Major SSL flaw found in iOS, OS X
Apple has released a patch for iOS and says an OS X fix will be released 'very soon'
Apple has released a patch for iOS and says an OS X fix will be released 'very soon'
The World Wide Web Consortium has a roster of proposed enhancements, including better forms, spell checking, and video captioning
Australian consumers are being advised to hang up on scammers who claim they are owed money for receiving telemarketing calls while registered on the Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) Do Not Call Register.
ANZ Bank has continued its mobile banking push with the release of the Transactive iOS app for corporate customers, allowing them to remotely monitor real-time account balances, view current transactions and approve or reject payments.
Qantas has teamed up with Optus to offer free Wi-Fi to the airline’s Club, Qantas First and Business Lounge customers at 20 airports around Australia.
It's no secret that more and more people are opting for touch-based smartphones and tablets as their computers of choice: iPads, iPhones, Androids, now BlackBerrys, and soon <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/watch-out-apple-windows-8-could-trump-the-ipad-172971">Windows 8 PCs and tablets</a>. For developers, touch-based systems means grasping a whole new set of guidelines, including understanding their audience's new context and careful interface design, say prominent developers in the touch space.
Oracle on Tuesday showed JavaFX rich client software running on both an Apple iPad and a Google Android-based Samsung Galaxy tablet, along with introducing a separate project using HTML5 to bring Java to Apple's iOS platform, called Project Avatar.
HP's decision to dump its WebOS mobile devices leaves diehard developers who built for it in limbo, said a former HP and Palm software development official who nonetheless lauded the technology and expressed hope that WebOS could be revived somehow.
Although Oracle is suing Google over the search giant's Android mobile software platform, developers at an Android developer event this week remained undaunted in backing the platform.
While mobile technologies obviously have room for improvement in the personal market, the world of business seems further in front with a handheld for almost every occasion. Milk deliverers, farmers, fishermen, sales reps and administrators already have devices for use, and more applications are on the way.
It's a simple idea – to go out and see what can be done with wireless devices on a day around New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland. What services can you access when you’re away from your desk, away, even, from a laptop?
Lack of content for mobile users is annoying, but the situation may not last. If the pipes are big enough, why not just pour in the existing internet? Plenty of content there.