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Intego warns of new, detailed phishing scam aimed at Apple’s user base

There’s a few things you can count on: death, taxes and various groups of wanders trying to get personal information from you via scams and phishing efforts. Per AppleInsider, security firms have issued warnings regarding a new “well-crafted” phishing scam that attempts to fool customers into providing their AppleID billing information. Intego posted an alert […]

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iCloud News Software

MobileMe users vent frustrations about iCloud transition issues

If you’re going to give birth to something (overarching cloud services included), you’re going to have some labor pains… Per AppleInsider, a number of users have vented their frustrations as they have attempted to migrate from MobileMe to iCloud. One person explained in an e-mail that they have called AppleCare, used online support, and even […]

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Announcement iPad Opinion

Opinion: Per Your iOS Devices, Be Careful Out There

I should have seen this coming. Last night, as I’d done half a dozen times before without incident, I sat outside the BloomBars art space in Washington, D.C. replying to email on my iPad 2, listening to an ancient Guns ‘n Roses song off the “Appetite for Destruction” album and feeling like everything was right […]

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iCloud News

MobileMe users report outages prior to iCloud transition and launch

Regarding the iCloud…it’s en route, even if there are some transitional bumps in the road to be had. Per AppleInsider, numerous MobileMe users reported experiencing outages of Apple’s current cloud service on Thursday, even as the fall launch of iCloud looms. Users noted that they were unable to access MobileMe Mail. Apple’s system status page […]

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News Software

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7.2 build 11C62 to developer community, includes additional iCloud tools

System updates: they’re a good thing. Per AppleInsider, sources close to the story have stated that Apple has released a new beta of Mac OS X 10.7.2 was supplied to developers on Thursday with no known issues. The latest build, coined “11C62”, and weighs in at 740.2MB in its delta form. It comes less than […]