Search for confidential Excel spreadsheets the company inadvertently posted online by typing “filetype:xls site:za confidential” into Google, the book notes.
Want to find spreadsheets full of passwords in Russia? Type “filetype:xls site:ru login.” Even on websites written in non-English languages the terms “login,” “userid,” and “password” are generally written in English, the authors helpfully point out.
Misconfigured web servers “that list the contents of directories not intended to be on the web often offer a rich load of information to Google hackers,” the authors write, then offer a command to exploit these vulnerabilities — intitle: “index of” site:kr password.
In this post, we will go over how to create screenshots that appeal to the emotion and logic of a potential user, can give you the advantage over other apps in your space, and help you get more downloads.
Some good advice on App Store marketing. Read on if you’re keen to develop iOS app for the App Store or to learn some tips on app ranking marketing.
There is no button on the keypad of Calculator app for iOS to delete entered digits. However there is nice trick to accomplish the task. To delete last entered digit, simply swipe across the ‘LCD screen’ box from left to right or from right to left. That’s it. One of those tricks that you wish you had known about earlier.
When you are composing a new message in Mail app and then tap the “Cancel” button, there are options for you to delete the draft or to save the draft. Saved draft can be retrieved later to continue writing the message.
To access the saved drafts, tap the email account under “Accounts” section at the main Mail app screen, then tap on “Drafts”.
To quickly access the saved drafts, tap and hold the compose button on the main screen. Mail app will display a list of saved drafts. Simply tap to select the draft to continue message composing.
Developer Silvio Rizzi is making Reeder for iPad and Reeder for Mac free, until its next major version 2 release in the coming months. Reeder for iPhone remains a paid app.
Reeder for Mac and iPad will be updated to 2.0 in the coming months. Version 2.0 will add all the features of the iPhone version, including all sharing and syncing services. Until then, Reeder for Mac and Reeder for iPad will be free, starting today.
Reeder is designed to be a Google Reader client when it was first released, and is one of the more popular Google Reader client for iOS. Since then Feeder for iOS version has added support for other feed services. With the impending closure of Google Reader on July 1st, Feeder developer has promised that development of Reeder will continue after July 1st. It is not clear however if Reeder will provide its own web backend similar to Google Reader or a migration path for existing Google Reader users.
Wondering why some of your favourite iOS apps have yet to support iCloud sync? Many developers are voicing out their frustrations to give us a clearer picture.
“I’ve rewritten my iCloud code several times now in the hopes of finding a working solution,” wrote developer Michael Göbel in a blog post, and “Apple clearly hasn’t.” The problem is this: Apple has failed to improve the way it syncs databases (“Core Data”) with iCloud, yet has continued to advertise and market iCloud as a hassle-free solution.
There are a number of technologies under the iCloud umbrella. Turns out that if an app is using the Core Data technology, then iCloud sync will have unpredictable behaviour that could cause data loss. If the app is using the document-based sync technology, then iCloud sync will be far reliable. To make matter worst, it is not easy for an app using Core Data to switch to use document-base sync. Doing so amounts to the work of rewriting the entire app.
Even Apple’s own Trailers app, which uses Core Data sync, fails to keep track of user Favorites due to data loss. And we can only speculate why Podcasts app just added iCloud sync with the latest version released last Thursday.
Apparently these stability issues with Core Data iCloud sync dates back to iOS 5. And Apple has been quite about it. Although Core Data iCloud sync has improved in iOS 6, but reliability issues remains. And there is no promise if Apple will solve the bugs with the upcoming iOS 7.
With its Maps fiasco and developers unhappiness, there is lots of room for Apple to improve on its software and cloud offering. The worst nightmare for Apple will happen when the most polished apps appear on Android first.
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt spoke at the Big Tent Summit in India has this to say when asked when Google Now would be made available to iOS devices: “You’ll need to discuss that with Apple. Apple has a policy of approving or disapproving apps that are submitted into its store, and some of the apps we make they approve and some of them they don’t.”. Clearly Mr Schmidt is suggesting Google has submitted Google Now to the App Store and is throwing the court over to Apple.
Google Now is one of those key Google mobile app that is not available for iOS. Essentially a competitor to Siri, Google Now debuted mid last year and is available for Chrome OS and is baked into Android. Many Google loving iOS users are eagerly awaiting Google Now for iOS, as there is uncertainty if Apple would approve the app as Google Now competes directly with Siri.
Unfortunately, Apple has told CNET that Google has not submitted Google Now app for approval. One thing that is certain, Google Now for iOS is in the work as a purported promotional video appeared briefly on the web last week.
Lynch, who has worked at Adobe since 2005, will become Apple’s vice president for technology, reporting to Senior Vice President Bob Mansfield, the Cupertino, California-based company said yesterday.
Interesting turn of events as Kevin Lynch was the Adobe guy that pushed the dying Flash technology on mobile devices over three years after the iPhone debut. He was also the Adobe public figure that clashed with Apple over words regarding the use of Flash on iPhone. Kevin Lynch is said to be in charge of cloud services at Apple, having successfully launched Creative Cloud subscription services at Adobe.
For once, we are not sure if Tim Cook and his team have made the right choice.
Apple upgraded Boot Camp to version 5 in the newly released OS X 10.8.3. This is the first Boot Camp that is compatible with Windows 8 and supports Mac with a 3TB hard disk. Apple has published an FAQs technical note on the new Boot Camp 5 for you to get started and learn more about the new features.
This is a shocking news to many users who use Google Reader to keep track of news and to manage their RSS feeds. This affect not just users visiting the Google Reader website, but also many RSS reader apps that rely on Google Reader. One example is the well known Reeder for iPhone app which will not work without Google Reader.
The only thing Google Reader users can do now is to look for a new RSS reader that is not dependent on Google Reader. There are many alternatives but currently there is no close contender to the mindshare of Google Reader. The following are posts that shares the alternatives:
