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Apple releases iPhone OS 3.0.1 update
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Apple releases iPhone OS 3.0.1 update

July 31, 2009 | Robert Nelson

Apple has stepped up quickly in light of the recent SMS exploit and have released iPhone OS 3.0.1. According to the “Important Information” in iTunes, the update takes care of just one thing ̵…

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Apple releases new support article blaming jailbreakers for “instability, disruption of services, and other issues”
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Apple releases new support article blaming jailbreakers for “instability, disruption of services, and other issues”

July 31, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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According to a recently published Apple Support article, jailbreaking is the cause of lots of problems on the iPhone. The summary of the article sums it up pretty well; “This article is about adverse iss…

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AT&T issues statement, blames Apple for banning of Google Voice apps
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AT&T issues statement, blames Apple for banning of Google Voice apps

July 31, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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For better or worse, it seems that those much loved Google Voice apps are going to remain out of the App Store and now the discussion of who is truly to blame seems to be continuing. Personally, this felt like more o…

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Apple adds keyword search to the App Store
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Apple adds keyword search to the App Store

July 30, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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According to a recent AppleInsider posting, keywords have come to the App Store. It seems that Apple has finally realized that certain apps were not all that easy to find, and in an effort to improve upon that, th…

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Apple releases official MobileMe iDisk app
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Apple releases official MobileMe iDisk app

July 30, 2009 | Robert Nelson

The free MobileMe iDisk app that Apple promised us back in June is now available in the App Store. As expected the app is available for free, of course a MobileMe account (which is not free) is required for use. Hon…

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Google adds “smart links” for Gmail on the iPhone
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Google adds “smart links” for Gmail on the iPhone

July 29, 2009 | Robert Nelson

Google has recently updated the way Gmail handles certain links using the web app. The new update basically just shortens the links, but when on a mobile device with a smaller screen, the extra space will be a nic…

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Jailbroken app: GV Mobile now available in Cydia
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Jailbroken app: GV Mobile now available in Cydia

July 29, 2009 | Robert Nelson

Those of you that may have missed out on getting a Google Voice app before they were all pulled from the App Store may have a second chance. Of course, that second chance does come as a little bit of good news and bad n…

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The Google Voice app massacre continues; all GV apps pulled and the official Google GV app denied entry
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The Google Voice app massacre continues; all GV apps pulled and the official Google GV app denied entry

July 28, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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We first saw the Twitter message come from GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs who alerted us that GV Mobile was being pulled from the App Store and sadly the bad news did not stop there. It turns out that a short while l…

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Apple and China Unicom reportedly reach agreement to bring the iPhone to China
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Apple and China Unicom reportedly reach agreement to bring the iPhone to China

July 28, 2009 | Robert Nelson

According to a recent Shanghai Securities News report, it looks like the seemingly never ending saga between Apple and China Unicom has come to an end. Sure, we have seen reports that suggested this before, so w…

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Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1 beta 3, iPhone SDK 3.1 beta 3 to developers
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Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1 beta 3, iPhone SDK 3.1 beta 3 to developers

July 28, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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Apple has recently released both iPhone OS 3.1 beta 3 and iPhone SDK 3.1 beta 3 to the development community. This release, which comes just a few short weeks since we saw beta 2 is just another stepping stone on th…

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