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Prepare to freak out! iPhone developers are using apps to pass your phone number to telemarketers

Our good friends over at the French Mac site Mac4Ever have alerted us to a somewhat alarming development. Apparently a few days after purchasing the Swiss app MogoRoad, a free radar tracking application, users are reporting receiving telephone calls asking them if they’d like to purchase the FULL version of the application. When asked how the caller had obtained their number, the responses vary, but generally the person tells you that Apple sent them their number at the... Read More

Apple’s new iPod touch web ads almost makes you think the touch is a real gaming machine

It’s no secret Apple is pushing the iPod touch as a gaming machine – Steve Jobs said as much when lamely trying to explain why the new iPod touches didn’t have a camera (as if game makers couldn’t find a creative way to make use of one). But if there was any lingering doubt that Apple was trying to push the iPhone/touch platform further into the mindset of hard core gamers, this new web ad on super gaming site IGN ought to clear up any misconceptions. Unfortunately,... Read More

You just KNOW Ballmer still owns that jacket

I saw this post in the MacRumors forum by zamolx3, and not only did I think that it was brilliant, I also thought I had nothing better to write about. Why Microsoft is not Apple 1986, Steve Ballmer trying to sell Windows 1.0 1984, Steve Jobs demos Apple Macintosh No comment  Read More

How to get 3 free iPods with only a screw driver, a pair of scissors, and a bag of marshmallows

Damnit, I just threw out two VCRs on junk day!  Read More

Celebrity Mac Chick sighting revisited: Miley Cyrus

Having already established she owned an iPhone, if you had asked me whether Miley Cyrus owned a Mac, I would have said “Probably”. But if you had asked me if she had it covered in stickers, I would have said “definitely“. God, do I know my teenage billionaire girls, or what?  Read More

Windows 7 launch parties suddenly seem a lot more edgy

Remember that incredibly cheesy “Host You Own Windows 7 Launch Party” video Microsoft put out last month? No? Well, remember when you heard what sounded like thousands of confused people saying “WTF?” all at the same time? THAT was them watching it. Anyway, Cabel Sasser — founder of Mac software maker Panic Inc, took that video, added a few well-placed “bleeps”, and suddenly it is looking more and more like a party I might actually want... Read More

Let’s all send a MMS video at 5PM Friday and see what happens

DSL REPORTS is claiming AT&T is more than a little bit nervous about Friday’s US MMS rollout for the iPhone. According to the site: “AT&T and its MMS partners are already seeing “record traffic during peak hours of the night” with just the users selected for testing. That early testing has been a little rocky, with AT&T seeing a fairly significant test outage yesterday that has them rushing to beef up their MMSC messaging servers. Estimates... Read More

AT&T sends out confirmation text messages – MMS really IS coming September 25th

Of course they didn’t send one to ME… I assume mine will come NEXT September. But for the rest of you, it looks like AT&T really WILL be delivering MMS September 25th, even if it IS a couple days after their summer deadline. Faithful Macenstein reader Phil from Pittsburgh, PA got this text message earlier this evening. I’m not sure if it has anything to do with Phil having jailbroken his iPhone or not, so let me know if any of you receive similar messages.... Read More

Wage war on your out-of-control iTunes library with Song Sergeant

Through a series of unfortunate events this year, my iTunes library had become a shell of its former self. Over the years I had amassed a library of about 13,000 songs (yes, all legally purchased) but due to not one, but TWO hard drive failures and the theft of my iTunes backup drive, I now had a pieced together Frankenstein of a library that despite my best efforts to repair, was becoming clear that all the duct tape in the world wasn’t going to be able to hold together... Read More

How does Apple feel about its products?

This video is a little bit unfair in that if Apple unveiled the new iPod nano and said: “It’s OK… maybe not a must-have upgrade, but if your old one breaks it beats getting a Samsung YP-P2 or something…” it might make for a somewhat uninspiring keynote. However, only the most devout Apple fanboy can deny that Apple tends to be a bit generous with the self-congratulatory adjectives. If you are not laughing by the time Phil Schiller sends it back... Read More