MobileMe – syncing your iPhone, iPod touch, PC and Mac
Recently, MobileMe users reported receiving phishing scam emails, where they are being asked to update their credit card details.
Rarely a week passes when we don’t win some Nigerian email lottery, or have money left to us from an unknown person’s estate. If only our luck was that good.
As Apple reports, whilst scams of this nature aren’t unusual, it bears as a reminder of staying vigilant about online frauds and scams:
Phishing — the name for fraudulent attempts to obtain credit card numbers, passwords, social security numbers and other sensitive information — isn’t an issue exclusive to MobileMe. Still, it’s as relevant to MobileMe subscribers as anyone else, and warnings about it bear repeating from time to time.
Read more:
Apple MobileMe news: Being Phishing Aware
The iPhone Blog: MobileMe Phishing Round 2
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Clever update squashes bugs
At the Apple “Let’s Rock” live event in San Francisco overnight, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced another software update for the Apple iPhone – version 2.1.
It’s a big update, it fixes lots of bugs!
Sounds like many of the issues iPhoners have been complaining about are being addressed:
- Improved battery life
- Less dropped calls
- Better, easier, faster interface for backing up to iTunes
- Less crashes caused by having lots of apps on the phone
- Other software enhancements
Lets go ahead and presume that the security bypass issues have also been addressed!
Can I download it today??
It’s due for release this coming Friday.
iTunes 8 – Game on
As well, the announcement of iTunes 8 caused excitement, especially as there is now 3,000 applications for your iPhone (or iPod touch). I imagine they’re going to take some time to get through…
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