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Lawsuits have been filed against Apple for slowing down the older iPhones Models

In a statement on Wednesday, the organization said slowing down the telephones via a recent software update was needed because the aging batteries in older phones were making devices to unexpectedly shut down. Many iPhone users didn’t buy Apple’s excuse. Some dictated the company was purposely reducing the performance of older phone models as a […]

Privacy of 5 Million iPhone users is being affected by Google

The group, called Google You Owe Us, said in a declaration Thursday that it was the first case of its sort in the U.K. against a major tech business over the alleged misuse of private data. It says the Alphabet Inc. unit wrongly collected people’s personal data by bypassing the iPhone’s default privacy settings. Richard […]

Woman arrested for smuggling 102 iPhones, 15 Watches to China

A Hong Kong woman was caught smuggling 102 iPhone devices to Mainland China – That’s not all, she was also carrying 15 Tissot wrist watches all tied to their chest and waist. Since iPhones are sold at affordable prices in Hong Kong and expensive in Mainland China; people try to smuggle the devices to sell them for […]

iOS WebView Bug Can Force iPhones to Make Calls While UI Freezes

A bug in the iOS WebView component allows an attacker to force someone’s iPhone to dial any number, while also locking the user’s interface for a few moments, preventing him to cancel the outgoing call. Security researcher Collin Mulliner discovered a first variant of this issue in 2008, affecting Apple’s mobile Safari browser, which the […]