iPhone Glitch Excuse for Email Affair Falls Flat

Posted on November 20, 2008 by digg.com: Stories / Apple / Popular.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
A woman's husband told her that a raunchy photo which had been sent via email from his iPhone was the result of a glitch. Not the photo itself; he admitted to that. No, the pic was automatically attached, addressed and sent because of a bug in the iPhone. Ahem. The woman, not an expert in these matters, asked the following...

New MacBooks Have HDCP, Gives iTunes Purchases Less Freedom

Posted on November 19, 2008 by digg.com: Stories / Apple / Popular.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
High Definition Content Protection—the annoying DRM-y thing that's supposed to stop people from copying hi-def stuff as it travels over a card-display connector— has apparently, and unfortunately, come to Apple's MacBooks.

Developer Gets Rich With iPhone game: Earns $250K in 2 Mths!

A former ATM software designer for a large bank, Demeter created "Trism" in his spare time and pitched it to Apple last spring. Priced at $5, "Trism" earned Demeter $250,000 in profits the first two months. "I did the game myself, basically. I had a buddy of mine who actually came up with the name 'Trism.' I paid him a couple of grand."

5 Apple rumors that never came true

Some Apple rumors are plain ridiculous, and here’s a list of 5 highly publicized Apple rumors that never came true.

Reseller sells early MacBook Air prototype on eBay

A California computer repair shop is likely to receive a call from Apple asking it to explain where it obtained an internal MacBook Air prototype that it later turned around and sold on eBay

ARM-Optimized Flash: Adobe Serious About iPhone

The ongoing back-and-forth between Apple and Adobe over Flash on the iPhone is well-documented. First it was, then wasn’t, then was, then probably wasn’t again a possibility. If we take Apple CEO Steve Jobs at his word, then the problem lies with Flash being too heavy and Flash Lite being too insubstantial.

IPod Speakers Made From Paper Cups and Sticks

Next time you're down at the diner you might try out the CupSpeakers from Dmitry Zagga. His minimalist speaker design consists four paper cups, a couple of toothpicks and an iPod.

iPhone Rideshare App To Cut 73.6 M Tons of CO2 Annually

The company hopes to have a user base of 20 million by 2020. They claim one of that size could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 73.6 M tons. That is equivalent to 146 billion less miles driven a year, and nearly 42% of California’s 2020 climate protection goal they say.

Why Apple Will Never Permit Adobe Flash on the iPhone

Posted on November 18, 2008 by digg.com: Stories / Apple / Popular.
Categories: Apple, Apple News.
Although Adobe says it is working on a version of its popular Flash player for the iPhone, Apple is unlikely ever to permit it to appear in the handset's App Store, no matter how much customers want it.

Google’s iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available

That Google Mobile for iPhone with talky talky search action is now up!