By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) The bug would have allowed a bad actor to take over a user’s smartphone by sending a photograph carrying malicious code.The vulnerability was discovered by Check Point Security back in April. Facebook has claimed that they patched the vulnerability and that no one had abused the exploit. Users who haven’t updated Instagram are strongly encouraged to do so, to be safe.It was especially noteworthy because it highlighted how easily a hacker could take over a user’s personal device, such as an …
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Canon on Thursday unveiled the EOS C70 4K, its first EOS Cinema camera equipped with an RF mount and designed to offer cinema performance in a still camera form factor.Credit: CanonThe camera is akin to a cross between Canon’s standard EOS cameras and a cinema camera, and the addition of an RF mount allows it to take advantage of the same range of lenses offered for its mirrorless devices. As with other cameras in the Cinema line, it’s primarily aimed at high-performance video recording and filmmaking….
By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Apple is working on a type of hinge mechanism for an iPad keyboard case that could fold flatter than standard assemblies, as well as new methods of providing adjustable tactile key feedback.Credit: Andrew O’Hara, AppleInsiderThe first patent, titled “…
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Learn to play piano with the innovative, interactive, and illuminated Lumi system and your iPad or iPhone.Lumi is the brainchild of Roli, a company known for creating modular midi controller systems. They’re most known for their Lightpad Block, a pocket-sized drum pad, and the Seaboard, an innovative midi controller that responds to players’ gestures.Roli’s products have often targeted established musicians who are familiar with electronic music production. Now they’re targeting beginners with their brand new keyboard….
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has investigated methods of determining which apps get certain amounts of actual use by the user, and then allocating financial rewards to the developers based on that usage.Apple isn’t promising that incentives are coming to developers, but it’s worked out a lot of detailEven as Apple begins …
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) The Coalition for App Fairness is comprised of many developers currently involved in high-profile disputes with Apple, as well as many who have been critical of the tech giant in the past.Several big-name app developers have gathered together to form the Coalition for App Fairness, a non-profit organization seeking to highlight issues developers face when developing for Apple’s …
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple is researching expanding the nano-texture glass that it introduced on the Pro Display XDR, to bring the technology’s benefit of greater anti-reflective properties to the iPhone or iPadAn iPhone showing Apple’s slide demonstrating how nano-texture worksApple introduced the optional …
