Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes

Story: Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes

First it was rejected with the reason

“The features and/or content of your app were not useful or entertaining enough,”

 The developer submitted again and was rejected again for a different reason

“We found that your app contains content that many audiences would find objectionable, which is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines,”

I just hope Apple doesn't get too big to have influence beyond the iPhones and iPads.

Rectangle with rounded corners is real innovation!

I am sure everyone was paying close attention to the Apple V. Samsung trial for the last few weeks. While I am happy that it is over, I am very disappointed with the outcome which shouldn't be any surprise to any of you. It is because I know that Apple isn't the first company to come up with a Mobile device with touch driven UI (since I have used PDAs such as IPAQ) not did it invent pinch-to-zoom and other gestures (I had the opportunity to use Microsoft Surface since early days). Worst of all, the trial was unfair as Judge did not allow some key evidence in the trial.

I really hope that Samsung appeals the ruling and taking it to Supreme Court if it has to. For more detailed analysis, here are some links for further analysis

A device with a touchscreen and few buttons i was i obvious

Jury in Apple v. Samsung Goofed, Damages Reduced -- Uh Oh. What's Wrong With this Picture?

 

Your iPhone is less reliable than your Andriod Phone

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/02/02/does-ios-crash-more-than-android-a-data-dive/

Apple has always done a pretty good job of creating the perception that its products are more secure and stable compared to alternatives. But data tells a different story:

Kudos still to Apple team for continuing to maintain the reality distortion field.

Apple's mind-bogglingly greedy and evil license agreement

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apples-mind-bogglingly-greedy-and-evil-license-agreement/4360

I may start sounding like a broken record but greed, the desire to control and uncompetitive practices are prevalent and is expeced of Apple. That seems to be in their blood. Until Steve Job's demise, I thought it was him who was influencing all this. But it continues in his absence which leads me to believe that either he has had indelible influence on the company's culture. Or, that is what Apple has always been.

Anyway, some choice quotes from the linked article:

"I have never seen a EULA as mind-bogglingly greedy and evil as Apple’s EULA for its new ebook authoring program."

"Under this license agreement, you are out of luck. They won’t sell it, and you can’t legally sell it elsewhere. You can give it away, but you can’t sell it. Updated to add: By “it,” I am referring to the book, not the content. The program allows you to export your work as plain text, with all formatting stripped. So you do have the option to take the formatting work you did in iBooks Author, throw it away, and start over. That is a devastating potential limitation for an author/publisher. Outputting as PDF would preserve the formatting, but again the license would appear to prohibit you from selling that work, because it was generated by iBooks Author."

If Apple Wins We All Lose

Original Gizmodo Blog - http://gizmodo.com/5869598/if-apple-wins-we-all-lose

I couldn't agree more! The patents that are used to claim infringement is outright silly as the author points out. Apple is very afraid of Google and they aren't able to innovate fast enough and so it is resorting to patent war!

Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it.

Original Article: http://www.baekdal.com/opinion/apple-never-designed-the-ipad-they-undesigned-it/

The author makes a strong case for why Apple's claim that Samsung Galaxy is an iPad clone is plain just dubious. What Apple is doing isn't anything new!

Apple using patents to undermine open standards again

Full Story: http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2011/12/09/apple-w3c

Apple is clearly becoming the Microsoft of the 90's! On the other hand, why does the open source/ standards community think Apple would work with them when Apple prefers Walled Garden time and again with its various products?