Bits Blog: Lawmakers Ask Apple App Makers About Privacy
After contacting Apple earlier this month with questions about app privacy, lawmakers have now sent letters to 34 app developers requesting information about their data-collection techniques.
Bits Blog: RIM’s BlackBerry Dethroned by Apple on Its Home Turf
Research In Motion can’t say “There’s no place like home” anymore. The BlackBerry maker is losing adoring fans in its own territory, Canada, to Apple’s iPhone.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Going Back Into a Time Capsule for a Password Reset
How to recover the password to an Apple Time Capsule without having to wipe the drive and start over.
Bits: Is the New iPad Screen Too Good for the Web?
Apps and games may look great on the new iPad’s high-resolution “retina” display, but it’s uncertain whether Web sites will get the same treatment.
Media Decoder: ‘This American Life’ Retracts Episode on Apple’s Suppliers in China
The show says it was misled by Mike Daisey, whose one-man show “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” was the basis of a program shown in January. Mr. Daisey responded, “I stand by my work.”
Bits Blog: Crowds Gather for the Latest Version of the iPad
On Friday, Apple started selling the newest version of its iPad, drawing crowds of people who were eager to get their hands on the latest tablet.
Bits Blog: Congress Presses Apple on App Privacy
Two congressmen sent Apple a followup letter Wednesday asking Timothy Cook, Apple’s chief executive, to answer questions about privacy problems within the company’s iTunes App Store.
Disruptions: Disruptions: TV Makers Ignore Apps at Their Own Peril
Why is it that TV manufacturers seem like they’ve given up making the next best thing since sliced bread and are just making the bread slices thinner?
Gadgetwise Blog: There Are Three Kinds of Apple Events
There are three kinds of Apple product events. Today’s unveiling of the iPad was a Plumbing Event. The Plumbing Events is, like most things regarding infrastructure, the least glamorous, but also the most important.
Disruptions: For the Internet, No More Innovation for the Fun of It
As companies in the Internet industry have grown, they have adopted win-at-any-cost mentalities.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Syncing to iTunes Without Wires
How to sync your iPhone to iTunes over a Wi-Fi network.
Bits Blog: Apple Loophole Gives Developers Access to Photos
After a user allows an application on an Apple mobile device to have access to location information, the app can copy the user’s entire photo library, without any further warning.
