Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
People rarely talk about iPhone app piracy, but when they do, it’s sounds devastating: 90% piracy rates, $450 million in lost sales, etc. Here’s the truth: App Store piracy isn’t a big deal –and it never will be. More: continued here
Parallels has expanded support for running virtual machines on an Xserve with a bare metal hypervisor, which cuts the overhead of a host OS and boosts performance. More: continued here
Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the Chinese factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones. At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories which supply Apple. More: continued here
If you’re looking for a change, or you’re in the smartphone market and still weighing the pros and cons, consider these Android-only apps and how they might fit into your work, play, and mobile lifestyle. More: continued here
All these wonderful things we’re learning today, from data! First, we find out that Android is a guy thing. Now, we discover that the iPod Touch shares more demographics with glittering vampires than smartphones. More: continued here
A slew of iPhone owners Santa Clara University are fed up with AT&T’s poor reception on campus; so fed up that they have organized a “day of complaint” to push for better coverage. More: continued here
Do you have an iPhone or an Android? According to this, Android users are mostly guys, iPod touch owners are overwhelmingly young, and people who carry iPhones are way more likely to lust after an iPad. More: continued here
Apple’s next update to the blockbuster iPhone handset is expected by one prominent analyst to have a lower total cost of ownership, and to also include new gesture-based functionality. More: continued here
After all of the kerfuffle earlier this week about Apple shutting down racy apps in the App Store, it appears that the company might be creating a special place for all of that suggestive and sexy content. More: continued here
The latest iPad/iPhone SDK not only makes it easier for developers to build universal iPad/iPhone apps, but it also appears to have support for a front-facing camera, zoom, camera flash, and video conferencing. More: continued here
Speaking in San Francisco Tuesday, Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook explained why the Apple TV is still considered a “hobby,” and talked about custom-built chips in future products. More: continued here
Apple last week began banning iPhone apps containing overtly sexual content. But on Monday the company said it intends to leave apps from major publishers, More: continued here
SuicideGirls is in the unique position of having its Flip-Strip App banned while its Seduce a SuicideGirl App is still available for download in the Apple store. More: continued here
Apple’s Phil Schiller has addressed the issue of the recent purge of sexually themed app from the App Store. However, it seems an arbitrary double standard still remains. More: continued here
Apple has tightened its restrictions on sexy or suggestive apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and many of the most popular programs in the iTunes app store have been removed. Apple executive Phil Schiller explained, “It came to the point where we were getting customer complaints.” More: continued here