Tag: IPhone

An iPhone survived a thousand foot drop from an airplane completely intact, according to a report.

Some iPhones crashed after Apple attempted to filter out “Taiwan” and the Taiwanese flag in an attempt to appease the Chinese government, before the bug was fixed.

The iPhone is the most common “status symbol of wealth,” according to a new research paper.

Those with an iPhone will soon have their location shared with 911 Dispatchers during an emergency call, according to a report.

Apple recently announced plans to update iPhone settings to disable the current most popular method for law enforcement officials to gain access to locked phones.

Apple has reportedly begun removing apps from their store that share users location data with third parties.

Apple’s failure to tell consumers that its software could slow performance in some iPhones has sparked Israel’s consumer protection agency to launch its own investigation.

A GIF of a crucified Jesus Christ eating a Cadbury Creme Egg, allegedly found after searching for “Easter” on Apple’s iPhone messenger, has prompted complaints.

A woman that was chased by an unknown man believes that her public iPhone details and Apple’s “AirDrop” feature may have left her vulnerable to stalking.

Apple’s recent update for the iPhone removed Easter Sunday from some users’ calendars, prompting consumer complaints.

Apple has reportedly announced their biggest quarterly profit ever despite a drop in iPhone sales this year.

Apple has admitted this week that the Department of Justice is investigating claims of planned obsolescence in older iPhones but stated that they would never”degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades.”

The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are reportedly investigating Apple after the company admitted to slowing down older iPhone models.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that the battery management feature which caused slowdown issues in older iPhones can be disabled in future updates.

The Shanghai Consumer Council has requested that Apple provide a full explanation for the slowdown of older iPhone models.

Twenty customers of a pizza parlor in California broke out into a brawl over a missing iPhone that was in the lost and found the entire time.

Senator John Thune (R-SD) has asked Apple to answer questions before Congress about the company systematically slowed down older iPhones.

Apple has announced they will be offering replacement batteries for older iPhone models for $29 following the recent scandal revealing that software updates purposefully slow down older iPhone models.

Apple is being sued after the company admitted to slowing down older iPhone models in a statement this week.

Apple has confirmed it is slowing down older models of the iPhone, claiming it was in an effort to prevent random shutdowns.

Apple’s iPhone X shares face scan data with third-party app makers, prompting privacy concerns.

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For about 48 hours after a deadly rampage at a Texas church, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies did not ask Apple Inc to help them unlock the gunman’s iPhone or associated online accounts, a person familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday.

A T-Mobile store manager in Oklahoma City allegedly stole nude photos stored on a woman’s iPhone and attempted to cover up his tracks.

A report claims that Uber’s iPhone app was capable of recording users screens, even when they weren’t using the app.

Apple and Google are set to introduce a new series of “gender-neutral” face emojis in an update.

Apple’s new Face ID system, which was announced as a feature for the new iPhone X, may prove unpopular with consumers, as fears of biometric protection for electronic devices are relatively prevalent, according to a recent report.

A man who allegedly filmed himself catching his wife sleeping with her boss is accused of unlawful surveillance and could face prison time if convicted.

The latest iPhone craze that has swept the New York City subways is not an app- but a disturbing trend where creepy men are sending pictures of their private parts to unsuspecting women via iPhone’s AirDrop tool.

Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn has announced that it is planning a second manufacturing plant, this one in Michigan. After Foxconn announced a new plant in Wisconsin just last month, these newest jobs are coming to the second state that was key to President Trump’s election in 2016.

A judge has ordered Apple to pay $506 million to the University of Wisconsin after ruling that the tech giant infringed upon patents registered by the the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

(Reuters) — Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker and a major Apple Inc supplier, plans to invest more than $10 billion in a display-making factory in the United States and will decide on the location of the plant next month.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Apple says it will give $200 million to Corning Inc. so it can invest in a Kentucky plant that makes glass screens for iPhones and iPads.

The FBI spent $900,000 in its effort to unlock an iPhone found inside the San Bernardino terrorists’ home, a senator has revealed.

Three teenage girls in Illinois are accused of killing a father of seven and stealing his iPhone, police say.

Although Apple claims its fingerprint scanner is 5 times more secure than a typical 4-digit passcode, security researchers claim they have developed a set of fake MasterPrints that demonstrate criminal intruders could access 65 percent of fingerprint scanners.