YiSpecter Malware Hits Non-jailbroken iPhones in China, Taiwan

YiSpecter malware targets jailbroken and non-jailbroken iOS devices Palo Alto Networks, the security research company that discovered the threat, had this to say: YiSpecter is different from previously seen iOS malware in that it attacks both jailbroken and non-jailbroken iOS devices through unique and harmful malicious behaviors. Specifically, it's the first malware we've seen in…

iPhone 6s Doubles RAM to 2 GB

iPhone 6s and iPad Pro get double the RAM iOS app developer Hamza Sood figured out a slick way to use Xcode to ferret out just how much RAM the new iPhones and iPad Pro pack. Xcode is the tool developers use to write iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps, and it includes a simulator for…

What to Expect During Your In-Store Apple iPhone Upgrade Experience

Image credit: Apple Over the weekend, I spoke with an Apple retail store sales person about the Apple iPhone Upgrade Program. This was an informal conversation with a very knowledgeable person who generally filled me in on the process, but for all the legal details, you should read “iPhone Upgrade Program Terms & Conditions.” Apple's…

How to Upgrade to a New iPhone 6s or 6s Plus on Verizon

Verizon iPhone Landing Page Cash on the Barrel First up, you can buy your new iPhone outright and be done with the whole thing. If you choose the iPhone 6s, this will set you back $649 (16GB), $749 (64GB), or $849 (128GB). Going the 6s Plus route will damage your credit card at $749 (16GB),…

4 Ways to Upgrade to Apple's New iPhone 6s

Now that Apple has launched its own iPhone Upgrade Program, customers have several different options when it comes to upgrading to a new iPhone 6s or 6s Plus.  __________________________ iPhone 6s and 6s Plus pre-orders start at 12:01 AM on September 12th (early Saturday morning). Experience has shown that customers who go online at that…

How To Use Your iPhone's Barometer to Crowdsource Weather

Right now this data is being used (if you allow it) by the Dark Sky weather app. If you allow it. In the current version, you can choose to sign up your iPhone to report barometric pressure where you are: Allow Dark Sky to send off your barometric pressure for better reporting. So if you…

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus: Turning Off Reachability

It’s intended to help you use your iPhone one-handed, which I think was a reasonably good idea on Apple’s part; however, here’s what my personal experience with it has been. Actually, I think the “times I meant to use it” may even be a bit exaggerated there. So if you’re like me and just keep…

3 Free iPhone Apps for Tracking the International Space Station

Track the International Space Station from your iPhone with these apps Sputnik! The Sputnik! app shows exactly when the ISS will pass over your current location and even includes a countdown clock so you'll know when to look up. The app shows where to look, lets you save favorite locations, includes Facebook and Twitter sharing,…

iPhoneography 101: Watermarking

Is this a good time to think about watermarking your pix? Well, lets talk about it for a bit and discuss some of the options. Que es un Watermark? Obviously there are no fluids involved in the process of watermarking digital documents. The term likely stems from the stain water can leave on paper documents.…

Why We Need a New iPhone Every Year, Not so Much With iPad

____________________ I started thinking about this effect in a new light after reading this article at Business Insider “One of the most accurate Apple analysts just spilled a ton of new details about the iPhone 6s.” Some of those predictions by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo sound reasonable and others not so much, according to…

iPhone 6s Will Reportedly Have Force Touch

“Force Touch can enrich user experience due to more input methods and support of handwritten signatures, which is beneficial for expanding the commercial market,” Mr. Ming-Chi wrote in a research note first covered by AppleInsider. ForceTouch was introduced on the trackpad for Apple's new MacBook, and it's a feature of Apple Watch. It allows the…

olloCase for iPhone 6 and olloclip Lenses is Slim, Simple

For those customers who have an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus and a corresponding olloclip lens kit, it can be annoying to remove the iPhone's case and attach the lenses. olloclip has solved that problem by introducing a very nice iPhone 6/6 Plus case that needn't be removed. Plus, it's a very nice case in…

How to Create Light Trails Photographs with Your iPhone

Well, duh!! Of course that's true. And to create a technically good picture all you need to do is stay within a set of prescribed boundaries (sensor or film sensitivity, aperture, shutter speed, so on). Any modern camera is designed to do just that, automagically adjust itself to stay rigidly within those boundaries and produce…

ExoLens is a Professional Photography Lens Kit for iPhone 6

The just released ExoLens kit for the iPhone 6 (iPhone 6 Plus in May, 2015) is a professional pair of lenses, 3x telephoto and wide angle that attach to the iPhone 6 with a sturdy lattice mount. The mount is threaded with a standard 1/4″-20 connection, ready for a tripod. The system is designed for…

Want to Unlock Your iPhone? There's a Law for That

New carrier smartphone unlocking rules went in place Wednesday Carrier locking binds a smartphone to a specific carrier—a practice cell service providers use to keep customers from switching to competitors. Devices can be unlocked through a software update, but carriers prefer to make that a difficult process to discourage their customers from doing so. Current…

No, Your Next iPhone Won't Have Sapphire Glass

Don't look for sapphire glass for the next iPhone's display Apple started using Gorilla Glass with the original iPhone because it offered much better scratch resistance and strength compared to other display surface materials while at the same time being relatively thin and light weight. The relationship between the two companies paid off because Apple…

Scarf iPhone 6/6 Plus Case is Thin as a Fingernail

Totallee has introduced The Scarf case for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. It's as thin as a fingernail, about 0.01 inch (0.35 mm), has a see-through back that displays the Apple logo, and the textured, polypropylene, surface that provides a firm grip.  The Scarf iPhone 6/6 Plus case (white) The case is flexible and…