Year: 2010

On one hand, Apple is being criticized for censoring apps at the Apple App Store. On the other, the socially conservative Parents Television Council (PTC) thinks many of the iPhone/iPod touch apps available — such as “My Vibe,” which converts the iPhone into a vibrator, and “Love Positions Free,” which has drawings of couples having sex — should be banned as well, notes “FOX News” (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/27/apple-iphones-porno-apps-stimulating-opposition-parents/).

While law-enforcement officials ponder the legality of computer equipment seized from the home of a blogger, analysts on Tuesday say Apple may be doing itself harm in the case of a missing iPhone prototype that ended up on the Internet, according to a “MarketWatch” (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-doing-itself-harm-in-case-of-missing-iphone-2010-04-27?siteid=rss&rss=1) report.

Roger Kay of Endpoint Technologies Associates said in an interview that Apple blundered by making the case a criminal one, as opposed to a civil case.

Electric Peel Software is making their newest application, Ariena (http://www.electricpeelsoftware.com/ariena), available for pre-order at a 50% discount. It’s an upcoming Mac application designed to help music teachers organize their teaching businesses by keeping track of student information, payments, and lesson notes.



“The New York Times” (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/technology/28apple.html?partner=rss&emc=rss) is reporting that Apple has bought Intrinsity, a chip maker that specializes in ARM processors. In fact, it’s believed that the company’s technology contributed as much or more to the A4 processor in the iPad than the technology from P.A. Semi (another company bought by Apple) did.