Your iPhone Is Now Encrypted. The FBI Says It'll Help Kidnappers. Who Do You Believe?

  Much of the world has been enthralled by the new iPhone 6, but civil liberties advocates have been cheering, too: Along with iOS 8, Apple made some landmark privacy improvements to your devices, which Google matched with its Android platform only hours later. Your smartphone will soon be encrypted by default, and Apple or Google claim they will not be able open it for anyone – law enforcement, the FBI and possibly the NSA – even if they wanted to. Predictably, the US government and police officials are in the midst of a misleading PR offensive to try to scare Americans into believing...

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iPhone Stun Gun Case

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is always sure to entertain, and this year is no different. Although the show is loaded with cutting edge innovations like 4K cameras, and the exploding market of wearable fitness gadgets, there are some technologies and gadgets that are unexpected, offbeat or just plain strange lurking around.   Is this is most dangerous or the most devious phone case at CES? Yellow Jacket showed off the latest version of its iPhone Stun Gun Case this week, which can both fully recharge your phone and jolt an attacker with 650,000 volts....

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Apple Orders DMCA Takedown of "Apple-Tracker" Website

Apple has a beef with the site's use of page-scrape tools for data on Apple's official online store A website that takes inventory of Apple products in nearby stores has been shut down by the Cupertino giant itself. Apple-Tracker, which was developed and maintained by Mordy Tikotzky, was a site that compiled data on in-store pickup purchases only from Apple's official online store. So if you were shopping for an iPad Air and wanted a specific model, you could've used Apple-Tracker to see which stores nearby had the item in stock. However, Apple sent Tikotzky a Digital Millennium Copyright Act...

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Is Apple's iPhone 5C a Flop?

When Apple unveiled not one but two new iPhones last month, it was the dawning of a new strategy for the company, which for six years had championed its single iconic smartphone even as competitors rolled out an array of shapes, sizes and features. But a month later, there are questions about how effective this strategy has been, particularly in regards to the iPhone 5C, the cheaper, colorful plastic counterpart to Apple's higher-end iPhone 5S Though some observers see a long game in which the "fun" version of the iPhone will still prove popular, others are skeptical, based on some early signs Apple...

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Earn You Money With Your Smartphone

Smartphone applications have the power to make our lives easier and often more enjoyable. Many also facilitate you earning money directly through your smartphone. Here are five free apps that can lend a hand to your bank account: iBotta. Using iBotta, You pick the products you are going to buy on your next shopping trip and earn money by completing small tasks associated with those products. Tasks include earning $0.50 for answering one question about the product, or earn $0.25 for reading one fact about the product. Also, you can often score $1.25 for posting...

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Have an iPhone or iPad Touch? Get Last.fm Everywhere You Go

Use Last.fm on your iPhone and iPod Touch to track the music you and your friends have been playing. Get music recommendations wherever you are based on your taste. From new releases to events near you, Last.fm does more with the music you listen to than anyone else. Not only that, but you can search for information about music and concerts at the tap of a button. Last.fm subscribers can also use the app to listen to music recommendations with Last.fm radio, offering personalised stations based on the music they play. What's in the latest version? Check your Last.fm profile (now...

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12 iPhone Tricks You Didn’t Know You Had

Secret and lesser-known features are a great way to make interacting with your iPhone more productive and fun. Let us know in the comments which feature you were most surprised/excited to learn about. Let’s start with something simple. When taking photos, it is important to remember that despite the advanced eatures that come with the iPhone camera, it is still an iPhone. There are times when photos become jittery, but one way to lessen the possibility of blurry photos is to take photos by using your headphones as a shutter button. When in the camera app, simply press the center...

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