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An Open iPhone App Market That Doesn't Require Jailbreaking... And Which Apple Can't Stop

In all of the fuss, hype and obsession over the iPhone/iPad app store, people seem to forget that when the iPhone first launched, it had no app store and no ability for third party developers to create native apps. Instead, Steve Jobs suggested the high ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/30/2010 - 07:00 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

EFF wins enormous victory against DRM: legal to jailbreak iPhones, rip DVDs for mashup videos

The Electronic Frontier Foundation drove three deep wedges into the US prohibition on breaking DRM today. EFF had applied to the Copyright Office to grant exemptions permitting the cracking of DRM in three cases: first, to "jailbreak" a mobile device, such ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/26/2010 - 08:46 - 0 comments

Crimefail (or PR stunt?): thief who grabbed iPhone used in GPS tracking demo promptly caught by cops

An exceedingly unlucky thief named Horatio Toure grabbed an iPhone out of a woman's hands on Monday afternoon in the SoMa area of San Francisco. What she knew, but he did not, was that this iPhone was being used to demonstrate GPS real-time location ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/23/2010 - 12:49 - 0 comments

If You're Going To Steal Something, Perhaps Avoid A Phone Demoing A GPS Tracking Program

These days, lots of smartphones have apps for tracking the location of the phones, so stealing one of them is probably becoming increasingly risky for thieves. But, still, in a move that didn't bode well at all, Horatio Toure supposedly used his bicycle ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/22/2010 - 07:14 - 0 comments

End Call button for the iPhone 4

Aaron Draczynski made an "End Call" button for the iPhone 4. (It's not really for sale). --> (Aaron Draczynski, Apple ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/21/2010 - 15:29 - 0 comments

Apple doesn't have a monopoly on Death Grip: "Don't hold it wrong" manuals from phones other than iPhone

David Chartier has assembled "Don't Hold It Wrong" manual pages and videos for a wide array of mobile phones. Above, the Nokia N97 manual, page 20. dontholditwrong.tumblr.com , or view the still images in this gallery . (via GlennF ) ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/20/2010 - 16:42 - 0 comments

Get Ready For The Next Entertainment Industry 'Solution' To Content Distribution: Kinder, Gentler DRM

Earlier this year, we wrote about how many in the entertainment industry were betting on DECE -- or Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem. Basically, it's yet another type of DRM that is so kind as to give you back certain fair use rights, to ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/20/2010 - 14:44 - 0 comments

A fiberglass bench that doubles as an imaginary friend

If I had a kid and $650 to spend lavishly, I might get this colorful fiberglass bench from Kid Robot. It's called Mr. TTT and it doubles as a piece of furniture and an imaginary friend. Product page Friends With You's Wish Come ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/20/2010 - 12:11 - 0 comments

For First Time, Disaster Survivors Can Apply For Federal Disaster Aid On Smartphones

Back in May, we launched our mobile site, http://m.fema.gov to make it easier than ever for people to access information from FEMA quickly and easily.  This launch was only a first step and I’m glad to announce today a new feature to our mobile site ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/19/2010 - 15:16 - 0 comments

Best thing to come out of Antennagate? Apple's "antenna testing chamber" porn.

Reporters who attended the "Antennagate" presser today in Cupertino were invited to tour the company's "$100 million antenna designing and test facilities." They're blinding us with science ! Bonus: When I right-clicked to save this jpeg from ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/16/2010 - 15:08 - 0 comments

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