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AT&T changes terms-of-service, causes uproar then apologizes

The uproar was bad enough last week when Sling offered their Slingbox upgrade program and the $50 credit, and, oh yea by the way, mentioned that the upcoming iPhone app would only work with newer hardware. Then AT&T made a little change to the terms-of-service, which essentially made it look like the Slingplayer app would [...]

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iPhone SDK agreement bans jailbreaking, contributing to jailbreaking

It seems like Apple is beginning to take a little more of a stand when it comes to jailbreaking. According to the latest iPhone SDK agreement, iPhone Developers are effectively prohibited from being associated with jailbreaking. According to a report on Ars Technica, the new SDK agreement reads; (e)You will not, through use of the [...]

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XROAD’s G-Map GPS app pulled from the App Store

Those of you who were still considering the purchase of the G-Map GPS application from XROAD will have to wait a while because it has since disappeared from the App Store. According to the XROAD website the app was removed and is “being reviewed for improvement and will be back in the App Store soon.” Of [...]

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NetShare will not be coming back to the App Store, at least in the US

So long NetShare, we hardly knew you. It seems that despite some hope, Nullriver’s NetShare app will not be making its return to the App Store, and those who managed to grab it on those two brief appearances will end up having the only available copies. Nullriver has not yet posted any additional information on their [...]

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Nullriver working with Apple to reinstate NetShare in the App Store

NetShare, the wonderful tethering app that has made two very brief appearances in the App Store may hopefully soon be making its return. Nullriver has recently posted an update on their website, blaming the lack of initial communication not on Apple, but “automated e-mail systems being employed on both ends, which resulted in e-mails being lost [...]

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Nullriver’s NetShare tethering app has come and gone twice; Will we see it again?

NetShare, the app that lots of people had been waiting for has now pulled not one, but two disappearing acts from the App Store. Both times it showed up, it was retailing for $9.99, the first time it managed to stay in the store for about an hour, and the second time it was roughly [...]

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Tether your iPhone 3G to your laptop, surf with speed, violate your TOS

Now that the official App Store is open, the decision of whether or not to jailbreak your phone is not quite as simple of a decision. Personally I am all for it because there are plenty of available options that are not going to be supported by either Apple or AT&T that will be available. The [...]

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