Freedom of Information Act exposes iPhone dev agreement
The license agreement for the iPhone Developer Program contains some draconian terms, says the Electonic Frontier Foundation. The group recently used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a copy of the license from NASA, a government body which like many has its own iPhone app. Although the document is outdated in that it comes from March of last year, the EFF notes that one of the terms of the agreement is that developers are normally banned from talking about it publicly....
published today, 1 hour 50 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Digital rights group blasts Apple over iPhone developer agreement
The Electronic Frontier Foundation took a critical stance against Apple on Tuesday, when the digital rights advocacy group posted in its entirety the confidential license agreement to which all iPhone, iPad and iPod touch developers must agree.
published today, 1 hour 50 minutes ago, appleinsider
Cisco router could give up to 322Tbps to AT&T, others
Cisco as part of a self-proclaimed "revolutionary" event today launched a new router system meant for the very highest levels of Internet and cellular carriers. The CRS-3 is roughly three times faster than the previous Cisco best and theoretically provides as much as 322 terabits per second (Tbps) when it's attached to a suitable network. With that much bandwidth, a carrier could serve 1 billion videos at the same time or serve the entire population of San Francisco with 1Gbps Internet access....
published today, 2 hours 5 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Amazon Kindle to get a proper web browser?
Amazon plans a larger role for the web browser on the Kindle, the company has let slip through a job listing for its e-reader division, Lab126. A position for a Software Development Engineer has been specifically tasked with improving on the Kindle's basic, "experimental" browser with new features. While no hints exist of new features, the engineer would be part of a dedicated web browser team, suggesting Amazon is now taking the software more seriously....
published today, 3 hours 55 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
FileMaker Pro 11 Brings Streamlined Database Creation With New Reporting and Collaboration Features
Apple subsidiary FileMaker today announced the release of FileMaker Pro 11, the latest version of its popular database application. The updated version brings several new features, as well as streamlined...
published today, 3 hours 59 minutes ago, macrumors
HTC lawsuit caps series of initimidating Apple meetings
Apple's lawsuit against HTC is just the culmination of a series of threats against competitors, says Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner. Industry checks are said to reveal that beginning in January of this year, Apple held a series of talks with cellphone makers in which it expressed "growing displeasure" at what it saw as infringement of iPhone concepts. Although held in private, the meetings are said to have been "blunt" in nature....
published today, 4 hours 10 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Apple's iPhone Developer License Agreement Revealed
nigham writes "The EFF is publicly disclosing a version of Apple's iPhone developer program license agreement. The highlights: you can't disclose the agreement itself (the EFF managed to get it via the Freedom of Information Act thanks to NASA's recent app), Apple reserves the right to kill your app at any time with no reason, and Apple's liability in any circumstance is limited to 50 bucks. There's also this gem: 'You will not, through use of the Apple Software, services or otherwise create any Application or other program that would disable, hack, or otherwise interfere with the Security Solution, or any security, digital signing, digital rights management, verification or authentication mechanisms implemented in or by the iPhone operating system software, iPod Touch operating system software, this Apple Software, any services or other Apple software or technology, or enable others to do so.' The entire agreement (PDF) is up at the EFF's site." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
published today, 4 hours 35 minutes ago, apple-slashdot
RIAA labels 'forced' Apple to make iTunes LP: sources
The creation of iTunes LP was largely the result of major label pressure on Apple, a series of telling leaks has revealed. Music industry contacts claim that the 'deluxe' albums were a necessary part of the same deal that also forced variable song pricing in exchange for an all DRM-free catalog. The RIAA member labels, not Apple, wanted to resuscitate album sales and thought the bundle of special features would achieve the goal....
published today, 5 hours 25 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Content sales predicted to near 30% of iPad hardware revenue
The sale of applications, e-books, newspapers and magazines for the iPad is predicted to equal nearly 30 percent of the revenue Apple will earn from selling the hardware by the end of 2011.
published today, 6 hours 5 minutes ago, appleinsider
Urban Airship's Flight Plan: Push Out Info, Pull In Revenue
Given the growing popularity of mobile devices and the great many applications to go with them, you would think that this new niche had plenty of room for newcomers. Many of those newcomers, though, will find it difficult to capture a great deal of consumer attention. Places like the Android Market and the Apple App Store are popular and growing fast, but they're awash in apps that struggle to stand out from the crowd.
published today, 6 hours 15 minutes ago, macnewsworld