and Apple does not offer a version of its App Store in the country. That has not stopped Iranians from snapping up millions of iPhones smuggled in from places like Dubai and Hong Kong. Nor has it kept Iranian app developers from creating thousands of apps …
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Mac’s Biggest Threats Lurk in the Apple App Store
Mac malware is on the rise, especially adware and potentially unwanted programs in the App Store. Apple Mac devices, while largely considered safer than their Windows and Android counterparts, are vulnerable to a growing number of malicious applications.
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Cops bust subway thief with Find My iPhone app
New York City police officers used a simple solution to nab a cellphone thief: the Find My iPhone app, according to the NYPD. A woman’s smartphone and cash from her purse were stolen on August 10 while she had been asleep on the Q train. A plainclothes …
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How to install & use WhatsApp on an iPad
There’s no official WhatsApp app available for the iPad, but there’s a workaround. Here’s how to install and use WhatsApp on an iPad WhatsApp Messenger is an incredibly popular app for the iPhone, connecting over one billion active members around the world …
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Apple iMessage use outstrips Facebook Messenger and Snapchat among US youths
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WhatsApp and user privacy: Your top questions answered
He also pointed out that Google and Apple take users’ privacy very seriously. Should you use third-party apps to customise WhatsApp? Many users like to use third-party apps to customise WhatsApp themes, icons and even font. These third-party apps give …
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WhatsApp Web Update to Enable Installation on Your iPad Or iPod Touch
Among the popular apps for your iPhone these days, WhatsApp has reached the 1 billion mark. Just like any messaging app, WhatsApp allows you to share text messages, send or receive photos, voice messages, and videos. You can also place voice calls among …
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WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, but user data may still be vulnerable
While WhatsApp did acknowledge that Apple and Google both have their own stringent safety … like fighting spam across apps, making product suggestions, and showing relevant offers and ads on Facebook.” It further goes on to say, “Facebook family of …
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‘Planet of the Apps’ was a successful disaster
If you missed it, don’t stress. It’s just a pretty undramatic, very-edited reality show about dozens of entrepreneurs, people who were trying to make careers off a business based around an app. SEE ALSO: Apple’s Instagram account reeks of desperation …
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North Bay teen spends summer teaching locals coding, developing for Apple
Moore says they started with some Lego kits that could be created and programmed using an iPad app. He says this process helped teach students basic programming skills in a simple, but rigid way. The students caught on quickly, and many of the older kids …
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Apple just shared iOS 11 beta 7 to developers
Don’t forget that the beta program is primarily targeted at developers working on app updates. I still wouldn’t recommend installing iOS 11 on the iPhone you use every day. The changes in iOS 11 will take some time to pay off for your iPhone anyway.
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New Apple App Store Regulation Causes Concern for Event App Buyers
“4.2.6 Apps created from a commercialized template or app generation service will be rejected.” This line of Apple’s new App Store Review Guidelines is causing a lot of speculation about how it will be applied to event apps. The goal of the 4.2.6 is …
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Apple updates Safari Extensions webpage with focus on Mac App Store
Along with releasing beta updates for iOS, macOS, and tvOS today, Apple has updated its Safari Extensions webpage. The redesign includes a prominent link to the extensions available in the Mac App Store, and also features the ability to install extensions …
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‘Planet of the Apps’ wasn’t a great show, but it was still a success for Apple
Planet of the Apps was a decent 10-episode series, but it’s not something that viewers will want to think about for hours like Netflix’s House of Cards or talk about with friends like Hulu’s The Handmaid Tale. It’s just a pretty undramatic, very-edited …
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All the features in Apple Maps that’ll make you not hate it
Apple Maps isn’t the first app most people are clamoring for when they’re lost on a road trip. It’s actually one of the first apps I deleted when iOS finally let you get rid of native iPhone apps. SEE ALSO: GBoard now supports YouTube and Google Maps for …
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THE END OF APPS: How Apple, Facebook, and Google are ushering in the next evolution of app experiences, and what that means for businesses
This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. In 2009, Apple coined the phrase “there’s an app for that,” and within six years, its prophecy …
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Best podcast apps for iPhone & iPad
The humble podcast has come a long way since the early days of online radio shows, when people would record themselves in their bedrooms using cheap fuzzy microphones. As the popularity of podcasts increases year on year thanks to shows like Serial, we’re …
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