2 steps to stay safe from the iPhone tracking file

There is a growing concern about a file that has been found on iPhones and iPads 3G that stores location data without the authorization of the users.

People are wondering what for is Apple creating and using this file. There could be many good and bad reasons, but so far nobody could find any evidence that Apple is uploading this information to its servers.

The question is, how is this file putting your privacy in danger? There are two options:

1. An app accessing the file and uploading the information to somebody
2. A desktop application accessing this file from an iTunes backup in your PC or Mac

So how can people stay safe from these potential security problems? With these two simple steps:

1. Don’t jailbreak your iPhone: iOS doesn’t allow apps to access files outside of their own space. But iPhones jailbroken by users without the right knowledge could be vulnerable to malicious apps.
2. Encrypt your iTunes Backups: iTunes has an option that activates data encryption for the iPhone and iPad backups. When the information is encrypted, application cannot access this information.

If you have any questions, please let me your comments!

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Drive a Smart ED (Electric Drive) with you iPhone

The Smart ED is an electric car coming to market very slowly. Its production is very limited and very few people will be able to get it during the next couple of years. But if you want to see how far you can go with it, you can simulate it with iEV.

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Are electric cars the future?

To answer the question let’s think first in the problems that electric cars have today:

Electric cars have two problems:

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3 steps to reduce the number of spam that goes to your iPhone or iPad

If your iPhone or iPad is your primary device to read emails, Spam could be a real problem.

Most people use anti-spam software in their PCs, but in the iPhone it is not possible to install add-ons to the default email app, therefore users cannot install anti-spam apps.

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Another 4 stars review for iEV!

Today the site iPhone apps review online has published a review for our app iEV, the world’s first electic car simulator for iPhone.

Even though we are very happy with four stars we will not stop improving the app until we reach the fifth!

Drive a Tesla Roadster with your iPhone

Tesla Roadster is the first electric supercar. It has a fantastic performance and it is also a very beautiful car. Tesla Motors claims that their roadter is one of the most efficient EV in the market. The car specs shows a stonning 235 miles range (almost 400 kms). Is that possible?

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iEV for iPhone review published by AppDictions

AppDictions has performed a review of our app iEV. They have rated it with 4 out of 5 stars.

The review is very good but we will not stop until we get a 5 out of 5 stars. You can read the complete iEV review on AppDictions.

Simulate a Mitsubishi I-Miev with your iPhone

A few days ago we have published a blog post explaining how you can simulate a Nissan Leaf using iEV. In this post you can find the instructions to simulate a Mitsubishi I-Miev:

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Are electric cars prepared for mega-cities?

I live in Munich and here many people is thinking about buying electric cars in the near future. This is because in cities like this one is easy to assume that the range is not going to be a big deal.

Munich is a city with an urban population of 2.6 million people. You can cross the entire city in a few minutes without traffic and during rush hour is not a big deal neither. It is also expected that Munich will be one of the firsts cities with infrastructure to widely support electric cars.

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Are gear boxes needed in Electric Cars?

We’ve got used to gear boxes. We know how to use them and some people are not able to drive a car without one. It’s like we need them. It’s part of the driving experience. But, do we really know why they exists?

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