Many, including myself, have noticed that Apple’s iTunes 7.4.1 is causing problems with the iTunes Store. Specifically, people can purchase content, but when attempting to download, are told that “the iTunes Store is temporarily unavailable”. This has been happening for over 24 hours, and is reproduced by running the Check for Purchases… option from the […]
Boy did I step in it. But, this time, hopefully in a productive way. A lot of questions about advertising have been raised, and with them… a few common misconceptions. I’m going to tackle one of them: The security and privacy concerns of viewing ads online. Ever since people learned that a cookie didn’t always […]
In case you missed the TV ads, Walgreens is offering today only a free ink cartridge refill in their stores. You just need to go to Walgreens.com and print a coupon (yeah, not helpful if you’re out of ink), and then click their store locator (which will help you find the nearest store with a […]
Just a new idea I’m trying out. Once a week, I’ll take a comment I make from elsewhere on the web, and turn it into a blog entry. Nothing will change (not even to refine it)… except I will go out of the way to linkify it completely. The idea here is that it will […]
Sure, the blog isn’t a month old. But I will be taking a couple of weeks off from the web, starting Friday. Don’t worry, I’ll be back around the first of October. PhoneNews.com will be fine, and I’ll be around in case anything breaks.
Apple has released version 2.0.2 of Apple Software Update for Windows. So, if you have QuickTime, iTunes, Safari, or Bonjour installed on your PC… you probably want to open up Apple Software Update so it can update itself.
Yes, as I’m sure you may have noticed, iPod touch is conveniently missing Bluetooth. Though many have confirmed already that it has the hardware, Apple submitted iPod touch to the FCC with it disabled. Now, you’re probably wondering “what on earth is going on here… Apple now can do Stereo Bluetooth in iPod, Mac, and […]
Yes, I have plugged Safari on this blog. No, I am not currently using it very much. Why? Because a Safari 3 beta bug with the latest versions of WordPress. Basically, when you edit an entry with Safari 3, all paragraph and line breaks are released… resulting in the saved entry being one massive paragraph. […]
Looks like this article was damaged somehow… oh well, we’ll get it back from a backup soon…
The one thing that I do not understand about iPod touch is the lack of Mail. Apple’s email client would run just fine on iPod touch… just as well as it runs on iPhone. Leaving out other iPhone applications is actually understandable, for transitory reasons. Apple’s Notes application was not iPod-compatible… it did not work […]