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Category Archives: iPhone
So what does that location database on your phone really do?
Jim Smith, who knows a thing or two about mobile, pokes around in the controversial consolidated.db database on the iPhone and comes up with this: “I’m pretty certain that consolidated.db is used to seed the assisted GPS used for iOS … Continue reading
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Tagged Alasdair Allan, Apple, FourSquare, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iTunes
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Nieman Journalism lab responds to John Gruber
Nieman Journalism Lab responds to John Gruber’s defence of the 30% Apple subscription take: “But if someone searches for and downloads The New York Times app — after the Times has spent more than a century building up its brand, … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Publishing
Tagged App Store, Apple, Daring Fireball, iOS, John Gruber, New York Times, Nieman Journalism Lab
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Apple 2011 = Microsoft ’97
Brilliant comment from “Chucky” on a post from from Michael Tsai: Microsoft in 1997 had a very specific corporate strategy. They had a temporary situation of great market leverage. And rather than concentrating on making better products for their users, … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile, Publishing
Tagged Apple, Bill Gates, iOS, iPad, Microsoft, Publishing, Steve Jobs
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This is why Apple’s subscription system fails for consumers
From Apple Subs: Publishers Seek Clarity, FT Concerned, Some Sign Up | paidContent: “We have a fair and open approach for customers whereby we offer digital access to FT journalism for one price and enable access across multiple platforms for … Continue reading
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Apple denies content purchasing change, confirms content purchasing change
Apple’s Trudy Muller, talking to John Paczkowski: “We have not changed our developer terms or guidelines,” But wait… “We are now requiring that if an app offers customers the ability to purchase books outside of the app, that the same … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, Apple, iPad, iPhone
Tagged Amazon Kindle, Apple, AppStore, John Paczkowski, Kindle, New York Times, Safari, Sony
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WiFi tethering and the iPhone: Battery life?
John Brownlee at CoM: “It seems likely, then, that as soon as the Verizon iPhone comes out, Apple will pump an official iOS update for all devices down the pipeline, bringing the Hotspot app to all devices, including iPads. Naturally, … Continue reading
I don’t really see why this is worth a story
Brian X. Chen, for Wired: “The company recently approved an iPhone camera app that carries a special feature: the ability to snap a photo by pressing the physical Volume button rather than tapping the touchscreen. Oddly enough, about four months … Continue reading
Google is the carriers’ best-friend
Doc Searles has got a new iPhone, and muses on a few points: “I still see this as a phase, and not a bad one. Apple and Google have together cracked open the unholy death grip that phone makers and … Continue reading
Just how bad is Flash on Android?
Pretty bad. In fact, if you’re thinking video, utterly unusable. Kevin Tofel of GigaOm and JKOnTheRun is someone who isn’t a dyed in the wool iPhone or Apple fan. In fact, he replaced his iPhone with a Nexus One in … Continue reading
