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iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find

Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless others collect data in surprising ways.

Google Is Planning to Low-Key Nix Its Location-Based Assistant Reminders, but Why Now?

The tech giant tried to make the axed feature fly under the radar, just as other apps are being cited for tracking user location data even while not in use.

It Looks Like Google’s Starting to Update Its Major iOS Apps

There are signs the waiting could be over. It seems like Google has finally decided to start updating its major iOS apps. The company released an update for YouTube this weekend, more than two months after its last update. As explained by 9to5Google, which spotted the update, it’s normal for Google to stop updating apps…

How to Make the Switch from Android to iOS

Android is a fine OS, but the lure of a new iPhone may be too much to resist. If you’re going to make the switch, you won’t want to leave any scrap of your precious mobile identity in Android’s cold robotic embrace. Here’s how to pack up everything you’ll need to bring to your new…

How to Go Back to iOS 6 (If You Can At All)

iOS 7 is here! It’s different! It’s beautiful! It’s…terrifying! Not brave enough for this brave new world? It might not be too late to go back. Past a certain point it’s going to become virtually impossible to put iOS 6 back on your phone, but for now you may be able to postpone the inevitable.…

iOS 7 Review: Pretty Is as Pretty Does

There’s little question that iOS 7 is the most transformative update to iOS in its six-year history. It’s not just about the flat design. The first time I laid hands on the new operating system, I felt like I had a new phone, one that looked prettier and, more importantly, felt more useful. https://gizmodo.com/ios-7-the-complete-video-walkthrough-and-hands-on-512580808 Opening…

Watch iOS 6 Morph Into iOS 7 in One GIF

Things are going to change once iOS 7 hits your iPhone next week. Doesn’t matter if you’re buying the new iPhone 5C or 5S or not, all those icons you’ve gotten used to will morph into brighter, flatter and larger versions of what you know. Best part about this GIF though? Scott Forstall’s creepy smile…

Apple Keeps Your Siri Data for Two Years

You thought that time you asked Siri about the weird mole on your toe was just between the two of you? Wrong. According to Wired, Apple hangs onto your Siri data for two years. Privacy groups have been asking after Siri’s info hoarding habits for quite a while, but this is the first time Apple…

These Are the 10 Airlines Now Compatible With Apple’s Passbook

As one of the billboard features of Apple iOS 6, Passbook has proven way more useful than we initially anticipated. Amtrak, Fandango, and sports ticketing integration have already made it a welcome addition. But what’s really going to make this a killer feature in the future is having all of the world’s airlines on board.…

Google Voice Finally Gets Updated for iOS 6

It’s been over two months since Apple released iOS 6 and the iPhone 5 and Google has just now updated Google Voice. I mean, finally. We’re on the second public build of iOS 6 with a third version having been released to devs earlier this month and pretty much halfway to June, which is, presumably…

Apple’s Breaking Out Passbook-Enabled Gift Cards

Though iOS 6’s Passbook burst onto the scene with a bit of a whimper, it’s been getting more useful as time goes on. This weekend, Apple started rolling out Passbook-enabled Apple Store gift cards so you can buy a gift that’s not only last-minute, but not even a physical object. https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-full-line-up-of-apple-passbook-supported-apps-5944863 The cards can be…

Apple’s Swiped Swiss Clock Design Cost $21 Million

Not long after the launch of iOS 6, it came to the Internet’s attention that Apple’s clock design was rather familiar. In fact, it had been lifted straight from the Swiss National Railway. Apple agreed to pay up, but it wasn’t clear how much at the time. Now we know it was $21 million. https://gizmodo.com/apples-going-to-pay-up-for-the-ios-6-clock-design-it-st-5951212…

Apple’s Going to Pay Up for the iOS 6 Clock Design It Stole

Apple shamlessly swiped the design of iOS 6’s iPad clock from the Swiss National Railway, and a couple of weeks ago, it was called out. Now that its copycatism has been exposed, Apple has agreed to licensing terms. https://gizmodo.com/apple-totally-stole-the-design-of-the-ios-6-ipad-clock-5945008 The classic ticker was originally designed in 1944 by Hans Hilfiker, and the railroad owns the…

Jetsetter‘s been updated for Passbook, joining our running list of Passbook-compatible apps.

Turn Your Passbook Into a Time Machine with These Historical Tickets

If you’ve got an iPhone, and your Passbook app has been sitting lonely and unused, there’s a short-term solution to the problem; fill it out with some gag tickets. Flon Solutions has a whole bunch of fake tickets, spanning all kinds of different events. You can pick one up from famous flights, posing as pilots…

Steve Jobs Wanted Google Search Eradicated from iOS

Bloomberg Businessweek’s analytical dissection of Apple post-iPhone 5 launch is mostly full of things we already knew: Tim Cook is different than Steve Jobs. Apple is still doing really, really, phenomenally well. Everyone hates Apple Maps. But one thing that stood out was the fact that Steve Jobs was so incensed with Google that he…

Mad Magazine Takes a Jab at Apple Maps With a Fake New Yorker Cover

Apple Maps is so horrifying, even Mad Magazine is making fun of the disaster with a parody of an iconic 1976 New Yorker cover. And it would be even funnier if it weren’t so close to the truth. In the 2012 Mad Magazine parody of Saul Steinberg’s cover, Kuala Lampur is New Jersey, the Champs…

Apple Adds New Maps Section to App Store to Help You Replace the iOS 6 Horror Show

Buried within Tim Cook’s apology for the embarrassment that is Apple Maps was the candid suggestion that people go try the many other map applications and websites out there. Well, now Apple has gone one step further, adding a whole featured section to the App Store for maps from third party developers. That’s a big…

Google finally made Gmail iPhone 5 look ungoofy on the iPhone 5. Next up: Maps? Maybe? Please?

Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes for Apple Maps, Suggests You Download… Bing

Apple Maps is a mess, to the point that now Apple CEO Tim Cook has now issued a public apology for it. And—in a very un-Apple fashion—has directed iPhone users to alternatives like Bing, Waze, and, well, Google. https://gizmodo.com/why-apple-maps-wont-get-better-anytime-soon-5945014 Here’s the full letter: To our customers, At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that…