(iPhone Unique Device ID) A number in each iPhone that is used by developers to distribute new apps directly into the phone for testing purposes before they are available in the Apple App Store. The ...

Last week Apple started rejecting apps that access the Unique Device Identifier (UDID). Developers knew this was coming, but no date had been set for the official rollout. If you've found yourself ...

In a recent paper, Smith said that the UDID, developed by Apple to enable application developers to identify the iPhone being used for storing application preferences or video game high scores, ...

Velti works with 35 ad networks and over 18,000 publishers to deliver targeted ads for mobile. The company essentially gives a SDK for publishers to insert into their apps that hook into ad networks.

In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it's all about your questions and our community's answers. We occasionally dig into our question bag, provide ...

A newly published report on iPhone security reveals that most popular third-party software available for iOS-based devices transmits an accompanying unencrypted unique device identifier, which could ...

A hacker group going under the name of AntiSec claim they have grabbed some 12 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) from an FBI computer. Are you affected? The ...

This past week has been a big wake-up call for the iOS developer community. The need to move away from UDIDs, or an ID scheme that many developers rely on to power advertising and store data about ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from Macworld UK. Visit Macworld UK’s blog page for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic. Some two thirds of popular iPhone apps transmit ...

The unique string of numbers and letters assigned to your iPhone can potentially expose your real-life identity. Security researcher Aldo Cortesi last week published his discovery of a flaw in the ...