Matthew Panzarino:
A recent posting on Apple’s Web Server notifications page issues credit to Ibrahim Bialic, 7Dscan.com and SCANV of Knownsec.com for the discovery of two web security issues. Bialic, you may recall, discovered a vulnerability that he later publicly claimed was responsible for the weeks-long outage of Apple’s Developer Center.
The issue that Apple credits Bialic with bringing to the company’s attention was related to iAd, not the Developer Center, however.
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As a long-time Apple nerd, I was more than a little nervous when I heard about the Jobs movie for the first time.
It wasn’t just that I was afraid it’d be some sort of Kelso Builds Computers, either. While everyone knows who Steve Jobs was, the true nerd heroes — guys like Woz, Jef Raskin, Burrell Smith and Andy Hertzfeld — aren’t household names. Having the Apple story told in movie theaters across the globe is a rare chance that people like me have to see our interests be placed on a huge platform.
The Verge’s always-overly-happy David Pierce takes at the future of biking. In this video, he covers some very cool stuff.
HACKmemphis is a community-run event focused on bringing together the Memphis tech community — developers, coders and designers alike — to formulate amazing ideas, creative code, and awesome hardware hacks.
If you’re in the Mid-South and a nerd, you need to check this out.
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iOS 7, of course, is bringing sweeping UI changes like the operating system has never seen before. Many developers are currently hard at work, building iOS 7 versions of their apps.
From what I’ve seen, it’s paying off. I’m currently running several betas of iOS 7-only apps, 1 and many of the apps in my SECRETS! folder feel right at home on my sacrificed-to-the-beta-gods iPhone.
But they all feel awfully similar.
I can take a look at screenshots of them and tell them apart, mind you. Developers are using color in some very exciting, unique ways on iOS 7, but white frosted glass is everywhere, as are the standard UI controls found in Apple’s first-party apps.
My buddy Bradley’s article on smartphones and photo management has been making the rounds this week. Here’s his premise:
If you grab a co-worker’s iPhone and they have 2500 photos on the camera roll, then you know they don’t. They’ll just keep taking photos and assume “the cloud” or whatever is backing it up. For a time, it is. That is until their backup hits the mythical 5GB mark and iCloud starts pestering them to remove data or buy more space. Some people buy more space, but most just continue to ignore it and hope Apple has their back. I hate to break it to them after their iPhone takes a swim in the lake, but they don’t. Multiple companies are stepping up and trying to solve this problem in different ways, though.
With Federico on the beach, Myke and I discuss Larry Ellison, the future of Apple and iPhone rumors.
Don’t miss the corresponding After Dark, in which we discuss the first episode of Breaking Bad’s final run. Expect spoilers.
Adrianne Jeffries:
Of course, depression can be difficult to synthesize into a math problem. The cause is usually a combination of cascading factors that are often difficult to trace. The solution can be even harder to pin down.
A fascinating read about a truly tragic phenomenon.
Brent Simmons steps to the chalkboard to discuss the grammatical error that drives me more insane than any other. It is shocking how many people get this consistently wrong.
Marco Arment, writing about the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000:
The 4000 had two major flaws: its keys were too mushy, and its right side extended out so far that I practically had to keep my mouse in New Jersey, which isn’t great for ergonomics.
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The Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard looks nice, is wireless,2 and appears to fix the size issue by splitting off the numeric keypad, but those keys have me worried: they look like cheap laptop-style scissor keys, and have a good chance of being too mushy.