Eye on Apple: This is Open?
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2009-04-05 17:09:04 UTC
- Modified: 2009-04-05 17:09:04 UTC
Summary: New evidence that shows Apple's poor attitude towards openness/freedom
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Apple cracks down on rogue app stores
Apple has launched a pre-emptive strike on stores selling unauthorised iPhone applications, by changing the terms and conditions of the iPhone SDK to make authoring content for such sites against the rules.
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T-Mobile Germany Banning Skype for iPhone
We in the U.S. love to complain. Take this week's introduction of Skype for the iPhone. The mobile VoIP client appears to be a pretty solid offering, letting you not only chat with your Skype buddies, but also make voice calls -- as long as you're using the Wi-Fi connection, a stipulation Apple had pointed out way back in March 2008 when it first unveiled the iPhone SDK. (Also see PCWorld.com's review.)
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Group Prods FCC to Defend Skype on iPhone
An open-Internet advocacy group asked the Federal Communications Commission Friday to investigate whether Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. are violating federal rules by limiting use of a new low-cost Skype voice service on iPhones.
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Comments
Yuhong Bao
2009-05-05 05:50:07