iOS

Europe trims Apple App Store probe after deciding in-app payments not a problem

Cupertino not entirely off the hook – yet

Personal Tech01 Mar 2023 | 8

Apple: No more sneak-peek previews of iOS unless you pay for the privilege

iGiant shuts dev beta loophole

Software21 Feb 2023 | 10

Apple splats zero-day bug, other gremlins in macOS, iOS

WebKit flaw 'may have been exploited' – just like Tim Cook 'may have' made a million bucks this week

Patches15 Feb 2023 | 7

Apple complains UK watchdog wants to make iOS a 'clone' of Android

Move means possibility of new WebKit-free iPhone browsers is even more likely

Applications09 Feb 2023 | 69

US government calls foul on Apple and Google over walled gardens for apps

As for actually doing anything about it - that'll have to wait

Software03 Feb 2023 | 11

Apple preps for 'third-party iOS app stores' in Europe

Despite dire predictions about sideloading, iGiant said to be ready to comply with EU law

Software14 Dec 2022 | 118

Get ready for $10,000 apps in Apple's software souk

With Tim taking his third, natch

Software07 Dec 2022 | 16

Almost 300 predatory loan apps found in Google and Apple stores

Note to self: Lenders don’t need the contact list on your mobile device

Security01 Dec 2022 | 34

Only iPhone 15 Pro models will have higher data transfer speeds on USB-C – analyst

Ming-Chi Kuo is prognosticating again

Personal Tech17 Nov 2022 | 35

Evernote's fall from grace is complete, with sale to Italian app maker

Frustrate enough users and your product will stumble. Hint, hint, Elon

Applications17 Nov 2022 | 74

Apple sued for collecting user data despite opt-outs

Doesn't matter what the data is, they thought they pushed the off switch, argues complaint

Legal14 Nov 2022 | 16

Microsoft hits the switch on password-free smartphone authentication

No more MF phish on this MFA cellphone as Azure AD CBA + YubiKey hits preview

Security07 Nov 2022 | 23

Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

Statcounter says Number 10 is still Number 1 in the Windows world

OSes02 Nov 2022 | 101

iPhone 14 car crash detection triggered by roller coasters

While you're having a blast, your mobe could be telling your family you're dead

Offbeat10 Oct 2022 | 58

Open standards body for digital wallets announced

Open Source Summit No, not the dodgy cryptocurrency kind

Off-Prem16 Sep 2022 | 5

Apple debuts iPhone 14, Watch 8, other sparkly things

With Crash Detection (no, not that kind) and satellite-powered SOS when cell service is absent

Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 42

Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses

Privacy, it's a useful marketing term. *Offer does not apply in China

Research19 Aug 2022 | 18

The App Gap and supply chains: Purism CEO on what's ahead for the Librem 5 USA

Interview Freedoms eroded, iOS-Android duopoly under fire, chip sources questioned – it's all an opportunity for this phone

Personal Tech02 Jul 2022 | 34

A great day for non-robots: iOS 16 will bypass CAPTCHAs

A bot says what? Apple relies on IETF standards to remove annoyance, citing privacy and accessibility

Security21 Jun 2022 | 29

Telegram criticizes Apple for 'intentionally crippling' web app features on iOS

Native code or nothing thanks to Safari's approach to web apps

Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 25

We sat through Apple's product launch disguised as a dev event so you don't have to

WWDC M2 chip teased plus MacBooks, iOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 and more

Personal Tech06 Jun 2022 | 78

iOS, Android stores host more than 1.5 million 'abandoned' apps

That's more than the total that are actively maintained, study claims

Applications10 May 2022 | 33

Apple to bin apps that go three years without updates

Developers will be given 90 days to get them up to code, or face banishment

Applications02 May 2022 | 83

Apple's grip on iOS browser engines disallowed under latest draft EU rules

Special report Leaked Digital Markets Act language forbids limiting of Safari rivals

Personal Tech26 Apr 2022 | 98

Google 'Switch to Android' app surfaces in iOS App Store

After years of Apple's agitation to 'Move to iOS,' the Chocolate Factory has a reply

Personal Tech20 Apr 2022 | 26

Apple emits macOS, iOS, iPadOS patches for 'exploited' security bugs

Nothing like a little kernel-level memory snooping, code execution

Security31 Mar 2022 | 4

Testing for COVID with the sound of a cough? There’s an app for that

And it's right more often than rapid antigen tests

Personal Tech23 Mar 2022 | 28

Apple delivers desktop, mobile OS updates, patches dozens of security holes

Plus: Face ID can recognize you with a mask on, kinda

OSes16 Mar 2022 | 15

JumpCloud joins the patch management crowd, starting with Windows and Mac updates

Linux and mobile coming soon

Security03 Feb 2022 |

Hands up who ISN'T piling in to help Epic Games appeal Apple App Store ruling

Analysis 35 US States, more than 50 academics, Microsoft, others take aim at iGiant and its grip on the iOS ecosystem

Applications29 Jan 2022 | 62

Indian government floats idea of home-grown challenger for Android and iOS

May not be the smartest move seeing as alternative OSes crater – and Google promised to spend billions in India

OSes27 Jan 2022 | 10

Mobile networks really hate Apple's Private Relay: Some folks find iOS privacy feature blocked on their iPhones

In brief Plus: Verizon's personal data grab, and more

Networks11 Jan 2022 | 65

Can you get excited about the iPhone 13? We've tried

Review It’s brilliant and lovely. But it doesn't quite meet the moment with a new experience that satisfies

Personal Tech26 Dec 2021 | 94

Apple quietly deletes details of derided CSAM scanning tech from its Child Safety page without explanation

Updated Non-consensual on-device image analysis perhaps was difficult to reconcile with privacy protests

Personal Tech16 Dec 2021 | 24

Don't make an iOS of yourself – Apple's patched its OSes, you know the drill

Cupertino also added a Digital Legacy – special IDs so your loved ones can get your data once you're dead

OSes14 Dec 2021 | 26

Apple patches 'actively exploited' iPhone zero-day with iOS 15.0.2 update

Tech breakdown and proof-of-concept code is already out there

Security12 Oct 2021 | 16

Frustrated dev drops three zero-day vulns affecting Apple iOS 15 after six-month wait

Security Bounty program slammed over 'broken promises'

Security24 Sep 2021 | 41

An easier way to Flutter? Custom functions improve visual code builder but devs may still be frustrated

Interview FlutterFlow is a visual application builder for the popular framework

Software22 Sep 2021 | 6

Calling all fanbois: If you can't wait to glimpse iOS 15, Apple is running a public beta now

Next version of iPhone software boasts plenty of changes, but experience will be buggy for now

OSes02 Jul 2021 | 9

Apple scrambles to quash iOS app sideloading demands with 'think of the children' defense

And if that doesn't work, terrorism or satanic panic next?

Applications23 Jun 2021 | 60

Tim Cook: Sideloading is a disaster and proposed App Store reforms would harm user privacy and security

Apple CEO stays on message during interview while Epic case rumbles along

Security17 Jun 2021 | 58

With incoming iOS 15, update refuseniks will be given choice to stay where they are while still receiving security patches

Departure from Apple's usual iron-fist approach to iPhone software

OSes08 Jun 2021 | 9

Apple patches macOS flaw exploited by malware to secretly snap screenshots

Bug can also be abused to record audio and video, access files – and iOS, iPadOS updated, too

Security24 May 2021 | 12

This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook faced surprisingly tough questioning from judge

iLeader defends iGiant's app oversight to keep people safe from 'toxic mess'

Applications22 May 2021 | 77

Apple seeks to junk claim that iOS is an 'essential facility' in legal spat with Epic Games

Fortnite maker 'has no factual, expert, or legal support for its theory'

Legal19 May 2021 | 21

Terror of the adtech industry iOS 14.5 has landed, and Siri can answer your calls ... though she/he can't hang up

Good news for users with disabilities, though there's room for improvement

Personal Tech27 Apr 2021 | 25

Opera loses Touch with iOS app: Browser maker locks and loads the rebrandogun

It's just 'Opera on iOS' now

Software22 Mar 2021 | 5

Jailbreaking app gets update to support iOS 14.3 and iPhone 12

Hmm. Fancy new phone you've got there... shame if nothing were to happen to it

Personal Tech01 Mar 2021 | 7

The Fat iPhone, 11 years on: The iPad's over a decade old and we're still not sure what it's for

World+dog continues to swallow this tablet, though

Personal Tech29 Jan 2021 | 81

Apple emits emergency iOS security updates while warning holes may have been exploited in wild by hackers

Plus fixes for iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, XCode, iCloud for Windows – and a day after Google disclosed Nork op

Security26 Jan 2021 | 28

Maker of crowd-sourced coronavirus spread tracker app sues Apple for 'arbitrary and capricious' iOS store snub

Offer to challenge rules a 'scam', too, we're told

Software21 Jan 2021 | 11

Judge rules Corellium iOS research app 'fair use' in slap to Apple

But DMCA claims about circumventing security protections still stand

Virtualization04 Jan 2021 | 5

Users complain iOS 14.2 causes some older iPhones to overheat, rapidly lose charge

Plus: Fault-prone iPhone 11 display? Send it in, says Apple

Personal Tech07 Dec 2020 | 27

Epic Games brings its Fortnite fight with Apple to Australia

+Comment Why Australia? Because it’s currently running an inquiry into app store monopolies, that's why

Software18 Nov 2020 | 12

Apple braces for antitrust woes by letting users select and install third-party apps during setup of iOS 14.3

Controlling? Us? Never!

Software13 Nov 2020 | 23

Apple cracks down on iOS terminal apps because they can download code

iSH spared for now, but what will happen to a-Shell?

OSes09 Nov 2020 | 51