iPad Portable Genius
Like other links, such as Web pages, you can bookmark RSS feed links and save them to the Home screen.
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4.16 When you tap an RSS feed link, Safari loads the RSS file into the reader.mac.com feed reader application.
Setting the Web browser security options It’s a jungle out there in cyberspace, with nasty things lurking in the digital weeds. The folks at Apple are well aware of these dangers, of course, so they’ve clothed your iPad in protective gear to help keep the bad guys at bay. Safari, in particular, has five layers of security: Phishing protection. A phishing site is a Web site that on the surface appears to belong to a reputable company, such as an online bank or major corporation. In reality, some dark-side hackers have cobbled the site together to fool you into providing your precious login data, credit card data, social security number, or other private information. Many of these sites either are well-known or sport tell-tale signs that mark them as fraudulent. iPad Safari comes with a Fraud Warning setting that, when activated, displays a warning about such sites.
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