Parts of Apple’s new App Store policy may be encouraging, others not so much. But Kyle Orland picked through the policy and found some very disturbing declarations. (For example, “If you want to criticize a religion, write a book.”)
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Technologizer on TIME.com
I mentioned a month ago that I’d be writing a weekly column for TIME.com starting in September. Well, here we are: My first column is live, and new ones will show up each Tuesday. I’ll give you a heads up as they appear.
Column #1 is about how tough it’s going to be for the result of the industry to build iPad competitors that are, indeed, competitive. It’s called “Will the First Real iPad Rivals Please Show Up?“
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Consumer Reports: Fix Your Phone, Apple
Apple has concluded that the iPhone 4 antenna problem is not much of a problem at all, so it’s discontinuing its automatic free-case option as of the end of the month. Consumer Reports isn’t pleased.
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Good Signs for Google Voice on iPhone?
TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid reports on some potential great news: Apple’s new App Store acceptance guide may help Google Voice (or at least third-party Google Voice apps) get into the store.
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Apple's Encouraging/Discouraging iPhone App Policy Revisions
Apple’s iPhone App Store acceptance process–at its worst, anyhow–has always reminded me of dealing with the great and powerful Wizard of Oz. For developers, it can feel scary, mysterious, and arbitrary. And even though companies that sell software through the App Store are in business with Apple, that hasn’t meant that they’ve had much clarity into what was going on, and why.
But today, Apple is opening the curtain, at least a little. It’s instituting some changes and clarifications to App Store approval policies and amending the documentation it provides to developers. Engadget’s Nilay Patel has a good summary.
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Needed: Office for iPad
The Business Insider’s Dan Frommer says it’s in Microsoft’s own best interest to release a version of Office for the iPad. I agree. It would also be in the spirit of the company’s enthusiastic, early support for the Mac.
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A Clamshellized iPhone
I’ve often said that if Apple made an iPhone with a physical keyboard, I’d probably choose it over the all-touchscreen version. So I’m sorry I missed this upcoming product at IFA: An iPhone case with a built-in keyboard. (I assume we’ll see iPad cases based on the same principle, too.)
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Apple TV Sets: They're Here!
You know that venerable rumor about Apple TV sets? Well, they’re here at the IFA tech show in Berlin. Sort of. What I’m trying to say is that I came across these flatscreens in one booth.
Of course, this particular Apple TV is from weirdly-shaped TV specialist Hannspree, and it’s actually one of the company’s less eccentric models.
I assume Apple can’t prevent Hannspree from selling an apple-shaped TV, but I do wonder about the Apple-ish logo on the larger model. Do Steve Jobs’s trademark attorneys know about this?
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Ping-Pong: Facebook, iTunes Still Talking
Kara Swisher reports that Facebook blocked Apple from accessing its API after the Cupertino company failed to reach an agreement with the social networking service over Ping, and then proceeded to attempt to use the APIs anyway. Facebook allows free access to its APIs unless its a potential drain on resources. iTunes has 160 million plus potential Pingers — obviously no small change. There is a chance Facebook integration could still happen: Kara’s sources say the two companies are still talking.
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Apple Gift Card Report
And…we have a winner! Frequent Technologizer commenter MikeCerm entered our Apple Music Event Predictions Survey and won the random drawing for the $100 Apple gift card. Congrats to Mike and thanks to all who participated.