Reports are in that the newly-released Foxtel app for iPhone uses the infamous "Pinch Media" service - which essentially means that the app spies on you, silently collection information about usage statistics and sending them off to some unknown server.As the end of the year draws near, so do the "top of 2009" lists. Time have released their top tens, and frankly I'm shocked that the iPhone 3GS comes in at number 4 for top 10 tech gadgets - while the Motorola Droid takes out top crown. It's no surprise, however, that Tweetie 2 is their number 1 iPhone app.
Giggleapps is a place for all the parents with iPhones that also have little 'uns, offering kid-centric app reviews and apps suitable for all ages - because you can never start 'em too young.
In my opinion people who use any kind of Norton suite must either enjoy massive computer slowdowns or just like spending a lot on poorly-written software, but Norton backup now has Mac support. Why you would use this over something like Time Machine is beyond me, but hey - to each their own.
Live broadcasting via iPhone has arrived, and this opens up a whole new world of possibilities, which begs the question: will the next WWDC/Apple special event be broadcast via iPhone? Ars investigate.
MacRumors say the there's a high chance of the 2010 iPhone having another US-carrier, it could possibly have a 4G chip, battery improvements, and even some kind of RFID support. How exactly they'd implement RFID support is a bit beyond me, but hey, this is your favourite fruit company we're talking about - not those knockoff guys down the road with their JooJoo-juice.
If you thought your non-Jailbroken phone was safe from security leaks, think again - Swedish developers have created an app which deliberately pulls contact info and recent location data, all using Apple APIs.. Needless to say, if such an app passed the App Store approval process there would be a riot.
Continuing the top things of 2009 countdown, we have Apple's best iPhone games of 2009.
Macworld review LogMeIn Ignition, an awesome remote-access application I've thus far been too cheap to fork out on.
Finally, MacLife have the complete iMac history, with everything from bondi G3's to the current aluminium beasts you see today.
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