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During yesterday's iPod/Apple TV event Steve Jobs (all but) literally said he cannot believe how fast Android is growing. He boasted of Apple's success with iOS devices (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone) saying Apple sees 230,000 new activations of iOS devices on a daily basis. That's pretty impressive, as it gives Apple a run rate of 84 million iOS devices on an annual basis. After throwing out Apple's stats, Jobs said, "we think we're ahead of everyone else," because, "we think some our friends are counting upgrades in their numbers." In other words, Steve Jobs is saying, "I can't believe that...

Man Watches His Home Get Robbed Via iPhoneA man from Dallas was alerted by an iPhone application that his house was being robbed. He watched it happen live while away on vacation. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek August 25, 2010 01:44 PM Webcams and home security systems have long been a part our culture. Dallas-area resident Vincent Hunter took advantage of both home security measures, and even connected the Webcams in his home to an iPhone application called iCam. iCam, which costs $4.99 and is available in the iPhone App Store, allows users to stream video and audio feeds from up...

Apple is apparently ramping up its battle to prevent iPhone and iPod owners from jailbreaking their devices. The company has applied for a patent, titled "Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device," that covers a series of security measures to automatically protect devices from thieves and other "unauthorized users." Unauthorized users apparently applies to those who engage in jailbreaking, which allows devices to run apps not approved by the company producing the operating system--such as Apple, the main target of such bypasses.

Google Android began with the greatest of intentions — freedom, openness, and quality software for all. However, freedom always comes with price, and often results in unintended consequences. With Android, one of the most important of those unintended consequences is now becoming clear as Google gets increasingly pragmatic about the smartphone market and less and less tied to its original ideals. Here’s the dirty little secret about Android: After all the work Apple did to get AT&T to relinquish device control for the iPhone and all the great efforts Google made to get the FCC and the U.S. telecoms to...