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Birth Control? There’s an iPad app for that.

April 26, 2010

Pampers "Hello Baby" iPad app at the bar, originally uploaded by zokuga. The baby products label, Pampers, put out a free app called “Hello Baby” which lets you input your baby’s info, get a week-by-weeky depiction of what it looks… Continue reading →

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Bercovici on 4G-iPhone: Apple could sue Gawker for buying “stolen goods”

April 21, 2010

DailyFinance’s Jeff Bercovici makes a compelling case that Gizmodo opened itself to criminal and civil penalties by paying someone $5,000 for the “found” iPhone prototype. He argues that California law compelled the finder, and Gizmodo, to make good-faith efforts to… Continue reading →

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Apple banned Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist’s app because it “ridicules public figures”

April 15, 2010

Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist Mark Fiore, who won this year’s Pulitzer for his editorial cartoons, says he tried to make an iPhone app but it was just too politically hot for Apple’s guidelines. From Nieman Labs (h/t Poynter): In December, Apple… Continue reading →

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iPad: First Impressions

April 4, 2010

So I plunked $580 for the 16GB wireless iPad (that includes tax and the Apple case), plus about $60-$80 more on apps. I already have a laptop, a blackberry, and a netbook…but I justified this luxury purchase because I do… Continue reading →

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iPad Putdowns

January 27, 2010

No camera of any kind Appears to be a bigger version of the iPhone OS (no multitasking, standard file system, etc) Safari-lite (no Flash?) Unlikely to save newspapers Likely to be much cooler in the 6 month upgrade Still, I’m… Continue reading →

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