Fever – Take It or Leave It?

August 18, 2010
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So, I’m reading Tumblr today when I stumbled across this post based on this post based on this post.

(I think I got all the credits right on that one.)

I’ve been running Shaun Inman’s Fever newsreader for almost a year now and I love it. I agree with most of the sentiments regarding using it [...]

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Jailbreaking is Legal

July 26, 2010
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According to the EFF (and just about every other tech blog in the known universe), the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office have ruled jailbreaking is legal.

When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved [...]

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Google Voice is Open to Everyone in the U.S.

June 23, 2010
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TidBITS has reported that Google Voice is Open to Everyone in the U.S., which leads me to wonder whether Apple will ever get around to completing their review of the Google Voice app.

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Woman sues Google over walking directions

June 10, 2010
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The AP wire has a story about a women in Utah that was using Google Maps to get walking directions, then proceeded to follow them. So far nothing out of the ordinary.

So, she started on the route which took her to a four-lane boulevard without sidewalks. Now this is where things get interesting. She made [...]

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Safari 5 Extensions

June 10, 2010
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So now that Apple has created an Extension API to Safari, there are tons of extensions being created by very talented folks out there in the Internets.

From what I have heard/read, Apple wants to create a curated store/collection of these extensions. Hopefully, this doesn’t mean an App Store like approval process since that could put [...]

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Preview.fm

June 8, 2010
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It’s no secret that I’m a huge Marco fan, but I’ve got to say, he’s done it again. This time, it’s a free web interface to the iTunes store, Preview.fm.

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New version of Safari available for download

June 8, 2010
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So along with all the announcements of the new iPhone 4 and iOS 4, Apple snuck in an update to Safari. Safari 5 has some impressive speed improvements and has added a new Reader function that looks like it could use some improvements, but it’s not a bad first try.

For me personally, there has been [...]

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Jobs Still Thinks There is No Porn on the iPhone

May 15, 2010

Ryan Tate, from Gawker, entered a somewhat extended email conversation with Steve Jobs early this morning. As impressive as it is that Jobs was responding to email at 2:00AM in the morning, the stunning thing is that Jobs still thinks there is no porn on the iPhone or the iPad.

Has he never used Safari? [...]

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SimplifyMedia

May 14, 2010

We talked about SimplifyMedia as an alternative to iTunes in the cloud during yesterday’s podcast and Dave asked me to update the thread with information about the application. So, I went to SimplifyMedia’s website and found this:

After developing the technology behind Simplify Media for over 4 years, it is time for us [...]

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iTunes in the Cloud

May 4, 2010

There’s a bit of confusion about whether Apple will push iTunes in the cloud, making your music available to you anywhere. AppleInsider reports that it’s coming this year.

In a guest column on TechCrunch, Michael Robertson, a 12-year veteran of the digital music business, former CEO of MP3. com and current CEO of MP3tunes, [...]

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