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EFF Releases iPhone Developer Agreement, Devs Can't Jailbreak, Other Funny Business Highlighted

9 March 2010, 9:51 am by: Chris Barylick
It took a Freedom of Information Act request to get it, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation posted the entire iPhone Developer Program License Agreement on its blog. Normally the EFF wouldn't be allowed the publish the info, but the...

iPad May Be Missing Some iPhone Apps Upon Release, No Dashboard After All

9 March 2010, 9:20 am by: Chris Barylick
The iPad is coming, but it may be a little light upon initial applications. The guys at Wired noticed that there are some notable exceptions among the announced iPad apps, including Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather and Voice Memos. While these...

Apple and Nokia Case Put on Hold Pending ITC Investigation

9 March 2010, 7:00 am by: Chris Barylick
Nokia and Apple may want to go toe to toe in the legal ring right now, but they're being told to wait a bit. According to Macworld, the International Trade Commission has told both parties that it must complete its own probe, which was scheduled...

iBookstore Prices, Possible Hidden Camera and Other Goodies Noticed During iPad Commercial

8 March 2010, 11:12 am by: Chris Barylick
Although Apple's new iPad ad didn't show off any new features, several eagle-eyed viewers have managed to spot some interesting items. According to 9 to 5 Mac, iBookstore pricing seems to have fallen below Kindle's pricing. A listed Ted Ken...

AT&T Announces Significant Network Upgrades for 2010

8 March 2010, 10:31 am by: Chris Barylick
AT&T's been singing its own praises as to how it's renovating its network via commercials and interviews with the media and it's time to count the tangibles. According to Engadget, the company is planning to add coverage to at least a dozen citie...

Palm Development Kit Allows iPhone Games to Port to WebOS in "Matter of Days"

8 March 2010, 10:25 am by: Chris Barylick
Per All Things D, Palm's new Plugin Development Kit (PDK) allows developers to concert iPhone games to Palm's webOS. Per a source close to the story, the kit's approach allows native code within the platform's web-based framework to be so direct...

Apple Demanding Fewer "Cookie Cutter" Applications

8 March 2010, 9:11 am by: Chris Barylick
Following Apple's decision to remove a wide swath of sexy/adult-oriented applications from the App Store, the company is also apparently culling "cookie cutter" applications/applications built using templates from one of the many app-building service...

Jobs Confirms iPhone Will Not Allow Internet Tethering to iPad

8 March 2010, 8:42 am by: Chris Barylick
You've got to hand it to Steve Jobs: he cuts to the point, even if the truth hurts a bit. Over the weekend, Apple CEO Steve Jobs tersely confirmed that Apple's upcoming iPad will not be able to connect to the Internet via tethering on the iPhone...

First iPad Ad Airs During Academy Awards, Steve Jobs At the Event

8 March 2010, 8:28 am by: Michael Johnston
As they did with the first iPhone ad, Apple yesterday aired the first iPad ad during the Academy Awards. No new information was revealed about the device, although the ad shows off many of the included applications and serves as a public announc...

Latest iPad SDK Contains Wikipedia Search Option

5 March 2010, 11:32 am by: Chris Barylick
According to iPodNN, the current iPad SDK contains additional search options that allow you to choose Wikipedia as one of the default search engines for Safari on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The reference is buried in the code of the iPad S...

Upgrade Pricing Coming To The App Store?

5 March 2010, 11:26 am by: Chris Barylick
A strange dialog box that surfaced in a current version of iTunes may foretell that Apple is planning on allowing developers to offer upgrade pricing for iPhone applications. According to Ars Technica, developer Fraser Speirs was warned tha...

It's Official: iPad to Launch on April 3rd, 3G Unit to Arrive Later That Month

5 March 2010, 8:00 am by: Chris Barylick
It's official: Apple finally announced that the Wi-Fi models of its long-awaited iPad will go on sale in the U.S. on Saturday, April 3rd. 3G-capable models of the device will be available in the U.S. and other countries in late April and Apple will b...

Apple Seeking New Mobile Ad Developer, May be Looking to Include Ads in Apps

4 March 2010, 1:01 pm by: Chris Barylick
Apple may be helping with the next step of integrating mobile ads into App Store software for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad in the same way that they might include any other graphical or interface lements into their apps. According to AppleInsider,...

Second Report of iPad Delays Puts Apple At 200k Units Available at Launch

4 March 2010, 12:29 pm by: Chris Barylick
Per AppleInsider, Think Equity analyst Vijay Rakesh issued a note to investors on Thursday saying that checks with Taiwanese manufacturers indicated "some minor delays" in production of Apple's upcoming iPad. This marks the second report in a we...

Study: iPhone Losing Market Share While Android Gains

4 March 2010, 11:07 am by: Chris Barylick
If Apple needed a reason to pursue HTC on legal grounds, it could be as simple as market share. Per Computerworld, a study by Quantcast, a web analytics firm, has shown the Android as showing spectacular growth in the past few quarters...

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