The Safari browser in Apple's iOS 6 platform has a potentially serious JavaScript bug that could have major security and privacy implications. The new "Smart App Banner" feature in iOS 6 is designed ...

Looking to woo Apple iOS developers, Microsoft is enhancing its Visual Studio Code editor this week with the capability to debug JavaScript code for iOS mobile devices. The iOS Web Debugger for Visual ...

A researcher reports that the popular Mailbox app for iOS automatically executes javascript embedded in HTML, putting users in line for abuse from spammers and phishers. UPDATE – The popular Mailbox ...

Apple’s iOS thus far has proven to be fairly resistant to malware and some other forms of attack, but that doesn’t mean that it is completely in the clear. A new vulnerability discovered by a ...

When it comes to Mac hacking, there are few security experts more dangerous than Charlie Miller, who can hack a Mac in mere seconds. Luckily, Miller only uses his hacking powers for the forces of good ...

Back in March, we noted that Safari speed improvements in iOS 4.3 brought about by the addition of a new Nitro JavaScript engine did not extend to web apps launched from the home screen, meaning that ...

Feature-wise, Chrome for iOS is on par with its Android counterpart, but is more limited in terms of underlying capabilities compared to other platforms. To address how it’s harder to debug webpages, ...

‘Beware in-app browsers’ is a good rule of thumb for any privacy conscious mobile app user — given the potential for an app to leverage its hold on user attention to snoop on what you’re looking at ...

Hybrid Web Frameworks Q&A with Allen Conway: Reach Android/iOS with JavaScript, HTML and CSS Learn how offerings like Ionic, Cordova and others provide an alternative to straight web-dev, Progressive ...

Every year, we publish around 60 issues of MacStories Weekly and the Monthly Log for Club MacStories members. MacStories Weekly is packed with our favorite apps, app collections, advanced shortcuts, ...