Mar 30 2012
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Apple offering $15 settlement for US iPhone 4 users with antenna issues

After Apple launched the iPhone 4 back in 2010 it did not take long for users to complain over the antenna issues, Apple responded to this by offering all users a free Apple iPhone 4 bumper. 2 year later on Apple have only started offering financial compensation, Apple have started offering $15 compensation to users, unfortunately this is only happening in America at the moment. Out of all of the American owners of the iPhone 4 approximately 25 million customers are eligible for the $15 settlement. Apple have said:

“Apple will provide a $15 cash payment to Class Members who send in a valid claim form. The claim form will require you to declare that you: (a) experienced antenna or reception issues with your iPhone 4; (b) were unable to return your iPhone 4 without incurring any costs; (c) were unwilling to use a case or free bumper for your iPhone 4; and (d) completed certain troubleshooting steps or are unable to complete the troubleshooting steps because you no longer own your iPhone 4.”

Apple are still currently offering the free bumpers to those who do not want the $15 settlement, if you no longer own your iPhone 4 you can still claim the $15 settlement. You can request your free bumper from the link below. Users who are eligible for the $15 settlement have until 28th August 2012 to file their claim form, the final decision will be make by courts on 13th July 2012. If you do not want to be apart of the court claims procedure you can remove your details from the claim action group at the link below.

Free Bumper: Apple

Remove Yourself From Claim Action Group: iPhone 4 Settlement

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Mar 30 2012
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Australian iPad users offered refund over “4G”

Australian owners of the new iPad have been offered refund by Apple over the use of “4G” with the advertising of the new iPad. 4G LTE uses different frequency bands depending on which country you are in, because of this the 4G feature advertised by Apple will not work in Austrilia but will work in America and Canada. ABC News have reported that Apple are now sending emails out to customers offering them a full refund if they felt they were misled. Apple are also clarifying 4G coverage at the point of sale to stop further issues.

Europe has also got onto the complaint wagon with the Swedish Consumer Agency planning on investigating this issue as well. The English Advertising Standards Authority have also had many complaint from unhappy customers, the English Advertising Standards Authority has said: “We are aware of the news from Australia regarding the iPad 4G marketing claim,” an ASA spokeswoman told us. “Without going through due process we can’t say whether the (UK) ad is likely to be problematic. If anyone has concerns about the iPad ad then they can lodge a complaint with us and we will establish whether or not there is a problem under the Code.”

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Mar 30 2012
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Fu Chunli Flown to Beijing For Winning Apple’s 25 Billion App Download

A few weeks back we reported about the winner of Apple’s 25 Billion App downloads, Fu Chunli. She won the $10,000 iTunes store voucher by downloading the free App Where’s My Water, she was not aware of the contest or that she had won until Apple contacted her. Fu Chunli had only had an iPhone for about a month before she one the competition, at first thought that it was a hoax when Apple called her but realised after her friends told her and she received an email from Apple that she had actually won.

Fu Chunli took a visit to Apple’s Chinese headquarters in Beijing, she was flown at Apple’s expense. The $10,000 prize was given to her at an Apple Store rather than at the Apple headquarters, she was then given training on her iPhone and the App Store as well as a play with other devices at the Apple Store.

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Mar 24 2012
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Safari iOS 5.1 Security Issue

MajorSecurity have found a security issue within Safari for iOS devices, the most popular browser for iOS devices. MajorSecurity explains that the issue with iOS 5.1 Safari:

“The weakness is caused due to an error within the handling of URLs when using javascript’s window.open() method. This can be exploited to potentially trick users into supplying sensitive information to a malicious web site, because information displayed in the address bar can be constructed in a certain way, which may lead users to believe that they’re visiting another web site than the displayed web site.”

MajorSecurity informed Apple of the security issue three weeks ago, the news has only become accessible to every in the last few days. We are expecting Apple to release a fix in the next few days. You can see this issue yourself if you go to the link below on any iDevice running iOS 5.1 and use the Safari browser.

Test: Safari iOS 5.1 Security Issue

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Mar 24 2012
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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Free Beta Released

Adobe has released a free Beta version of Photoshop CS6, The Photoshop CS6 update includes 65 new features which can be seen after the break and a brand new User Interface. Photoshop CS6 is available to download today for both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X users, links are provided below. Photoshop CS6 install files are 984 MB for Mac OS X users and 1.7 GB for Microsoft Windows users. One of the vast improvements over Photoshop CS5 is that Photoshop CS6 allows users to choose the source for Content-Aware tools to sample, this means that you should no longer get incorrect content appearing. Photoshop CS6 has an improved Graphics Engine that allows almost instant results when using the Liquify, Puppet Warp and the Crop tool.

The pricing for Photoshop CS6 will remain the same as Photoshop CS5, prices start at $699 for the basic version and they go up to $999 for Photoshop CS6 Extended. The Photoshop CS6 free Beta is only alavable in English and Japaneese at the moment but the final release will include all language already in Photoshop CS5. The video below shows the improved Content-Aware tool that allows users to choose the source for the content.

Photoshop CS6 Free Beta Download: Mac OS X (DMG, 984 MB)

Photoshop CS6 Free Beta Download: Microsoft Windows (ZIP, 1.7 GB)

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Mar 23 2012
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Scammers Targeting Apple Billing Accounts

Scammers have started to targeted Apple billing accounts, I received a very suspicious E-Mail this morning supposedly from Apple Customer Support (appleid@apple.com) asking me to update my billing information, this was odd since my card does not expire until 2013 and I bought a few Apps yesterday. It was obvious that this was a scam so I decided to see what effort they had put into it so I followed the link, the answer was not very much effort at all.

After following the link in the E-Mail to “http://store.apple.com” which actually took me to “http://howelldental.com/bannerImages” I was presented with a very dodgy copy of the Apple Store log in page as shown below:

If you receive an email that is along the same lines as this or from the same E-Mail address (appleid@apple.com) ignore it and delete it straight away. Most people will see that the link to the Apple Store is dodgy and it is a bad copy of the Apple Store however this still might catch a few people out.

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Mar 21 2012
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Zynga buys OMGPOP the creator of “Draw Something”

Zynga has bought the company OMGPOP the creators behind the very popular cross platform game “Draw Something”. It has been reported but not confirmed that Zynga has paid $180 Million for the company plus $30 Million too keep the employees as well. “Draw Something” has been the top downloaded App for the last six weeks since its launch, so far it had had over 35 Million downloads. “Draw Something” is available for free with ad-support or an ad-free version for $0.99/£0.69. Zynga has said:

“OMGPOP brings to Zynga an incredible team of industry veterans and a community of highly engaged players. It’s a great industry example of creating games around the ethos of giving people a place to play, meet and make friends. OMGPOP’s existing mobile and platform games will not change. We fully support what they’ve built to date, and we’re going to work hard to give Draw Something and all of their games the resources and tools they need to grow and flourish.”

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