iPhone apps

The BYOD popularity of iPads and iPhones can put at risk confidential documents stored or accessed from those consumer devices. The WatchDox iOS app is designed to let enterprise users in financial services, manufacturing and other industries securely view documents on Apple's mobile devices.

The App Store is chock full of password-protection apps, but one of the most popular is SecureSafe, which lets you store passwords, documents and, recently, photos, in a secure folder system in the app.

One of the benefits of Apple’s App Store model is the security it brings to the iOS platform. Since Apple approves each and every application that’s available for download, the chances of a malicious piece of software making it to an actual device are slim—but not impossible. For example, Forbes reports that one security researcher published a seemingly innocuous app that actually contained an exploit, allowing him to run unauthorized code as a demonstration.

Siri may be coming to the iPhone 4S, but Siri Assistant's days as an iOS app are numbered.

A few years ago, the Pentagon launched a program to create a fully functional HAL 9000 -- the intelligent software robot depicted in the 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Apple hears the pain of enterprise IT buyers needing volume licenses for mobile apps. It will open (sometime) a (minutely more convenient) Volume window in its apps store. Bring your credit card.

We can't stupid-proof ourselves to prevent losing the car keys or the TV clicker, but when it comes to our iPhone, a glimmer of hope exists.

Because it takes such amazing pictures, the iPhone 4 has become the pocket camera of choice for many users--myself included. The phone's built-in camera is easy to use and always handy. What's more, the App Store is loaded with a number of great third-party apps to help you make the most of your photos. And many of these filters will cost you very little--or nothing at all.

With literally thousands of apps in the iTunes app store, iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch users, might find themselves a bit download-happy when it comes to installing third-party software on their smartphone.

A controversial app that promoted a 'cure' for homosexuality in the name of Jesus has been pulled from the App Store.

Your penance: 2 more years on your AT&T contract

Apple recently said it wants a 30 percent cut of all subscriptions sold on iOS devices, including services that offer music, video, newspapers and magazines. But Apple's move may force digital publishers and content providers such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu to think long and hard about continuing to offer apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.