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Al Franken clumsily asks Apple and Google to write app store privacy policies
Senator Al Franken is chomping at the bit in his efforts to lead this mobile OS privacy crusade into deep waters. Despite having Apple and Google show up to DC twice to essentially reiterate what had already been said in a press release, Franken now wants both Apple and Google to write up “clear and […]
Continue reading...Apple’s Catherine Novelli headed to Washington for Round 2 of mobile privacy hearings
Monday, May 16, 2011
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One week ago today, both Apple and Google sent representatives to Washington DC to attend a congressional hearing on mobile privacy that was catalyzed by “locationgate.” Apple sent senior executive Guy Tribble while Google sent Alan Davidson, a lobbyist. But that’s a story for another time. Today, Apple, Google, and Facebook will be back in […]
Continue reading...Apple’s Guy Tribble appears before congress, addresses iOS location tracking and privacy issues
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By Luis Estrada: Let’s go to Washington, folks. Earlier today, Apple’s VP of software technology Guy L. “Bud” Tribble appeared before a congressional hearing on mobile privacy to address concerns that were first brought to the forefront following the “location tracking” controversy that emerged a few weeks ago In the wake of that hoopla, Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Queen Elizabeth II gets an iPad 2
Monday, May 9, 2011
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It certainly was an Apple filled Mother’s Day for Queen Elizabeth II. The royal matriarch had her staff get her an iPad 2 after she got a glimpse of Apple’s tablet from Princes William and Harry when they paid her a visit at Buckingham Palace this past weekend. Her grandsons apparently have iPads themselves and […]
Continue reading...How the iPhone 4 helped the US track down and kill Bin Laden [Comic]
Monday, May 2, 2011
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Yesterday, news broke that terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden had been killed thanks to the fine work of Seal Team 6 and a host of governmental agencies from the CIA to the NSA and NGA. Bin Laden’s death marks the end of a 13-year manhunt for the murderer mastermind behind the 9/11 tragedy that took […]
Continue reading...Senator Al Franken pens letter to Steve Jobs over iOS tracking code
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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The blogosphere yesterday was aflutter with news that iOS 4 stores user location data in a unprotected and unencrypted file accessible on a user’s mobile device or desktop in a file called consolidated.db. The truth of the matter is that this file isn’t new and has been discussed quite extensively for months now as it’s […]
Continue reading...Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. blames the iPad for loss of American jobs
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Apple products have been responsible for killing many a tech product. From the Zune to the Dell DJ, and more recently, even the job of the former Acer CEO. But now an Apple’s product, the iPad to be clear, is being called out by none other than Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. who claims that Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Barack Obama owns an iPad but still loves his Blackberry
Monday, March 28, 2011
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With iPad 2s seemingly still in short supply, one person who apparently had little trouble getting Apple’s new fangled tablet is President Barack Obama. During a town hall meeting held in Washington earlier today, news anchor Jorge Ramos curiously, and quite bluntly, asked Obama if he owns an iPad. I do have an iPad,” Obama replied, […]
Continue reading...US Senators ask Apple to remove apps that alert users of DUI checkpoints
Thursday, March 24, 2011
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Concerned with a growing number of iPhone apps that work to alert users as to the presence of DUI checkpoints, a group of four US Senators penned a letter to Apple’s Senior VP of iPhone software, Scott Forstall, asking that the apps in question be removed. “With more than 10,000 Americans dying in drunk-driving crashes […]
Continue reading...Hungarian politician Jozsef Szajer using an iPad to draft new constitution
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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Network World reports that the new Hungarian constitution is being drafted by an iPad. Jozsef Szajer, a Hungarian politician and member of the European Parliament, wrote an enthusiastic blogpost last week detailing how he’s using Apple’s tablet device to flesh out Hungary’s new constitution, the country’s first since 1949. As a point of interest, Hungary […]
Continue reading...House of Lords okays use of iPads, iPhones and more for a 1-year trial basis
Sunday, March 13, 2011
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The House of Lords, which serves as the upper house of the Parliament of the UK, will now allow smartphones and tablet devices to be present during debates on the condition that they remain silent. The about face was formally expressed in a new report from the Lords Administration and the Works Committee who said […]
Continue reading...The BBC’s “royal microphone” from the 1930s
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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BBC writes: Anyone who has seen the film, The King’s Speech, will know that the microphones used for broadcasting by the Royal Family in the 1930s didn’t look anything like those used by ordinary mortals. That’s because the BBC designed special “royal microphones”, in ornate art deco cabinets.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
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