Year: 2010

A source told “9to5Mac” (http://www.9to5mac.com/) that Apple bought Wi-Gear, a Bluetooth wireless headphone designer in San Francisco two months ago for an undisclosed sum.

WiGear, now closed, is perhaps best known for its iMuffs. iMuffs were wireless headphones that let you pause, rewind, adjust volume and change tracks right from the headset without touching the iPhone. You could also answer incoming calls directly from the headphone using the integrated microphone, enjoying the same automatic music suspension that you get on your iPhone when a call comes in.

Apple’s retail stores have suspended sales of iPhone 4 slider cases because of concerns about trapped dirt causing scratches and cracks — the so-called “Glassgate” issue, reports “Cult of Mac” (http://www.cultofmac.com/67948/67948).

A security researcher says Apple has made a poor security decision by allowing Safari to honor requests from third-party applications to perform actions such as making a phone call without warning a user, reports “Computerworld” (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9195578/iPhone_s_Safari_dials_calls_without_warning_says_security_expert?source=rss_news).