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• New photos of leaked iPhone 5C packaging and manual surface
• If this is Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch, Apple doesn’t have to worry
• Install GlyphPatch to prevent iOS apps from crashing with malicious string of Arabic characters
• FaceTime quality reportedly drops as Apple forced to make changes due to patent dispute
• Celeste 2: Bluetooth File Sharing Tweak updated with number of Improvements

New photos of leaked iPhone 5C packaging and manual surface Posted: 02 Sep 2013 03:58 AM PDT It has been widely speculated that Apple will launch two iPhone models at the rumored media event on September 10. One of them will be the next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5S, while the second one will be an iPhone model with a plastic casing. We initially thought that it will be the new entry-level model, but recent conversations seem to suggest that it could replace iPhone 5. Continue reading →

If this is Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch, Apple doesn’t have to worry Posted: 01 Sep 2013 12:37 PM PDT As the announcement day of the Galaxy Gear is coming closer, more and more details are leaking about this new smartwatch from Samsung. The specs of the Galaxy Gear leaked a couple of days ago suggesting that the watch will sport a 2.5-inch OLED screen. Continue reading →

Install GlyphPatch to prevent iOS apps from crashing with malicious string of Arabic characters Posted: 01 Sep 2013 12:06 PM PDT Few days we had reported that a Russian security researcher has discovered a string of Arabic characters that could cause any application that uses WebKit such as Safari to crash in OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6. Apple has reportedly fixed the bug in iOS 7 and OS X 10.9. Continue reading →

FaceTime quality reportedly drops as Apple forced to make changes due to patent dispute Posted: 01 Sep 2013 11:50 AM PDT Late last year, Apple suffered a major setback in the form of a $368.2 million patent lawsuit loss, where the company was found guilty of infringing VirnetX’s VPN related patents in its implementation of FaceTime. According to Ars Technica, Apple has made changes to the FaceTime backend architecture to workaround VirnetX’s patents, which have caused a drop in the quality of video calls made through the service. Continue reading →

Celeste 2: Bluetooth File Sharing Tweak updated with number of Improvements Posted: 01 Sep 2013 10:34 AM PDT Even though iOS devices like the iPhone come with Bluetooth 4.0, it only supports a limited number of Bluetooth profiles. So iPhone users still can't transfer files between iOS devices or any other Bluetooth device, which is the most commonly requested application in the Bluetooth stack and has been available on feature phones. Continue reading →

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