Apple’s Diversity Chief Denise Young Smith Forced to Resign After Only 6 Months for Promoting Diversity
Posted: November 19, 2017 Filed under: Health and Social Issues, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Denise Young Smith, Diversity, Human resources, Silicon Valley, SJW, Social justice, technology 1 Comment
Jonathan Vanian reports: Apple’s diversity chief is leaving the company after holding the job for only six months.
Denise Young Smith, a 20-year Apple veteran was most recently the company’s vice president of diversity and inclusion, is stepping down, Apple confirmed. TechCrunch first reported on Denise Young Smith’s upcoming departure.
She will be replaced by Christie Smith, a longtime Deloitte human resources executive. Unlike her predecessor, Christie Smith will not directly report to CEO Tim Cook, but rather to Deirdre O’Brien, who is Apple’s human resources chief.
“We deeply believe that diversity drives innovation,” an Apple spokesperson told Fortune. “We’re thrilled to welcome an accomplished leader like Christie Smith to help us continue the progress we’ve made toward a more diverse workplace.”
Earlier this November, Cornell Tech, a joint venture between Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, said Denise Young Smith would join the engineering school as its executive-in-residence starting Jan. 2018.
She had irked some critics in May when she commented during a conference, “There can be 12 white, blue-eyed, blonde men in a room and they’re going to be diverse too because they’re going to bring a different life experience and life perspective to the conversation.” Her comments were seen by some as insensitive to people of color, women, and members of the LGBT community, who have long faced an uphill battle in the workplace. Read the rest of this entry »
Ted Cruz & Patrick Leahy slam Tim Cook for removing VPN apps from Chinese App Store
Posted: October 21, 2017 Filed under: Censorship, China, Foreign Policy, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Apple, China, Tim Cook Leave a comment
Chance Miller reports: Earlier this year, Apple was forced to remove several VPN apps from the App Store in China due to regulatory reasons. At the time, Tim Cook explained that he would rather not remove them, but was forced to comply.
Now, United States Senators Ted Cruz and Patrick Leahy are pressing Apple for more information…
In a letter sent to Tim Cook, Cruz and Leahy say Apple may be “enabling the Chinese government’s censorship and surveillance of the Internet,” noting that China has an “abysmal human rights record.”
Specifically, Cruz and Leahy pointed to Cook’s acceptance of the Newseum’s 2017 Free Expression Award. While receiving the award, Cook remarked that Apple “enables people around the world to speak up.” The senators, however, argue that Apple’s removal of VPN apps in China do the exact opposite of that:
While Apple’s many contributions to the global exchange of information are admirable, removing VPN apps that allow individuals in China to evade the Great Firewall and access the Internet privately does not enable people in China to “speak up.” To the contrary, if Apple complies with such demands from the Chinese governments, it inhibits free expression for users across China, particularly in light of the Cyberspace Administration of China’s new regulations targeting online anonymity.
The two senators also point to Apple’s past concessions to the Chinese government: removing the New York Times from the App Store and shutting down the iBooks Store and iTunes Movies.
Cook and Leahy outline a list of questions they want Cook to answer. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Reportedly Developed Custom White House App to Optimize Speed-Pardons
Posted: January 17, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, White House | Tags: Apple, Barack Obama, Executive order, iMac, iPad, iPhone, Parody, satire, software, Twitter Leave a comment
Apple frantically removing potential NSFW terms from iMessage GIF search after initial oversight
Posted: September 15, 2016 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Apple, GIF Leave a comment
As Jeff detailed in his massive how-to earlier this week, the biggest changes in iOS 10 came with the all-new Messages app. One of the most highly-anticipated features was support for built-in GIF search, which pulls in GIFs from a variety of outside sources. As with any instance of pulling images in from third-party sources…(read more)
via 9to5Mac
Jeb! Gets! Phone! Call! On! His! Apple! Watch!
Posted: January 13, 2016 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere, Politics, Science & Technology | Tags: Apple, Apple Watch, Jeb Bush Leave a comment
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush was doing an interview with The Des Moines Register when his Apple Watch started going crazy. USA Today caught a video of Jeb’s reaction. “My watch can’t be talking,” he said incredulously….(read more)
Source: TechCrunch
China: Carved and Painted Ivory Apple, 1960s
Posted: December 23, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Asia, China | Tags: Apple, Carving, Fruit, Ivory, Sculpture 1 Comment
Man arrested in Fifth Ave Apple Store for Going Cuckoo Bananas with a Samurai Sword
Posted: November 20, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Apple Store, Fifth Avenue Apple Store, New York, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYPD, Samurai Sword, Westchester County, Yonkers Leave a comment
“The man allegedly went back to screaming and waving around his samurai sword…According to eyewitnesses, right before the man was taken into custody by the NYPD officers, he looked as if he was preparing to harm himself with the sword.”
He was then escorted out of the building, with Apple Store employees building a wall between him and the customers as a layer of protection. When he was outside in front of the store, the man allegedly went back to screaming and waving around his samurai sword.
[You can view a video of the suspect waving the sword around inside the Apple Store by heading to ABC NY’s report.]
He was taken into custody by two New York Police Department officers. According to eyewitnesses, right before the man was taken into custody by the NYPD officers, he looked as if he was preparing to harm himself with the sword. The suspect was then taken to a New York City hospital….(read more)
Source: 9to5Mac
China’s Creepy New Form of Oppression
Posted: October 14, 2015 Filed under: Asia, Censorship, Global, Mediasphere | Tags: Apple, Authoritarianism, Big Brother, Chinese Communism, Data, Democracy Movement, Google, Human rights, Human Rights Abuses, Mark Hemingway, National ID Card, Oppression, Social Networks, The Weekly Standard, United States, White House Leave a comment
‘Authoritarianism, Gamified’
China’s Communist government is rolling out a plan to assign everyone in the country “citizenship scores.” According to the ACLU, “China appears to be leveraging all the tools of the information age—electronic purchasing data, social networks, algorithmic sorting—to construct the ultimate tool of social control. It is, as one commentator put it, ‘authoritarianism, gamified.’ ”
“Expressing the wrong opinion—or merely having friends who express the wrong opinion—will hurt your score. The higher your score, the more privileges the government will grant you.”
In the system, everyone is measured by a score ranging from 350 to 950, and that score is linked to a national ID card. In addition to measuring your financial credit, it will also measure political compliance. Expressing the wrong opinion—or merely having friends who express the wrong opinion—will hurt your score. The higher your score, the more privileges the government will grant you.
“When it comes to weaponizing oppression, even the Communist Chinese now see the value of private enterprise. That’s something to keep in mind when American politicians inevitably start agitating to enlist Apple or Google in launching some grand political initiative.”
This horrifying plan is to be administered by Alibaba and Tencent, companies that run much of China’s approved social networks and already have tremendous stores of data about what Chinese citizens are saying. When it comes to weaponizing oppression, even the Communist Chinese now see the value of private enterprise. That’s something to keep in mind when American politicians inevitably start agitating to enlist Apple or Google in launching some grand political initiative. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Urges Probe of Sen. Al Franken
Posted: July 22, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Al Franken, Apple, Apple Music, Comedian, comedy, Digital Music, Left Wing, Progressive, satire, US Senate Leave a comment
Taking Apart the $349 Apple Watch Sport Reveals About $83 Worth of Parts
Posted: April 30, 2015 Filed under: Education, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Apple Watch, Battery, Consumer technology, Display, iPhone, Processor, Sensor, Touchscreen Leave a comment
Terrorists Love Using Apple, Google Phones
Posted: April 19, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Android, Apple, Facebook, Google Phone, iPhone, Islamism, Jihadism The Hill, media, Militant islam, Terrorism, Twitter Leave a commentManhattan DA: Terrorists love using Apple, Google phones http://t.co/GSaywoyMq2 pic.twitter.com/eHSYbx4HLh
— The Hill (@thehill) April 19, 2015
BYTE: Apple Watch Prediction, April 1981
Posted: April 5, 2015 Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: Apple, Apple Watch, Byte Magazine, computers, Future, Futurism, media, Miniature Computers, Science fiction, vintage, Wearable Computing Leave a comment
Check out this incredibly cool GIF of Apple’s website in 1997
Posted: March 18, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Advertising, Apple, iMac, Internet, Mac IPod, Retail, Steve Jobs, vintage Leave a comment
Who Needs a Real Apple Watch When You Can Wear this Cuter One Made of Felt?
Posted: March 18, 2015 Filed under: Japan | Tags: Apple, Buttons, Crafts, design, fashion, Felt, Kids, toys 1 Comment
Watches are, oddly enough, a timeless accessory. Kids wear them, adults do too, and grandparents hand them down as family heirlooms. This has been going on for centuries, and even nowadays people go nuts for…(read more)
Facebook Messenger adds iOS 8 extension, WordPress gains WYSIWYG editor & image features
Posted: February 24, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Facebook, iPhone, Mac, media, news, wordpress 1 Comment
Inside Apple’s Massive New Store in China
Posted: February 20, 2015 Filed under: Asia, China, Mediasphere | Tags: Apple, Consumer technology, iPhone, media, news, Retail, RocketNews24 1 Comment
Photoshop Celebrates 25th Anniversary Today of App Originally Created on a Macintosh Plus
Posted: February 19, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Mediasphere | Tags: Adobe, Apple, design, Mac, Photography, Photoshop Leave a commentApple Granted Patent for Virtual Reality Headset
Posted: February 18, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: APPL, Apple, Headset, Virtual reality, Wearables Leave a comment
Apple’s not-so-secret weapon in streaming music
Posted: February 18, 2015 Filed under: Economics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Apple, Consumer technology, iPad, iPhone, IPod, Music, streaming Leave a comment
Apple Is Now Worth Over $700 Billion
Posted: February 10, 2015 Filed under: Economics, Mediasphere, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Tim Cook, Time 1 Comment
[VIDEO] Here’s What Happens When You Pour Molten Aluminum Over an iPhone 6
Posted: February 10, 2015 Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Aluminum, Apple, iPhone, media, Mobile phone, Molten Aluminum, Smartphone, Time Magazine, video Leave a commentSwatch Planning Cross-Platform Smartwatch & Mobile Payments to Compete with Apple Watch, says CEO
Posted: February 5, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, IOS, iPhone, Smartwatch, Swatch 2 Comments
Protest Preparedness Kit
Posted: November 23, 2014 Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Apple, Capitalism, Communism, Conformism, Consumerism, iPhone, Narcissism, protests, Socialism, Starbucks Leave a comment
Judge Rules Suspect Can Be Required To Unlock Phone With Fingerprint
Posted: November 1, 2014 Filed under: Law & Justice, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Fifth Amendment, Fingerprints, Galaxy, Judge Steven C. Frucci, Passwords, Privacy, Samsung, Smartphones, Thumb print 3 Comments
Apple and Google have taken steps recently to let users protect information stored on smartphones – even from law enforcement. It turns out there may be a fingerprint-sized gap in that plan.
A Virginia Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday that police officers cannot force criminal suspects to divulge cellphone passwords, but they can force them to unlock the phone with a fingerprint scanner.
If applied by other courts, the ruling could become important as more device makers incorporate fingerprint readers that can be used as alternatives to passwords. Apple introduced the technology last year in its iPhone 5S and Samsung included it in its Galaxy S5.
When those phones arrived, lawyers said users might be required to unlock the phones with their fingerprints. More recently, Apple and Google said they had changed the encryption scheme on the newest phones using their operating systems so that law enforcement can’t retrieve the data. FBI Director James Comey criticized the companies, saying were allowing users to “place themselves above the law.”
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives people the right to avoid self-incrimination. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Christian Bale to Play Steve Jobs
Posted: October 23, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Apple, Apple Inc, Biography, Christian Bale, Cinema, Danny Boyle, Movies, Sony, Steve Jobs, Variety Magazine, Walter Isaacson 1 CommentAaron Sorkin has confirmed that Christian Bale will play Steve Jobs in Sony’s upcoming biopic about the Apple co-founder. Sorkin penned the script and Danny Boyle is attached to direct….(more)
Surveillance-Proof
Posted: October 19, 2014 Filed under: Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Apple, City Journal, Cyrus Vance, Edward Snowden, Google, James B. Comey, Judith Miller, National Security Agency 2 Comments
First Apple and then Google announced that they would use encryption on new phones that wouldn’t permit them to help police execute warrants to examine data on a cell phone or other device.
For City Journal, Judith Miller writes: Law enforcement officials in New York and Washington criticized technology superpowers Google and Apple this week for selling cell phones and other devices that cannot be accessed by the government, warning that such technology jeopardizes public safety.
Judith Miller is a contributing editor of City Journal, and an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute
In his first major policy address, FBI director James B. Comey called on Congress and the Obama administration to counter the expanding use of such devices, which he and other law enforcement officials assert endanger efforts to prevent terrorism and fight crime. Without lawful government access to cell phones and Internet devices, Comey warned, “homicide cases could be stalled, suspects could walk free, and child exploitation victims might not be identified or recovered.”
“Law enforcement officials many legitimate ways to obtain the data stored on our devices. Weakening the security of smartphones and trusted communications infrastructure should not be one of them.”
— Nuala O’Connor, president of the Center for Democracy and Technology
Comey, who became FBI director last year, said that he understood Americans’ “justifiable surprise” at former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations about U.S. government surveillance practices. Read the rest of this entry »
8 Most Expensive Pieces of Gadget History
Posted: October 17, 2014 Filed under: History, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Apple, Canon EOS, Computer History Museum, Digital single-lens reflex camera, eBay, Lucius Shepard, Nike, Nikon, Sony 1 Comment
After last week’s auction of an Apple I motherboard for hundreds of thousands of dollars, we wondered: Just how much could you wind up paying for a technology relic?
For PopMech, Jared Newman writes: The Kenbak-1 doesn’t bear the mark of any industry heavyweights. You might not even have heard of it. But the machine, which debuted in 1971 for a reasonable $750, is widely considered to be the first “personal computer.”
To keep costs down, the Kenbak’s program-running capabilities were limited to a handful of standardized input switches and output lights. Nevertheless, it was a hard sell to non-professionals, and creator John Blankenbaker only produced 40 machines, mostly for schools, before folding his company a couple years later. Read the rest of this entry »
Joanna Stern: OS X Yosemite Review
Posted: October 17, 2014 Filed under: Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Google, IOS, iPhone, Mac, Mac OS, Wall Street Journal, Yosemite Leave a comment
Macs and iPhones finally speak the same language.
I can begin replying to an email on my phone, then walk over to my laptop and finish it off there. While my phone charges on my nightstand, I can pick up calls from my mom with a mouse click at my desk. And when someone texts me a photo, it’s already on my laptop, where I can quickly jazz it up in Photoshop then tweet it.
With the Thursday release of the Mac’s free OS X Yosemite update, Apple is finally getting its devices to behave like a real, happy family—a family that not only talks to each other but even looks very much alike. The Mac operating system has acquired apps and features from iOS—and vice versa—over the past few years, but this is the biggest leap toward each other yet.
The advantage is so big that if you are an iPhone or iPad owner but don’t have a Mac, Yosemite might get you to consider buying one. It makes living in Apple’s ecosystem harder to resist. But before you fall into the Apple trap, keep in mind that there are still plenty of reasons to play with Google (and even Microsoft ) on a Mac or iPhone.
An iOS-Inspired Face-Lift
OS X’s icons have been revamped to look flatter and more modern. Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal.
Late one night, Jony Ive, Apple’s design chief, threw on the “White Album,” took out a bucket of translucent primer, mixed it together with some of his rainbow-colored iOS paint and tossed it at the computer screen. At least, that’s how I imagine the Mac operating system got its new look.
There are traces of iPhone and iPad design everywhere you look. Icons have been revamped to look flatter and more modern. The edges of windows are translucent so you can see what’s behind them. The red, yellow and green window-position buttons look like a futuristic traffic light. Even the notification pane now has a “Today” view that is identical to the iPhone’s. Read the rest of this entry »
Detroit Man: iPhone 6 in Exchange for House?
Posted: October 11, 2014 Filed under: Economics, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: America, Apple, Detroit, General Motors, iPad, iPhone, Silicon Valley, United States Leave a comment
A man from Detroit has offered to sell his house for an iPhone 6
The unnamed individual originally listed his three-bedroom property for $5,000 (£3,100) in June, but has now slashed the price to either $3,000, or the latest version of Apple’s iconic smartphone. He would also accept a 32GB iPad, and is willing to negotiate, according to his estate agent, Larry Else.
The three-bedroom house in Detroit which can be bought for the price of an iPhone 6
“Detroit’s not a monster. It’s just ahead of the curve”
— Kevin D. Williamson
The 2,400-square foot house is in poor condition, with broken windows and peeling paint, in one of Detroit’s poorest districts. Even so, the trade has highlighted the contrast between America’s thriving technology industry in Silicon Valley and the economic blight still affecting other parts of the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Phone Apps Spy on Hong Kong Protesters
Posted: October 2, 2014 Filed under: Asia, China, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Android, Apple, China, Google, Hong Kong, IOS, Lacoon, United States Leave a comment
Security experts say China is a leading source of hacking attacks aimed at foreign governments and companies to computers in China
HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese government might be using smartphone apps to spy on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, a U.S. security firm said.
“The Xsser mRAT represents a fundamental shift by nation-state cybercriminals from compromising traditional PC systems to targeting mobile devices.”
The applications are disguised as tools created by activists, said the firm, Lacoon Mobile Security. It said that once downloaded, they give an outsider access to the phone’s address book, call logs and other information.
The identities of victims and details of the servers used “lead us to believe that the Chinese government are behind the attack,” said a Lacoon statement.
China is, along with the United States and Russia, regarded as a leader in cyber warfare research. Security experts say China is a leading source of hacking attacks aimed at foreign governments and companies to computers in China. Read the rest of this entry »
Reality Check: Despite Apple’s Privacy Pledge, Cops Can Still Pull Data Off a Locked iPhone
Posted: September 19, 2014 Filed under: Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Facebook, Instagram, IOS, iPhone, iPhoto, iTunes, Jonathan Zdziarski Leave a comment
A reminder to iPhone owners cheering Apple’s latest privacy win: Just because Apple will no longer help police to turn your smartphone inside out doesn’t mean it can prevent the cops from vivisecting the device on their own.
“I am quite impressed, Mr. Cook! That took courage. But it does not mean that your data is beyond law enforcement’s reach.”
— iOS forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski
On Wednesday evening Apple made news with a strongly-worded statement about how it protects users’ data from government requests. And the page noted at least one serious change in that privacy stance: No longer will Apple aid law enforcement or intelligence agencies in cracking its users’ passcodes to access their email, photos, or other mobile data. That’s a 180-degree flip from its previous offer to cops, which demanded only that they provide the device to Apple with a warrantto have its secrets extracted.
In fact, Apple claims that the new scheme now makes Apple not only unwilling, but unable to open users’ locked phones for law enforcement. “Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access [your personal] data,” reads the new policy. “So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.”
“I can do it. I’m sure the guys in suits in the governments can do it. And I’m sure that there are at least three or four commercial tools that can still do this, too.”
But as the media and privacy activists congratulated Apple on that new resistance to government snooping, iOS forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski offered a word of caution for the millions of users clamoring to pre-order the iPhone 6 and upgrade to iOS 8. In many cases, he points out, the cops can still grab and offload sensitive data from your locked iPhone without Apple’s help, even in iOS 8. All they need, he says, is your powered-on phone and access to a computer you’ve previously used to move data onto and off of it. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple will No Longer Unlock User’s Mobile Devices for Police, Even with Search Warrants
Posted: September 18, 2014 Filed under: Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Edward Snowden, iCloud, IOS, iPad, iPhone, National Security Agency, Washington Post 1 Comment
The Washington Post reports: Apple said Wednesday night that it is making it impossible for the company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police — even when they have a search warrant — taking a hard new line as tech companies attempt to blunt allegations that they have too readily participated in government efforts to collect user information.
The move, announced with the publication of a new privacy policy tied to the release of Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 8, amounts to an engineering solution to a legal quandary: Rather than comply with binding court orders, Apple has reworked its latest encryption in a way that prevents the company — or anyone but the device’s owner — from gaining access to the vast troves of user data typically stored on smartphones or tablet computers.
The key is the encryption that Apple mobile devices automatically put in place when a user selects a passcode, making it difficult for anyone who lacks that passcode to access the information within, including photos, e-mails and recordings. Apple once maintained the ability to unlock some content on devices for legally binding police requests but will no longer do so for iOS 8, it said in the new privacy policy.
“Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data,” Apple said on its Web site. “So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.”
As the new operating system becomes widely deployed over the next several weeks, the number of iPhones and iPads that Apple is capable of breaking into for police will steadily dwindle to the point where only devices several years old — and incapable of running iOS 8 — can be unlocked by Apple.
Apple will still have the ability — and the legal responsibility — to turn over user data stored elsewhere, such as in its iCloud service, which typically includes backups of photos, videos, e-mail communications, music collections and more. Users who want to prevent all forms of police access to their information will have to adjust settings in a way that blocks data from flowing to iCloud. Read the rest of this entry »
Time Cover: Never Offline
Posted: September 10, 2014 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere, Robotics, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, Apple Watch, Futurism, gadgets, Health, iPhone 6, Medical Devices, Personal Technology, The Singularity, Transhumanism, Wearable, Wearable Tech 1 Comment
New Apple Watch Allows Wearers to Start and Stop the Flow of Time
Posted: September 9, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: Apple, Apple Watch, Generation Y, iPad, iPhone, iWatch, Social media, Tim Cook, Watch, Wearable technology 2 Comments
Tim Cook announced Tuesday the release of Apple’s long-rumored watch, the latest in wearable technology.
Here are some features of the new device:
- 13-megapixel camera enables users to take crystal-clear pictures of wrist
- Allows wearers to start and stop the flow of time
- Discreet, but not so discreet that anyone would mistake it for a regular watch
- Comes in a variety of colors and styles to express your personal submission to the planet’s dominant tech company
- Adjustable ticking volume
- All the convenience of a traditional watch that needs to be charged every 12 hours
- Built-in thinkpiece regarding the increased connectivity yet simultaneous isolation of the millennial generation
- Small size and intricate circuitry able to drive twice as many Chinese workers to suicide as iPhone
- Makes it easier for muggers to see whether or not you’re carrying an expensive electronic device
- Another screen to throw into your current rotation of things you look at
[PHOTO] I Have to Admit, the New iPhone is…
Posted: September 9, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, History, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Apple, iPhone, iPhone 6, Saladin Ahmed, Smartphone, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, Twitter Leave a commentI have to admit, the new iPhone is beautiful. pic.twitter.com/AZq3U74Zec
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) September 9, 2014
Coconuts: Kirsten Dunst Leads Celeb Anger at Apple Over Stars’ Nude iCloud Images Stolen
Posted: September 2, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Apple, Emma Watson, Federal Bureau of Investigation, iCloud, iPhone, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst 5 Comments
From Mail Online: Kirsten Dunst has become the first celebrity to publicly criticize Apple after it emerged that a flaw in the ‘Find My iPhone‘ function of its iCloud service may have helped an unknown hacker steal nude photos of her and ‘100 other celebrities’.
[Also see – The CELEBRIGEDDON of 2014: Jennifer Lawrence Requests Nude Pics Investigation]
[More – Social Media Goes Cuckoo Bananas Over Massive Celebrity Nude Photo Leak]
The Spiderman star tweeted ‘Thank you iCloud’ along with icons representing a slice of pizza and a pile of poo on Monday afternoon, the day after naked photos of her were published online.
Kirsten Dunst has become the first celebrity to publicly criticize Apple after it emerged that a flaw in the ‘Find My iPhone’ function of its iCloud service may have helped a hacker to steal nude photos of her and ‘100 other celebrities’.
The supposed hacker behind the scandal has claimed that they broke into stars’ iCloud accounts, including those of Dunst, Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Rihanna, before publishing them on 4chan, the image-sharing forum.
A list of the alleged victims of the hack – a staggering 101 in total – has also been posted online; most of whom have not seen any photographs leaked by the hacker.
Yesterday, British actress Emma Watson, a friend of Lawrence, condemned the ‘lack of empathy’ shown by social media users towards victims of the hack.
She tweeted: ‘Even worse than seeing women’s privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.’ Read the rest of this entry »
[PHOTO] Remember When Apple Used to Crush Leaks with Ruthless Efficiency?
Posted: August 15, 2014 Filed under: Asia, Breaking News, China, Science & Technology, U.S. News | Tags: Apple, China, Foxconn, Inhaler, iPad, iPhone, Smuggling, TMZ 1 Comment
Me Neither!
TMZ.com reports:
…We’re told the phone was smuggled out of a Foxconn factory in China … where the majority of iPhone models are manufactured. The owner of the phone says the smuggler is his friend — an ex-employee — who worked in Foxconn’s hardware department designing the outer casing for the new model…(read more)
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[VIDEO] Violet vs Siri: Watch a Frustrated Four-Year-Old Have an Argument with Siri About Nothing for Three Minutes
Posted: June 30, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Entertainment, Humor | Tags: Apple, Audio commentary, iPad, iPhone, Siri, video, Voice Assistant | 1 CommentRate this: