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The rising popularity of iPad as cash register

by Steven Sande (May 6th, 2013)

Over at Wired, writer Marcus Wohlson points out that the novelty of using an iPad or other mobile device as a cash register is beginning to disappear as that particular use case turns mainstream. The act of handing your credit card to an iPad-toting store clerk or coffee shop barista was ...

Auto manufacturers slow to adopt Siri Eyes Free

by Steven Sande (Apr 22nd, 2013)

Remember the hoopla at last year's WWDC when Apple announced Siri Eyes Free? The feature was designed to use a car's onboard voice-recognition hardware to process voice input and pass it along to Apple's Siri. At this point in time, according to an article on Wired, only GM has actually ...

iPhone, macro lens take beautiful snowflake photos

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 1st, 2013)

Sometimes photography is all about capturing the moment quickly and not the expensive camera equipment you tote around in your bag. Wired has an excellent story about Ben Woodworth, who used an iPhone 5 and a $5 macro lens attachment to capture a series of stunning snowflake portraits. He ...

uChek raises the stakes in smartphone health care with camera-based urine analysis

by Erica Sadun (Feb 26th, 2013)

The iPhone. Is there anything it can't do? The trend towards self-monitoring and informal health tracking continues with uChek. Featured today over at Wired, this app enables you to automatically read, chart and track a variety of urinalysis tests on your iPhone. The product works by leveraging ...

The future of Apple UI

by Steven Sande (Feb 4th, 2013)

Now that Scott Forstall is no longer in charge of iOS and Jony Ive is overseeing both product design and user experience, signs are pointing to a major overhaul of the user interfaces for iOS, OS X and the Apple-created apps that are part of the operating systems. Wired's Christina Bonnington ...

Apple's Passbook a boon for developers

by Steven Sande (Dec 20th, 2012)

Apple's Passbook has a surprising set of fans; app developers. A Wired post this morning describes how a variety of companies have seen uptake of their apps skyrocket once Passbook compatibility was added. As an example, beauty retailer Sephora saw 38,000 more downloads of its app than usual ...

Why original iPads still sell well

by Steven Sande (Nov 2nd, 2012)

Back when it first shipped in 2010, the original iPad was considered a miracle of modern technology. As with most consumer electronic devices, though, the minute its successor -- the iPad 2 -- was out the door, the original iPad was shunned for the shinier, faster models. But as Wired Enterprise ...

Amazon responds to iCloud account hacking

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 7th, 2012)

Amazon is taking action after learning of the inadvertent role it played in Wired writer Mat Honan's digital nightmare last week, when his iCloud account password was compromised and his Mac was wiped. Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris told Wired on Monday that processes were being reviewed, but ...

Mat Honan details the Amazon and Apple security flaws that let hackers wipe his MacBook

by Michael Rose (Aug 6th, 2012)

Late Friday, Wired writer Mat Honan ran into a digital buzzsaw as his iCloud, Gmail and Twitter accounts were compromised in rapid succession. The hackers did a tremendous amount of collateral damage along the way, spewing racist and homophobic tweets on Honan's account plus the Gizmodo Twitter ...

Why entrepreneurs look to Steve Jobs for guidance (and why they shouldn't)

by Michael Rose (Aug 5th, 2012)

There's something about the juxtaposition of Apple stories and religious imagery that hits Wired magazine's design team right where they live. In 1997, the magazine's notorious 101 Ways to Save Apple story was represented on the cover by an Apple logo circled in a martyr's crown of thorns; this ...

Clever iPhone, iPad DIY projects

by Steven Sande (Jul 31st, 2012)

Wired has a great little roundup of eight do-it-yourself projects for iPhone and iPad owners today, so if you need some inspiration for your next project, be sure to give it a look. The first idea on Wired's list isn't anything new -- in fact, our own intrepid blogger and developer Erica ...

Apple Store artist's first-person story of his visit from the Secret Service

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 17th, 2012)

Kyle McDonald is the artist behind the controversial "People Staring at Computers" project that captured images of people staring at Mac computers in Apple's New York City stores. After his project went viral, the artist was paid a not-so-friendly visit by the Secret Service. His adventure is ...

First issue of WIRED re-released as an iPad app

by Steven Sande (Jun 4th, 2012)

Are you a fan of WIRED Magazine? The first issue of the Condé Nast tech magazine appeared back in January of 1993 with futurist Bruce Sterling talking about war and MIT Media Lab's Nicholas Negroponte pontificating about "What's wrong with HDTV." WIRED fans who want to relive the past of ...

On buying iPads for your kids

by Steven Sande (Mar 19th, 2012)

When it comes to talking about buying iPads for kids, I'm probably the last person to ask since I have no children. That's why it's a good thing that Wired's Brad Moon wrote a lovely post in which he explains his reasons for purchasing an iPad for each of his three children. For Moon, the ...

Estonian Hackers target iTunes users in 'Clickjacking' ring

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 10th, 2011)

Wired has an interesting report on a clickjacking scheme that hijacked prominent websites including iTunes and the IRS. The scheme was run by six Estonians and one Russian operating out of Eastern Europe. The team created several fake companies, including a bogus advertising agency, which were ...