to the iOS Simulator, on the 5.5-inch iPhone screen size several system apps switch to the iPad layout in landscape.
Notably, the apps don’t do this at the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 resolution. Troughton-Smith also notes that the landscape view uses modal view controllers instead of iPad-style popovers.
Kinda interesting – an iPhone that can be an iPhone in portrait, but an iPad in landscape. Productivity when you need it.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Apple and Disney Upgrading Stores With iBeacons, NFC Readers
Apple and Disney retail stores are beginning to upgrade their stores with improved iBeacon sensors and NFC readers, according to 9to5mac.
Apple Stores have had iBeacons for months now. The sensors are able to pinpoint a customer’s location in the store and enable Apple to present relevant sales information for iPhone, iPad and Mac products. The upgrades that are reportedly happening this week bring new beacons that make location tracking even more accurate.
Another source claims that Apple is preparing to roll out an in-house developed iBeacon sensor for future retail stores. Months ago, a similar device appeared in an FCC filing from Apple shedding some light on the device designed by the company.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Purported 2,915 mAh Battery for the iPhone 6 [Video]
Photos and video of a purported 2,915 mAh battery for the iPhone 6 have surfaced online, reports Nowhereelse.
The format of the serial number printed on the hose that connects the battery to the motherboard of the device is indeed similar to the format used by Apple (820-4545-03 820-3230-03 for the battery and for that iPhone 5). Note also that this hose connector fits perfectly to that found on the motherboard of the iPhone 6 to 4.7, and 5.5 inches
At this point in time, it’s believed that the 2,915 mAh battery is intended for the 5.5-inch iPhone 6; whereas, a smaller 1810 mAh battery is predicted for the 4.7-inch model. The iPhone 5s battery has a capacity of 1,560 mAh.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Lengthy 7 Minute Hands-On Video of the 4.7-Inch iPhone 6? [Watch]
A lengthy hands-on video with the alleged iPhone 6 has been leaked online. This follows earlier photo and video clip leaks of what appears to be a real working 4.7-inch iPhone 6.
The video offers a 7 minute look at the device. Unfortunately, the audio is not in English; however, a brief translation can be found below.
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Translation:
One is an iPhone 5s and the other is, I’m not sure what it is gonna be called, probably the iPhone 6. You guys might be curious if this phone that I am holding might be a knock off or fake, but it does have an Touch ID, I (you) don’t think so? Let’s try and see that again.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Apple Has Reportedly Seeded Select Developers With a SDK for Wearables
Apple has reportedly seeded select developers with a SDK that can be used to build third-party apps for the company’s upcoming wearable device, reports 9to5Mac.
A small handful of high-profile social network and services companies with apps on the iPhone and iPad App Store have already been seeded with a pre-release version of the Apple SDK (Software Development Kit) for wearables under strict non-disclosure agreements. The SDK was seeded “very recently” to these developers, and Apple likely wants to demonstrate some third-party wearable apps at Tuesday’s event, according to one source.
It’s believed that the new SDK will tie into the HealthKit and HomeKit APIs in iOS 8. It will likely also work with features such as Continuity, Handoff, and Widgets making it work seamlessly with your iPhone.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Leaked Hands-On Video Shows the 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 in Action? [Watch]
Earlier today we saw photos and a brief video of what appeared to be a real iPhone 6.
Now user paike_z0t1u6fi1m has posted a new series of videos to Miaopai that appear to show the new device in action.
In the first video we see Touch ID being used to unlock the device.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Apple Invites Unprecedented Number of Fashion Reporters to Its Press Event
Apple has invited an unprecedented number of fashion editors and bloggers to its press event on September 9th, signalling that that as expected, the company will unveil a wearable device, reports Reuters. The company is likely looking to form closer ties to the fashion world which may be a critical factor for the success of its iWatch.
A smartwatch would represent Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook’s first real new product since taking the baton from Steve Jobs. Several fashion media editors told Reuters they received invitations for the first time to an annual September product-launch, which they took as confirmation of a wristwatch in the wings.
“I assume it’s because they are unveiling a wearable,” said Lea Goldman of Marie Claire magazine, a first-time invitee. “This suggests Apple is serious about tapping into the fashion world, which often sits on the sidelines.”
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Leaked Photos and Video of Real Working 4.7-Inch iPhone 6?
Weibo user zzray has leaked photos and video of what is allegedly a real working 4.7-inch iPhone 6, reports cnBeta.
The images show a silver iPhone 6 next to a gold iPhone 5s. There are a few signs that the device could be legit. It has tapered edge on the front glass and the new round dual-LED True Tone flash is present. The volume buttons are recessed as previous leaks have predicted.
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