Duh: Of Course the iPhone 6 Plus Can Bend in Your Pocket
You could say it’s a pocket-sized controversy, and you’d (mostly) be right. Considering the device is just over a quarter-inch thick and made largely of aluminum, a flexible metal, the fact this jumbo iPhone will bend when great pressure is placed on it for extended periods is a bit of a well, duh.
September 24, 2014 at 01:02PM
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Apple releases iOS 8.0.1 a week after iOS 8 launch
Some users have reported issues after downloading the update. That includes the phone no longer recognizing the network and saying there’s “no service.” There also have been some issues with TouchID after downloading the update, with some users noting the feature — which allows people to unlock their phones using their fingerprint — is no longer working.
September 24, 2014 at 12:39PM
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Apple knew of iCloud security hole 6 months before Celebgate
Apple knew as early as March 2014 of a security hole that left the personal data of iCloud users vulnerable, according to leaked emails between the company and a noted security researcher.
September 24, 2014 at 12:01PM
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For High School Football Coaches and Fans, a New Digital Blitz
“Lots of high schools in this country now spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, even a million, on football,” said Angela Lumpkin, the chairwoman of the sports management department at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. “Over $3 billion nationally wouldn’t surprise me.”
September 24, 2014 at 10:57AM
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Facebook And OK Cupid’s Experiments Were Illegal
A common assumption is that even if research laws ought to apply to private companies, they don’t. But that assumption is false. Facebook and OkCupid are bound by research laws, and those research laws quite clearly prohibit what they did.
September 24, 2014 at 09:29AM
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The Ghost of Invention: A Visit to Bell Labs
Most of us have never heard of Alcatel-Lucent, but, essentially, it builds and maintains a huge chunk of the Internet.
September 24, 2014 at 09:29AM
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Comcast Accuses Time Warner Cable Deal Opponents of “Extortion”
Netflix, Discovery Communications and other companies opposing Comcast’s $45 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable are doing so after they failed in “extortion” attempts to get special favors, Comcast told federal regulators Wednesday.
September 24, 2014 at 09:29AM
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In-flight phone calls would make air travel dangerous, lawmakers say
As many as 77 members of Congress are warning federal regulators that allowing passengers to speak on their mobile phones at 30,000 feet could threaten the flight.
September 24, 2014 at 08:33AM
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Play Doom on a Printer-Thanks to a Serious Security Flaw
It took security wonk Michael Jordon four months to figure out how to get Id Software’s storied hell-and-brimstone shooter running on a Canon Pixma printer.
September 24, 2014 at 12:03AM
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Polaroid Cube: Going After GoPro With a $99 Action Camera
You could say that Polaroid is having its moment. Again.
September 23, 2014 at 10:01PM
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