Rest of the Day: Apple Solves IPhone 6 Plus Sensory Illness With New Repair Program
Apple has a new repair program for iPhone 6 Plus users who, unfortunately, suffer from touch disease. The screens of the affected phones stop responding to touch and display a flickering gray bar. About this and much more in today’s news.
- Apple says the issue, which they describe as “display flickering or multi-touch issues,” can be caused by dropping the phone on a hard surface. If the screen is not broken and the phone is okay, it will cost $ 149 to repair. [Apple via 9t05Mac ]
- A new iPhone vulnerability has been discovered that allows you to view the camera roll on a locked phone. It requires a convoluted sequence of actions using Siri and is quite difficult to complete, so it’s not really a serious threat, unless someone is very determined to see your photos and contacts. It will undoubtedly be fixed in the near future. [Gizmodo]
- Google recently redesigned its Play Newsstand news reader app to meet the demands of competitors such as Apple News. There is also a version on the net . [The Verge]
- Google provides support for Android apps on four additional Chromebooks : the HP 13, Samsung Chromebook 3, ASUS C301SA, and Dell Chromebook 13. However, you will need to be running the developer version of Chrome OS to currently access. [Phandroid]
- AT&T is launching DirecTV Now on November 28 in which they will reveal details of their new Internet TV service. [Diversity]
- Good weekend.