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South Park certainly didn’t waste any time in poking fun at the Apple location controversy. Recently, Apple has come under fire for its iPhone and iPad 3G tracking practices. It turns out that the devices will log and record its location – invariably logging its user’s location, too, – and included time stamps. Using an…
Some questionable apps have passed through Apple’s filtering process in the past, like that weird baby-shaking application, but luckily the folks in Cupertino are often on their toes. Smuggle Truck, a highly offensive game where a user’s objective is to drive a truck load of immigrants safely across the desert without getting them thrown out,…
When the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 was announced in January, many were certain that it would be a huge hit for Verizon. Disgruntled AT&T customers would flee by the masses and flock over to a more reliable network. Well, it didn’t quite work out that way, and now there are rumors that Apple…
The powerful successor to the Samsung Galaxy S, the Galaxy S II, will be launching in 120 countries this week starting with Korea. The manufacturer is hoping to sell even more of the Galaxy S II than it did the original Galaxy S and its variants. In fact, it’s hoping to sell 10 million units…
When the iPhone 4 was launched last year, the white version of the Apple smartphone was noticeably absent. Apple said it would be released a bit later, but with each delay came a flood of rumors as to why the fairer version of the iPhone wasn’t out yet. Everything from light and transparency issues to…
If you thought the Square credit card reader for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android devices was just a gimmick, think again. Thanks to the little device that attaches to smartphones and tablets via the headset jack, Square is now processing over $1 million per day. And now Visa has decided to invest in…
AT&T owners who were hoping for a little T-Mobile G2x action on their network will be disappointed to know that the LG smartphone won’t support AT&T’s 3G bands. We initially thought it would, but the carrier decided to clarify the device’s specs. While it is a quad-band device, those bands won’t support AT&T’s HSPA+ network.…
Over the last week, privacy concerns have led to a bit of paranoia regarding the iPhone and its ability to record and store accurate location data for its users. It was discovered that the iPhone and iPad 3G would log user data and time stamp it, revealing a relatively detailed map of where the user…
Last month, we learned that AT&T was sending messages to users who were tethering their devices using MyWi, an application that can allow the iPhone to be used as a mobile hotspot when the device is jailbroken, advising them to stop or adjust their data plans. It doesn’t seem like too many users were deterred…
To the 40% of you who use your smartphones in the bathroom — gross! Or is it? While it seems pretty disgusting to use your touchscreen device on the can – a surface that has already proven to be a Petri dish for viruses and bacteria that can cause illness – I never really understood…