Just a helpful hint for all the Gadgetsteria readers out there — if you’re running an iOS device and have a recurring alarm set and want to wake up tomorrow morning at the correct time, delete it. Then create a new alarm and set repeat to “never”. The now infamous iOS DST bug first came to light several weeks back when Australian and New Zealand iOS device owners all showed up for work an hour early. And then, last week European iOS owners had the...
Good news: It’s Friday. Some other good news: Apple has fixed the Mac FaceTime/AppleID security flaw. You know, the one that allowed anyone with access to your computer to commandeer your AppleID/account, password, security questions, and all? Talk about light on your feet. From here on out, any would-be evil doers who try to access your account via the “View Account” will simply be redirected to the FaceTime Account Preferences pane. Super. Via: ...
If you’re one of the uber paranoid, the new FaceTime for Mac beta is probably something you want to avoid like the plague. You see, there’s a reported bug with the new beta, and it’s actually pretty serious. The way the story goes is that when you log into FaceTime, you can see all of the Apple User ID’s personal account information. Even worse, when logging out, the password is cached/stored in the password box and isn’t wiped, allowing the...
Of all the instances of things slipping through the cracks or someone “going out with a bang”, Facebook’s July 29th 2010 snafu will forever stay in my memory. The snafu, discovered by a TechCrunch reader, apparently involved (note the past tense — Facebook has already fixed the glitch) a small issue when changing your Facebook profile’s main language to Spanish. Up in the top right where birthdays are announced, the words “Fuck you...
Recall the whole AT&T upload capping drama from a few weeks back? It turned out that it wasn’t some menacing plan by the Death Star carrier afterall. Instead, one of their business partners, Alcatel-Lucent suffered from a software problem that rendered AT&T uploads on their hardware painfully slow. Good news folks — a fix is rolling out as I type! According to AT&T, a mere 2% of their user base was affected. Nonetheless, the current update...
