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07 Apr 2009 21:56

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Tech: The latest get-rich-quick scheme: iPhone app development

  • $800,000 amount the creator of the app iShoot made in the App Store in five months source
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30 Mar 2009 22:20

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Tech: Got an iPhone? Lacking morals & money? Try out app piracy

  • A quarter of the App Store’s 25,000 programs have been cracked to run for free. source
  • A single 5.4-gigabyte torrent file includes 808 cracked apps for you to use. source
  • The maker of one popular pay app, BeeJive, says 60% of its users have a pirated version. source
  • Users of cracked apps say they do it because you can’t try the apps first. source
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27 Mar 2009 18:21

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Tech: “Lauren” is no Ellen Feiss, Microsoft. But she’ll do.

Why we like Lauren: Lauren’s not cool. She probably listens to Jason Mraz. We’d date her, then immediately convert her to Apple. source
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21 Mar 2009 21:40

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Tech: Palm better hope the Pre is a hit, or they’re screwed

  • $98 million Palm’s losses last quarter, driven down by people waiting for the Pre, a worthy could-be iPhone-killer source
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19 Mar 2009 21:15

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Tech: Having a free-agent, no-contract iPhone: Verrrrrrry expensive.

  • $199 cost of an iPhone with a &*!%ing two-year contract with AT&T, available right now source
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18 Mar 2009 10:21

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Tech, U.S.: Five reasons we think the new iPhone software rules

  • Oh my God, you mean we can copy and paste now? Awesome! ‘Bout time! source
  • Push functionality for apps rocks the hizzy. Took ’em long enough to add it. source
  • You can use accessories now, which should allow for even cooler apps. source
  • The Spotlight search function is just like Spotlight on the Mac. Hooray! source
  • You can (finally!) send MMS photo messages via your iPhone. source
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16 Mar 2009 09:45

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Tech: Yo Apple: The proprietary iPod Shuffle headphones? They suck.

See that little chip? It’s necessary to to control the new device. Which means your old headphones won’t work at all. source
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11 Mar 2009 10:36

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Tech: The iPod Shuffle was already tiny. Did they have to make it smaller?

It talks now. And it’s twice as easy to lose as before. Good job, Apple. source
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11 Mar 2009 10:25

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Biz, Music, Tech: U2 = Corporate whores for phone-makers

  • Tie to Apple U2 famously was featured in a series of iPod ads a few years back, to the point that many fans tie them to the iPhone-maker. We think Bono should always wear white earbuds. source
  • Tie to Apple U2 famously was featured in a series of iPod ads a few years back, to the point that many fans tie them to the iPhone-maker. We think Bono should always wear white earbuds.
  • Tie to Palm Bono has a state in a company, Elevation Partners, which owns a huge chunk of Palm, which has an awesome phone, the Pre, coming out soon. source
  • Tie to Apple U2 famously was featured in a series of iPod ads a few years back, to the point that many fans tie them to the iPhone-maker. We think Bono should always wear white earbuds.
  • Tie to Palm Bono has a state in a company, Elevation Partners, which owns a huge chunk of Palm, which has an awesome phone, the Pre, coming out soon.
  • Tie to RIM On top of that, the band has Blackberry makers Research in Motion sponsoring their next tour! You guys wrote “One,” not “Three.” What the heck?! source
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11 Mar 2009 01:55

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Tech: For those looking to hop on the Apple tablet PC rumor mill …

  • … here’s your evidence. The Taiwanese supplier of Apple’s multitouch screens for its iPhone recently received an order for 10″ screens, according to a source. In case you heard a absurdly excited sound off in the distance, that was a bunch of Apple fanbois freaking-da-eff-out on the prospect of a Netbook from Apple. source
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