RANKED: The 4 worst iPhone scandals of all-time
Although there’s been a lot of coverage this week on whether or not the iPhone 6 Plus bends too much, we should recall that this isn’t the first time Apple has been hit with a “scandal” after the launch of a new flagship device. In fact, the last three non-“S” iterations of the iPhone — the iPhone 4, the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 6 — all drew scrutiny for flaws that generated a firestorm of media attention.
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IPHONE 6 PLUS VS. GALAXY NOTE 3: Will this respected reviewer ditch his Galaxy Note 3 for the iPhone 6 Plus?
Last Friday, we covered the first in a six-part series where CNET’s respected product reviewer Tim Stevens began the painful process of trying to decide whether or not to ditch his beloved Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and switch to Apple’s new iPhone 6 Plus phablet instead. Stevens explained how fond he has grown of his Galaxy Note 3 over time, and detailed many of the reasons why. The stylus and related software suite are big pluses, according to his column, and the phone’s excellent battery life is one of the things that drew him to the Note 3 in the first place.
Apple’s new iPhone Plus doesn’t ship with a stylus and its battery doesn’t last quite as long as the one in the Galaxy Note 3, but did it still manage to win Stevens’s heart?
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LOL: LG’s attempt to slam Apple over ‘Bendgate’ scandal backfires hilariously
Let this be a lesson to all brands out there: if you’re going to publicly mock another company, make sure the social media guru-ninja-experts you hire don’t use that company’s products. Apple has had a rough week following the release of a horribly botched iOS software update, the revelation that the iCloud hack that led to the nude celebrity photo leaks should have been prevented, and the widely covered complaints that Apple’s new iPhone 6 Plus phablet has a tendency to bend.
Of note, the botched software update was fixed on Thursday night with the release of iOS 8.0.2, but there’s one huge bug that update doesn’t address:
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Video: Watch Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 get unboxed for the first time
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 is easily one of the most hotly anticipated smartphones of 2014, though there’s no question that Apple’s new iPhone 6 Plus stole the spotlight when it debuted earlier this month. There are still millions of people waiting to get their hands on Samsung’s latest and greatest handset, of course, and many of them in South Korea now have their chance. The rest of us will have to wait until sometime next month to check out the Note 4, but Samsung posted a video on Friday that should help tide us over just a bit.
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The funniest thing you’ll see today: Conan’s fix for iPhone 6 Plus ‘Bendgate’
Many have laughed at Apple’s iPhone 6 #Bendgate misfortune, including various rivals that took hits at the iPhone maker on social media while promoting their unbendable handsets in the process. So it’s really no surprise to see Conan O’Brien do his own bit on Apple’s PR problem – after all, this isn’t Conan’s first time making fun of Apple products.
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‘Shellshock’ Bug Scaring Experts as Much as Bash Heartbleed
It feels like major security vulnerabilities are more common than ever, and there’s a big one freaking out the blogosphere being referred to as “shellshock”. It was discovered by a Red Hat security team in the Bash shell.
Security expert Robert Graham at Errata Security has been blogging about the bug saying that it is “as big as Heartbleed,” and also that it’s twenty years old. He says it’s as big a deal as Heartbleed because it interacts with other software in unexpected ways, and that unknown systems remain unpatched. He writes:
We see that with the Heartbleed bug: six months later, hundreds of thousands of systems remain vulnerable. These systems are rarely things like webservers, but are more often things like Internet-enabled cameras.
Internet-of-things devices like video cameras are especially vulnerable because a lot of their software is built from web-enabled bash scripts. Thus, not only are they less likely to be patched, they are more likely to expose the vulnerability to the outside world.
Unlike Heartbleed, which only affected a specific version of OpenSSL, this bash bug has been around for a long, long time. That means there are lots of old devices on the network vulnerable to this bug. The number of systems needing to be patched, but which won’t be, is much larger than Heartbleed.
I’d suggest keeping up with his blog for analysis on the issue, as it appears to be the go-to spot at this point.
Here’s an “everything you need to know about it” post from Troy Hunt, which you should probably also check out if this concerns you.
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BlackBerry has received 200,000 Passport preorders in just two days
Will the BlackBerry Passport prove to be BlackBerry’s big comeback device? That’s still in question but the device has definitely generated some solid early interest — per Counterpoint Research analyst Neil Shah, BlackBerry CEO John Chen said on Friday that the company has received 200,000 Passport preorders over the last two days. While those obviously aren’t Apple or Samsung-type numbers, BlackBerry doesn’t need them to be since the Passport was designed to be much more of a niche device aimed squarely at corporate power users.
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Photos: This is where Apple torture-tested 30,000 iPhone 6 handsets
Apple said that just nine people complained about iPhone 6 Plus #Bendgate, a few days after it was revealed that the iOS phablet can be bent in a pocket. Bendgate quickly went viral though, so the company decided to take an extra step to assure buyers the iPhone 6 models don’t have a bending problem, in addition to revealing the officially reported Bendgate complaints.
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BlackBerry reports $11 million Q2 loss, but crushes Wall Street’s estimates
BlackBerry on Friday reported earnings for the fiscal second quarter of 2015, crushing Wall Street’s estimates and sending the stock soaring in pre-market trading on Friday. The struggling mobile pioneer couldn’t quite swing to a profit in the second quarter, posting a loss of $11 million, or $0.02 per share. Wall Street had expected a much larger loss of $0.16 per share, however, and BlackBerry’s stock shot up more than 8% as a result.
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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus invade many other markets today
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus may already be sold out in the first launch markets, but Apple on Friday is launching its 2014 smartphones in a second wave of countries. Customers in more than 20 markets will be able to purchase one of the new iPhone 6 models starting today either online or in local Apple retail stores.
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