Apple says location data are used for better service
May 11th
Apple said on Tuesday at a Senate hearing that they are collecting location data of cell sites and WiFi access points to improve their location services, not tracking user location. Apple emphasized again that the data recorded and sent back to their server are all anonymous. This is the latest progress since Apple released iOS [...]
Apple faces lawsuit for tracking user location
Apr 26th
In the previous post I reported that iPhone and iPad with iOS 4 and later track user location secretly, well it seems that the issue has escalated. Last week, two Apple product users named Vikram Ajjampur and William Devito filed a lawsuit in Florida against Apple for violating privacy laws, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [...]
Find My iPhone helps recover handset fell from airplane
Mar 23rd
According to ilounge.com, a U.S. Air Force Combat Controller called Ron Walker said his handset – iPhone 4 slipped out of a Velcro pocket on his jumpsuit when he stuck his body out of the plane door to look for landmarks. At that point, the plane was traveling at 150 m.p.h at an altitude of [...]
How to stop Find My iPhone working
Jan 18th
Since Apple released Find My iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, stories about people recovered their iOS device are everywhere. Here are two of them. 1 According to Straits Times, one Singapore woman was robbed and lost her iPhone, and Singapore police got her handset back within 48 hours and arrested the robber with the help of Find My [...]
HTC free cell phone locating service challenges MobileMe
Dec 7th
Apple’s MobileMe is a great cloud service for its products, especially the iPhone locating app could help us track and recover our iPod, iPhone, or iPad. However if you have an Android handset, you may find it lacks such service. Well do not get frustrated, HTC released the same service for its Android cell phones [...]
iOS 4.2-Find My iPhone now free for all iOS devices
Nov 22nd
Finally, the long awaited iOS 4.2 is here with some missing features seen on other mobile platform like multitasking and folders, this could mean iOS is becoming more perfect. And for gamers, iOS4.2 brings them new Game Center app which let users play against each other. And many other features and small improvements were made [...]
