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Heading into the weekend, Apple’s new spring collection of iPhone 13 silicone cases are on sale for the first time to lead the way. That’s alongside a new 2022 low on Apple’s official MagSafe Battery Pack and $99 off Apple Watch Series 7 cellular. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. Apple’s new iPhone 13 spring collection silicone cases see first discounts Keeping up the premium stylings of other official Apple cases, these silicone offerings protect your iPhone 13 series device with a soft-touch and grippy finish that now comes in one of four styles....

You know you’re in trouble when people write an app with sole purpose of pinging your content network to tell users whether or not it’s up. Touche. Clearly Sony should have released such an app as part of their damage control process. It’s surprising that the idea for the PSN Status app took so long to dislodge. Image iTunes were busted and went down for a month… I assure you that Apple fans and haters would fall over each other creating a similar app within the first 24 hours of the incident....

Businessweek has a fun chart showing that Apple’s iPhone business alone would make it the 9th largest stock in the Dow Jones top 30 companies, ahead of such giants as Microsoft, Coca-Cola and McDonalds. It’s not a terribly surprising fact – the iPhone represents the bulk of Apple’s business, with its $88.4B sales greater than all of Apple’s other products and services combined ($81B), but it is quite a graphic illustration of the strength of that one product line....

Morgan Stanley is estimating that iPhone sales for Q3 (Apple’s fiscal Q4) will hit 34.5M, 28 percent higher than the 26.9M sold in the same quarter last year, reports Fortune. The estimate is 11 percent higher than the market consensus forecast of 31M handsets, though still below the 47M sales the same tracker forecasts for the Samsung Galaxy line. The reality, of course, depends on how consumers respond to both the new phones and iOS 7....

An iPhone saved the life of a British snowboarder after he fell into an off-piste crevasse and was unable to climb out. He was alone at the time, something he now says was a mistake he will never repeat. He said that he will never be able to repay Swiss rescue services, but also credits an emergency feature of his iPhone for being able to call for help in the first place …...

The disassembly of the iPhone X that just made the guys of iFixit reveals how the tech giant Apple has completely renewed the insides of the phone, discovering new ways to include more features within its slim body. The first surprise we have when finding two batteries cells in the iPhone X for the first time in a phone of the Cupertino. The combined battery has a capacity of 2716 mAh, a little larger than the battery found in the iPhone 8 Plus and its 2691 mAh....

The obvious explanation for the screenshot above, taken on a current Retina iPod touch with the latest iOS 5 Beta, is that Apple messed up by leaving the ‘Cellular’ data option in the iPod software. However, with talk of a 3G iPod touch (or a merged iPhone!), it does look more tantalizing. Update: GPS toggle also found! After the break… Thanks Dan and Daniel! Rumor: Next iPod touch getting 3G data connectivity this Fall (9to5mac....

Yes, there’s the Nexus line, which are phones that sells in close partnership with a rotating cast of hardware makers. But according to a Telegraph report, is going to build its own smartphone from scratch, just as it’s done with the xel Chromebooks tablet. The thinking is that this would allow to more directly compete with Apple for the high end of the smartphone market, which is still dominated by the ione in many stern markets....

Photo nerds listen up! As a part of the iOS 6 GM that Apple released on the Developer Center just a few moments ago, the company has included a brand new panorama mode to its camera. The panorama mode was once hidden within iOS and could be uncovered with a few simple code changes, however now the functionality is available for every iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 user. Panorama mode definitely isn’t complicated to use, as users simply click the panorama button found at the top and capture the photo by moving the camera across the guide....

Apple has never been flexible when it comes to iOS updates. While users can choose not to install an update, you will be left without security fixes if you don’t install the latest version of iOS available. Although Apple still updates iOS 12 for older iPhones and iPads, devices currently supported by the company don’t have the option to run this operating system with the latest security updates. A new section added to the iOS software update menu indicates that Apple will provide standalone security updates for iPhone and iPad users....

UPS units are meant to provide power backup to keep devices, appliances and applications connected to the internet by supplying off-grid power to places like a data center during a power outage. But hackers have been targeting internet-connected UPS units to disrupt the backup power supply. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) said they “are aware of threat actors gaining access to a variety of internet-connected uninterruptable power supply (UPS) devices....

IP address act as an identifier for a specific machine on a particular network. It also helps you to develop a virtual connection between a destination and a source. The IP address is also called IP number or internet address. It helps you to specify the technical format of the addressing and packets scheme. Most networks combine TCP with IP. An IP address consists of four numbers, each number contains one to three digits, with a single dot (....

Speaking of the change-everything iPad as I seem to from time-to-time AT&T has some interesting wit and repartee for us — alleging there’s already over half a million iPads on its US 3G network — meanwhile the survey results are in and the iPad is (I can feel blushes in Cupertino) the highest-scoring product a leading consumer satisfaction index has ever tracked. AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson told financial analysts at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XIX Conference, “We have over half a million iPads connected to the network....

All of Tuesday’s best deals are kicking off, and we’re tracking some rare discounts on certified refurbished iPhone 12 Pro/mini handsets at $99 off. That’s alongside upwards of $70 in savings on Apple Watch Series 6/SE Nike+ editions and $149 off the latest M1 MacBook Air. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break. iPhone 12 Pro/mini see rare cert. refurb deals Woot is currently offering the Apple iPhone 12 Pro 128GB in certified refurbished condition for $940....

Apple devices like Apple Watch and iPhone have saved lots of lives with features like ECGs, SOS emergency calling, Fall Detection, and more. But it’s much rarer for the physical device to offer protection. In a recent video, an iPhone has been credited with stopping a bullet, saving a Ukrainian soldier’s life. Shared on reddit and Twitter over the weekend, what looks like an iPhone 13 Pro is being praised as an unlikely hero, allegedly stopping a bullet....

I don’t think I can remember an Apple move that provoked such strong, yet universal negative feedback from the press as the iPhone Firmware update 1.1.1 is receiving. While there are always Apple rabid fanboys that would cheer on Steve Jobs as he robbed a bank, the more objective press and readers around the world have all voiced their negative opinion of the iPhone lockdown move included with the 1....

But, one downside to being on social media is having to be constantly worried about your privacy. To remedy that, Facebook is rolling out its own privacy tool that’s designed to keep your mobile data traffic secure. But is it really that secure and private as it claims to be? Let’s take a closer look. Facebook Protect We’re talking about a new security feature on Facebook called “Protect.” Once it rolls out to you, you can access it within your iOS or Android Facebook app’s main menu (tap the three horizontal lines) under the “Explore” section....

The Microsoft-commissioned survey, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, looked at Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) devices and what security threats they posed to IT systems that were once separated from edge network devices. OT includes devices and software used to monitor and control industrial equipment, bringing a physical element to cybersecurity. The survey of 615 IT, IT security and OT security practitioners across the United States found that 51% of OT networks are connected to corporate IT networks....

The iPad just got quite a bit better thanks to iPadOS 13.4, which added full support for trackpads. Now, attention has shifted to iPadOS 14, which is expected to be announced next month during Apple’s virtual Worldwide Developers Conference. What new features can we expect in iPadOS 14? I have a few suggestions… System-wide custom keyboard shortcuts I’ve been using my iPad Pro considerably more often recently thanks to the new Magic Keyboard, which has been a complete and total game-changer for my workflow....

During Apple’s Q1 2020 earnings call with investors and analysts this afternoon, Tim Cook offered additional detail on iPhone sales during the holiday quarter. Apple no longer reports unit sales, but Cook did say that the iPhone 11 was the top-selling iPhone model during the three-month period. According to Cook, the iPhone 11 was the best-selling iPhone model every week during fiscal Q1 20200, beating out the iPhone 11 Pro and the lower-priced iPhone XR....