Archive for July 19th, 2012
18.6% Of Apps Collect User’s Address Book Data And 41% Track Location
Today security company BitDefender published a report (via
Starting with the iOS 6 release this fall, apps that need access to personal data (reminders, photos, contacts, calendars etc.) will have to ask users to allow them use such data. However, according to BitDefender, now about 18.6% of 65,000 apps for iPhone that was included in the study can access data in a user’s address book, while 41% of them can track location. The company also revealed that only 57.7% of apps encrypt user’s personal data.
iPhone 5 photo based on the latest rumors
Nobody knows what the iPhone 5 will look like, however there are numerous rumors and leaked parts.
InventHelp has taken the rumors and turned them into the most up-to-date approximation of what the iPhone 5 will look like:
Apple's Early Prototype iPad Had a 12-Inch Display
Yesterday we published some interesting photos of the early iPad prototype created in the 2002-2004 timeframe. The photos revealed the similar design to the device released in 2010, but the early prototype was 1-inch thicker than the original iPad. As we may see, the prototype also has rounded corners and 4:3 aspect ratio for the display.