iPhone - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Apple defends App Store amid mounting criticism

  Apple has publicly defended its App Store from mounting criticism over its treatment of rivals in a new blog post detailing its functions and guidelines.

• Apple teams up with SAP to help clients develop iPhone business apps

  SAP and Apple are teaming up to help clients develop their own mobile business applications using Apple's machine-learning technology.

• Apple fixes FaceTime privacy bug amid issue update

  Apple has fixed a privacy flaw in its group video chat software and plans to improve how it handles reports of software bugs.

• Why is Apple's Airpower still a no-show?

  It's now been a full year since Apple announced it would release its first wireless charger to go along with the first iPhones that could be wirelessly charged.

• Apple bans cryptocurrency mining apps on iOS to protect mobile users

  Using an iPad or iPhone to mine bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies would be hard to do, as the CPU power available to complete the task would be a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed.

• ​iPhone sales decline for first time as Samsung hangs onto smartphone crown

  “For Samsung to stop falling sales of premium smartphones, it needs to introduce new flagship smartphones that can compete with iPhones."

• 5 reasons you're going to want Apple's next iPhone

  Apple is cooking up such an iPhone upgrade path, with a wave of rumors warning the next iteration will be faster, thinner, and possibly even curvier than before.

• Apple blows analyst forecasts out the water as iPhone lure tests user loyalties

  “We’re seeing a higher rate of people switching to iPhone than we’ve experienced in previous cycles."

• Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

  Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky start. Meanwhile, the post-PC era put aging tech giants under pressure to reinvent themselves. Here in no particular order are IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 tech stories of the year.

• 5 BYOD pitfalls and how you can avoid them

  Vague policies, rogue apps, zombie phones can doom even the best Bring Your Own Device intentions. But the good news is it's not too late to make game-changing adjustments.

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  Evolve or die: adapt to BYOD or face extinction

  The proliferation and diversity of communication technologies, media and devices plus the popularity of remote working has created a technical nightmare for users and IT managers. Since this BYOD trend is unstoppable, companies must find a way to conquer their concerns about BYOD and adapt. This infographic looks at how new Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) technology is helping companies meet the demands of a continually evolving BYOD workforce.

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  Leveraging Bring Your Own Device programs

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  Flexibility evolved: connecting mobile conversations

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  Get on board with BYOD: it’s good for business