Hong Kong's unlocked iPhones explained [Apple Users Held Hostage] (3)
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"Hong Kong is now the one and only country in the world where you can buy an unlocked contract-free iPhone directly from the online Apple Store," writes John Gruber, aka Daring Fireball. He goes on to answer my plea for an explanation of Apple's motives. You can read his full-length post, or my 100-word edit: Keep in mind that there is a difference between unlocked and contract-free. Countries where you can buy iPhone 3Gs both ...
SOLD OUT! Daring Fireball’s RSS Feed Sponsorship (1)
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I’ve been a member of John Gruber’s Daring Fireball since, and perhaps John can correct me if I’m wrong, nearly the first day he made the membership available. I’ve been a reader for even longer. After a while (I’ll take a stab and say a year but I can’t remember) he decided to open up membership for “free” by selling sponsorships to his RSS feed. I believe the price for a link and write up ...
Your iPhone probably isn't calling home, just might not want you up in its Core Location (3)
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Filed under: Cellphones It appears we can all breathe a big sigh of relief when it comes to our iPhone apps. According to John Gruber (Daring Fireball), that suspicious looking URL discovered in firmware 2.x which appeared to be set to deactivate applications may be something slightly more innocuous. According to Gruber -- via "an informed source at Apple" -- the "clbl" in the aforementioned URL stands for "Core Location Blacklist" and is actually used ...
Blogging Ampersands (1)
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I agree with Gruber, this is truly a focused blog! The Ampersand blogs about, you guessed it, ampersands. Only ampersands. And you know what? It kind of works, because we’re linking it and so does Kottke and Liquidicity, and probably even more than that. The design twist of it all makes it something anyone remotely interested in typography, logo design, or just ampersands I guess, can at least take a quick peek at. Got to ...
Aurora Feint Returns, but How Safe and Legal IS the App Store? (1)
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Gizmodo noticed that Aurora Feint spent some time yesterday delisted from Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, apparently due to security violations. The app, a game that's part casual gaming, part MMO, was alleged to be sending a user's contact list up to the Aurora Feint servers unencrypted. The game is back in the App Store today with the contact list integration feature removed, and additional security features, according to the Aurora ...
