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Volume 32 : Issue 200 : "text" Format
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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:40:18 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Step Away From the Phone!
Message-ID: <p06240838ce651406ac98@[10.0.1.8]>
Step Away From the Phone!
By CAROLINE TELL
September 20, 2013
Whenever Michael Carl, the fashion market director at Vanity Fair,
goes out to dinner with friends, he plays something called the "phone
stack" game: Everyone places their phones in the middle of the table;
whoever looks at their device before the check arrives picks up the
tab.
Brandon Holley, the former editor of Lucky magazine, had trouble
ditching her iPhone when she got home from work. So about six months
ago, she began tossing her phone into a vintage milk tin the moment
she walked in. It remains there until after dinner.
And Marc Jacobs, the fashion designer, didn't want to sleep next to a
beeping gizmo. So he banned digital devices from his bedroom, a house
rule he shared with audiences during a recent screening of
"Disconnect," a film that dramatizes how technology has alienated
people from one other.
As smartphones continue to burrow their way into our lives, and
wearable devices like Google Glass threaten to erode our personal
space even further, overtaxed users are carving out their own
device-free zones with ad hoc tricks and life hacks.
Whether it's a physical barrier (no iPads at the dinner table) or a
conceptual one (turn off devices by 11 p.m.), users say these weaning
techniques are improving their relationships - and their sanity.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/fashion/step-away-from-the-phone.html
***** Moderator's Note *****
I think I've been saying this for years. Nice to know someone listened. ;-)
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:42:04 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Jony Ive: The man behind Apple's magic curtain
Message-ID: <p06240826ce6506e79939@[10.0.1.8]>
Jony Ive: The man behind Apple's magic curtain
Marco della Cava
USA TODAY
September 19, 2013
The reclusive and prolific Jony Ive, the man behind the Apple iPod,
meets with USA TODAY for a rare interview about Apple's once and
future mission.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/09/19/apple-jony-ive-craig-federighi/2834575/
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:42:04 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: IOS 7 Lockscreen Bug Allows Anyone to Sidestep Passcode, Access Photos/Email
Message-ID: <p06240827ce65074eb15d@[10.0.1.8]>
IOS 7 Lockscreen Bug Allows Anyone to Sidestep Passcode, Access Photos/Email
Tiffany Kaiser
September 20, 2013
Apple is working on a fix now
Apple just released its latest operating system yesterday -- iOS 7 --
and as expected with new releases, users are finding bugs. The most
recent find allows anyone to bypass an iPhone user's lockscreen and
access their photos, Twitter, email and more.
According to Forbes, Jose Rodriguez -- a 36-year-old soldier from
Spain's Canary Islands -- found the lockscreen vulnerability in his
free time. He is known for finding lockscreen security flaws in
previous versions of iOS as well.
The lockscreen flaw in iOS 7 allows someone to bypass the passcode
screen entirely by swiping up to access the "Control Center," and
opening the alarm clock. They then hold the phone's sleep button down
-- which offers the option to power it off -- but instead, they hit
"cancel" and double click the home button to access the multitasking
screen.
>From there, it's free access to the iPhone's camera and photos, as
well as options to share them through Twitter, Facebook and email.
Check it out in this video:
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http://www.dailytech.com/IOS+7+Lockscreen+Bug+Allows+Anyone+to+Sidestep+Passcode+Access+PhotosEmail/article33416.htm
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:42:04 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The iPhone 5s Review
Message-ID: <p06240825ce65034fc1b7@[10.0.1.8]>
The iPhone 5s Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi
September 17, 2013
For much of the iPhone's life Apple has enjoyed a first-mover
advantage. At the launch of the first iPhone, Steve Jobs expected the
device and OS would give it a multi-year head start over the
competition. Indeed that's how the market played out. Although
Android was met with some early success, it wasn't until well after
the launch of the first Android devices that we started seeing broad,
mainstream acceptance of the platform. The iPhone bought Apple time,
and together with the iPad it brought Apple a tremendous amount of
profit over the years. The trick of course is turning a first-mover
advantage into an indefinitely dominant market position, a difficult
task when you're only making one device a year.
Today we find Apple in a very different position. The iPhone is still
loved by a very loyal customer base, but the competition is much
stronger than it was back in 2007. The modern smartphone market has
also evolved. When Apple introduced the original iPhone with its 3.5"
display, Steve called it "giant" on stage. Today even HTC's One mini
ships with a 4.3" display.
Last year we saw Apple begin to address the changing landscape with
the iPhone 5. The 5 saw Apple moving to a thinner, lighter chassis
with much better internals and a significantly larger display. While
there is market demand for Apple to do the same again, and move to an
even larger display, there are some traditions Apple is sticking to.
In this case, it's the tradition of the S-update.
The iPhone 5s continues Apple's tradition of introducing a
performance focused upgrade for the last year of any new chassis
design. The first time we encountered an S-update was with the 3GS,
which took the iPhone away from its sluggish ARM11 roots and into the
world of the Cortex A8.
The next S-upgrade came with the iPhone 4S: Apple's first smartphone
to use a dual-core SoC. At the time I remember debate over whether or
not a performance upgrade alone was enough to sell a new device,
especially one that didn't look any different. I'm pretty much never
happy with the performance I have, so I eagerly welcomed the new
platform. Looking back at the iPhone 4 vs. 4S today, I'd say the
investment was probably worth it. In preparation for this review I
threw iOS 7 on every iPhone that would support it, dating back to the
iPhone 4. In my experience, the 4 is a bit too slow running iOS 7 -
the 4S really should be the minimum requirement from a performance
standpoint.
That brings us to the iPhone 5s, the third in a list of S-upgrades to
the iPhone platform. Like the S-devices that came before it, the
iPhone 5s is left in the unfortunate position of not being able to
significantly differentiate itself visually from its predecessor.
This time around Apple has tried to make things a bit better by
offering the 5s in new finishes. While the iPhone 5 launched in
silver and black options, the 5s retains silver, replaces black with
a new space grey and adds a third, gold finish.
...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7335/the-iphone-5s-review
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