| | By Gautam on May 06, 2014 08:13 am Fred Wilson of New York's Union Square Ventures, one of the top and respected venture capitalist kicked off TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York yesterday with an interview with Michael Arrington. They discussed a range of interesting topics but when Arrington asked him to predict the top three companies by 2020, Wilson predicted that the top three companies would be Facebook, Google “and one that we haven’t heard of.” Continue reading →  By Gautam on May 05, 2014 11:43 pm 9to5Mac reports that according to their source Apple is planning an “enormous iPhone upgrade event” at its retail stores this week to boost sales. Apple plans to email owners of older iPhones to come to their stores to upgrade to iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c. Continue reading →  By Julie Drummond on May 05, 2014 08:41 pm Egyptian neurosurgeon and part-time iPhone baseband hacker Sherif Hashim appears to demonstrate a privacy failure in iOS 7 that allows a user to access the contact list on an iPhone even when the phone is locked. The trick takes advantage of a glitch in Siri that occurs when the voice assistant is available on the lock screen of the device. Continue reading →  By Julie Drummond on May 05, 2014 07:02 pm NESO Security Labs researcher Andreas Kurtz recently reported on a security flaw in iOS 7 that resulted in email attachments being stored without encryption, despite Apple’s claims that it does encrypt this data. According to a follow-up report by iMore, Apple is aware of this encryption issue and is working on a fix. Continue reading →  By Julie Drummond on May 05, 2014 06:07 pm Wall Street continues to respond favorably to Apple’s quarterly earnings, which included an increase in the company’s share buyback program and seven-to-one stock split. For the first time since November 2012, the company’s stock has crossed the $600 mark, reports 9to5Mac. Continue reading →  By Julie Drummond on May 05, 2014 04:35 pm Last week, a widely circulated rumor suggested Apple was working on a sensor-filled set of headphones for recording vital health statistics. The source was a post on Secret, a social network that allows people to post information anonymously, by someone claiming to be an ex-Apple employee. Now, the alleged leakster has come forward to admit that the entire idea was a fabrication. Continue reading →  By Jason on May 05, 2014 04:29 pm We have some great apps for you today that have gone free for a short duration on the App Store, including Pocketbooth, Printer Pro, Futuridium EP and more. Continue reading →  By Jason on May 05, 2014 04:09 pm The jury in the second round of the Apple-Samsung trial reached a unanimous verdict last week, awarding Apple $119.6 million in damages. Following the ruling, however, the jury was asked to recalculate the damages, after it was found that they didn’t include damages for one of the Apple patents Samsung infringed. Continue reading →  By Jason on May 05, 2014 03:11 pm Best Buy is selling the $100 iTunes Gift Card for $85, a discount of 15%, making it a great deal for those of you who frequently purchase apps, music, videos, songs from the iTunes Store. Continue reading →  By Gautam on May 05, 2014 02:25 pm We’ve already seen plenty of physical mockups of iPhone 6. We’ve seen it in silver, it has been compared to an iPhone 5s to give us an idea of how the larger iPhone will stack up against the 4-inch iPhone, and even compared to Samsung’s latest flagship Android phone, the Galaxy S5. Continue reading →  | | Build your dream app with the iOS 7 Developer Bundle. The $499 Complete iOS 7 Developers course is now available for only $59. That's a savings of 88% off the retail price. So grab the offer today. | | | | | | |
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