Apple responds to PRISM by issuing Privacy Statement

Apple has issued a Privacy Statement in the wake of the PRISM revelation which was said to monitor online servers of the top Internet and technology companies for security and surveillance purposes. Apple was one of the companies mentioned in the leak that exposed PRISM to the public. Apple's initial response was that it denied the allegations, stating that it safeguards its user's data on their servers. The company recently issued a more comprehensive privacy statement available after the jump.

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Get an iTunes Match-like experience with Dropbox’s Tunebox

Streaming music you keep in your Dropbox to your Apple device has been made possible since 2011 by Tunebox. Now, a new update gives you full offline play support. You can save your files to your device even without a network connection. You can download the app here for $4.99.

Facebook to axe Sponsored Results

Earlier this month, Facebook announced they would be reducing the number of their ad units from 27 to less than half of that. Part of that streamlining method is taking out this July the Sponsored Results. You have been seeing these with brands, groups, and searches since August 2012.

Facebook decided to take it out after noticing that marketers used Sponsored Results and mobile app install ads quite similarly. Businesses will still be able to use the latter method along with post link ads.

Blogger gets tablet support

Those who make use of Google Blogger know that its app will benefit from a larger screen. But there hasn’t been a native editing space for tablet since the Blogger app was released. That is, until Google finally released this new update.

Blogger now makes use of tablets’ full screens while composing and reviewing posts. Also, WYSIWYG editing is available for current entries, no matter what screen size you use.