Last week we wrote about how the new iPhone 3GS offers better security because of better encryption both on-device and in the hardware. But now, information has come to light that the device can be hacked within two minutes using readily available freeware.
While a variety of sources have published a story accusing the iPhone 3.0 software of broadcasting instant messages to random iPhones, in reality this exploit affects only users who have hacked their phone and made it vulnerable.
The Twitterati are stocking their bomb shelters with Twinkies in preparation for the "Twitpocalypse," the time at which the number of tweets sent passes the 2,147,483,647 mark, which is the maximum value of a 32-bit signed integer (technically, it's one-half of 2 to the 32nd, minus 1). Each Twitter message has a unique identifier based on that counter.
similar to the Y2K bug. The unique identifier associated to each tweet has now exceeded 2,147,483,6471 [...] For some of your favorite third-party Twitter services not designed to handle such a case, the sequence will suddenly turn into negative numbers. At this point, they are very likely to malfunction or crash.
TwitterFon, the popular iPhone and iPod Touch Twitter Client, released a long overdue update to their app that introduced several new features, the most noticeable being ad support for the free version. But if you think you can get around the introduction of advertisements by skipping the update, you may want to reconsider due to the number of general usability issues that slow functionality and often times crash the app.
If you want to risk the ire of Apple and AT&T, you can use the Skype iPhone application over a 3G connection. Usage requires "jailbreaking" the iPhone and installing another client app.
Apple has gone out of their way to point out the cons of multi-tasking background applications - a claimed 80% reduction in battery life while on standby with a single 3rd party IM client enabled. Push Notification, likewise, has been promoted by Apple as providing a single point of coordination for 3rd party alerts routed through servers on Apple's end.
Over the last year we've hounded the Gmail team on whether one was on the way, and the answer is-in typical Google fashion, that there will be no discussion of products that have not been announced.
Now that Google's made some much-needed improvements to Gmail's mobile webapp, should you abandon your smartphone's email client for its browser? Let's find out.
While an official Skype client for the iPhone was a welcome announcement, the news that carriers' and Apple's Terms of Service prevented VoIP calls being made over 3G connections put a dampener on things.
The streamlined Tumblr blogging service became more accessible for Mac and iPhone users this week. Desktop app MarsEdit gained beta support for Tumblr, while Tumblr (the company) purchased one of the most popular third-party iPhone clients and set it free.
Nimbuzz is a powerful, versatile, fun, and easy-to-use text and voice chat application that lets you connect to virtually every major IM service. Nimbuzz puts MobileMe, AIM, GoogleTalk, Skype, MSN, Nimbuzz's proprietary service, and even Facebook right in your pocket, with excellent results.
Developers at Citrix have been doing some guerilla marketing at Macworld Expo, holding impromptu demonstrations of forthcoming app allowing iPhone users to run Windows. The app is actually an iphone version of the company's XenDesktop thin client software. The virtualization software supports most Windows XP and Vista applications.
Coors brewery has been served with a $12.5million lawsuit over its famous iPint application - with the makers of iBeer believing that a YouTube clip of their development ended up costing them money.