Six-year iPhone 4S & iOS 9 legal battle may end in $15 settlement
Six years of a legal case regarding Apple allegedly slowing older iPhones with its iOS 9 upgrade may end as the plaintiffs ask the courts to recommend a much reduced settlement.
iOS 9
William Gallagher
'iBoot' leak may stem from low-level Apple engineer with ties to jailbreaking community
This week's publishing of the "iBoot" source code for iOS 9 can be traced back to a "low-level" Apple employee who shared it with a small group of jailbreaking friends — and may not have wanted it to go beyond that circle, a report claimed on Friday.
Roger Fingas
Apple issues DMCA takedown for iBoot code, says recent devices should be safe
The iOS 9 iBoot source code published this week is old and shouldn't pose a threat to people who keep their iPhones and iPads updated, Apple said on Thursday.
How to download old versions of apps from the App Store on an older iPhone or iPad that can't run iOS 11
Apple hasn't totally left old iPad owners behind. In addition to still signing the last iOS releases for those devices, you can still download software for them — assuming you know where to look.
Mike Wuerthele
NYT reporter uses megaphone to decry 'slow death' of 5-year-old iPad mini running iOS 9, admits hardware still works fine
An editorial in the New York Times complains about the slow death of the writer's five-year-old iPad mini, while still noting that everything about it functions fine — if not in the eternally new fashion the author demands.
iOS 10 now installed on 79% of Apple's mobile devices
A little over 5 months after the update's release, iOS 10 had made it onto 79 percent of iOS devices, according to official Apple statistics shared with developers.
Apple stops signing iOS 9.3.5, halting any downgrades from iOS 10
As of Wednesday Apple is no longer signing iOS 9.3.5, effectively preventing anyone already on iOS 10 from downgrading to iOS 9.
Apple issues iOS 9.3.5 update, patching serious security issues discovered just 10 days ago
Apple on Thursday pushed out yet another important update for its iOS 9 operating system, addressing serious security holes apparently exploited by an Israeli hacking firm, in what could be the final patch ahead of the release of iOS 10.
Neil Hughes
Apple squashes FaceTime bug that facilitated eavesdropping on calls
Apple in a pair of security updates for iOS and OS X on Monday addressed a FaceTime vulnerability that allows attackers to surreptitiously maintain audio connectivity in a seemingly terminated FaceTime call.
Mikey Campbell
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Katie Marsal
