iMessage und FaceTime sind nun ebenfalls durch die zweistufige Bestätigung geschützt. Wer sich bei den zwei Diensten ab- und wieder anmeldet oder auf einem komplett neuen Gerät einwählt, muss dafür ab jetzt ein anwendungsspezifisches Passwort vergeben. Apple bestätigte die Erweiterung der Sicherheitsfunktion am heutigen Abend. Apple’s two-step implementation uses codes sent via text message to

Samsungs ‚Mobile Business‘ verzeichnet in Q3 einen Gewinnrückgang von 74-Prozent. In a rare acknowledgement of a misstep, the company’s head of investor relations told an earnings conference call that Samsung had lagged behind changing market conditions. The company’s response „was not quick enough,“ said the executive, Robert Yi. It plans a significant change in smartphone

Event-Tage verlieren (für mich) trotz dem abgehangenen ‚Apple-Store-Down‘-Klischee und diverser Leaks vorab nicht an Aufregung. Allseits bekannt ist, dass es um 19 Uhr losgeht – im Browser oder auf dem hauseigenen Apple-TV-Kanal. Mit einem offiziellen Livestream braucht es keinen Live-Ticker. Die Ausnahme beim letzten September-Event bestätigt die Regel. Daumen drücken. Ich bin guter Dinge (…und

Januar 2014: Three payments industry executives tell Re/code that eBay-owned PayPal has been pitching Apple on helping the consumer electronics maker bring its long-rumored payments initiative to fruition. These people, who have spoken to contacts at both Apple and PayPal, say that PayPal is essentially willing to white-label parts of its payment service to be

According to training materials shared with Apple retail employees this morning, Apple will forgo the traditional paper cards and instead place customers in a virtual queue. This new system is called Reservation Pass. It will sync with Back Of House inventory information in realtime so Apple doesn’t handout too many product reservations. Customers will receive

Everyone knows the PC market has been in decline for the past few years. But one segment of that market is doing spectacularly well, and one company has managed to carve out enviable sales and profits by dominating that niche. Guess who? Ed Bott | ZDNet Am weltweiten PC-Markt hält Apple magere 6-Prozent. In einer

“Apple and Samsung have agreed to drop all litigation between the two companies outside the United States,” the companies said in the statement. “This agreement does not involve any licensing arrangements, and the companies are continuing to pursue the existing cases in U.S. courts.” Bloomberg Apple entzog Samsung langsam aber stetig seine Chip-Produktion. Die aktuellen

IBM will also begin to sell iPhones and iPads to its corporate customers and will devote more than 100,000 people, including consultants and software developers, to the effort. Arik Hesseldahl | Re/code This doesn’t mean Win 8 or even Android devices will be locked out of IT. Indeed Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other tablet and