Apple releases iOS 7.0.6 with fix for SSL connection verification, rolls out Apple TV Software Update [u]
Apple on Friday issued a minor update for its mobile operating system, with iOS 7.0.6 fixing an issue with SSL connection verification.
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AppleInsider Staff
Apple's iOS 7 now on 80% of compatible iOS devices
During Apple's quarterly conference call for the first fiscal quarter of 2014, CFO Peter Oppenheimer revealed the company's new iOS 7 has now been installed on 80 percent of compatible iOS devices like iPhones and iPads.
iOS 7 now installed on 78% of active Apple handheld devices
The latest official data from Apple reveals that 78 percent of active iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices are running the company's latest mobile operating system, iOS 7, up four percentage points from earlier this month.
Neil Hughes
Editorial: 2013 was a terrible year for both Apple's competitors and its media critics
Tech blogs and mainstream media reports in 2013 consistently presented Apple as beset by a series of unsolvable problems, from flagging sales and slipping market share to a generalized lack of innovation. In hindsight, the media was disastrously, egregiously wrong about the horses it chose to back in the technology market this year. Perhaps they'll do a better job in 2014.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Evasi0n iOS 7 jailbreak funding supplied by Chinese app piracy site
Taig, a Chinese company that kicked in a reported $1 million to help Evasi0n develop a jailbreak to exploit and defeat Apple's app security model in iOS 7, has been revealed as significant source of pirated apps in violation of its contract.
Rumor: Chinese company pays $1 million to sponsor jailbreak for Apple's iOS 7
Chinese company Taig is rumored to have paid the jailbreak development team known as "evad3rs" $1 million to install its third-party mobile application store for Chinese users.
Shane Cole
Apple's iOS 7 now powers 74% of North American iPhones - report
Just three months after its release, Apple's latest mobile operating system is responsible for 74 percent of the internet traffic originating from iOS devices in the U.S. and Canada versus 22 percent for iOS 6, new web analytics data suggests.
Startup pushes Newsstand publication samples to iOS devices through Apple's iBeacons
Publishers can now promote their magazine apps for iOS by making them available to view for free at specific locations, thanks to a new use for Apple's wireless iBeacon technology created by a digital publishing startup company.
U.S. carriers block Samsung's kill switch alternative to Apple's iOS 7 Activation Lock
Samsung's plans to include a third party "kill switch" app on some of its premium smartphones to match Apple's iPhone Activation Lock theft deterrent system has been thwarted by phone carriers and fragmentation.
Kevin Bostic
