The iTunes app store bursts around the edges from the large number of apps, but this does not mean all of them are useful. In fact, it is questionable whether some of them should even exist. Who needs a Pocket Whip (apart from Sheldon in “The Big Bang Theory”, apparently)? And what do you think […]
Apple Discloses User Information to Governments
Apple disclosed data from its users accounts to U.S. administration officials fewer than 1000 times during the previous months of 2013, according to a Report on Government Information Requests that the company issued on 5 Nov 2013. “Apple’s main business is not about collecting information,” the company said in the report. In detailing its interactions […]
Twitter and Privacy: One-In-Five Tweets Divulge User Location
#doyouknowwhoswatchingyou? A new study from USC researchers sampled more than 15 million tweets, showing that some Twitter users may be inadvertently revealing their location through updates on the social media channel. The study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Geoinformatics, provides important factual data for a growing national conversation about […]
Apple Launches Graphics Card Replacement Program for Some 2011 27-inch iMacs
Apple is going to replace faulty graphics cards in 27-inch iMacs models between May 2011 and October 2012. The graphics card recall is limited to a very small category of the 27-inch iMac. “Apple has determined that some AMD Radeon HD 6970M video cards used in 27-inch iMac computers with 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 […]
A Tip for the tired
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