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Short Bytes: The Cupertino-based company was asked by the US court to unlock the Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone 5C which the FBI wasn’t able the crack since the last two months. As a response, CEO Tim Cook wrote a customer letter expressing his denial to the court order. WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum and Google’s CEO […]
Google Stands with Apple on the Encryption Issue — Yes, this is Big and this comes as a Surprise no doubt! The fight between the FBI and Apple is not going to slow down any sooner and it is time now for Apple’s camaraderie and free-willed individuals to show support. In the most recent twists, […]
ShortBytes: In response to the Federal court order which was issued to Apple, the maker of iPhone, to help the FBI hack iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded very strongly saying that it would set a “dangerous precedent.” Initially, FBI tried to hack into the accused iPhone 5C […]
Judge Issues Order to Apple to Unlock iPhone Vital in the San Bernardino Shooting Case — Apple refuses to follow orders The ruling judge in the San Bernardino shooting case, US Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym, issued an order to the technology giant to find a way to bypass the iPhone’s security mechanism and thereby provide […]
Turning back Time on your iPhone can “Brick” the Device- Don’t Fall for the 1970 Trick Apple is just not “sure” why it’s happening but it’s a fact that if you follow the instructions of a deceptive hoax message your iPhone will be broken and will become unusable for a while. As per reports, a […]
Facebook app uses your smartphone battery more than any other app — It’s time to get rid of the app and use Facebook on browser Once he concluded that deleting the Facebook app on an Android adds up to 20% more battery life, Samuel Gibbs of The Guardian decided to conduct the same experiment on […]
Apple is working on wireless charging technology with aim to revolutionise the way of charging electronic devices Last year, Nikola Labs launched an iPhone case that transforms radio frequencies into DC electrical current and thus, can charge devices. The first device running on this mechanism is a case for iPhone 6. It doesn’t require extra battery […]
Exclusive: An Apple fan has found a bug in AI.Type Keyboard on iOS allowing anyone to open All Premium Features For FREE Apple’s App Store is full of handy and innovative apps that make the phone using experience much better for the everyday user. They make the simplest things look so attractive that the entire experience of […]
Privacy protection or criminal activity prevention? UK Government faces battle against tech companies on a hot matter UK Government drafted a plan for a new law that would legalize hacking “deeds” on computer systems by law enforcement authorities. Giant tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft – just to name a few- are ready […]
Tech industry hits back at plans to create legal framework for hacking by spies, military and police. Tech companies including Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook have criticized plans by the UK government for a new law that would allow law enforcement to hack computer systems to access data. The equipment interference provisions in the draft […]
In a study conducted by CVE Details, the most vulnerable software of the previous year has been identified as Apple’s OS X and the tech-giant is also the company with most bugs. With 2016 coming, people in all sectors have been busy summarizing 2015 with reports and lists of who have been the winners and […]
Short Bytes: Apple Inc. has been the most valuable company, and they had more revenue than Google, Facebook and Microsoft combined in the first quarter of 2014. Here are some interesting facts about the Cupertino-based company. Apple Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976, in Cupertino, CA by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne […]
There are a hundred types of malware hidden inside the Bible and Quran apps, most of which are available all over the Android play store and some on iOS. Deceiving and fooling people through faith and emotions has been an old practice by many unfaithful people. Similar activity has been adopted by some hackers. When […]
ShortRead: MacKeeper, a utility software suite for Mac OS X faced a data breach which has exposed details in relation to its 13 million customers. The most interesting part of this breach is that the guy who reported this breach doesn’t even have a Mac and found this on Shodan which is a search engine […]
Short Bytes: To make learning Apple’s programming language Swift easier, IBM has launched an online Swift Sandbox. Here, you can write and run Swift programs and execute them on top of Linux. Just a couple of days ago, Apple made its Swift programming language open source. Apple released the language last year at WWDC 14 […]
Short Bytes: The Boston Consulting Group has released its 10th edition of the top 50 most innovative companies in the world. The list is based on an international survey of 1,500 company executives. Take a look the complete list below. Earlier this week, Boston Consulting Group released its annual list of the top 50 most innovative […]
Short Bytes: Apple has made good on its promise to make Swift an open source programming language under the Apache License. The iPhone maker has also launched a dedicated website as Swift community’s main hub. Apple’s Swift programming language has become very popular among the programmers in recent years and managed to earn a respectable […]
New day, new phishing attack! This time, it’s the Apple id which has been used by the attackers to steal from the innocent users. A phishing email has been discovered alerting Apple users that their Apple ID would be suspended if they do not complete a verification within time. The email further states that the […]
The best tool for cyber criminals with limited social engineering skills is tricking users into phishing scams and it doesn’t matter if the users are on a Mac, Linux or Windows OS, and that’s what’s been going on in the scam we are about to discuss. In this phishing campaign, Comodo researchers found out that […]
Tor team is one step closer to launch the Tor messenger as they have finally launched the first beta version after three alpha versions (that were for initial testing). The messenger is not coded from scratch rather it’s been coded on top of Mozilla’s Instabird IM chat client. The team had considered another option in […]
Short Bytes: Apple boasts one of the best workforces in the tech world with employees ranging from a software engineer to a salesman. As expected, getting a job at the most valuable company of the world isn’t an easy task. Do you want to know what kind of questions are asked in the interviews at […]