AT&T security breach exposes iPad 3G customer data

AT&T and Apple have suffered a major privacy breach, exposing the contact information email addresses and ICC-IDs of over 114,000 iPad 3G customers — possibly many more.
According to Gawker the data includes:
a collection of early-adopter iPad 3G subscribers that includes thousands of A-listers in finance, politics and media, from New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson [...]

iFixIt: new MacBook Pro battery 6% larger

Although it looks identical to its predecessor, Apple has made quite a few subtle tweaks to its latest professional notebook, the MacBook Pro Core i5. The crew at iFixIt tore it down to find out what Apple changed under the hood. I had suspected that Apple had increase the battery capacity, and sure [...]

Apple puts another nail into Flash’s coffin

Apple’s got no love for Flash, that’s for sure. But what once was a only skirmish has been upgraded to a full-on assault.
In February Steve Jobs took a position that Flash is buggy on Macs and that it would cut the iPad’s battery life to 1.5 hours. Then Jobs took his anti-Flash message on the road as part [...]

Using your iPhone to save your life

A man caught in the rubble in the Haiti earthquake for 65 hours claimed that his iPhone saved his life.
39-year-old Dan Woolley of Colorado Springs, CO owes his iPhone a huge debt of gratitude because it saved his life.
Woolley, a film producer who was in Haiti filming a documentary on the nation’s poverty-stricken children, became [...]

Scratch that DJ itch with Flare Scratch

Ever wanted to be a scratch DJ? Now you can with the best scratch app to hit the App Store – Flare Scratch.
mobile technology I love DJing. Playing music combines two of my carnal needs (thumping bass lines and electronic gadgets) into one tidy hobby.
That being said, I usually spin a few parties around the holidays [...]

UPS introduces iPhone app

UPS late last week released UPS Mobile, a free iPhone app that lets users manage shipments.
The app offers capabilities whether of not a user has a ups.com account. In addition, it uses the iPhone 3G series GPS to help users find a nearby service point.
Mobile is specially designed with features that let you easily manage [...]

Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.2

Apple today released iPhone OS 3.1.2 to all iPhone users. according to Apple’s release notes, the update includes the following bug fixes and improvements:
Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep
Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart
Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming

Games load 3-4x faster on the iPhone 3GS

A new post at OS X reality demonstrates that the “S” in iPhone 3GS truly does stand for speed.
Although Apple touts the iPhone 3GS as “up to 2x faster” than the previous model, OS X reality notes that in gaming performance - specifically launch times - the 3GS is up to 3x faster than the [...]

The correct way to use your MacBook’s battery

Recently a battery completely failed in a two-year old black 2.16GHz MacBook that was covered under AppleCare. It worked fine one day, went completely dead the next. It wouldn’t charge and no LEDs would light up. When I brought it into the genius bar at my local Apple Store I learned something interesting about the [...]