This Simple Text Message Can Crash and Reboot Your iPhone

A newly discovered bug in Apple's iOS mobile operating system has emerged this evening that lets iPhone users crash another user’s iPhone by just sending a tiny string of text characters in a message.

Apple might be building a 4-inch iPhone 7 after all

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A new report has revealed AU Optronics is supplying Apple with some of the display panels for the iPhone 7, and that the new phone will come with the 4-inch one as well.

Supply chain sources told Korean site TechNews that Apple is looking for additional panel supplies for upcoming iPhone models and will need 4-inch, 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch LTPS In-Cell displays.

Take this news with a massive pinch of salt as the site's history of Apple news isn't 100% accurate, but it's not the first report we've heard that claims Apple is working on an iPhone 6C.

Rumours suggest it'll be a similar set up to last time with a plastic backing and a 4-inch display and will sit at the cheapest end of the iPhone market – it may even take over from the iPhone 5S.

Source: techradar.com 

The Apple Watch started life as an iPhone with a Velcro strap

The Apple Watch may be a polished product — both figuratively and literally — but it started life as little more than an iPhone with a Velcro strap, according to a new report from Wired. This crude prototype was chosen partly out of necessity (the Watch was developed on a tight deadline), but also because Apple knew that its first ever wearable would live or die on the strength of its user interface.

The next iPhone will get a force-sensitive touchscreen

Apple's recently announced MacBook and Watch both understand the difference between a gentle press and a hard shove. It should surprise nobody that the company is likely to add this technology, dubbed Force Touch, to the next generation of iPhones.

Apple's latest iPhone update includes Apple Watch app you can't delete

What better way to convince Apple iPhone users they should shell out hundreds if not thousands of dollars for the latest gadget than an app you can't remove from your smartphone?

Fujitsu smartphone prototype one-ups iPhone’s Touch ID with infrared iris authentication

Earlier this week at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Japanese tech giant Fujitsu upped the ante for biometric security in mobile phones with the unveiling of a smartphone equipped with iris authentication. It provides a unique – and tougher to crack – alternative to the increasingly popular thumb scanners now standard on Apple and Samsung’s flagships.

BlackBerry wants to bring its secret sauce to iPhone, Android

Elements of the BlackBerry Classic will find their way to the iPhone and Android.

 BlackBerry, best known for its trademark keyboard-equipped smartphones, wants to break out of its own shell.

Twitter blames iOS 8, iPhone 6 launch for loss of 4 million monthly active users

Latest Samsung Galaxy S6 leak shows a surprisingly iPhone 6-like design

The usually reliable SamMobile website has published a new shot of Samsung’s eagerly awaited Galaxy S6 smartphone.

And, as you can see, the rendering looks a lot like the design of the iPhone 6. Keep in mind that this render shows the shape of the device; the build might be metal, which would make it look even more like Apple’s new phones.

App Turns Your iPhone Into a Crappy Disposable Camera (And That’s a Good Thing)

The first time you see your White Album pics is when they arrive in the mail.  White Album

The joys of smartphone photography are obvious. We have a camera with us at all times. We can take pictures whenever we want, and take as many as we want. We can review them instantly, edit them easily, and with a few taps, send them to anyone, anywhere. In Silicon Valley parlance, smartphones have taken all the friction out of photography.

iPhone Encryption and the Return of the Crypto Wars

Last week, Apple announced that it is closing a serious security vulnerability in the iPhone. It used to be that the phone's encryption only protected a small amount of the data, and Apple had the ability to bypass security on the rest of it.

From now on, all the phone's data is protected. It can no longer be accessed by criminals, governments, or rogue employees. Access to it can no longer be demanded by totalitarian governments. A user's iPhone data is now more secure.

To hear US law enforcement respond, you'd think Apple's move heralded an unstoppable crime wave. See, the FBI had been using that vulnerability to get into people's iPhones. In the words of cyberlaw professor Orin Kerr, "How is the public interest served by a policy that only thwarts lawful search warrants?"

Ah, but that's the thing: You can't build a backdoor that only the good guys can walk through. Encryption protects against cybercriminals, industrial competitors, the Chinese secret police and the FBI. You're either vulnerable to eavesdropping by any of them, or you're secure from eavesdropping from all of them.

Sophisticated iPhone and Android malware is spying on Hong Kong protesters

Researchers say all signs point to the Chinese government

A fake smartphone app is being used to remotely monitor pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, according to a report from the New York Times. Researchers from Lacoon Mobile Security say the phishing scam is spreading across the messaging application WhatsApp, through texts that read: "Check out this Android app designed by Code4HK for the coordination of OCCUPY CENTRAL!", along with a link to download software.

Apple’s iPhone Encryption Is a Godsend, Even if Cops Hate It

It took the upheaval of the Edward Snowden revelations to make clear to everyone that we need protection from snooping, governmental and otherwise. Snowden illustrated the capabilities of determined spies, and said what security experts have preached for years: Strong encryption of our data is a basic necessity, not a luxury.

And now Apple, that quintessential mass-market supplier of technology, seems to have gotten the message. With an eye to market demand, the company has taken a bold step to the side of privacy, making strong crypto the default for the wealth of personal information stored on the iPhone. And the backlash has been as swift and fevered as it is wrongheaded.