Paypal announces iOS SDK for in-app checkouts

Back in 2009, PayPal was the first financial company to open up its payments APIs for developers around the world. However, our tools haven’t kept up with the bleeding edge of innovation that the industry expects of us. As our President David Marcus remarked a few months ago, there is a “massive culture change” happening at PayPal, […]

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iPhoneDevSDK web site admits what happened / gives details

Earlier today, we reported that iPhoneDevSDK.com was involved in the hacking that included both FaceBook and Apple having their internal computers hacked. Now, the Systems Operator (SYSOP) of the web site – Mr. Eric Romang, has done some investigating and has posted the following statement: “What we’ve learned is that it appears a single administrator […]

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iOS 6.1 takes care of the "Smart App Banner" Bug that re-enabled Javascript without user knowledge

With the release of iOS 6.1 on Monday, Apple addressed a potentially serious bug introduced in iOS 6 that would override a user’s Mobile Safari JavaScript settings after visiting a webpage with a so-called “Smart App Banner.” Via: AppleInsider.com  

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Apple releases Safari 5.1.4 update

Mid Monday (Eastern) Apple released an update to its Safari web browser.  The update includes the following: Safari 5.1.4 for OS X Lion includes changes that: – Improve JavaScript performance up to 11% over Safari 5.1.3* – Improve responsiveness when typing into the search field after changing network configurations, or with an intermittent network connection […]

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