When an app uses the Facebook SDK, Facebook gets access to the same permissions that the containing app has. Let that sink in. I dug through a few popular photography apps on the iPhone with a disassembler. I discovered VSCO uses the Facebook SDK. Using VSCO, you’d have no idea it’s talking to Facebook. We

Episode #084 von Vector listet (in 14 Minuten) einige zentrale Schmerzpunkte von Siri auf und arbeitet damit entsprechend Apples Hausaufgaben heraus. It won’t just be about not being competitive, it’ll be about not being relevant in the next generation of super accessible, super personal computers. If there’s anything that has dominated Apple’s history, it’s been

Nachdem die Facebook-App unter dem Menüpunkt „Protect“ seine Schnüffler-Software „Onavo VPN Security“ verlinkt, hat sich der Sicherheitsforscher Will Strafach die Datenpakete angeschaut (soweit das möglich ist). I found that Onavo Protect uses a Packet Tunnel Provider app extension, which should consistently run for as long as the VPN is connected, in order to periodically send

The search is the best feature. Once the recording is finished, the app’s machine learning automatically creates about 10 keywords so that you know what the meeting was about. And you can start searching the full text right away. Also useful is that once you hone in on a keyword, you can hit the play

The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is working on noise-canceling, over-ear headphones that rival headsets from market leaders like Bose and even the company’s own Beats by Dre brand, according to people familiar with the product’s development. The company plans to launch the headphones as early as the end of this year, but has faced development

Dropbox, the leading cloud storage and collaboration platform, filed for a $500M IPO with Goldman Sachs leading the offering. The company will trade under the ticker “DBX” on the Nasdaq. Dropbox was founded in 2007 (originally named Evenflow) as an easy-to-use consumer cloud storage product — the company describes the founding based on the idea that “life

The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about, it can be good for our well-being. We can feel more connected and less lonely, and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health. On the other hand, passively reading articles or watching videos — even if

Ich wiederhole mich, aber eins der besten Features von Zattoo (universal; Laden) ist tvOS. Auch für das normale TV-Programm verbleibt man auf Apples Benutzeroberfläche und muss sich nicht mit dem Umschalten zwischen verschiedenen Eingangsquellen am Fernseher herumärgern. Meine Family (in Bremen) hat gerade ihr zweites Abojahr begonnen (100 € / 12 Monate). Sie nutzen zwar mittlerweile