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Apple engineer Ivan Krstić spoke on far more than Apple’s new bug bounty program at the Black Hat security conference, and delved into the inner workings of iOS hardware and software security features both in iOS 9 and the forthcoming iOS 10. Security is such an important issue these days. It’s a great move for Apple to speak publicly about what they are doing to ...

Rick Tetzeli has published a wide-ranging interview with Tim Cook, Craig Federighi and Eddy Cue. At the heart of the article is the concern that Apple is stretching too thin, moving far beyond it’s old scope of projects and products: Steve Jobs had been the company’s editor, proud of saying no to features, products, business ideas, and new hires far more often than he ...

Wow. I’ve been doing a podcast for more than 22 years. I didn’t realize I had started so soon after the web went online. ∞ Read this on The Loop

Russell Brandon, reporting for The Verge: The new program will begin as invite-only, including only a few dozen researchers. Still, Apple says the program will become more open as it grows, and if a non-member approaches Apple with a significant bug, they’ll be invited into the program to work it through. The invite system is unusual for a bounty program, but Apple explained it as necessary to weed out spurious ...

This company is just unbelievable. ∞ Read this on The Loop

Featured articles from around the web. AgileBits, makers of the popular password manager 1Password, has today announced a hosted, web-based 1Password subscription service for individuals to manage their passwords. This new service follows the introduction of, and is quite similar to, their other two offerings, namely 1Password for Teams and 1Password for Families that were launched this year (collectively 1Password.com). Currently, individuals using the 1Password apps ...

Featured articles from around the web. Worth noting: it’s a brand-new app, not an update of the old Remote app.  ★  Read more at Daring Fireball

Featured articles from around the web. I like it. Read more at The LoopThe Loop

Featured articles from around the web. Useful site by Sandro Roth (via Six Colors) to browse every command supported by Siri in Apple’s apps. I almost wish iOS had a similar interface to explore commands. I wonder if we’ll start seeing more sites like this pop up after iOS 10 and SiriKit. → Source: hey-siri.io Read more at MacStories

Featured articles from around the web. Good news! Niantic updated the Pokémon GO app to address the three-step tracking bug. Bad news! They “fixed” it by taking the feature out. And the salt in the wound is that third-party Pokémon trackers stopped working, too. Good luck finding new Pokémon now. Read more at The Mac Observer