Quicken has announced that it plans to double the engineering team working on its Mac software. Intuit sold the personal finance application to H.I.G. Capital last week and the investment group already has plans to improve the program for users.”On the Mac team, we’re bringing in a new product manager starting this coming Monday,” said Quicken head Eric Dunn. “We have plans within the calendar year to double the engineering team, so we can do the work we need to do to bring Mac closer to the feature set of Windows over the next quarters and years.”Dunn also said that they plan to do some work on the fit and finish, the polish, the usability, resilience, and reliability. Part of the roadmap also includes improving cloud services.Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
Earlier today we posted some benchmarks showing that the Snapdragon 820 processor found in the Samsung Galaxy S7 bested the Apple A9 processor found in the iPhone 6s. At that time we noted that despite the results the iPhone 6s Plus was likely to outperform or match the S7 Edge in real world usage.Below are a couple speed tests comparing the two popular smartphones. Which do you think comes out on top?Take a look at the videos below and let us know what you think in the comments!Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear Apple’s appeal of a ruling that it conspired to fix the price of eBooks, meaning the company will have to pay a $450 million settlement.Reuters reports that the court’s decision not to hear the case will leave in place a June 2015 ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found Apple guilty of conspiring to fix e-book prices.Apple, in its petition asking the high court to hear the case, said the June decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upholding a judge’s ruling that Apple had conspired with the publishers contradicted Supreme Court precedent and would “chill innovation and risk-taking.”Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
New benchmarks comparing the top 10 smartphone chips have been posted online by AnTuTu. The top chip was the Snapdragon 820 processor found in the Samsung Galaxy S7 with a score of 136,383. The Apple A9 processor found in the iPhone 6s followed closely behind with a score of 132657.Notably, the Snapdragon 820 distanced itself from Apple’s chip in GPU benchmarks beating the A9 by 15,994 points. The strong GPU performance is needed to power the Galaxy S7’s higher resolution display.Currently, the GPU with the highest performance is Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (Adreno530), and its GPU score has already reached a score of 55,000. Samsung Exynos 8890 (Mali-T880 MP12) nearly equals Apple A9 (PowerVR GT7600). As for HiSilicon Kirin 950 (Mali-T880 MP4) that is well known to all, its GPU performance is not good enough, and its GPU results are similar to Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 (Adreno418) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 (Adreno510).Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi has written an op-ed published by the Washington Post explaining that strong encryption is necessary to stay ahead of criminals.The FBI is asking Apple to build a backdoor into the iPhone so that law enforcement officials will be able to obtain the content of anyone’s device with a warrant. Apple is fighting the request because they believe this backdoor will be exploited by others with malicious intent.That’s why it’s so disappointing that the FBI, Justice Department and others in law enforcement are pressing us to turn back the clock to a less-secure time and less-secure technologies. They have suggested that the safeguards of iOS 7 were good enough and that we should simply go back to the security standards of 2013. But the security of iOS 7, while cutting-edge at the time, has since been breached by hackers. What’s worse, some of their methods have been productized and are now available for sale to attackers who are less skilled but often more malicious. Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
Over the weekend, hackers managed to infect the open source Transmission BitTorrent app with the first fully functional ransomware seen on OS X, reports Palo Alto Networks.Dubbed ‘KeRanger’, the ransomware was inserted into two installers of Transmission 2.9 on March 4th. It’s unclear how the files were replaced with infected versions but the website may have been compromised.The KeRanger application was signed with a valid Mac app development certificate; therefore, it was able to bypass Apple’s Gatekeeper protection. If a user installs the infected apps, an embedded executable file is run on the system. KeRanger then waits for for three days before connecting with command and control (C2) servers over the Tor anonymizer network. The malware then begins encrypting certain types of document and data files on the system. After completing the encryption process, KeRanger demands that victims pay one bitcoin (about $400) to a specific address to retrieve their files. Additionally, KeRanger appears to still be under active development and it seems the malware is also attempting to encrypt Time Machine backup files to prevent victims from recovering their back-up data.Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
Sony is teasing a new concept hands-free wearable ‘N’ as part of its new Future Lab Program.The Future Lab Program embraces an approach to technological research and development that emphasizes an open creative environment and direct lines of communication with society, through which it aims to co-create new lifestyles and user value in the future. As part of this approach, the program will share concept prototypes with users while still at the development stage, and look to them for inspiration, leveraging their feedback to refine and evolve its projects.Sony says the design for the Future Lab Program logo is based on an ‘F’ and ‘L’ that are arranged to frame a target. With each prototype launched additional letters will be added inside the logo.Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
iTunes for Windows stores the local backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in the following folder: Users(username)AppDataApple ComputerMobileSyncBackupFollow these steps to open the folder:Step OneUsing the search bar input the following address and hit Enter.Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
iTunes for OS X stores the local backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in the following folder: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/Follow these steps to open the folder:Step OneOpen a new Finder window by clicking the application icon in your dock.Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
Father Robert Palladino, a calligrapher and priest who inspired Steve Jobs love of typography, has died at the age of 83, reports Reed College and the New York Times. He died quietly at home in Welches, Oregon on Friday, according to his son Eric.Palladino was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He joined the Trappist order at 17 and deepened his knowledge of letter forms at the Abbey of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lafayette, Oregon, where he served as scribe, choirmaster, and bookbinder. Leaving the order in 1968 he joined Professor Lloyd Reynolds at Reed College a year later, instructing students in calligraphy. It was at Reed College that he met and influenced Steve Jobs. The soon to be Apple co-founder had dropped out but hung around campus popping in on Palladino’s class.Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Email, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTubeAdvertise Here
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