Periodically, albums become available for live streaming on iTunes prior to their official release date. The hope is that not only do consumers get a chance to hear the album before buying it, but also that by offering a free and legal way to listen to the album before it’s available, there will be less [...]
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Delicious Library 3 review: Catalog your life, share it with friends, and loan items out
Posted by ryan on May 9th, 2013
Delicious Library allows you to categorize pretty much your entire life and keep a running inventory of virtually anything you own. This can include books, movies, music, games, gadgets, and more. With built-in Amazon support, you can find virtually anything to add to your library or just scan bar codes in order to add items. [...]
How Apple can stop Google from taking over the iPhone. Again.
Posted by ryan on May 9th, 2013
Earlier today Google posted some iOS code aimed at helping developers use a combination of URL schemes and x-callback to basically set Chrome as the default browser from within their own apps, if it detects the user has Chrome installed. Call it a hijack, call it a take over, call it a 5th column, call [...]
Briefs 2 review: Quickly and easily prototype iOS and Android apps on your Mac
Posted by ryan on May 1st, 2013
“Providing a clean interface and intuitive layout, Briefs offers an easy way to prototype apps, share ideas, tweak functionality, and adjust designs as new feedback arrives and your project evolves. It’s an app made for professionals, by professionals.” Briefs 2 is a Mac app by MartianCraft that allows you to quickly and easily create, edit [...]
Anatomy of the Apple ID password reset exploit
Posted by ryan on March 24th, 2013
When The Verge broke news of Apple’s password reset vulnerability, they cited a step-by-step guide that detailed the process of exploiting the service. They declined to link to the source for security reasons, and rightfully so. However, now that Apple has closed the security hole the topic of how it worked and why is worth [...]
Apple rolls out fix for password reset security hole, iForgot site back up
Posted by ryan on March 23rd, 2013
Apple’s iForgot password reset page is now back online, and iMore has verified that the security hole, discovered earlier today in Apple’s password reset page, has been closed. Previously, after providing a victim’s Apple ID and date of birth, an attacker could send a URL to Apple that would change the password for that account, [...]
Newly discovered security hole lets attacker reset your Apple ID with only your birthday and email address
Posted by ryan on March 23rd, 2013
Arriving right on the coat tails of Apple’s two-step verification implementation, a new security flaw has been found in Apple’s password reset process for Apple IDs. The vulnerability allows an attacker to reset your Apple ID’s password with only the knowledge of your Apple ID and date of birth, completely bypassing the need to answer [...]
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Comments OffApple kicks off AppStore vanity URL
Posted by ryan on February 4th, 2013
In the midst of the Super Bowl advertising frenzy, Apple quietly started introducing AppStore.com as a URL shortener for a trailer of the upcoming Star Trek movie. The official App Store Twitter account has been using tw.AppStore.com since it started, so this will shave off a few characters there once they fully switch over. It’s [...]
Drafts update takes your notes to even higher levels of ninja
Posted by ryan on January 25th, 2013
Drafts, the fantastically convenient note taker from Agile Tortoise, has been updated to version 2.5 for iPhone and 1.5 for iPad. New features include Dropbox actions, URL actions, Share Actions, Action Directory, URL Callbacks, and Action Triggers. In other words, even higher level ninjary than Drafts already allowed. Dropbox Actions : Drafts can now access [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Action Directory, Create Append Prepend, Dropbox Actions Drafts, URL 2 Comments »Introducing phon.es, iMore and Mobile Nations' new URL shortener
Posted by ryan on December 29th, 2012
If you see an iMore or Mobile Nations link out on Twitter, app.net, Facebook, or some place else that’s other, you’ll see our brand spanking new URL shortener — phon.es. So from now on, if you see phon.es on your favorite social network or sharing site, you can rest assured the article it links to [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Android Central, Mobile Nations, URL, Windows Phone Central 1 Comment »
