WARNING: Opening This Malicious Text Will Break Your Messages App [Video]

 

There’s a new text message prank that will break the iOS Messages app of any person that opens it.

The ‘hack’ was created by vincedes3, an iOS and Windows developer and security researcher. It involves the sending of a contact card (VCF) that contains a very complicated and large amount of text. When the recipient tries to open the file, it causes the app to freeze. Killing the app or rebooting will not fix the issue as Messages tried to reload the VCF every time it opens.

To make matters worse, the sender can’t provide instructions on how to fix it because the recipient’s Messages app no longer works.

WARNING: Opening This Malicious Text Will Break Your Messages App [Video]

If you’ve received a contact card named ‘vincedes3.vcf’, do not open it.

If its too late and your Messages app is already broken, there are a few methods that may work to fix it. The easiest seems to be asking Siri to send a text message. Before you send it, tap the text bubble and Messages will open, allowing you to delete the malicious contact card.

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Super Mario Run is Now Available on the App Store Super Mario Run is Now Available on the App Store

 

 

 

Super Mario Run, the long awaited Mario game from Nintendo, is now available on the App Store for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

A new kind of Mario game that you can play with one hand. In this game, Mario constantly moves forward through the courses while you use a variety of jumps to navigate. Mario will behave differently depending on the timing of your taps, so it’s up to you to show off particularly smooth moves, gather coins, and reach the goal.

Features:
■ World Tour: Run and jump with style to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser’s clutches! Travel through plains, caverns, Ghost Houses, airships, castles, and more… Clear 6 worlds filled with 24 brand-new courses designed for one-handed play! *Access to all 6 Worlds subject to purchase.

■ Toad Rally: Show off Mario’s stylish moves, compete against your friends and challenge people from all over the world. A challenge mode where the competition differs each time you play. Compete against the stylish moves of other players for the highest score as you gather coins and get cheered on by a crowd of Toads. If you’re impressive enough, the Toads may even come live in your kingdom. You can also perform stylish moves to fill up your gauge and launch into Coin Rush!

*In order to play Toad Rally, you will need Rally Tickets that you can acquire in a variety of ways, such as clearing worlds or through bonus games in your kingdom.

■ Kingdom Builder: Gather coins and Toads to build your very own kingdom. Create your unique kingdom with buildings and decorations that you acquire with the help of Toads gathered in Toad Rally. There are over 100 kinds of items in the Kingdom Builder feature!

You can download Super Mario Run from the App Store for free; however, only a portion of the game can be played without in-app purchase.

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Apple Names Its Picks for Best Apps, Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and TV Shows of 2016

Apple has announced its picks for best apps, movies, music, books, podcasts, and TV shows of 2016.

Here’s a look at the company’s selections starting with App of the Year!

App of the Year
● Prisma: Free Photo Editor, Art Filters Pic Effects

Game of the Year
● Clash Royale

Breakout Hit
● Pokémon GO

Apple Names Its Picks for Best Apps, Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and TV Shows of 2016

10 Best Apps of the Year
● Prisma
● MSQRD
● Quartz
● Vogue
● Meditation Studio
● Detour
● Credit Karma
● Glasses by Warby Parker
● Hyper
● Tinycards

Apple Names Its Picks for Best Apps, Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and TV Shows of 2016

10 Best Games of the Year
● Clash Royale
● Reigns
● Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
● twofold inc
● Riptide GP: Renegade
● FIFA Mobile Soccer
● Rodeo Stampede – Sky Zoo Safari
● “klocki”
● Steppy Pants
● The Trail

Apple Names Its Picks for Best Apps, Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and TV Shows of 2016

Best Movies of 2016
● Best Blockbuster: Deadpool
● Best Comedy: Sausage Party
● Best Hollywood Romance: La La Land
● Best Animated Movie: Kubo and the Two Strings
● Best Documentary: Weiner
● Best Feel-Good Movie: Sing Street
● Breakout Star of the Year: American Honey
● Best New Filmmaker: Moonlight

Top Selling Movies of 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Deadpool, Zootopia, The Martian, Captain America: Civil War, Spectre, The Revenant, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, Finding Dory, The Big Short.

Apple Names Its Picks for Best Apps, Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and TV Shows of 2016

Best TV Shows of 2016
● This Year’s Obsession: American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson
● Most Thought-Provoking: O.J.: Made in America
● Late Night Rule-Breaker: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Volume 3
● Best New Comedy: Atlanta
● Most Original Kids Show: Steven Universe
● Extravaganza of the Year: RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars
● Most Consistently Great: The Americans
● Best New Drama: This Is Us

Top Selling TV Shows of 2016
Game of Thrones (Season 6), The Walking Dead Season 7), Downton Abbey (The Final Season), The Americans (Season 4), The Big Bang Theory (Season 10), Suits (Season 6), Mr. Robot (Season 2), The Blacklist (Season 4), Vikings (Season 4), Modern Family (Season 8).

Apple Names Its Picks for Best Apps, Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and TV Shows of 2016

Best Books of 2016
● Novel of the Year: Moonglow, Michael Chabon
● Nonfiction of the Year: Evicted, Matthew Desmond
● YA Novel of the Year: If I Was Your Girl, Meredith Russo
● Debut of the Year: Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
● Mystery: Charcoal Joe, Walter Mosley
● Thriller: Behind Closed Doors, B A Paris
● Popular Fiction: Sweetbitter, Stephanie Danler
● Literary Fiction: What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Helen Oyeyemi
● Memoir: Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
● History: Dark Money, Jane Mayer
● Romance: Beautiful Burn: A Novel, Jamie McGuire
● Science Fiction: A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers
● Fantasy: The Fate of the Tearling, Erika Johansen
● Kids: Raymie Nightingale, Kate DiCamillo
● Cookbook: Everything I Want to Eat, Jessica Koslow
● Graphic Novel: March: Book Three, John Lewis

Top Selling Books of 2016 (Fiction)
The Girl on the Train, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Me Before You, After You, The Last Mile, The Whistler, The Nightingale, One with You, The Nest, Fool Me Once.

Top Selling Books of 2016 (Non-Fiction)
When Breath Becomes Air, Killing the Rising Sun, The Girl with the Lower Back Tatoo, Alexander Hamilton, Hillbilly Elegy, The 5 Love Languages, Crisis of Character, It’s Not Okay, The Rainbow Comes and Goes, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.

Apple Names Its Picks for Best Apps, Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and TV Shows of 2016

Best Podcasts of 2016
● Revisionist History
● How I Built This
● In the Dark
● Jocko Podcast
● Anna Faris is Unqualified
● NPR Politics Podcast
● My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
● 2 Dope Queens
● Accused
● FiveThirtyEight Politics
● Heavyweight
● Pardon My Take

Apple Names Its Picks for Best Apps, Movies, Music, Books, Podcasts and TV Shows of 2016

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