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Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group has agreed to compensate the family of a Chinese employee who committed suicide last week, according to an Associated Press story. Reports said that Foxconn had interrogated the 25 year-old man, Sun Danyong, over the disappearance of an iPhone prototype that he was responsible for.
Apple has released its long-awaited MobileMe iDisk application for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s available for free download from the App Store.
When it comes to the App Store, it can sometimes seem like Apple just has a tendency to not put on its listening cap, as my fourth grade teacher would have said. In a week which has seen complaints from developers over issues as varied as application removal and the new rating system, Apple has responded by adding…keywords.
I wasn’t initially sure what to make of NimbleBit’s Sky Burger for the iPhone and iPod touch. After all, here’s a game where you’re assembling a tower from parts that fall from the sky—only, in this case, the parts involve food.
Flaws in the way some mobile-phone networks handle SMS (short message service) signaling data could leave them open to a whole new range of attacks.
Does the iPhone really need a dedicated app for reading PDFs? After all, you can download them right from the phone’s Safari browser or when you receive a PDF attachment. Still, these methods have limitations—namely, that you need to use either the browser or the mail client to access them.
A new scam is targeting Facebook users keen to try out Apple’s soon-to-arrive iPad. Graham Cluley’s Sophos blog, which highlights internet security concerns, explains the...
App Store developers will now be able to reach customers in 13 new countries, according to an announcement on the iPhone Developer Program news page.