iOS 10 beta surprisingly features an unencrypted kernel that has baffled most security experts as it also enables a easier access to various security exploits and paves the way to jailbreak Apple’s newest mobile operating system. This is good news for the market.
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Apple unveiled iOS 10 during WWDC 2016 last week. This could just be an internal app for Apple developers and not planned for release.
The lack of encryption, as has been standard with previous versions of iOS, has meant many pieces of code have been made available to developers, researchers – and cybercriminals for the first time. An Unencrypted Kernel in iOS 10?
iMessage is the most-used app on the iPhone, according to Apple, but it’s been strangely neglected since its introduction five years ago.
Apple’s QuickType keyboard is getting significantly smarter in the new version of iOS – it now understands context.
The big iOS update, which is now in beta but should hit iPhones and iPads this fall, brings huge changes to the Apple Music UI as well as minor improvements to navigation in the music app. To see all the changes in action, watch the Cult of Mac video below. You won’t need precision to get to the camera app as soon as possible – simply take your phone out and swipe to it.
During WWDC, Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi dubbed iOS 10 “as our biggest release ever”, and Apple emphasized the security and privacy aspects of the software as being fundamental to its design.
The heart of an operating system is a component known as the kernel, which controls how programs can use a device’s hardware and enforces security. Statistics claim that Microsoft has already far exceeded Apple’s sales and the latter will have think of something innovative to keep up with the fast changing trends. Other features include a Single Sign-on mode, a dark mode, automatic app downloads, and more.
If you have an Apple TV there is a new NASA app that you may find increadibly interesting.
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One of the main complaints about the Apple devices is the lack of storage but news reports that are coming in reveal that there’s going to be extra capacity that will come with the iOS 10. Even if it may feel that most of this work had been already finished, what it is the true is that the actual process may have just started.
