Imagine If It Were Apple
John Brownlee, writing for Cult of Mac:
Once logged, Carrier IQ then sends all of this data to its own
servers. That’s incredible. One privately held company that
almost no one has ever heard of has the complete logs of every
email, phone call, web search and text message ever sent or
received by millions of Android, Blackberry and Nokia [...]
What Is Carrier IQ?
Trevor Eckhart’s report on Carrier IQ:
From training documents found we get an insight to the Carrier IQ
Portal. Devices are displayed to the portal operator by
individual phone Equipment ID and Subscriber IDs. The “portal
administrator” can put devices into categories and see devices
in California that have dropped calls at 5pm.
The down side to all of this is [...]
Carrier IQ
David Kravets, reporting for Wired Threat Level:
Though the software is installed on most modern Android,
BlackBerry and Nokia phones, Carrier IQ was virtually unknown
until 25-year-old Trevor Eckhart of Connecticut analyzed its
workings, revealing that the software secretly chronicles a
user’s phone experience — ostensibly so carriers and phone
manufacturers can do quality control.
But now he’s released a video actually [...]
Felix Salmon on Apple’s Valuation
Felix Salmon, commenting on Andy Zaky’s piece on Apple’s stock price:
All of which raises the obvious question: why is Apple trading
at such a seemingly depressed level? I have a few ideas, none of
which are particularly compelling.
By the way, a few readers have asked whether I personally own Apple stock. Good question. I do not. I [...]
Apple: The Most Undervalued Large-Cap Stock in America
Andy Zaky:
In late 2007, Apple traded at $200 a share after reporting $3.93
in EPS on $24.5 billion in revenue. Turn the pages to 2011 and
it’s an entirely different company. In just four years,
Apple’s earnings have grown 600% to $27.68, and its revenue
skyrocketed 341% to $108.2 billion. That’s the most explosive
4-year growth rate of any large-cap [...]
Jon Gold on the Nokia Lumia
Jon Gold:
The flip side is I have to keep questioning myself and what I
believe in. Cellphones should not prompt an existential crisis.
It’s just a phone. But I keep having to ask myself whether I
want Apple to win, or I want better to win. As a designer I
hope I always go for better. Metro is undeniably gorgeous but I
still [...]
Windows Phone Demo
Web-based demo of the Windows Phone 7 interface, meant for use on other mobile devices. Well
done.
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Sky Broadband customers to get Cloud Wi-Fi access
100Gbps upgrades to core traffic
Sky Broadband customers look set to enjoy Wi-Fi hotspot access when out in town thanks to the company’s purchase of The Cloud.
The move was confirmed by the Network Implementation Director for Sky Network Services, Trevor Legg, when he spoke to Pocket-lint about plans to expand the recently acquired wireless infrastructure at [...]
APP OF THE DAY: Age of Zombies Anniversary (iOS)
Boomstick
Sometimes you want nothing more from an app than for it to occupy time. The joys of smartphones mean we can fill lengthy train journeys with incessant email checking, random web browsing or in our case, eradicating swathes of zombies.?
Age of Zombies Anniversary is just the right balance between mindless blasting and edge of seat [...]
Spotify App Finder announced for ‘appy times
With Last.fm on board
What’s next for Spotify you ask (or rather it did)? Well, let us tell you – the music streaming company took to the stage in New York to announce that apps will now be part of the Spotify platform.
At an event that was simulcast via the wonders of the wide world web [...]
