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Will the Verizon iPhone Get Over-the-Air Updates with Apple's iOS 5? PC Magazine - Leslie Horn - 5 May, 2011 Updating your iPhone could get a little bit more convenient when Apple releases iOS 5. According to 9to5Mac, Apple will add over-the-air updates for Verizon iPhone users when it unveils the next version of its mobile operating system. ...
Apple, Verizon to offer wireless updates to iPhone? CNET - Lance Whitney - 5 May, 2011 Will Verizon iPhone users finally be able to update their devices wirelessly without the need for iTunes? Will the Verizon iPhone soon be able to get its updates wirelessly? Multiple sources have told Apple news site 9to5Mac that Apple ...
New iPhone Update Addresses Location Tracking Issues TIME - Doug Aamoth - 5 May, 2011 Apple's latest iPhone update (iOS 4.3.3) addresses the concerns raised by security experts regarding the automatically generated databases of user locations being saved to connected Apple devices and backed up via iTunes. ...
Bootup: Apple fixes iPhone tracking bug Financial Post - Chris Goodney - 5 May, 2011 Apple Inc. released a software update this week stopping the iPhone from keeping a record of where and when it is used Today in technology: Apple Inc. releases a software update that stops the iPhone from recording location data, Google Inc. hires a ...
Apple moves to address iPhone's location-tracking Toronto Star - Richard Drew - 5 May, 2011 A customer holds a white iPhone at the Apple store on New York's Upper West Side in this April, 2011 photo. SAN JOSE, CALIF.�"Apple on Wednesday released its software fix to the hidden iPhone location file that researchers brought to light last month. ...
iOS to get OTA updates? Beware the dreaded carrier approval ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 5 May, 2011 The pipe dream of OTA updates may be coming for iOS 5 and beyond, but is cutting the cord really worth it? If Apple gives up approval for updates to partners the entire process will change, and not for the ...
iOS 5 May Bring Over-The-Air Updates To iPhone Huffington Post - 5 May, 2011 Apple iPhones, which have to this point had to connect to a computer to have their software updated, are rumored to be receiving over-the-air updates with iOS 5, according to 9to5 Mac. Google's Android phones are already able to download new updates ...
iPhone software update squashes location-data 'bugs' CNN - Brian X. Chen - 5 May, 2011 With the software update, geodata will no longer be stored long-term on your phone or computer. (WIRED) -- On Wednesday, Apple released a software update for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices, fixing a flawed ...
	Apple acts on iPhone tracking bug BBC News - 5 May, 2011 Apple has released a software update to fix a glitch that saw iPhones and iPads secretly record owners' movements. The problem came to light when security researchers found a hidden file on the devices containing a record of everywhere they had been. ...
Apple corrects location tracking 'bug' with IOS 4.3.3 Inquirer - Chris Martin - 5 May, 2011 MAKER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has released version 4.3.3 of IOS for Iphones, Ipads and Ipod Touch devices to correct tracking issues. Apple has released IOS 4.3.3 for owners of its Ithings to fix what it has called a location tracking 'bug' ...
	Apple releases iOS 4.3.3 to tackle location tracking ZDNet UK - Josh Lowensohn - 5 May, 2011 Apple has released an iOS update addressing location-tracking behaviour and the security of that information on its portable devices. Apple has released an iOS update addressing location tracking. ...
Apple releases iPhone, iPad software update to address location data collection Los Angeles Times - 5 May, 2011 The updated software version, iOS 4.3.3, will reduce the size of the file storing locations from up to a year's worth of data down to about a week's worth, Apple said, and will give users the option of shutting off the data collection altogether by ...
	Apple software update prevents it from storing users' movements The Guardian - 5 May, 2011 Apple's software update applies to the iPhone 4, above, the iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad, and the 3rd and 4th iterations of the iPod Touch. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Getty Images Apple has released a software update for its iPhone and iPad which ...
Apple updates software to fix tracking glitch Reuters - Poornima Gupta, Bernard Orr - 5 May, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday released a software update to fix a problem that enabled its mobile devices to collect and store customers' location data, making good on a promise it made last week. Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve ...
	Apple update fixes iPhone tracking "bugs" AFP - 5 May, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO �" Apple on Wednesday released updated software for iPhones to fix "bugs" that resulted in location data being unencrypted and stored for up to a year. A note included with the update said that the cache of saved data on devices was ...
Apple Releases New Software, Fixing Problems With Location Data NPR (blog) - Eyder Peralta - 5 May, 2011 Apple has updated its iPhone and iPad software to fix what it said were bugs that erroneously collected and stored a vast amount of a user's location data. As we've reported, last month researchers found that some iPhones and iPads ...
Apple squashes location tracking 'bugs' with iOS update Register - 5 May, 2011 Apple has released an iOS update that changes the way its mobile operating system treats the database cache at the heart of the recent kerfuffle over the Jobsian location services. On Wednesday, Steve Jobs and company pushed out iOS 4.3.3, ...
	Bits: Apple Updates Software to Fix Problems With Collecting Location Data New York Times (blog) - Nick Bilton - 5 May, 2011 Apple on Wednesday released its promised software update for its mobile devices to fix a problem that enabled the iPhone and iPad 3G to collect customers' locations. Last month, the company explained why the devices collected location ...
Apple Updates Software to Fix Location Data Issues Wall Street Journal (blog) - Yukari Iwatani Kane - 5 May, 2011 A week after it promised to fix software bugs that allowed iPhones to collect location data and build a database stretching back months, Apple on Wednesday released an operating system upgrade that takes care of those issues. ...
Apple Releases iOS 4.3.3 With Location Fixes PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 5 May, 2011 Apple on Wednesday released iOS 4.3.3, which solves what Apple called a "bug" with its location-based services. "This update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache," according to the update. ...
Apple iOS 4.3.3 is Out; Location-Tracking Removed PCWorld - Jared Newman - 5 May, 2011 With the release of iOS 4.3.3, Apple fixes the location caching issue that sparked a controversy on mobile phone privacy last month. As promised, iOS 4.3.3 reduces the amount of Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower ...
From The That-Was-Quick File: Apple Makes Location-Tracking Fix Forbes (blog) - Kashmir Hill - 5 May, 2011 Apple released the software fix it promised just a week ago to shorten the length of time that iPhones and iPads keep track of users' location data. Via Ars Technica: According to the release notes, iOS 4.3.3 reduces the size of the ...
Recommended: Apple iOS 4.3.3 now available, fixes location-tracking issues msnbc.com - Rosa Golijan - 5 May, 2011 Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com's tech reporters and editors look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. By Rosa Golijan The iOS 4.3.3 update for the iPhone, iPod Touch, ...
Apple Releases IOS 4.3.3 to Patch Location Bugs PCWorld - Dan Moren - 5 May, 2011 Underpromise and overdeliver-always a good strategy. Apple said it would take a few weeks to issue an iOS update to fix a handful of bugs related to the storage of location data, but it's taken just seven days between that ...
	iOS 4.3.3 arrives, patches location database CNET - Josh Lowensohn - 5 May, 2011 Apple today released, as promised, an iOS update addressing location-tracking behavior, and the security of that information on its portable devices. iOS 4.3.3, which is a free update delivered through Apple's iTunes software, ...
iOS 4.3.3 Release: New Software Update Takes Aim At 'Tracking' Bugs Huffington Post - 5 May, 2011 Heads up iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users: A new version of Apple's iOS software, iOS 4.3.3, is out now. The lastest version of iOS comes after Apple's promise to address users' concerns over location data collection by addressing several "bugs" that ...
Apple may fix tracking 'bug' in iOS update GMANews.TV - ‎May 3, 2011‎ After receiving flak for a software "feature" that tracks owners of its mobile devices, Apple may soon address the problem with an update to its iOS operating system, a consumer electronics news site reported on Tuesday. Boy Genius Report's (BGR's) ...
Report: iOS 4.3.3 Fix For iPhone Location 'Bugs' On Its Way PC Magazine - Damon Poeter - ‎May 2, 2011‎ As promised last week, Apple will reportedly fix location-tracking software on the iPhone and other devices in an update to its iOS mobile operating system in the next few weeks. Apple will release iOS version 4.3.3 "within the next two ...
Hackers working on Safari-based app installer CNET - Josh Lowensohn - ‎May 2, 2011‎ Not content with Apple's App Store as a software distribution mechanism, a group of iOS developers is taking matters into its own hands by working on a tool to let iPhone users browse and install applications and system tweaks through ...
iPhone Users to Receive Location Database Fix Soon infoSync World - Sindre Lia - ‎May 2, 2011‎ iPhone users will receive a free iOS 4.3.3 software upgrade within the next couple of weeks, which among other things will offer location database fixes. The BGR reports that Apple will release iOS 4.3.3 within the next ...