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The DEA Is Upset It Can’t Access iMessages (They’re Just Like Us!)

The DEA Is Upset It Can’t Access iMessages (They’re Just Like Us!)

Gizmodo April 4, 2013 0

We've all generally come to accept the fact that, in using iMessage, our correspondence runs the very real risk of being eternally damned to the iCloud ether.

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Apple Highlights App Age Ratings to Clear Up Just How Ruined Your Children …

Gizmodo April 4, 2013 0

Not sure if an app is appropriate for your kid to use?

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What If Buying Hard Cider Was Like Buying an Apple Product

What If Buying Hard Cider Was Like Buying an Apple Product

Gizmodo March 28, 2013 0

Somersby Cider in the UK created a cheeky commercial that pokes fun of Apple product launches by imagining a world where buying hard cider is like getting a new iPhone. The Genius Bar

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How Apple’s Password-Reset Security Breach Worked

Gizmodo March 23, 2013 0

Yesterday, The Verge uncovered a security breach that allowed malicious users to reset Apple ID passwords with nothing but an email and the user's birthday . Luckily, the process didn't leak out in

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You Can Now Buy a Wall-Mountable Version of the New iMac

You Can Now Buy a Wall-Mountable Version of the New iMac

Gizmodo March 14, 2013 0

At launch, Apple's new iMac was incompatible with VESA's well-known and much-loved wall mounting systems.

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Apple to Settle In-App Purchase Lawsuit With Free iTunes Credit

Apple to Settle In-App Purchase Lawsuit With Free iTunes Credit

Gizmodo February 26, 2013 0

Apple has announced that it's to settle a class action lawsuit about in-app purchases—that could have involved more than 23 million App Store users!—by bunging the affected parties free iTune credit. The case first

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Microsoft Says It Got Hacked Like Apple and Facebook

Microsoft Says It Got Hacked Like Apple and Facebook

Gizmodo February 22, 2013 0

Microsoft just revealed that "a small number" of its computers, which includes its Mac business unit, have been hacked in a similar attack to what happened with Apple and Facebook earlier this week

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Apple Hacked

Apple Hacked

Gizmodo February 19, 2013 0

Reuters says Apple was targeted by the same crew that recently hit Facebook , and managed to infect a "small number" of the company's computers. Curiously (and a little unsettlingly), Apple says it'll

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Tim Cook Was Never Keen on Suing Samsung in the First Place

Tim Cook Was Never Keen on Suing Samsung in the First Place

Gizmodo February 10, 2013 0

Everybody knows about Steve Job's famous intentions to go thermonuclear on Android if necessary, but it seems that current CEO Tim Cook wasn't necessarily on the same tactical page.

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Why Facebook, Apple, and Google Will Fall Like the Roman Empire

Gizmodo January 28, 2013 0

John Naughton at the Guardian has a perfect—albeit obvious—observation: Despite their overwhelming dominance, Facebook and Apple will eventually fall. "History should teach us that for today's technology industry titans, the only way is

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Sorry Apple, the BlackBerry Z10 Is Hotter Than the iPhone

Gizmodo January 28, 2013 0

I've always hated BlackBerry phones. Disgracefully ugly bricks they were—until the BlackBerry Z10. The BlackBerry Z10 is hot .

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jOBS Review: a Satisfying Experience for an Apple Fan

Gizmodo January 27, 2013 0

Gizmodo reader Seth Kinkaid was one of the first people to watch jOBS—the first Steve Jobs' biopic starring Ashton Kutcher—at Sundance 2013. These are his impressions

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Apple’s App Store Is Finally Cracking Down on the Screenshot Scam

Apple’s App Store Is Finally Cracking Down on the Screenshot Scam

Gizmodo January 10, 2013 0

After years of complaints, scams, and careless screening tactics, Apple's App Store is finally starting to figure itself out. The latest update should stop developers from using misleading screenshots by locking them into

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When You Should (And Shouldn’t) Buy AppleCare

Gizmodo December 26, 2012 0

If you're making an investment in an Apple product, whether it's a new machine or a permanently on-sale refurb , you want to protect it.

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Steve Jobs’ Yacht Is Free to Sail After Being Repossessed

Steve Jobs’ Yacht Is Free to Sail After Being Repossessed

Gizmodo December 26, 2012 0

Last week we reported that Steve Jobs' yacht, Venus , had been repossessed in the Netherlands at the behest of designer Philippe Starck, who claimed that the Jobs family owed him three million

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Apple’s Pinch to Zoom Patent Has Been Tentatively Invalidated

Apple’s Pinch to Zoom Patent Has Been Tentatively Invalidated

Gizmodo December 20, 2012 0

Even though Apple scored a big victory against Samsung inside the court, it looks like Apple is losing its stronghold on its patents. After tentatively invalidating the 'Steve Jobs Patent' on multitouch ,

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The Onion: Apple’s New College Girl-Friendly iPhone Comes With a Pre …

Gizmodo December 19, 2012 0

Apple is really targeting a niche market with its newest device—an iPhone geared toward college girls that comes with an already shattered screen . I mean, they're going to crack it at some

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How To Design Like Apple

How To Design Like Apple

Gizmodo December 12, 2012 0

Apple is known for its beautiful, simple product design. Minute MBA lays out how to replicate that, based on five basic rules . As we all know by now, Steve Jobs was a

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Apple Finally Fixed the iMessage Bug That Let Stolen iPhones Receive …

Apple Finally Fixed the iMessage Bug That Let Stolen iPhones Receive …

Gizmodo November 21, 2012 0

iMessage, which can be a fickle bitch sometimes, had an annoying, downright scary flaw that remained unfixed for too long : if your iPhone got stolen, the stolen phone would keep receiving messages

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