Some Texas residents can now report crime or suspected illegal activity directly to police from their iPhones. Called Eye on Laredo, the app was made available gratis in iTunes March 23 and deemed suitable for anyone over the age of four. Local Sheriff Martin Cuellar...Does Crime Reporting App Create Digital Vigilantes?
Some Texas residents can now report crime or suspected illegal activity directly to police from their iPhones. Called Eye on Laredo, the app was made available gratis in iTunes March 23 and deemed suitable for anyone over the age of four. Local Sheriff Martin Cuellar...Hasbro 3D iGoggles Hit Target Stores April 3
Toy giant Hasbro Inc. is bringing 3D to your iPhone and iPod. For about $35, their new goggles called My3D promise to bring a new experience to your Apple devices. Available in black or white, they launch in exclusive at Target stores on April 3;...Reporting Suspicious Activity? There’s a Homeland Security app for that
Concerned citizens in Kentucky can report “suspicious activity” to their state branch of Homeland Security through an iPhone app. Called Eyes and Ears of Kentucky, the app is offered gratis on iTunes. The handiwork of developers NICUSA, it has been in the store since March...Politician Heading Efficiency Task Force Calls for More Apple in Government
Calling himself “Steve Jobs’ best customer,” a politician in charge of a government efficiency drive in the U.K. hopes to end the “monopoly” from companies like Microsoft, Fujitsu, BT and HP. Ian Watmore, former head of the e-Government Unit, is now CEO of the coalition...Caption Contest: Bono Hands President of Argentina an iPod Full of U2
Bono Vox reportedly handed over another iPod in the name of diplomacy, this one loaded with music by U2 for Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. U.S. President Barack Obama famously gave the Queen of England with an iPod, loaded with majesty-friendly music like “Dreamgirls”...San Francisco Bar Rocks iPhone Jukebox App
Roqbo, a jukebox app with the inevitable social media component that debuted at SXWX, is now animating one San Francisco bar. CTO Ketu Patel got the brainwave for it because walking over to select the right tunes on the jukebox at the bowling alley...Woman Dies in iPhone Theft
A thief fleeing with an iPhone pushed a woman to her death down a flight of metro stairs in Chicago. At rush hour on Monday, a man snatched an iPhone from a woman who was using it at Fullerton station platform in...Cult of Mac Reveals How to Get an iPad 2
The lines for the iPad 2 have been long and dragged on for weeks the launch. Many have lamented that they haven’t been able to get one, despite the wait . Cult of Mac founder Leander Kahney was interviewed by NPR on the iPad 2...iPad 2 Lines Stretch from Toronto to Liverpool for International Launch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRo1ZgXVcus The iPad 2 hits stores today in 25 countries — from Australia to Canada — and Apple fans around the world are lining up just like their U.S. counterparts for the latest edition of the device. In Sydney, Australia, the line stretched around...Christian Group: Freedom of Expression & Respect for Diversity? There is No App for that!
Calling the online petition signed by over 150,000 people a “calculated smear campaign,” by gay activists to remove the Exodus International app, the president of the Christian organization responded to Apple’s decision to pull it from the iTunes store. Here’s an excerpt of what...Apple Pulls “Gay Cure” App for Violating Dev Guidelines
As promised, here’s the statement from Apple over the removal of the Exodus International “gay cure” app. Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said Wednesday: “We removed the Exodus International app from the App Store because it violates our developer guidelines by being offensive to large...Christian Group: Apple pulled our app, watch out
Cult of Mac broke the story of the Exodus International app getting removed from the iTunes store yesterday evening. Cupertino still hasn’t opened for business yet, so we are still awaiting a statement from Apple on its policy for content in the store....
