'Apple can read your iMessages' claims security firm

Earlier this year, Apple said: "Conversations which take place over iMessage and FaceTime are protected by end-to-end encryption so no one but the sender and receiver can see or read them. Apple cannot decrypt that data."

But Quarkslab, a Paris-based security firm, disputed those claims at a Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur on ThursdScheduleay, according to Ars Technica.

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London-based MyTime app launched on iPhones

Free iPhone app MyTime has launched in London and is already on Apple's 'What Hot' listing on the App Store.

The app is personalised to allow the user to re-select and filter results by the type of interests and events they enjoy.

It links to iCal, so the user can select an event and see it go straight into their phone's calendar.

Events can also be shared to a user's friends, and it is updated in real-time so users do not miss out on last minute events or one day exclusives.

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iPad Air reviewed: Thinner, lighter, faster, and easier to hold. What’s not to like?

With just a couple of days until the iPad Air’s official release date of November 1, the first batch of iPad Air hands-on reviews have arrived. As the thinner, lighter, and faster successor to the massively acclaimed iPad 4, the reviews for the iPad Air are exactly what you’d expect: universally positive.
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iPad Air Review: Apple Makes Big Tablets Beautiful All Over Again

Apple introduced two new iPads this month at a special event in San Francisco on October 22, and the first of those to go on sale is the iPad Air, which is in stores and on virtual shelves this Friday, November 1. After a week with Apple’s newest 9.7-inch device, it’s clear there’s a new champion of the large tablet market, and one that breathes new life into Apple’s original slab-style game-changer.
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iPad Air: Escaping Apple’s Reality Distortion Field

At first glance, with the Apple Reality Distortion Field at full power, the iPad Air seems like an impeccable, immaculate device that could only ever be conceived by the magicians at Apple in California. The iPad Air is some 30% lighter and 20% thinner than the iPad that it replaces, while still retaining the same Retina display and 10 hours of battery life. Somehow, just somehow, Apple made us feel that it had yet again pulled off the impossible. In reality, the iPad Air, while very attractive, isn’t remarkable at all. The new Kindle Fire HDX, for example, has a higher-resolution screen, more battery life, weighs less, and even costs less than the iPad Air.
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