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An App Seeks to Crowdsource Search for Suspected Child Predators
The Operation Predator app. (Jeremy Raff/KQED) Android users will now have access to a smartphone app — called Operation Predator — designed for the public to help catch child predators in California...
View ArticleITC Sides With Apple in Ordering Ban on Some HTC Phones
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal agency is siding with Apple and ordering an import ban on HTC phones that infringe on a patent belonging to the iPhone maker. The U.S. International Trade Commission said...
View ArticleiPhone 5th Anniversary: Video of Steve Jobs Showing Product for First Time
About five years ago I had some time to kill, wandered into an Apple store, and picked up the new phone everyone was talking about. I played with a little, then set it down, cursing. I had just...
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Tech Titans Apple, Samsung Face Off in Court Over iPhone, iPad
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With billions of dollars and control of the U.S. smartphone and computer tablets markets at stake, jury selection began Monday in a closely watched trial between two of the world’s...
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4 Tips for Recovering Your Stolen Phone or Tablet
Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP If you’re reading this on a smartphone or tablet, take a moment right now to survey your surroundings, especially if you’re out in public. That device could make you a prime...
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7 Things to Know About the Hacker Release of Apple Device Data
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Hackers! FBI! iPhones! Oh my… Media outlets have been breathlessly reporting during the last day or so about hackers who have published data from iPhones and iPads...
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Apple Announces iPhone 5
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple on Wednesday revealed that the new iPhone 5 will be in stores in the U.S. and several other countries on Sept. 21. The other launch countries are Australia, Canada, France,...
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iPhone Maker Foxconn Shuts Factory After Brawl
BEIJING (AP) — The company that makes Apple’s iPhones suspended production at a factory in China on Monday after a brawl by as many as 2,000 employees at a dormitory injured 40 people. A motorcyclist...
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What Do You Think of Apple Maps?
Storify: What do you think of Apple Maps? First, the good news: despite all the hullabaloo about the new Apple Maps providing incorrect directions, we can still use it to get from KQED to a local...
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San Francisco, New York Prosecutors Wait to Judge Apple ‘Kill Switch’
by Terry Collins, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The top prosecutors in San Francisco and New York, seeking ways to curb thefts of mobile devices, said Monday they will reserve judgment of...
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Finding My Lost iPhone: A Story of Apps, Obsession and a Good Samaritan
A ‘Find My iPhone’ map of the travels of Dan’s Brekke’s cellphone after he lost it. So here’s a still-troubling childhood memory: As a kid in grade school, my brothers and I would go home for lunch...
View ArticleApple Jumps Into Health Monitoring With New Watch
Apple has unveiled its first new gadget in four years, the Apple Watch. The company is billing the device as a health-and-fitness tool with smartphone capabilities. At a much anticipated event in...
View ArticleJudge in N.Y. Drug Case Says FBI Can’t Force Apple to Unlock iPhone
NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department cannot force Apple to provide the FBI with access to locked iPhone data in a routine Brooklyn drug case, a federal judge ruled Monday. Judge James Orenstein’s...
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Feds: We Might Not Need Apple’s Help Unlocking iPhone After All
LOS ANGELES — In a stunning disclosure, federal authorities said Monday that they may have found a way to unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack, a development that...
View ArticleVerizon Announces Apple iPhone Launch
It’s independence day, of sorts, for those who believe the Earth’s two eras are dated BiP (Before iPhone) and AiP (After iPhone). Today, in the Year 4 AiP, Verizon Wireless announced it will offer...
View ArticleCreator of Prayer App Emerges from Coma
A Sacramento-area teenager who invented a prayer app has emerged from a coma. Allen Wright came out of his coma of eight days after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. Wright’s family and friends...
View ArticleVideo: Researchers Describe iPhone Tracking Controversy
Earlier this week Apple came under fire for tracking iPhone users’ locations. The company today released an FAQ about the practice, but the debate continues, with bills under consideration in both the...
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Androids Rule in California
According to a new report assessing advertising potential on mobile devices, Google’s Android platform beats out Apple’s iOS and Blackberry. Based on data from 83 million unique users, Jumptap, a...
View ArticleRaw Video: The Woz Holds Court While Waiting On Line to Buy iPhone 4S
Steve Wozniak held forth today on education, smart phones, programming, and other stuff last night while waiting on line at the Apple store in Los Gatos to buy an iPhone 4S, just like everyone who...
View ArticleAnimated Video: History of the iPhone
From the first mobile phone call to the invention of the Web to the principles of good design to iPhone software and hardware, all culminating in an animated Steve Jobs presenting the little beauty....
View ArticleSecurity Firm Says Extremely Creepy Mask Cracks iPhone X’s Face ID
A video shows the Vietnam-based Bkav apparently bypassing the feature. Apple has touted the function as secure since it was unveiled in September.
View ArticleApple Apologizes For Slowdowns, Lops $50 Off Battery Replacement Cost
"We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize," the company said in announcing a plan to help customers speed up their older iPhones.
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