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Apple Blocks ‘WireLurker’ Malware That Can Infect Non-Jailbroken iOS Devices

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Apple has taken steps to block the recently discovered 'WireLurker' malware that can infect even non-jailbroken iOS devices. Discovered by Palo Alto Networks, WireLurker was used to trojanize 467 OS X applications on the Maiyadi App Store, a third-party Mac application store in China. In the past six months, these 467 infected applications were downloaded over 356,104 times … [Read more...] about Apple Blocks ‘WireLurker’ Malware That Can Infect Non-Jailbroken iOS Devices

Apple to Require All New iOS Apps to be 64-Bit Starting February 1st

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Apple has announced that it will require all new apps to support 64-bit and iOS 8 starting February 1st. Starting February 1, 2015, new iOS apps uploaded to the App Store must include 64-bit support and be built with the iOS 8 SDK, included in Xcode 6 or later. To enable 64-bit in your project, we recommend using the default Xcode build setting of “Standard architectures” … [Read more...] about Apple to Require All New iOS Apps to be 64-Bit Starting February 1st

App Store with App Bundles and Beta Tests

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After showing off the mainline features for iOS 8 at its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced improvements for App Store starting with iOS 8, including app bundles, beta testing, improved search and more.  The App Store will soon add an "Explore" tab, allowing users to explore through categories and sub-categories easily. Search has also been improved, with the … [Read more...] about App Store with App Bundles and Beta Tests

Apple Reduces Top Charts on iOS from 300 to 150 Apps

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Over the weekend, Apple made a change to its "Top Charts" section in the iOS App Store.   Now, Apple is only featuring the Top 150 paid, free and top grossing applications, while previously it would show the top 300. Half of the apps that previously relied on the Top Charts for discovery and download, will now have to be found via search or category.   On the … [Read more...] about Apple Reduces Top Charts on iOS from 300 to 150 Apps

Apple's App Store Usage Numbers Place iOS 7 Adoption at 82%

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The iOS 7 adoption rate keeps climbing and this time, and according to Apple's App Store numbers 82% of mobile devices are using iOS 7.     The previous number Apple had given out was 80% -- so the rate has jumped 2% in just a couple weeks. iOS 6 fell 2% to 15% and devices running at or below iOS 5 remained at 3%. These numbers come straight from Apple's own … [Read more...] about Apple's App Store Usage Numbers Place iOS 7 Adoption at 82%

Flappy Bird Creator Says He is Pulling the Game From the App Store Tomorrow

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Flappy Birds creator Dong Nguyen says he is pulling the game from the App Store tomorrow.   Nguyen posted the news on Twitter saying, "I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore."   https://twitter.com/dongatory/status/432227971173068800   … [Read more...] about Flappy Bird Creator Says He is Pulling the Game From the App Store Tomorrow

After Facebook release of »Paper« app, FiftyThree files for trademark

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As expected, FiftyThree has filed for a trademark on the term "Paper" following the announcement of Facebook’s magazine-style news curation tool, also named Paper.     First discovered by TechCrunch, the trademark was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on January 30, when Facebook released its new app. As noted by FiftyThree co-founder Georg … [Read more...] about After Facebook release of »Paper« app, FiftyThree files for trademark