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Comment A few things.. (Score 1) 1

First, there's a difference between keeping the apps available through Apple's App Store squeaky clean and how consumers choose to make use of the devices they've purchased. There's very little difference between how one makes use of their phone and its features and how one makes use of one's laptop or desktop. If critics suddenly start calling for Apple to regulate how, when, and for what purposes FaceTime may be used I sure hope they're willing to demand that other companies, e.g. Dell, AT&T, Verizon, etc., do the same. Their devices and networks are used for similar, if not identical, activities.

Second, IMO I wouldn't worry about this being more than a brief flare. From TFA:

"You can have the phone on your face, or other body parts, but not both at the same time," said Teagan Presley, who acts in adult films and performs in video chats. "Most customers want the full package, and it's going to be difficult holding a phone."

Sure it's cool that you can do this on an iPhone, just like it was cool that, when the first iPhone came out, someone managed to get World of Warcraft to run on it. However, it's just not practical.

Submission + - Embrace trees, get cured of cancer 1

JobEnd writes: Scientific evidence shows that feeling and hugging trees could bring down the body's stresses and anxiety which in turn helps it create healthy cells to kill cancer cells. "Many people feel relaxed and good when they are out in nature. But not many of us know there is also scientific evidence about the healing effects of nature." says Dr. Eeva Karjalainen, of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, who authored the report.
Apple

Submission + - iPhone = iPorn? (skunkpost.com) 1

crimeandpunishment writes: You knew this was coming. The adult industry has found a way to cash in on the iPhone 4. The phone's FaceTime videoconference feature is leading to a whole new way to reach out and touch someone. Adult entertainment companies are now offering video-sex chat services for iPhones...which puts Apple in a tough spot. It has always kept iPhone apps squeaky clean....no porn allowed.

Comment I can see it now... (Score 1) 272

From the article: "I anticipate in the not-too-distant future this will be as standard a part of your resume as where you went to school."

John Smith

Graduated from (somewhere) University; Degree in (something).

Captain of the (somewhere) University Debate Team.

Guild Leader of NO FAT CHICKS on Burning Blade, ICC achievements include, but not limited to, Kingslayer, Glory of the Icecrown Raider.

Whoopie!

Comment Where's your hard data? (Score 0, Flamebait) 514

"RIM's co-CEOs say that Apple's claims 'appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the public's understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect attention from Apple's difficult situation.'" No. Apple is attempting to correct the public's understanding of the antenna design issue. Did you watch the press conference? If you're going to make assertoric claims I hope you have the hard data to back them up.

Comment As an iPhone 4 owner... (Score 1) 507

I have noticed that if I put my finger over the lower-left antenna the phone's signal, contrary to Apple's claim, does diminish greatly. Still we shouldn't think that Apple's letter to consumers, which claimed that the iPhone 4's signal woes stem from improper calculation, is a complete hoax. Even with my iPhone 4 snug in one of Apple's nifty "bumpers" I still notice that, from time to time, the signal gets weak or my phone calls are less swift than usual. (For those who are curious, I live in downtown Atlanta.) With AT&T's networks flooded with old and new iPhone users, along with other subscribers who choose to do without an Apple iDevice, it doesn't surprise me that from time to time my signal wanes. Furthermore, you can't expect a company that decides to imbed the antenna of its phone in the phone's frame to get it right the first time. If you did, silly you.

Comment Re:Breaking news (Score 5, Insightful) 252

In conjunction with this rather astonishing remark, it may also be the case that walking in the forest removes one from an environment associated with many stressful things, i.e. work, school, etc, thereby decreasing their overall stress level. A healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body.
Google

Submission + - Meet the father of Google Apps (networkworld.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Today Google Apps is giving Google a small foothold in the enterprise IT world and sparking a fierce rivalry with Microsoft. But in 2004, early attempts by Rajen Sheth (former Microsoft and VMware employee) to bring Gmail into the enterprise were stymied, as Google's trinity of leaders in Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt challenged him to come up with something better. "At the time I was soundly rejected," Sheth said. "We were proposing the idea of bringing Gmail into an appliance and have it be an on-premise solution for businesses. They rightly pointed out that we could do that, but we're not fully taking advantage of everything we have here at Google. And at that time, too, the idea of a cloud model was very much not on the minds of any CIO anywhere."

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