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"We said no backdoor is a must." Tim Cook The story: Under pressure of government entities (such as the NSA) wanting access to people's encrytped phones Apple's Tim Cook refuses. There are legal means to acquire a person's password using the courts but it is the intention of prosecuting investigators to force Apple to build a custom backdoor into the encrypted device. Recent attempts made to force apple to unlock phones have been met with Apple's laywers blocking such actions by them claiming it is impossible to do with iOS 8. In one particular case the device was running iOS 7 which Apple said that they could unlock the phone but not the encrypted data or any 3rd party data rendering the action useless. My View: Any attempt to build a backdoor into a system is harmfull to the user and manufacturer of the devices. While my phone contains no "Top Secret" information it does have accounts and security information pertaining to business. Not to mention all my clientel information is on my phone so if that were to fallinto the wrong hands I would be liable for violating the privacy act punishable by federal law. For that reason I secure my phone and would base my purchasing decision on the security of my phone. CEO Tim Cook Blasts Encryption Backdoors The second article is about a current case in which the prosecutors have been unable to convince the user to unlock his phone. This can be done using legal means by forcing him to do so or face a long imprisionment but as the judge claims this is an attempt of prosecution to force the issue without the convicted cooperating. Feds want Apple to help defeat encrypted phones
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Hey Guys, So, My phone recently ended up at the bottom of a lake and im now using an Ipod Touch 4G as my daily driver. I was wondering if i could get ios 7 or 8 on it some how with some sort of super hack that only the linus tech gods know of. right no it currently has ios 6.1.6 if thasts any help. Thanks!!
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Chinese development team, Pangu came out with a Jailbreak tool way ahead of time. This contrast with previous outlooks of a long wait. As you can see, the tool is not perfect and most likely will require a major patch or two before some of the major bugs are fixed. On a good note, this is the fastest jailbreak in history to this date. It seems that this release currently is for developers, missing cydia and only coming with ssh. Expect an update soon.Update - Pangu 1.0.0 disabled for bug fixes Update 2 - Pangu 1.0.1 released *Update 3 - Cydia updated to ios 8 Update 4 - Limited Cydia Substrate Update 5: AFC2 has been updated Update 6 - @PanguTeam Update 7 - Saurik Bug fixes WARNING : It is currently suggested that non-developer users NOT jailbreak right now and wait until some bugs are fixed.
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UPDATE: IOS 8-8.1. Jailbreak has been released by Chinese dev team, pangu. After an era of silence from devs, Jailbreak writer, Cammy H teased the release of info regarding the eventual IOS 8 jailbreak. In this article, she got to review the top developers in the jailbreak community and ask questions about the status of a possible Jailbreak. While the majority of the main devs are no longer working on a jailbreak, we still came out with something to hope for. Source: http://www.idigitaltimes.com/ios-8-jailbreak-update-ios-81-releases-today-will-there-be-jailbreak-it-heres-what-we-know-so-far#.VEUwV7NBQ_I.twitterWith only Pangu officially working on a jailbreak, only time can tell if a public jailbreak will be released by the end of the year. They have the dedication needed, but without a method or exploit, things don't look to good this time around. We also have yet to hear anything offical from this unknown party. It seems we can either hope pangu finds something, or bank on this unknown party to go public.
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Any way to get the number row on iOS 8 SwiftKey or have it so if you have so you hold down the top row
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Hello whoever comes to read this! As said in the title, I have an Ipad 2 and I was wondering if I could upgrade to IOS 8 without causing the ipad to slow down. I have done some quick internet searches with some sources saying the update is fine for ipad 2's and others saying that it makes the Ipad 2 completely unusable because of slow performance. If anyone has any experience or knowledge about this kind of thing a bit of advice would be much appreciated. Thanks, Oddball.
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Source: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/30/5761732/this-striking-ios-8-concept-reinvents-the-homescreen (you can see the original site at http://jaymachalani.com/blog/2014/5/29/pushing-ios) Note that this is an unofficial concept developed by Jay Machalani, who also developed the Windows 8 start screen concept that was widely popular and eventually implemented into Windows 8.1(U1) and the next version of Windows. (Yes, it's the linustechtips outro music) Essentially, it's iOS but with live tile style widgets, like Android or Windows Phone. His concept is that you can pinch out (how do you say that) on an app icon on the homescreen and it will open an expanded view with some recent updates or media controls etc, then either pinch back in to leave it how it was, or let go and it will reorder your icons and fill a 2x2 space on the homescreen permanently. Personally, I think it's an interesting concept, although considering widgets have been a staple of Android for ages and live tiles seem to be a Windows thing and they have done that for a while too, I don't see why it has taken so long for anyone to make a serious suggestion to apple about this. I doubt we'll see it in iOS 8 (despite what the Verge says) because apple are supposedly revealing it very soon, so they won't be able to make any radical changes before then, but iOS 9 is a possibility. However, when it is added, it's going to need developer support, which might work out ok, but then again, there are a whole load of apps that just won't work with this concept. It would be interesting to see how apple, and the market, would handle it.
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The folks at 9to5Mac have been doing a little digging into iOS 8 beta 1 and found that Apple wishes to make a more concerted push in the world of mobile payments. With no NFC thus far – although some reports have suggested that the next iPhone may pack such technology – Apple’s only noteworthy gesture has been with the voucher-focused Passbook app, but within iOS 8 lies a neat little feature that lets a user scan credit card information using the camera. The user will need to be using the Safari Web browser, and when navigating through the payment process on a site like Amazon, the camera can then be used to scan a credit card. This does away with the rather tiresome rigmarole of entering details manually, and will serve as an alternative option to the traditional AutoFill. Given that Apple already allows users to scan iTunes voucher codes in, this is not exactly a new idea, but given that it is integrated natively, will surely help to streamline the payment processes of those using iOS 8. Source: http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-8-can-scan-credit-card-information-using-the-devices-camera/
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Japanese paper Nikkei has published a new report on their website comparing the mockups of the iPhone 6 to their supply chain sources. As translated by GforGames, the report says that whilst the mockups offer a good estimate of the final design, some key details are omitted. Many of the things claimed in the report are obvious discrepancies, like button misalignment, but the report hones in on the antenna design (which has been critiqued by some readers) specifically. It says that the final iPhone 6 may not feature the ‘stripes’ at all, claiming that these simply mark out an area for glass materials to replace the aluminium frame, just like the iPhone 5s. Another possibility is that the stripe appearance is still present, but the stripes will be made out of attractive highly-polished glass. The newspaper also claims that the Apple logo effect will be created differently to the 5s, a detail not present in any of these mock-ups. On the 5s, the aluminium is polished and engraved to make the Apple shape stick out. Nikkei says that Apple will physically cut out the Apple logo in the metal this generation. This matches up with frame leaks from a few weeks ago. Other claims by the paper seem more like guesses than ‘solid’ source-based reporting, and their credence is highly circumspect. For instance, the paper notes that it expects to see a curved display in the iPhone 6, to follow the curved body of the device. This is perhaps interesting as Bloomberg said that Apple was to introduce a curved-glass iPhone in 2014 late last year. More recent supporting evidence for this theory is non-existent however. Source: http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/30/iphone-6-mockups-are-a-rough-approximation-according-to-report-claims-antenna-design-will-differ-signifcantly/
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Macrumors reported, besides IOS 8, Apple will release a new app alongside it, called "HealthBook". The new IOS 8 will be designed that the iPhone and upcoming iWatch will work closely for health tracking. Besides it also reported that Apple may have been able to combine several different health sensors into one chipset in order to make them all smaller. http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/31/healthbook-app-ios-8/
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More detailed Information about each feature below the Original Post Apple took the wraps off iOS 8 during today’s WWDC keynote. The latest OS release brings a host of new features and improvements, headed by the ability to closely interact with the freshly announced OS X Yosemite. iOS 8 includes interactive notifications. Users can now perform additional actions right from the notification itself. For instance, Apple demoed quick reply for text messages. A notification comes is in, and with a tap you can start replying. Works with third party apps too Favorite contact will now appear in the multitasking screen which will then ask you yo to call, text, mail or FaceTime Another feature which allows iOS 8 to interact with OS X Yosemite is dubbed Handoff. An expansion of AirDrop, the functionality allows iOS 8 devices to share a multitude of tasks and data with OS X Yosemite, including phone calls messages, files, etc. The newly announced iCloud Drive will be also available on iOS 8. It will be neatly integrated into the OS. iCloud Drive allows you to sync your app files across all your devices. iCloud Drive is actually the closest to a unified file storage iOS has ever gotten. You start App X, you open up the iCloud Drive panel and from there you open a file, which is originally stored with App Y. Once you are done manipulating it, the file is stored back to its original location under App Y so you always know where to find the latest version. We are yet to hear about the availability details. Apple brought the often-requested widgets to iOS with the latest release. They will not be located on the homescreen. Instead, you will be able to find them and interact with them in the Notification center. The keyboard in iOS 8 has been changed as well. It predicts more efficiently the words a user is about to input. Even more importantly, iOS 8 finally brings the ability to install third-party keyboards. This means that the likes of SwiftKey and Swype will soon make their way to iPhones and iPads around the world. As expected, iOS 8 features a HealthKit suite which gathers all data collected from the device’s tracking apps. Apple has teamed up with a number of partners on the health suite including Nike and the Mayo clinic. Apple iMessage has seen a number of improvements in iOS. The suite is now an even more credible competitor to the likes of WhatsApp with the addition of the ability to directly send audio and video messages from within the app. The native email client has also been improved in iOS 8. It allows users to discard unimportant messages via a simple swiping gesture. Also you can read other messages while composing new messages Spotlight has been overhauled as well. It now allows users to search for uninstalled apps, songs from the iTunes store, as well as a whole lot more of useful content. It can also directly open links to wikipedia Family Sharing: The feature allows family members who use the same credit card to also share a variety of other information, including iTunes purchases, photos and photo streams, location, reminders, calendars, and more. If your kid buys an app from the app store a permission request will be asked from the parent and a message detailing the apps will be sent to the parents iPhone/iPad Siri can now identify songs and 22 new languages have been added. Also siri can be summoned by 'Hey Siri" in cars while charging Enterprise features have also been greatly improved in iOS 8. They include beefed up security, new productivity features, as well as better data and device management tools. The camera app also has a new time lapse mode (Updated-1) Apple briefly flashed the slide pictured above and in it listed a bunch of new features that it didn’t talk about in length or at all during its keynote. Some of them include Tips app Panorama on iPad, WiFi calling, FaceTime call waiting, Rich text editing in Notes, iBooks app now comes pre installed accessibility improvements like multi-devices support for MFi hearing aids the ability to exist Guided Access mode using TouchID. Camera timer Emergency Medical Card Separate focus and exposure for Camera Travel Time notifications Auto-night Mode for iBooks RSS in shared Links DuckDuckGo is supported is Safari iCloud Drive for storing your files on the cloud and accessing them from your iOS and OS X devices Shortcut to frequently contacted people in multitasking interface Improved enterprise features App bundles with discounted prices Video preview for apps in App Store Braille keyboard for direct 6-dot braille input Private browsing per tab in Safari Individual app passcode Sends last known location to iCloud before running out of battery Won't require WiFi to connect to Apple TV iPhones can be used as controllers for iPads and Macs Location-based apps shortcuts will be on the lower left hand corner in the lock screen (for example, in starbucks your phone will show starbucks app on the lower left in lock screen for easy access) Advancement in Audio technology in iOS 8 Support for headphones and earphones connected with lightning cable for much better audio clarity (48 kHz digital audio input) iOS 8 is available for developers today and it will release in fall. Its going to be available for iPhone 4S, iPad 2, iPad mini 1, iPod touch 5th gen and up For Developers: Touch ID, home kit (serves as a central kit for home automation), health kit (a health hub from other devices), camera API (for manual control), CloudKit are available for 3rd party app integration New programming language in Xcode called Swift which is way more easier than Objective-C Also the Swift code can be written with Objective C and C codes A new API called metal along with scene kit and sprite kit than enhances the graphics and Apple is working with Epic Games, Crytek, EA, etc for better games. Also Tim Sweeny came on stage demonstrating Metal's abilities Extensions API can let 3rd Party apps become available like an option within other apps TestFlight beta testing for open beta testing apps with the masses Detailed Information of some of the New Features: Extensions: In iOS 8, apps can place an extension in the share sheet, that will allow you to share, say, a web page to any app that supports this functionality, whereas previously you’d be limited to the few built-in apps along with Twitter and Facebook. Or apps can provide specific functionality in other apps, such as the Bing Translate action Apple demonstrated during the keynote in Safari. What this also does is let you, say, open a photo in the Photos app and then choose to edit it in a separate, third party app, such as VSCOcam. Unlike on Android, you won’t actually be leaving the app on iOS 8 and instead VSCOcam will load within the Photos app till you finish the editing work and then the UI will change to the stock Photos app UI. Same basic idea as on Android but with a better implementation. Developers can make their apps show up in Photos app for editing purposes and this also works for apps of other kinds. Then there are widgets. Although Apple didn’t adopt the Android way of placing widgets on the home screen, you can get the same basic functionality from widgets in the Notification Center. Apps can have a widget of their own, which will show up in the widgets list and you can select the ones you want to appear in the Notification Center. During the conference Craig showed how he bid for a guitar in ebay through notification center Keyboard: The keyboard in iOS 8 is hugely improved and now shows suggestions as you type. The suggestions are context aware and thus provide relevant suggestions depending upon what you are typing and to whom you're typing. If its a co worker it will suggest decent words but if its a friend, words like awesome, epic, etc will appear. It learns from your usage and improves the suggestions to match the context and your typing style. However, if you think it’s still not good enough, you can now install third-party keyboards. Apple showed Swype during the keynote but I’m sure other keyboards such as SwiftKey will eventually make their way to the App Store. Apple by default prevents the keyboards from connecting to the internet to prevent your keystrokes from being sent out of the device but you can choose to give the keyboard access to the internet if you want. Continuity: One advantage of making your own smartphones, tablets and computers with your own custom software means that you can do things that few others can. One such feature is Continuity, which makes moving between your various Apple devices seamless. One of the things you can do with iOS 8 on your iPhone and iPad (and OS X Yosemite on your Mac) is start working on a document or a message on one of your device and then pick up right where you left on others. The devices constantly stay in sync with what you are doing and let’s say you’re working on a document in Pages on the iPhone and feel like finishing it off on the iPad, you’ll see an icon on the iPad’s lock screen for Pages and when you swipe it upwards, it will directly launch the app and present it in the exact same state you left it on the iPhone. This works with other things, too, such as emails and web pages. Another spectacular addition is being able to make calls and send messages from your Mac or iPad when your iPhone is around. Let’s say you have a Mac and your iPhone is lying around somewhere and you get a call. Instead of picking up the iPhone, you get the notification to pick up the call directly on your Mac. Similarly, you can also make calls. This also works with SMS. Want to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot on your iPhone for your iPad or Mac? You don’t have to do any actual setting up. Your iPhone will automatically appear in your Wi-Fi list on your Mac or iPad and you just click on it and the device will automatically do everything and connect to the phone. Family Sharing: Family Sharing allows you to create a group of six people with different Apple accounts. Once you create a group, you can have all of them using one credit card. You can then share content such as music, movies, books, apps and games purchased using that card with other members of that group. If you have kids, you can prevent them from purchasing using your card. When they try to buy something, they get a message to ask you and you get a notification asking you for permission. Only with your permission can others purchase using your card, if you set it as such. Other than the content purchased on the group, you can also share photos on your device between the account so all the family members can have all the photos. You can also have a group calendar that everyone in the group can access and add to. Lastly, you can also share location within the group so you can see where the other group members are all the time. This is going to be great for people who all have Apple devices in the house. Metal: For someone who plays a lot of games on the iPad, this is something that I find particularly exciting. Every time you run a 3D game on your device, it runs through a layer of OpenGL API to access the device hardware. Metal gets rid of this layer and gives the games more direct access to the CPU and GPU. This is similar to how AMD’s Mantle works on the desktop side. What this means is that games programmed for Metal will run much faster and you can have much better graphics with the same hardware than you could before with OpenGL, 10x as fast according to Apple. Apple is already working with the top game developers and game engines to make games using Metal. Hopefully, more games will use Metal in the future. This does mean additional work for developers, as they can no longer make a game for OpenGL and have it work across platforms but it does have considerable benefits in terms of performance. If it were any other platform I’d have been skeptical about its success but it’s Apple and developers have been more than willing to go out of their way to make things work well on its platforms, especially iOS. Healthkit and Homekit: Currently, there are many companies making health focused devices, such as the Nike FuelBand, the Jawbone Up and the FitBit. These devices usually have their own apps, which scatters your data across the phone. What Healthkit does is provide device manufactures a place to collate all their data so it’s easier for the user to find all of it in one place. It also works with medical services that can track your health and contact a doctor if necessary for you. Homekit is similar, but works with home automation devices. Things such as lights and thermostats that can now be controlled by your phone but use separate apps can now plug into this one app making it easier to control all the devices in your house from one place. Messaging: Apple has made considerable improvements to the Messages app in iOS. Those who used the iMessages service could previously make groups for multiple people to chat in one place but the execution left a lot to be desired. The latest update brings along some much needed features, such as the ability to mute a group, leave the group, remove a person from the group or share your location with your friends in the group. Along with that, you can now also send voice and video messages to your friends. Press and hold the microphone button above the keyboard and speak your message. You can do this for video too. Lastly, Messages now syncs your SMS messages along with your iMessages to your iPad or your Mac, so the conversation maintains its structure and continuity across devices. Improved Notifications: Now, when you get a notification from someone while you’re in another app, you can just pull down the toast notification that appear on top and you will get additional options to reply to the message on the spot, without having to switch apps You can also swipe left on certain notifications on the lock screen to get additional options. Lastly, if you get a voice message, just hold the phone to your ear even if it’s locked and it plays for you without having to press a button. Improved Photos app There is now a new Photos app on iOS 8. First of all, you get iCloud Library, which syncs your photos across all your iOS devices. Even if you make an edit to your photo, the changes are synced across immediately. You can also store photos in your iCloud account and they appear on your phone along with the ones stored locally. There is a new search tool that lets you find photos by just typing and as you type it will show photos from a particular date, album and even location where they were taken. Lastly, there is a much improved photo editor built-in, with color and light adjustment, filters and horizon leveling tools. Improved Siri and Spotlight: Siri can now be accessed by saying “Hey, Siri” when it is connected to a charger without having to press a button, which can be convenient when you’re driving. It also now shows you words as you speak them and features improved voice recognition and language support. You can now also purchase iTunes content with Siri. Lastly, you can also find out what song is playing around you using Siri, thanks to the Shazam integration. Spotlight has also been enhanced. Along with showing you local content as you type, it now taps into services such as Wikipedia, and can do Google searches on the fly as you type. It will even suggest apps, movies, music and books from the store that you don’t have on your device. A search for a movie will bring up show times and a search for a restaurant will bring up more info about the place with location. These are all the major features that Apple announced. There will be many more little things that we will come across as we use the OS on a daily basis but what we have above is the real dea Here's a iOS 8 Beta 1 hands-on video: Sources: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/ http://redmondpie.com http://9to5mac.com http://blog.gsmarena.com/best-new-features-ios-8-know/
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