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Apple iCloud: Same old cage, new height • The Register

By BabakF | Published: June 11, 2011

The problem with this vision, as Techdirt points out, is that cloud has simply become a new layer of lock-in, which Apple’s new iCloud service stresses with a vengeance. We haven’t banished operating system lock-in, in other words. We’ve just renamed it “cloud.” via Apple iCloud: Same old cage, new height • The Register.

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FTC, DoJ in “preliminary” investigation of Apple subscriptions

By BabakF | Published: February 21, 2011

The US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have begun looking into Apple’s new iOS subscription plan, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. The investigation is said to be in the early stages and may not go anywhere. European regulators are also saying they are keeping an eye on the situation. via [...]

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Apple’s Battle With Amazon Over Books on the iPad – Newsweek

By BabakF | Published: February 14, 2011

Content is supposed to be king. But in the world of electronic devices, Apple seems to be placing the crown on its own head, apparently believing that its iPad and iPhone are more important to customers than the books, movies, and music they store on them. via Apple’s Battle With Amazon Over Books on the [...]

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My Breakup Letter to the iPhone – Esquire

By BabakF | Published: January 7, 2011

This isn’t because you let me sleep in on Monday, but that was the last straw. I didn’t want to write this. I can’t believe I’m doing it. And I love you. Goddamnit, I love you. I can’t imagine life without you. But four years after we took our vows and signed the two-year, non-refundable [...]

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IPhone and Android Apps Breach Privacy – WSJ.com

By BabakF | Published: December 20, 2010

An examination of 101 popular smartphone “apps”—games and other software applications for iPhone and Android phones—showed that 56 transmitted the phone’s unique device ID to other companies without users’ awareness or consent. Forty-seven apps transmitted the phone’s location in some way. Five sent age, gender and other personal details to outsiders. via IPhone and Android [...]

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