Chinese hackers put iOS in the crosshairs

All Things Apple October 06, 2015 Chinese hackers put iOS in the crosshairs with novel attack angles For nearly a year, Chinese hackers have used a novel one-two punch to compromise iOS devices. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Review: Apple shines up OS X with 'El Capitan' 2. Office 2016 for Mac users lambaste Microsoft after upgrading to Apple's OS X El Capitan 3. Microsoft acknowledges Office 2016-El Capitan crashes but lacks ETA for fix 4. Mike Elgan: Are Apple and Facebook bad for democracy? 5. The evolution of Mac OS X 6. INSIDER With iPad Pro, Apple pushes further into the enterprise 7. Windows slips to third place on Gartner's latest device forecast 8. INSIDER Review: Parallels 11 delivers seamless Windows/Mac integration 9. Jonny Evans: Does Apple plan a robot army to combat the android horde? 10. Jonny Evans: OS X El Capitan: 6 great Photos extensions you can use today 11. Jonny Evans: Review: 10+ reasons Mac users need El Capitan 12. Jonny Evans: OS X El Capitan: 5 ways Notes just got useful 13. IT Blogwatch: iPhone App Store malware alert: YiSpecter hid in plain sight for 10 months Webcast: Datapipe Enterprise Cloud Migration Strategies with Datapipe In this webcast learn how Datapipe can help customers plan a cloud adoption strategy through a proprietary cloud assessment process and execute upon the designed plan with cloud migration and adoption services. Learn More Review: Apple shines up OS X with 'El Capitan' After a summer in public beta, OS X 10.11 El Capitan is now available to the Mac masses. The newest desktop OS builds on the foundation put in place by last year's Yosemite, though it does also offer some useful tweaks and updates. READ MORE Office 2016 for Mac users lambaste Microsoft after upgrading to Apple's OS X El Capitan After Apple released the new OS X El Capitan on Wednesday, users streamed to a Microsoft support discussion forum to report that Office 2016 for Mac regularly crashed, crippling their productivity. READ MORE Microsoft acknowledges Office 2016-El Capitan crashes but lacks ETA for fix Microsoft has acknowledged that Office for Mac 2016 users are encountering frequent crashes and implied that it's working on a fix, but offered no timetable for when it will be delivered. READ MORE Mike Elgan: Are Apple and Facebook bad for democracy? Apple and Facebook are asserting themselves as gatekeepers of necessary information to the public. Can we trust them? READ MORE The evolution of Mac OS X Apple's desktop operating system, Mac OS X, has been the staple crop for its iMacs and MacBooks. Here we go back to where it all began in 2001. READ MORE INSIDER With iPad Pro, Apple pushes further into the enterprise After forging alliances with IBM and Cisco and unveiling a business-ready 12.9-in. tablet, Apple appears to be poised to make serious inroads into the corporate market. READ MORE White Paper: Tangoe The Lifecycle of Mobility Management Services Since its rise to prominent a decade ago, mobility has continued to expand its profound influence on how we work and communicate. Learn More Windows slips to third place on Gartner's latest device forecast Microsoft's Windows will become a third-place operating system by 2017, research firm Gartner said. By then, Apple's combination of iOS and OS X will have slipped by Windows on the number of devices shipped during the year. READ MORE INSIDER Review: Parallels 11 delivers seamless Windows/Mac integration Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac uses virtualization to run Windows 10 on Apple hardware. READ MORE Jonny Evans: Does Apple plan a robot army to combat the android horde? Apple's putting its money into keeping you connected while keeping you private. READ MORE Jonny Evans: OS X El Capitan: 6 great Photos extensions you can use today Extensions help transform Photos on a Mac into a professional quality imaging application. READ MORE Jonny Evans: Review: 10+ reasons Mac users need El Capitan OS X El Capitan is a joy to use – here's why you should prep your Mac for the new OS READ MORE Jonny Evans: OS X El Capitan: 5 ways Notes just got useful Notes become truly useful for Mac and iOS users with OS X El Capitan READ MORE IT Blogwatch: iPhone App Store malware alert: YiSpecter hid in plain sight for 10 months iPhones are vulnerable to malware distributed via the Apple App Store. YiSpecter is the latest malicious app that Apple's crack security team let slip through the net -- despite being warned about the problem in February... 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