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Leaked document explains how Apple tracks communication via, shares information with law enforcement

In the complicated balancing act between privacy and security, it looks like Apple has been handing the phone number you’ve called over to the police. Following this year’s FBI investigation and Apple’s vows of privacy protection, it appears that Apple in fact keeps a log of everyone you try to contact using iMessage, according to […]

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Apple confirms existence of “Applebot” web crawler, says program indexes the Web for Siri, Spotlight

Sometimes it’s the Web traffic logs that really let you know what Apple is up to. Last fall, a number of webmasters began seeing web crawler visits from IP addresses starting with 17, an IP address block owned entirely by Apple. Apple has now officially confirmed in a support document that it is operating its […]

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Nintendo bows to investor pressure, announces plans to bring games to iOS, other platforms

Sometimes you’ve got to do what the investors tell you to do, even if it means bringing the crown jewels to other platforms. Still, the upside is that it brings Mario to your iOS device. Nintendo announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Japanese mobile game maker DeNA to jointly develop games for smartphones, […]

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Apple awarded patent for intelligent caller ID image selection feature

This could lead to something cool. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Apple has won a patent for the method in which pictures are assigned to incoming calls, offering a twist to the common feature seen on most cellular devices since the introduction of the camera phone. The U.S. patent and Trademark Office […]