Apple : iOS 6 scalable to taller display, points to bigger iPhone 5 screen

iOS 6 scalable to taller display, points to bigger iPhone 5 screen
Apple kicks YouTube out of iOS 6
Apple 'reviewing processes' following journalist's iCloud hack
Apple investigating Mac OS X Mountain Lion battery complaints

iOS 6 scalable to taller display, points to bigger iPhone 5 screen

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Like many of you, we've been hoping the iPhone 5 will be coming with a larger touch screen.

Rumors of the iPhone 5 coming with a larger 4 inch screen have come a bit closer to reality thanks to a discovery made with the iOS development tool kit.

Using the beta version of iOS 6, 9to5Mac was able to stretch the screen to fit a 640x1136 resolution version, and everything scaled perfectly.

Though the higher resolution version of iOS 6 is only possible in a simulated setting right now, the fact that the option is included in the development kit points to the 4 inch screen on the iPhone 5 being a reality.

Four rows become five

Perhaps the most interesting factor is iOS 6 affords is the addition of a fifth row of Apps on the home screen when scaled to the larger 640x1136 resolution.

When the same scaling process was tried with iOS 5.1, only four rows remained on the screen, with a layout more akin to that of the iPad's spacious home screen.

The addition of another row doesn't alter the interface of the iPhone very drastically, and is only a minor overhaul of the overall look and layout.

When iOS 6 is used on a current iPhone 4S, the layout remains identical to what we've been used to seeing since the phone's inception.

Even though the resolution does scale perfectly with iOS 6, until Apple officially reveals the specs and size of the iPhone 5, we won't be crossing a bigger screen of our wishlist just yet.

Apple kicks YouTube out of iOS 6

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Apple has confirmed with its latest beta release of iOS 6 that it has severed ties with Google owned YouTube, removing its dedicated app from the platform.

Since the birth of iOS, the Apple-built YouTube app has been a mainstay feature, providing you easy access to all your favourite cat-playing-a-piano videos.

Apple paid Google a hefty licence fee to include its own YouTube app on the iOS platform, but the Cupertino-base firm has confirmed that this licence agreement has now ended, as it pushes out iOS 6 beta 4 to developers.

Google working on "best possible experience"

Speaking to The Verge, an Apple spokesperson stated: "Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the Safari browser and Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the App Store."

Google has also spoken out about this, saying: "we are working with Apple to ensure we have the best possible YouTube experience for iOS users""

YouTube is the second high-profile Google offering to be removed by Apple from iOS 6, with Google Maps already getting the boot in favour of a brand new service from the iDevice manufacturer.

If you don't want to lose the dedicated YouTube app, then keeping your device running on iOS 5 will see the app retained – although you'll miss out on all the new goodies iOS 6 has to offer.

iOS Maps enter new dimension

Apple's new Mapping service has witnessed a big update in the iOS 6 beta 4 release, with a host of American, Canadian and European cities receiving the company's 3D "flyover" data – which gives a three dimensional bird's eye view of cities around the world.

As for other changes in the beta 4 release, developers will see a host of fixes for the likes of Facebook integration, address book, Apple TV and Game Center, plus updates to the Dictionary, iTunes and more.

iOS 6 is scheduled for launch this Autumn, and we expect it to arrive alongside the new iPhone – which is currently rumoured to be arriving on September 12.

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Apple 'reviewing processes' following journalist's iCloud hack

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Apple says it's looking into how users can reset their passwords to protect their data, following a hack exploiting a loophole in its customer tech support.

Wired journalist Mat Honan's iCloud was hacked last week, allowing the bad guys to remote wipe his MacBook Air, iPhone and iPad within minutes. They also accessed his Google account.

Honan says the hacker was able to get in via Apple tech support. And now Apple has responded.

"Apple takes customer privacy seriously and requires multiple forms of verification before resetting an Apple ID password," an Apple spokesperson told Wired.

"In this particular case, the customer's data was compromised by a person who had acquired personal information about the customer. In addition, we found that our own internal policies were not followed completely. We are reviewing all of our processes for resetting account passwords to ensure our customers' data is protected."

Little info needed

Honan wrote a lengthy piece detailing how the hacker was able to pull it off. And he found you don't need that much info in order to decimate someone's digital storage.

"And so, with my name, address, and the last four digits of my credit card number in hand, Phobia [the hacker] called AppleCare, and my digital life was laid waste," he wrote.

Wired used the same technique to hack into someone's iCloud account again yesterday, showing that this particular loophole is still wide open. Which is a little worrying to say the least. Let's hope Apple sorts this out soon.

Via CNET

Apple investigating Mac OS X Mountain Lion battery complaints

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The newest version of Mac OS X, Mountain Lion, is reportedly causing users to experience diminished battery life.

Apple has stepped-in following a litany of complaints on its support forums from MacBook users and the publishing of a number of damning independent web-polls over the weekend.

MacWorld UK reports that there's a 31-page support thread with 27,000 views and almost 500 posts littered with unhappy upgraders.

Engadget also reports that 43 per cent of more than 18,000 respondents to its poll have noticed an immediate negative effect on battery life after downloading Mac OS X Mountain Lion.

Visible battery drain

MacWorld quotes on user on the support forum who said: ""I can visibly see the battery draining. In fact, when I first started writing this post my battery was at 96 pe cent and now, three sentences later, without doing anything else, and without having any other applications running, my battery life is at 91 per cent!"

Apple has now begun following up with affected users by sending them logging software and asking them to fill in email questionnaires.

You may recall similar users having similar issues with the previous OS X Lion launch last year.

Are you experiencing issues with the battery life on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air since upgrading to Mountain Lion? Let us know in the comments below.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012