According to a group of hackers in India, Apple could be giving backdoor access to their government, along with RIM and Nokia. In exchange for mobile presence they have allegedly given them access to cellular communications. The agreement appears to be called RINOA (Rim, Nokia, Apple).

Several documents have been found referring to RINOA as how information was gathered from some of these government bodies. I know India is a large country but I’m not quite sure what is more damaging – not having a presence there at all or betraying your customers’ trust by allowing the local government to access data without your knowledge.

Source: ZDNet

The Woogie by Griffin is a soft, plush, huggable, toy that doubles as an iPhone or iPod touch case. It’s meant for children, to give them something to hold up their iPod touch for easy game playing or video watching, or to protect your iPhone if you’re letting them use it.

With big round body and five legs, the Woogie is easy to position whether it’s on the floor, a table, in a car, or on a lap. It comes in either pink or blue and the big round body is soft and fuzzy/furry to the touch. Even on its own could be a fun toy for a young child but what makes it even better is the clear, capacitive window in the front that holds an iPod touch or iPhone. Kids can cuddle the toy and play with the device right through the window, and if they drop it or knock it or kick it, the plushie offers a lot of protection.

The good

• Soft, cute, and cuddly
• Weighted feet so stays in place
• Makes an iPhone or iPod touch harder to lose
• Hold up to the bumps and drops kids are likely to put it through.

The bad

• Larger to pack and carry than a regular case
• Would be nice to have strap/backpack option
• Don’t feed it after midnight.

The conclusion

The Woogie is great for young children, wether around the house or to take on a trip. It’s huggable, luggable, and colorful for them, and easy to find and safer to keep an iPhone or iPod touch in for you. That’s a really smart combination.

The giveaway

Leave a comment below telling us why you’d like a Woogie of you very own. Only one comment per person, please! Make sure you leave a real email address. We won’t share it but we’ll need it to contact you if you win! Contest starts now and ends Friday, January 13 at 12pm PT. Now hurry up and enter!

Source: Griffin

Safety Photo+Video is an iPhone and iPad app that lets you protect your photos and videos from prying eyes. It’s equipped with a dot pattern lock system for extra security, and in addition to being able to lock the entire app, you can lock individual albums.

You can now keep your most private photos and videos away form unauthorized access. Introducing the Safety Photo+Video. Used the most advanced security system to protect your photos and videos. You can then browse, organize, share, and manage your photos and videos right on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

• Dot pattern lock style for higher security. (New)
• Universality : This app is developed for both iPhone and iPad, you need to purchase only once. (New)
• Photo Geotag and EXIF data viewing. (New)
• Support Video. (New)
• Passcode lock for individual album. (New)
• Passcode locking style. (combination, keypad lock)
• Selectable stylish theme, yet easy to use interface
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• Take private photos and videos from within the app.
• Extremely simple to import photos and videos from photo library
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• Export photos to your iPhone/iPod Touch.
• Create albums for your photos.
• Passcode protect individual album.
• Supports move, copy & paste.
• Full Retina display support.
• Upload/download from PC to iPhone via web browser/iTunes file sharing.
• Share photos and videos within 2 iOS devices with Safety Photo+Video installed via Bluetooth/Wi-Fi.


Giveaway

The good folks at Eightythree Technology have given us promo codes to give away to 5 lucky winners! For a chance to win, just leave a comment below!

Safety Photo+Video is available on the iPhone and iPad for $0.99.

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CES 2012 is almost upon us and while Apple wouldn’t be caught dead at the show, there will certainly be plenty of iPhone, iPod touch and iPad accessories crowding the halls, perhaps some new apps for the new year, and who knows — maybe yet another dummy iPad leak?

We’ll have Rene, Leanna, Ally, Jared, and the whole Mobile Nations crew live at the event to bring you the very latest and greatest CES 2012 has to offer.

So my question, iMore Nation, is this — what do you want to see? What hot new cases do you want? What amazing new accessories? What killer new apps? Last year we had iPhone blood pressure readers, remote controlled drones, car starters, robot balls, and tons of other super sweet tech — what can they do to top themselves this year?

Well respected microphone manufacturer Blue is launching a new range of microphones aimed squarely at users of the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Two new models will be on display at CES 2012 which starts next week.

• Spark Digital: The world’s first studio-grade condenser microphone to offer both USB and iPad connectivity, featuring Focus Control, adjustable desk stand, built-in shockmount, and y-cables with an attached, extended female headphone jack for each platform.
• Mikey Digital: The perfect tool for mobile recording with iOS devices features two custom-tuned Blue capsules for stereo recording, a line-input, USB pass through and a stylish 230-degree rotating design.

The idea of connecting a studio-grade microphone to your iPad will be highly appealing to podcasters or anyone involved in movie making or recording on their iOS devices. The Spark Digital will cost around $199 while the Mikey Digital will set you back $99. Both are slated for release soon.

Source: Blue

 

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