iDevices could be hacked by chargers, really?

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have came up with a way to hack into iOS devices using a charger.

The time to hack this device? Only 1 minute, and the approach could affect all iOS devices regardless of the devices being jailbroken or not.

Apple has refused to comment on this report.

The researchers used a Linux-based Beagleboard, which is a Linux PC the size of a credit card.  This presents danger as the U.S. Army has recently approved using these iOS devices in the military, so the military could be susceptible to hacking attempts by these 'chargers'.

Next time, you should be careful if you 'borrow' someone's charger. You could have your iOS device hacked.

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Google Previews Talking Shoe at 2013 SXSW event! Your shoes talk to you!

Google is previewing their new shoe at a 2013 SXSW event.

This futuristic shoe is literally able to talk and communicate socially with the user in every possible way and give feedbacks to the way they are walking, running, or exercising for example.

The developer states: "by connecting a pair of sneakers to the web, we're creating unique opportunities between physical objects and digital ad spaces. The Google smart sneaker has a personality that talks back and can connect the wearer's activity to the web, if the wearer chooses to."

I think Google's new previewed talking shoes are really cool and this shows Google's innovation at its finest, talking shoes. Who would've thought?

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Google and Apple rumored to start their own "streaming" music services

Services like Pandora, Last.fm, Spotify, Slacker and others might have some huge competition on their hands.
The Technology Giants of Google and Apple are rumored to each trying to start their own respective "streaming music" services that is going to be like Spotify, Nokia Music, and Slacker.
These companies seem to be speaking to record labels about being able to stream their music in these services. Google vs Apple, the race is on! Which company do you think will leave the other in the dust? Comment below!

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Newspapers might become a thing of the PAST

" The Daily Morning Paper might become a thing of the past."

As the Internet News Media grows and grows and grows at an exponential rate, newspapers such as The New York Times are now cutting back on printing out the newspapers that our fathers and grand-fathers and family members  for generations would grab along with a hot cup of coffee slurping it while reading about the news. That might disappear with our lives. What is happening to printed newspapers?! Read more below.

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Obama's Photo a Social Media Craze

This Photo uploaded from Barack Obama's Twitter account last night might just be THE MOST shared Social Media photo ever. Yesterday, President Obama uploaded this photo with the caption "Four More Years" attached to it. Just moments after News outlets declared President Barack Obama winning re-election over Republican challenger Miit Romney. As of 11:30 AM Today, the crazed photograph has been retweeted over 675,000 times, defeating a tweet by pop star Justin Bieber making it the most popular tweet in Twitter's    History.
On Facebook, It received over 400,000 shares and over 3.3 million likes on Facebook, destroying records held by Mark Zuckerberg's wedding photo in May, and a photo of a glass of beer, a tribute to a fallen sailor.

Congratulations to Barack Obama on re-election and hopefully these next four years are great for America!

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Apple seems very unlikely to approve Google Maps App, reports claim

People at Google who are working on the dedicated application say they are "not optimistic" that Apple will approve the software for iOS, according to the Guardian.It Seems, Google Maps, might not be getting into the App Store that is the download center of Apple.
Competition between the two companies has become more sour as Apple tried to release its version of its own Maps software, Apple Maps- a horrendous map software by the way- to try and replace Google Maps on iOS 6. Apple also left behind Google's YouTube Application yet it accepted another YouTube based application. Weird.

What Maps Application would Apple approve then? I speculate apps like MapQuest would be approved if Google Maps was denied. Apple has time to think about this however. Google Maps might not be done until later this year. Interestingly enough, Google Maps is still accessible from the iOS browser.

I think Cook, the new CEO of Apple disapproves of competition unlike Steve Jobs' did, who encouraged it. My honest opinion, Competition is good as it brings out the best of companies. Let's hope Google Maps gets approved.

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3 Million iPad 4th Gen and iPad Minis Sold in 3 Days!

I found this on TechCrunch. Check it Out Guys! Cannot Believe 3 Million were sold already, seeing Apple's success, this should not be a surprise.


From TechCrunch

Apple has just announced that the iPad mini and 4th generation iPad, both of which debuted on October 23 in San Francisco, have just topped 3 million sales in 3 days.
The smaller, lighter tablet had been rumored for years, yet its arrival was somewhat overshadowed by Hurricane Sandy devastating the North East. And the 4th gen iPad came as a bit of a surprise, though it was also rumored prior to launch.
On the November 2 launch date, a week after pre-orders began, lines weren’t quite as long as they have been for other Apple products, despite having two new models on sale.
Still, Apple has managed to sell a whopping 3 million of both devices in a very short period of time. For reference, Asus has said that the company sells around 1 million Nexus 7 tablets per month.
At the same time, this isn’t exactly the level of opening day, weekend, or week sales we usually see out of Apple. Apple’s 3rd generation iPad, however, sold 3 million on its own during its opening weekend last March, so this time around two separate device lines are splitting the same number of sales. The iPhone 5 had 2 million pre-orders in 24 hours, and sold 5 million in the first weekend.
Apple likely won’t break out sales by device type, but we’ll see if analysts or supply chain information provides a better breakdown.

Tags: apple, ipad mini

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