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Starbucks app left user logins unprotected The user name and password issue was revealed by Daniel Wood at the seclists.org website where he said, There are multiple instances of the storage of clear-text credentials that can be recovered and leveraged for unauthorized usage of a users account on the malicious users’ own device or online…

iTunes' Current Search Interface To temporarily search the old way, being by selecting the media category from which you'd like to search (such as Music). Then start typing your search query. To actually filter within the main window, press the return key (or enter on Windows). The search popover will disappear and the list of…

Employee anti-poaching lawsuit against Apple, others, gets to move forward After Federal Judge Lucy Koh granted class action status to employee's lawsuit in October 2013, Apple and the other companies named in the case turned to the Appeals Court in hopes of overturning her ruling. With the Appeals Court backing up Judge Koh, the plaintiffs…

iPort Magnetic Charging Case and Stand There are plenty of cases for the iPad Air and Retina Display iPad mini, and most let you charge while they protect your tablet from accidental drops. iPort's Magnetic Charging Case and Stand for the iPad Air and Retina iPad mini, however builds charging contacts into its housing and…

2014's wearable tech: Bling that knows when your phone rings Going for the Wrist The big rumor bouncing around the Internet is that Apple is hard at work on a smartwatch product that'll take the industry by storm. It was pretty clear tech gear makers were hearing those same rumors because they all rushed to…

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” — Physicist Richard P. Feynman A question has been raised by one of TMO's readers whether Apple genuinely cares about its customers. In addition, do Apple customers occasionally have to overcome hurdles that Apple places in the…

Based on Mr. Dediu's figures, Apple's Mac, iPhone and iPad marketshare has been on the rise and last year Windows PC numbers were only 1.18 times higher in comparison. “In 2013 there were 18.8 times more Windows PCs sold than Macs. This is a reduction in the Windows advantage from about 19.8x in 2012,” Mr.…

______________________ When the original iPad came out in 2010, its was after there had been a lot of discussion about how a tablet would fit in between a notebook computer and an iPhone. Some thought there was no room, but then they were proved wrong. The tablet concept, as instantiated by Apple, was so brilliant,…

Reuters/Yuri Gripas Following a U.S. antitrust case last year that found that Apple had conspired with book publishers to fix the price of eBooks, the company was assigned a court-appointed attorney to monitor compliance with the court’s ruling. In early December, Apple asked Federal Judge Denise Cote to rein in the compliance monitor, Michael Bromwich,…

Due to some health issues, I watched way more TV over the holidays than I ever do on an ongoing basis. I was astonished at some of the ads I saw. “Our tablet is better than the iPad”, “Our tablet is cheaper than the iPad” and “Our phone does things that the iPhone can’t do.”…

Image Credit: inMarket The launch of the the technology will be in about 150 grocery stores in Seattle, San Francisco and Cleveland — with additional retailers and markets coming soon. Todd Dipaola, CEO and co-founder of inMarket said, “We are thrilled to be making history by writing the first chapter of micro-location iBeacons helping shoppers'…

Now, thanks to Fortune reader Merckel, Apple supporters and investors have some illuminating charts they can point to while venting their frustrations. As shared by Fortune’s Philip Elmer-Dewitt, the financial comparisons during the past four quarters for Apple, Amazon, and Google are illustrated in nine handy charts. While there are of course more factors that…

The culprit, according to music industry executives, is the continued rise in music streaming services like Pandora, Rdio, and Spotify. Yearly numbers for the digital streaming portion of the music industry have yet to be released, but executives anticipate strong growth in that category that will offset most or all of the losses in individual…

Snapchat flaw exposes 4.6 million users Security flaws in the Snapchat APIs let hackers collect the long list of names, which was then posted on the Internet for all to see on January 1. Gibson Sec warned Snapchat of the threat several months ago, but apparently it hasn't been patched. The Gibson Sec team says…

Like many people this time of year, I’ve been giving a lot of consideration to New Year’s Resolutions. And, like many people this time of year, two things are at the top of my list: Getting better organized and losing weight. Believe it or not, Fujitsu’s ScanSnap iX500 helped me do both. With it, I…

Goodbye Bump, you've been Googled. In the bad way. When Google bought Bump in September 2013, it said the company would continue to operate as it had. Bump CEO David Leib said he was excited about the buyout, which doesn't come as a surprise considering that's part and parcel when Google snaps up a smaller…

Secure Email With a tip of the hat to both the NSA and Edward Snowden, it made great sense to re-explore a geeky interest in secure email during 2013 and, indeed, I began using S/MIME and GPGMail again on nearly every email I send out (and if you reply to me, you can then use…

Taiwan to Apple: You can't set iPhone prices The commission said Chunghwa Telecom, Far Eastone Telecommunication, and Taiwan Mobile were all submitting iPhone price plans to Apple for approval, according to the Wall Street Journal. Based on Taiwan trade laws, carriers are free to set their own pricing since they paid Apple for the rights…

I have made it known that Apple's Retina iPad mini was the tablet I've always wanted, and I've been extremely pleased since I got mine. But I don't live in a vacuum, and I know that there are more than a few companies out there who want a piece of this very lucrative market. I bought Amazon's…

Apple CEO Tim Cook While the full text of the letter, as posted by 9to5Mac, is below, it's the last paragraph that is being swooped on by Apple watchers everywhere. There he promised big things for 2014. These kinds of comments are not idly made, and Mr. Cook is the most deliberate speaker in Silicon…

Yes, the group does have a website: HeartOfTheCity.org. Many of these companies provide private busses that bring employees from San Francisco to Silicon Valley offices in San Jose, Cupertino, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and other cities south of the city. The Apple bus was the second such shuttle targeted by protesters, as a Google bus…

This seriously awesome story starts with redditgift's Secret Santa program where people sign themselves up in the world's largest Secret Santa gift exchange. Tens of thousands of people agree to draw names and get that name a gift (there are wish lists involed), while some other person will draw your name and get you a…

The Information reported [via AppleInsider] that Samsung hired one Tim Cudgel, a former director at Apple who spent five years and nine months with the company. As of this writing, his LinkedIn profile make no mention of Samsung, but it does show that he left Apple in November of 2013. Samsung's known retail plans include…

The top iPad app was Disney Animated, which gives behind the scenes information on how the studio makes its animated features. Apple put together several lists that show just how popular some apps, games, and music happened to be in 2013. Top Five Paid iPhone Apps Minecraft Pocket – $6.99 Heads Up! – $0.99 Temple…