The world’s largest annual mobile technology tradeshow — Mobile World Congress (MWC) — started this week in Barcelona, Spain, in the backdrop of trade tensions fuelled by the United States. The annual event opened the day before fresh American tariffs come into force on Chinese goods.At Nokia’s pre-show press conference, outgoing CEO Pekka Lundmark navigated…
Netflix confirms Apple TV app integration was just a bug As quickly as it came, support for Netflix in the Apple TV app has been removed, and it turns out it wasn’t supposed to exist at all. Earlier we saw what appeared Valentine’s Day truce between Netflix and Apple, but unfortunately, that isn’t the case. …
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia on Monday said Pekka Lundmark would step down as CEO, and that it has appointed Justin Hotard to take over his role. Hotard, who will take up the position on April 1, is currently the executive vice president and general manager of Data Center & AI Group at Intel, according…
A newly discovered malware campaign is stealing cryptocurrency from iOS by exploiting vulnerabilities in apps available on the App Store. Kaspersky researchers have discovered a malicious software development kit (SDK) called SparkCat hidden inside multiple apps on both iOS and Android. SparkCat is designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases using optical character recognition (OCR),…
Hot Tub arrives on AltStore The first native porn app for iPhone called “Hot Tub” may have passed notarization checks, but Apple wants everyone to know it certainly doesn’t “approve” of such dangerous things on its devices. Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines have almost always explicitly stated that apps featuring “overtly sexual or pornographic material”…
Apple has introduced a new Advanced Commerce API for in-app purchases. Apple has announced its new Advanced Commerce API, designed to provide app developers the ability to manage large catalogs of in-app purchases or subscriptions. The announcement was published on Apple’s developer page, along with the eligibility requirements. The Advanced Commerce API aims to help…
India says Apple has abused its dominant market share of iOS apps The Indian government wants its own state-backed apps to be pre-installed on every iPhone and Android phone, but Apple and Google are expected to refuse. India’s government has a thing about pre-installed apps, having previously told Apple it should let its experts examine…
Those who grew up in the pre-smartphone era vividly recall the days of mobile phones with numeric keypads. It was an era where every message was composed using the iconic T9 method, with our fingers learning to dance across the small keyboard. Back then, phones like the Nokia 3310 were the big stars, and…
Apple’s age rating system in the App Store is not doing enough to protect children, a report claims, after a day’s worth of research found a high proportion of apps deemed acceptable to children actually posed a risk. Apple has various systems and mechanisms in place to make the use of an iPhone, iPad,…
This gr8 Nokia Design Archive will take u back 2 the simpler days of Snake, SMS and snap-on covers. ADVERTISEMENT In this age of sleek minimalism and glossy screens, it’s hard to believe – but you could once chuck your mobile phone with the might of a thousand raging bears against a brick wall and…