It was quite obvious for some time that the late Steve Jobs had it out for Android. Google and Apple we're in multiple law suits about different things over the past years, and are still fighting them now. Steve Jobs seemed pretty serious about his hate for the contending smartphone OS. Even so much that there's a quote from his biography that goes a little something like, “I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.”
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![[Batterygate] Apple Clarifies “Overcharging” iPad and iOS Device Batteries](http://www.macmixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/screen-shot-2012-03-27-at-2-44-06-pm-600x338.png)
Recently, we had reported about how the new iPad can actually be charged for an hour or two after iOS tells you it's 100% full. Speculation was made as to why this was happening on the new iPad and most attributed it to the battery being 70% larger. It was also said by CNBC that "if you charge it more than that [100%], you could harm the longevity of the battery". Well Apple decided to come out of the cave and put all these rumors to rest.
iOS Security and Privacy has been of big concern lately. It’s not shocking that many would be worried about having a secured phone. It’s your phone and most all personal data is stored on it. But what if you knew ...
Newsstand is a fairly new addition to iOS. This new app/folder was implemented in iOS 5 when it was released back in October 2011. For me personally I never had much use for Newsstand. The iOS only feature allows users ...
On Thursday we mentioned how the new iPad‘s battery gauge in iOS actually lies to you. It was said that you should charge your battery for up to a couple hours after the iPad claimed it was “100%” charged. According ...
The newly hatched egg in the Angry Birds series has seen massive success from their launch day. On March 22nd, Angry Birds Space was released for iOS, Android, Mac and PC and was downloaded 10 million times. These are crazy numbers. Just think about the money involved there...
Apple has recently began rejecting Apps that include access to your devices UDID. In case your wondering, a UDID is an alphanumeric string unique to every iPhone, iPad, or iPod. This really shouldn’t be a surprise since developers were warned ...
![[Exploit] Safari Bug Found that allows URL Spoofing in iOS 5.1](http://www.macmixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/safari-exploit-590x338.jpg)
A recent bug reported earlier by TheNextWeb, has been found in Safari for iOS 5.1. The bug allows URL Spoofing in your address bar for Safari on your iPhone / iPad / iPod. To put it simply, you could be ...