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Study: iOS apps crash more than Android apps do

by Mike Schramm (Feb 5th, 2012)

Mobile OS crash analysis firm Crittercism (Really? Who's naming this stuff?) has posted the chart above, which shows that as a percentage of crashes overall, the latest version of iOS claims the highest total. In fact, many versions of iOS show a large percentage of crashes, and clearly iOS ...

White Ninja crashes car into Greensboro, NC Apple store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 3rd, 2011)

A man reportedly dressed in a hooded white "ninja" outfit crashed his car into the Apple store in Greensboro, North Carolina. The accident occurred early Friday morning before the store was open. Witnesses who saw the accident claim that one man abandoned the car and fled the scene without ...

Developer gets crash report from device running iOS 5

by Chris Rawson (Apr 28th, 2011)

iOS app developer FutureTap has received a crash report from a device running iOS 5. FutureTap notes the crash involved MKUserLocationBreadCrumb, which 9to5Mac notes is related to the maps/location functions in iOS and could mean these APIs have been altered in iOS 5. Since Apple is now ...

Certain USB hubs could cause system instability on Macs

by Chris Ward (Mar 10th, 2011)

Stumble up to your Mac first thing in the morning, tap the keyboard to wake it up and -- what? I incorrectly disconnected my Time Machine backup drive? I never touched it, I swear! Turns out, this is not my fault for once. Apple has just released a support note explaining how, in a certain ...

Norwegian Apple reseller suffers break-in, 50 boxes stolen

by Mike Schramm (Dec 3rd, 2010)

An Apple reseller in Norway, of all places, suffered a break-in earlier this morning. According to the main local paper, Aftenposten, the thieves stole a BMW, which was then used to back into the store as seen in the wild pictures above. Once the storefront was broken open, 50 boxes were lifted ...

Found footage: Android tablet prototype running (and crashing) Flash

by Chris Rawson (May 5th, 2010)

Adobe is showing off Android-based prototype tablets at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Zedomax has a pretty gushing review of Flash's performance on these tablets, calling it "rather incredible technology." There's no mention of how the battery life in these prototype tablets suffers ...

iPhone OS 3.1.2 is out

by Joachim Bean (Oct 8th, 2009)

In just a little under a month after iPhone OS 3.1 was released, Apple has just released an update for the iPhone OS, upgrading it to 3.1.2. This update fixes the widely reported issue where the iPhone would not wake from sleep, and also fixes an issue involving video playback and cellular service. ...

Offensive line not the only thing broken at Oklahoma game

by Mel Martin (Sep 7th, 2009)

It's one thing to have your computer crash. It's another to have it crash in front of thousands of sports fans. This latest humiliation took place Saturday at the pre-game festivities for the Oklahoma/Brigham Young game at the at the brand new $1.15 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. ...

Ziphone author demos iPhone crash to Forbes

by Robert Palmer (Nov 3rd, 2008)

Ziphone creator Piergiorgio Zambrini has discovered a bug with the iPhone that causes the phone to crash when it starts to play a specially-created video. Forbes.com recorded a demonstration. The bug apparently affects the audio track of the video, which takes down the iPhone operating system. I ...

iTunes 8 causes Windows Vista BSOD

by Robert Palmer (Sep 12th, 2008)

Some Windows Vista users are having significant problems using iTunes 8, which crashes the operating system with a "blue screen of death" when an iPod or iPhone is connected to the PC. Apple today released a tech note, suggesting to uninstall Apple Mobile Device Support, restart the computer, and ...

Terminal Tips: Disable annoying application crash dialogs

by Cory Bohon (Aug 28th, 2008)

Don't you hate it when an application becomes unresponsive and crashes? Are you even more tired of reading annoying application crash dialog boxes? A simple Terminal hack allows you to never see these dialogs again. Just open Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type: defaults write ...

iPhone update for 3G issues; more coming in September?

by Robert Palmer (Aug 20th, 2008)

Jim Dalrymple at Macworld notes that the iPhone software update from Monday was mostly to handle issues with dropped calls on new iPhone 3G handsets. According to an Associated Press article, the update "improved communication with 3G networks," said Apple spokesperson Jennifer Bowcock. However, ...

AppleHound rounds up iPhone bugs

by Mike Schramm (Jul 24th, 2007)

AppleHound has posted a list of all the (supposedly) reproducible bugs they could find in iPhone 1.0. There's 68 in total, and they range from various system hangs (the Phone app will hang if you start a sync while editing a contact photo) to many different UI/Usability bugs. Some of the usability ...

Automatically restart crashed programs

by Mat Lu (Apr 24th, 2007)

Over at Macworld Rob Griffiths has a great column on automatically restarting a program after a crash. Although it is much more stable these days, for a while last year Quicksilver was constantly crashing on me and often I wouldn't notice until ? + space was strangely unavailing. If there's any ...

Mac OS X kernel panic screensaver - let the pranks begin

by David Chartier (Apr 11th, 2007)

What's better than a Dashboard widget that can display a Mac OS X kernel panic? A full-on screensaver that can simulate one, of course! Mark Johns of Doomlaser has built an eerily realistic kernel panic screensaver, right down to the slowly dropping grey shade of despair, that will surely induce ...