∞ Glassboard: Location vs. privacy

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As a result, we’ve put a location switch on the compose screen for each message or comment, so the user will have full control in its use, message by message. And when you add your location, its not only private … Continued

∞ Welcome to The Loop 2.0

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The Loop turned two years old in June and this is by far the biggest change the site has seen since its launch. I wanted to take a couple of minutes to explain the changes and why they were made. … Continued

∞ Apple loses another unreleased iPhone

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CNET: When San Francisco police and Apple’s investigators visited the house, they spoke with a man in his twenties who acknowledged being at Cava 22 on the night the device went missing. But he denied knowing anything about the phone. … Continued

∞ Stupid HP

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Reuters: Hewlett-Packard Co may resurrect its TouchPad as it weighs a spinoff of its personal computer arm, the head of its PC division said, suggesting HP might revive a tablet that lasted just six weeks in the face of stiff … Continued

∞ The Shrine of Apple

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Shrine of Apple: Our mission is to showcase the entire spectrum of products that Apple have sold to the public since 1976 – every product Apple Inc has ever produced, in the highest quality and definition possible. Every desktop, every … Continued

∞ Extortion & Jackassery

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Stephen M. Hackett on Forkbombr.net Weintraub first contacted me last November when I named his writer Mark Gurman — who is a teenager, it turns out — as “Moron of the Week” when he posted a story that Apple had … Continued

∞ Just bought from Toontrack

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Songwriters Drumpack 3: The original Songwriters Drumpack drummer Ricard “Huxflux” Nettermalm is back with another stunning MIDI pack: Songwriters Drumpack 3! Intentionally picking up where the other two packs left off, the new one focuses more on the up- and … Continued

∞ Apple stops renting TV shows

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AppleInsider: The option to rent episodes of TV shows is no longer available on either the Apple TV, or when browsing content via Apple’s iTunes application. Previously, participating networks offered users the ability to rent a TV episode for 99 … Continued

∞ Feds raid Gibson Guitar factory

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WSJ: Federal agents swooped in on Gibson Guitar Wednesday, raiding factories and offices in Memphis and Nashville, seizing several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. The Feds are keeping mum, but in a statement yesterday Gibson’s chairman and CEO, … Continued

∞ Cheers Steve

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In the last 12 hours I have been called by everyone from friends to MSNBC wondering what I thought of Steve Jobs’s resignation from Apple. I’ve read thousands of words that have been written about him, and realized that my … Continued

∞ Best quotes by Steve Jobs

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WSJ: “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” [The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1993] There are so many good … Continued

∞ Here’s to the crazy ones

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Think Different Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. … Continued

∞ Judge says Apple's 'slide to unlock' patent likely invalid

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FOSS Patents: Even if preliminary, the detailed decision handed today contains some interesting information, some of which is also relevant to some other lawsuits, such as Apple’s disputes with Motorola and HTC. In the United States, Apple asserts its slide-to-unlock … Continued

∞ Apple readies lower priced iPhone for emerging markets

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Reuters: Asian suppliers have begun making a lower-cost version of the hot-selling smartphone with a smaller 8-gigabyte flash drive that will arrive around the same time Apple unveils its much-anticipated iPhone 5, two sources with knowledge of the matter told … Continued