February 25th, 2014 | by Gizmodo
On Friday, Apple quietly released a patch of what turned out to be a serious iOS security flaw . Five days later, that bug is still very much present in OS X, meaning your MacBook is more at risk than ever.
February 13th, 2014 | by Gizmodo
S Apple has just published its supplier responsibility report , which audits its contract workers who produce and assemble hardware in factories outside the US. Perhaps most interestingly, Apple explains in the report that it has confirmed that none of its suppliers use tantalum—a metal that is regularly used in mobile electronics—from areas engaged in warfare
February 11th, 2014 | by Gizmodo
S After nearly two years and a ton of media attention, you can now download an iPhone app that alerts you every time a drone strike kills someone abroad. It only took the app developer six tries and several different names to get Apple to approve it . The app is called Metadata+ and, officially, it provides "real-time updates on national security." Those are Apple-safe words.
January 15th, 2014 | by Gizmodo
S You thought you'd heard the last of Scott Forstall when he was ousted from his Cupertino corner office a little more than a year ago over the Apple Maps fiasco .
December 10th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
S Move over Samsung and LG: Apple has been awarded a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office that describes how they could manufacture a new breed of curved touch surfaces .
January 23rd, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Way back in the mists of 2009, before Siri was even a twinkle in Apple's eye, Verizon was planning to add the app to all of its Android smartphones. Sadly for the carrier, that didn't last. That story is told in some detail by the Huffington Post, in a long feature called Siri Rises
December 19th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
Big screens are nice. But sometimes the extra real estate isn't worth the lack of portability.
December 17th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
Ask Siri for directions, and by default she'll throw up an Apple Maps solution. Which means you'll get lost
December 13th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
Did you hear? Google Maps is back in the App Store, which means we can finally officially pretend that whole Apple Maps disaster never happened. Still, there are a few things I'm going to miss about Apple's misguided trainwreck.
November 29th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services and Ferrari board member , is Apple's do everything, fix any problem man.