Creepy iPhone Glitch Takes Secret Photos Of Users, Some Say

Some iPhone 4 users are reporting that their Apple smartphones appear to be taking pictures of them without their knowledge, then displaying these mysteriously snapped photos during FaceTime calls.

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Will The iPhone Alarm Glitch Again This Weekend? Don't Risk It (AAPL)

If you're "springing forward" for Daylight Savings this weekend, you may not want to trust your iPhone to wake you up on time.

Last fall, when iPhone users set their clocks back an hour, Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, was hit by a glitch that caused recurring alarms to fail on iPhones, and iPod Touches.

Instead of an alarm, they got a few extra, unwanted hours of sleep.

Apple said the problem would be fixed with an update, but we all know how that turned out on New Year's day this year.

After the New Year's glitch, Apple said the alarm would fix itself after a few days. It did by January 3rd.

If you want to trust Apple fixed the problem, then go ahead and roll the dice. We suggest playing it safe this weekend and using an alternative alarm.

If you really want to use your iPhone though, here are three options:

• If you have a recurring alarm, change the "Repeat" setting to "Never." This isn't guaranteed to work, but it's what Apple suggested last fall during Daylight Savings. 

• In January, we found that deleting your alarms and resetting them worked too. 

• Download the free alarm app Nightstand Central. It works on iPhone and iPad.

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As Testing Ramps Up, Glitch Launches A New Site And A Trippy New Trailer

Since we first reported on a company called Tiny Speck back in July of 2009, there has been a lot of interest in what they are working on. You see, it's a company founded by a bunch of people who helped start Flickr, and their project, Glitch, is actually a return of sorts to Flickr's gaming roots. Last February, we did an early preview of the game. And in August, we noted that testing was well underway. An update to Glitch today brings a brand new website and a new video to explain the game. This new exposure comes after a weekend in which Glitch underwent its most extensive user testing yet. The game was open for some 74 hours over the weekend, and thousands of users (of the tens of thousands in the waiting line) were let into the game to try it out. The test looks like it was a successful one, and the new website says that the game is now on track for beta testing early next year, with a tentative launch also slated for early next year. The company promises that going forward, they'll move all updates from their private alpha blog, to the company blog.

As Testing Ramps Up, Glitch Launches A New Site And A Trippy New Trailer

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