Safari Browser

Johnny Evans offers tips on using the Safari web browser on an iOS device like a smartphone or iPad.

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iOS Upgrade Hides Airplane Mode Features

Lucas Mearian warns that Apple iPhones may not fully go into airplane mode after the recent iOS upgrade .

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iPhone Tips

Jonny Evans offers twenty tips specifically for iPhone users .

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iOS Tips

Johnny Evans shares over 50 tips for using an iPhone or iPad .

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iPhone Development Software Hacked

Gregg Keizer reports code for developing iPhone apps was hacked by Chinese distributing adware. The malware has the potential for serving as a back door for exposing a user's data. The good news is that the apps developed with this code seem to be limited to the Chinese market.

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Walking and Mindfulness

Brian Mathews muses on walking and mindfulness .

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LinkedIn iPhone App

Colin Nagle reports "How LinkedIn Snuck Intro Info Into Emails on iOS ." The article describes how the LinkedIn technology team bypassed security on iPhones and iPads to to allow email senders to include a links to the sender's LinkedIn profile with each outgoing email. The technology is described in more detail on LinkedIn's Engineering Blog.

LinkedIn addresses the privacy concerns of routing a person's email through the LinkedIn proxy server. There are a couple of additional concerns about the proxy technology being employed. First of all, having all of a person's mobile-generated email routed through the LinkedIn proxy server creates a new point of failure in email transmission. If the LinkedIn server is overtaxed or fails, then there is a potential for email to be delayed or undelivered.

Second, as this service was developed without Apple's approval and counter's Apple's security provisions, the possibility exists that that Apple will block the usage of the technology in a future iOS update, resulting in the inability to transmit new email from an iPhone or iPad until the LinkedIn technology is deleted.

In summary, I think the LinkedIn engineering team was very creative, but I would not opt-in for the service if I used an iPhone for critical emails.

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Graphic Design Apps

Gabrielle shares "Eighteen Handy Graphic Design Apps for Android Owners." She offers a similar set of Twenty-two Creative and Useful iPhone Apps.

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