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VoiceOver-Enabled Apps Highlighted on the App Store

VoiceOver is Apple's accessibility tool for those who are blind or vision-impaired. The technology is available on iOS, watchOS, and Mac OS X devices, and was key to Apple winning the 2015 Helen Keller Award from the American Foundation for the Blind. Apple is currently highlighting popular VoiceOver-enabled apps on the iOS App Store in a special section titled "Popular...

Apple Lauded By EFF For Transparency Regarding User Data

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released its "Fifth Annual Report on Online Service Providers' Privacy and Transparency Practices Regarding Government Access to User Data," otherwise known as the "Who Has Your Back?" report. Apple gained the top rating of five stars for...

OS X El Capitan

OS X El Capitan, iOS 9 Compatibility Lists Mirror Predecessors

At last week’s WWDC keynote address, Apple announced the latest iteration of OS X with “El Capitan” and its latest mobile operating system with iOS 9. Their announcement will lead many to wonder whether their devices or Macs will support...

Stay Safe: Bug in iOS Mail Allows Phishing Attacks

Image via Allstate.com A security researcher has uncovered a bug in iOS Mail that allows an attacker to remotely run HTML code on a computer when an email is opened. The researcher, Jan Soucek, first discovered the issue back in...

The 2015 Apple Design Awards Winners Announced

Music has the Grammy Awards, movies have the Academy Awards. For developers of OS X and iOS, there are the Apple Design Awards. Yesterday, developers of a handful of apps were honored for their work in creating the top apps...

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