Category: technology
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Peace Pulled From App Store
Marco Arment: I’ve pulled Peace from the App Store. I’m sorry to all of my fans and customers who bought this on my name, expecting it to be supported for longer than two days. It’ll keep working for a long time if you already have it, but with no updates. If you want a refund,…
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iOS 9 Out; Go Block Ads
iOS 9 is out today for your iPhones and iPads. It is fine, I’ve been running the public betas for a long time now, you could read Federico Viticci’s 23 page review for a second opinion. My favorite feature is that you can now block advertisements and tracking sites (they know what you do and…
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“Would you buy the new Apple devices?”
This is the other question I get asked after new products are announced at an Apple event. Here’s the answer. iPhone 6s/6s Plus tl;dr Yes.The new upgrades are actually more significant than usual for an “s” release. 3D Touch, twice the RAM, Live Photos, and more. 3D Touch is extremely compelling to anyone who wants…
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Will Smith Departing Tested
Will Smith (one half of the awesome duo behind Tested.com, not the actor): About six years ago, I pitched my idea for Tested to the folks at Whiskey Media. My pitch was simple, let’s make a technology site that’s about having fun with technology instead of showing people how snarky and cool we could be.…
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Attack code exploiting Android’s critical Stagefright bugs is now public
Dan Goodin: Attack code that allows hackers to take control of vulnerable Android phones finally went public on Wednesday, as developers at Google, carriers, and handset manufacturers still scrambled to distribute patches to hundreds of millions of end users. The critical flaws, which reside in an Android media library known as libstagefright, give attackers a…