Every once in a while, an app will show up in the iOS App Store that’s not meant to be there, obviously in violation of one rule or another but overlooked by Apple’s approval team. Here are 10 great iPhone apps that Apple banned …
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‘Napster’ Is No More
After being bought out in October by eternal archrival Rhapsody, music subscription service “Napster” has shut down. Heading to Napster.com now gets you an explanation of what happened and a Rhapsody sales pitch.
I put “Napster” in quotation marks–-a practice I’ve followed, albeit inconsistently, for years–-because the …
Finger-Pointing, Denials and Confusion: Who Put Keystroke-Tracking Software On Your Phone, Anyway?
With U.S. Senators getting involved in the issue about whether or not Americans’ cell activity is being monitored and recorded without their permission, it’s worth asking the most obvious question: How did the offending Carrier …
Report Says Android Market Is Number One Source of Mobile Malware
Android has rapidly become the most popular mobile OS and, consequently, the most popular target for malicious software.
While Siri Won’t Tell You Where to Get an Abortion, ‘These Are Not Intentional Omissions,’ Apple Says
Despite her many talents, Siri won’t help you if you want to get an abortion. This week women around the U.S. have been reporting that Apple’s new iPhone 4S digital assistant won’t locate abortion providers — but she will …
Finally, a Self-Tweeting Cat Bed Made from an Old Macintosh Computer
With the eSleeper, we’ve truly reached the pinnacle of human civilization. While gutting old electronics for conversion into pet beds isn’t a new phenomenon (remember the old iMac fishbowls?), the advent of Twitter alongside inexpensive do-it-yourself Arduino boards means that all gadgets turned pet sleepers must now inform the world …
British Secret Service Creates Website to Recruit Self-Taught Hackers
It had to happen; after years of science-fiction stories where heroes are recruited through video games that are actually tests of their abilities, a secret service has gone all Last Starfighter and set up a fake website designed …
What the 40 Most Shared Links on Facebook in 2011 Say About Facebook in 2011
It’s not hard to look at the list of the 40 most shared articles on Facebook in America this year and draw some conclusions, although I’m not sure those conclusions are necessarily the most flattering about Facebook users: …
Carrier IQ ‘Wiretap’ Debacle: Much Ado About Something?
Android, Nokia and BlackBerry users, your every key press is being tracked, claims Connecticut systems administrator Trevor Eckhart. Eckhart said as much recently, raising quite the ruckus, but this time he’s back with a 17 …
Siri Is Pro-Life, Apple Blames a Glitch
If you ask Siri where to hide a body, the iPhone’s virtual assistant will happily oblige. But if you ask Siri where to get an abortion? No can do.
For the moment, Siri is pro-life, as Abortioneers and other blogs pointed out …
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HBO Boss to Netflix: You’ll Never Get Our Shows
Consider this a quiet declaration of war. Talking at the VideoSchmooze NYC event yesterday, HBO Co-President Eric Kessler said that there is “no chance” the company will make its original series like Boardwalk Empire, Game of …