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WSJ: Safari loophole lets Google track Apple users through web ads

Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer has discovered a curious Safari loophole that allows Google to track a user’s browsing activity via cookie-laced web ads. As it turns out, Apple’s browser normally accepts cookies from sites that a user visits, but a…

WinZip comes to iOS, doesn’t nag you to register

The days of ignoring WinZip’s incessant nagging that you actually pay its registration fee may be long gone, but that isn’t to say the file compressing firm hasn’t learned from your failure to pony up. WinZip, the Windows user’s go-to compression soft…

CBS And Turner Flip The Pay Switch For March Madness Mobile Streaming

Streaming March Madness tournament games next month won’t be as free and easy as it was last year, with broadcast partners CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Turner announcing a tiered plan featuring an authenticated pay wall for personal-computer viewing and a $3.99 premium charge for all mobile access.

Slide for injunction: Apple wins against Motorola over "slide-to-unlock" in Germany

A German court ruled on Thursday that Motorola’s smartphones infringe on an Apple patent that covers certain implementations of the iPhone’s “slide-to-unlock” feature. Presiding Judge Dr. Peter Guntz of the Munich I Regional Cour…

BMW My Remote app arrives in the US, 3-Series with stinger missiles due soon

BMW’s My Remote iOS app has been available here in Europe for a while. Reenacting the car park chase from Tomorrow Never Dies is one of the principal ways to let off steam on a weekend. Sadly, the company has brought our exclusive fun to an end by re…

Developers say Apple needs to overhaul iOS user information security

The controversy that erupted when it was discovered that the social network Path was accessing and uploading iPhone users’ contact databases without permission has served to publicize the fact that many other iOS apps are a…

Insert Coin: Aqua Tek S wants to be your desert island iPhone case

In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you’d like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with “Insert Coin” as the subject line. Have any immediate plans to go to war, escape nu…