Apple Promises Fix for Location-Gathering ‘Bug’ on iPhone | Gadget Lab

Wired.com:

"Apple said the bug fixes would arrive with the next major iOS software update," but when will that be?

Plenty of interesting links in this article.

Gizmodo: iSpy Conspiracy: Your iPhone Is Secretly Tracking Everywhere You've Been, All The Time

This is spooky!

iSpy Conspiracy: Your iPhone Is Secretly Tracking Everywhere You've Been, All The Time | Gizmodo:

This is a map of everywhere I've been for nearly the last year. Everywhere. I didn't carry around a special tracking device. The FBI isn't sending goons in unmarked vans to track me. All I did was use an iPhone. And if you have an iPhone, you're being tracked right now, too, whether you like it or not.

iPad 2: "Tech married with the liberal arts"

Check out Engagdet's recent live-blogging of today's unveiling of the new iPad.

11:12AM [Steve Jobs:] "This is worth repeating. It's in Apple's DNA that technology is not enough. It's tech married with the liberal arts and the humanities. Nowhere is that more true than in the post-PC products. Our competitors are looking at this like it's the next PC market. That is not the right approach to this. These are pos-PC devices that need to be easier to use than a PC, more intuitive." (emphasis added)

We shall see, we shall see.

"Gov't Unlocks Apple's iPhone But Is The Jailbreak Era Over?"

From an editorial at NPR:

The iPhone ecosystem, which Apple protects with the ferocity of a Smoke Monster, is about to get wilder.

And we have the Library of Congress to thank for it....

What other entrenched, unimpeachable American institution will be the next to take Apple down a notch? Betty White?

Reeder 2.0: Finally, An Awesome iPhone Feed Reader Arrives

The newest version of Reeder 2.0 makes it the best feed reader available for the iPhone, according to MG Siegler at TechCrunch. You can find Reeder 2.0 in the App Store here. It’s $2.99.


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Dead iPad battery? Never mind replacing it, Apple just sends another iPad for $99

Apple has just posted details on its iPad battery replacement service, which is really not a battery replacement service at all. Check out the company's opening line:
"If your iPad requires service due to the battery's diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee."


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