Net Neutrality Organization Accusing AT&T of Violating FCC Rules With FaceTime Data Plan Requirements
Digital advocacy organization Public Knowledge has accused AT&T of violating FCC rules on net neutrality with its new policy regarding the use of FaceTime over Cellular. AT&T announced late last week that it will only allow users on its new Mobile Share data plans to use the new FaceTime over Cellular service in iOS 6. A senior staff lawyer for Public Knowledge told the New York Times that it felt AT&T was violating FCC rules that service providers not “block applications that compete with the provider’s voice or video telephony services.” John Bergmayer, lawyer for the organization, noted that “there is no technical reason why one data plan should be able to access FaceTime and another not.” The same argument could be made for tethering the iPhone to a laptop — however, it isn’t clear what AT&T service Public Knowledge feels FaceTime is competing with. The rule in question is designed to prevent ISP’s from blocking things like VoIP apps or Netflix that compete with their own products
PopCap Teases Plants vs. Zombies Sequel Coming Next Year [iOS Blog]
EA/PopCap announced today that it would be releasing a sequel to Plants vs. Zombies in the Spring of 2013. The company hasn’t released any information about pricing, systems, or availability — but did issue a press release with “comments” from characters from the Plants vs.
You Won’t Believe These 12 Pieces Of Art Were All Captured With An iPhone [Gallery]
If you’re going to be in the Los Angeles area this week, you should really check out The LA Mobile Arts Festival. Tons of artists will be at Santa Monica Art Studios celebrating iPhoneography and the underground mobile arts movement with tons and tons of cool art installations that were all made with an iPhone. Related StoriesiPhone 5 Parts Assembled To Show Smaller Dock, Repositioned Headphone Jack [Rumor]Ecoute, The Minimalist Music Player For Mac, Makes Its Way To The iPhoneWorking On An Ebook Using iBooks Author? These Template Packages Can Make It Look Like A MasterprieceAwesome biteSMS Messaging App Updated With Theming, Quick Reply Improvements, And More [Jailbreak]Doctors Love The iPhone And iPad Even Though Many Electronic Records Systems Don’t
Easily Unsubscribe From Those iPad Magazine Subscriptions [iOS Tips]
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Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Mac Computer Expo edition!
It’s Sunday again, which can only mean one thing! Well OK, it can mean two things, and the other one is the Talkcast! This week’s news includes Appsung Drama, and some of the screen woes with the new rMBPs (making those of us with mere mortal machines feel a bit better about not picking one up), and whatever else comes up in the “preshow”.
How apps are helping small business save money
During its keynote presentations, Apple often showcases how educational institutions and Fortune 500 companies are using the iPad and iPhone. Many people don’t realize that small businesses are also benefiting from Apple’s iOS devices. A report in USA Today sheds some light on how small business owners are using the iPad to increase productivity and save some cash. It’s the iPad’s portability and its robust App Store that make the tablet so attractive to businesses.
Apple Becomes Most Valuable Publicly-Traded Stock Ever
Milestones for Apple’s stock are falling rapidly in recent days, with another strong performance today pushing Apple past Microsoft for the title of most valuable publicly-trade stock ever, a distinction Microsoft has held since December 1999. Microsoft’s market capitalization peaked on December 30, 1999, reaching an intraday high of $119.94 per share. With Microsoft having documented 5,160,024,593 outstanding shares as of October 31, 1999 in its quarterly earnings report, the company would have had a market capitalization of $618.89 billion on December 30. Apple’s most recent quarterly filing listed 937,406,000 outstanding shares as of July 13, 2012, and with the company’s stock price hitting $660.73 today, its market capitalization reached $619.37 billion. While Apple now holds the all-time market capitalization record in terms of raw numbers, accounting for inflation would still allow Microsoft to retain the title by a fairly wide margin
Apple Becomes The Most Valuable Public Company Of All-Time
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