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This App you can smell and taste it [Humor]
Federal Grand Jury Investigates Information Sharing Processes in iOS Apps
Run Android Apps on Windows PC using Bluestacks
This App you can smell and taste it [Humor]
Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:18 AM PDT
Yummy, did you smelled this Aroma ? it taste good, April fools day is long gone, but we thought we would let our readers in on a joke gone viral. Fox News San Diego’s Raoul Martinez pranked his co-anchor, Shally Zomorodi, into believing a new iOS app, Shock Top, left users smell and taste food. The result is pure fun.




Not only did Zomorodi eventually smell an iPad, but she proceeded to lick the iDevice too. Once she realized it was a joke, she left the stage, obviously embarrassed. Check the Video out :



On a lazy Wednesday, perhaps you too could trick somebody with the Shock Top app, available for free in the App Store.

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Federal Grand Jury Investigates Information Sharing Processes in iOS Apps
Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:07 AM PDT
For once, it’s not Apple facing litigation, but developers of apps in its popular App Store. BGR reported yesterday that New Jersey Federal Prosecutors are starting to get serious about their investigation with popular smartphone applications. The inquisition is looking to determine whether some app developers are in breach of Federal Law.



The post claims that a criminal investigation is underway by a federal grand jury on certain mobile applications. These apps are suspected of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act with their methods of collecting and transmitting user’s personal data…
The reports come in wake of some interesting news from Pandora Media on Monday. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the popular music streaming service disclosed details surrounding a subpoena they received earlier this year regarding the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act investigation:
“In early 2011, we were served with a subpoena to produce documents in connection with a federal grand jury, which we believe was convened to investigate the information sharing processes of certain popular applications that run on the Apple and Android mobile platforms. We believe that similar subpoenas were issued on an industry-wide basis to the pulbishers of numerous other smartphone applications.”
While Pandora Media was subpoenaed in the case, they were also informed they were not the target of the investigation. Pandora’s internet radio app has been a popular topic in user privacy debates for quite some time.
The Wall Street Journal reported back in December of 2010 that Pandora’s popular iPhone and Android app transmit information about phones, their users, and their locations. This information was then made available to outsiders, including advertising networks.
WSJ actually tested 101 apps for the article and found that 56 of them transmitted the phone’s device ID without the user’s knowledge or consent. Of the apps analyzed, 47 transmitted the user’s location, and 45 apps didn’t provide Privacy Policies inside the app or corresponding websites. I wonder what the numbers look like amongst jailbroken apps.
It’s actually kind of scary to think that your personal information is being collected by companies without your knowledge. Apple’s self-proclaimed “magical” devices might be a little too good at hiding the technology. Although there are several applications that prompt you when they are requiring location information, I’ve never seen one that warns you that your MEID is being recorded

 Some data collection is necessary to keep our smaViartphone experiences pleasant and streamlined. Saved login info and bookmarks are just a few ways user info can be used constructively. Regardless, users should be informed on what type of information each app is collecting. Apple could make it mandatory for developers to include in the app’s About section.

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Run Android Apps on Windows PC using Bluestacks
Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:02 AM PDT
Have you ever wanted to try out an Android app without needing for Android Device handy ? then you must try out Bluestacks !!




You may want to know what is BlueStacks and what does it do, alright it is simply a basically virtualization for Android, all what you have to do is to install BlueStacks on your Windows and Automatically the software will allow you to run an instance of Android right inside the app. From here the experience is just like having an Android device – except the phone calling thing.

Well there is nothing new in the app as we’ve been doing it for years with VMware or Parallels but this is the first time a mobile operating system has been invited to the party. Of course, why you’d really want to run Android on your computer we’re not entirely sure, but we’ve no doubt it will float someone’s boat out there.

Right now the BlueStacks website isn’t quite behaving itself and downloading the virtualization software is easier said than done, but if Android on Windows is your particular bag then keep trying, we’re assured it does work eventually!
Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off to run Android, in Windows, in OS X on a Mac – just to see if the world implodes.

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