9 March 2010
AT&T has decided to interfere in the iPhone unlocking trend that has come to a rather large proportion over the last period. iphoneunlocking.com, a subsidiary of UniquePhones, has promised to bring the remote software unlocking services for the iPhone at 12 noon EST on Saturday, but had to drop the idea after they received a
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25 February 2010
Seven years after iTunes started selling music online, it has surpassed its next milestone, 10 billion songs downloaded. Apple was promoting the event of the 10 billionth song by offering the lucky downloader a $10,000 gift certificate to iTunes.
iTunes is currently America’s No. 1 online retailer for songs, which also offers other media, including TV [...]
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24 February 2010
In recent news, Apple announced the removal of all things cleavage, subsequently removing 5,000 sexual applications from the App Store. However, they did not remove every single provocative app in the store. Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue, as well as Playboy’s official app, were both still available after the “clean-up.” This led many to believe that [...]
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23 February 2010
Recently, Apple began removing sex-themed applications from its App Store. Apps have so far been removed in the thousands, though something rather peculiar was happening at the same time: high profile apps, such as Playboy, remained on the store. This, as expected, concerned a number of people, to the point where Apple executive Phil Schiller [...]
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23 February 2010
Gartner published its market share reports on Tuesday for worldwide mobile phone sales in 2009. According to the figures, BlackBerry, iPhone and Android devices have all increased their market share whilst Windows Mobile and Symbian devices have slipped significantly.
iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android increased their market share the most (up 6.2%, 3.3%, and 3.4% from 2008, [...]
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23 February 2010
Apple’s latest message is that iPhone users don’t mind being on hold during a call.
The company pumped out three new adverts over the weekend which focus on the array of iPhone apps available. The first advert entitled “On Hold” demonstrates the ability to use a 3G data connection whilst being placed on hold during a [...]
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21 February 2010
When the Apple iPad was unveiled last month one of the main criticisms of the device was its lack of support for Adobe’s Flash player, an interactive component used on many major websites to provide everything from video content to games. Since then, Steve Jobs has attended a series of private meetings with newspaper journalists [...]
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19 February 2010
Apple has sent out notices to some developers who have previously submitted an application that contains sexual content that Apple claims is “inappropriate.” TechCrunch is reporting that “Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored)” was recently removed by Apple, after it was previously approved, for over a year now.
Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored) was submitted on January 27, 2009, [...]
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15 February 2010
It’s no secret that Apple detests the jailbreaking community. They have claimed that jailbreakers violate their EULA and consequently, break the law. However, this has yet to be proven in court. Jailbreakers have enjoyed a long history of fighting Apple punch for punch. When programmers, such as the iPhone Dev Team, conquer a specific piece [...]
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13 February 2010
The Wall Street Journal is running a story “confirming” that Microsoft will announce the next generation of Windows Mobile next week, named Windows Phone 7.
Despite the fact there has been a buzz in the blogging world and from writers and analysts that follow Microsoft closely, The Wall Street Journal sources “people familiar with the matter” [...]
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