Category: iPhone
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Sanctions Maker of an Extremely Popular Flashlight App for Android
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFast Company reports that an Android app called “Brightest Flashlight Free” has been found to collect location information and device identifiers for the phones on which the app is running, even if the user opted out of collection of that information. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleges in their press release…
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What Benefits Does Apple Get from Acquiring Topsy?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today Apple acquired Topsy Labs, a company primarily known for offering search and data analysis tools that work with the Twitter data stream since 2006. Most analysts believe that it isn’t immediately clear how Apple will use Topsy’s know how, or its access to the Twitter firehose. Here are my…
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The Android Metric I Want to See: Minutes of Usage Per Day vs Minutes Connected to Outlet Power
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the things I noticed in several homes and offices to which I recently traveled is that many Android users seem to connect their devices to power outlets at every opportunity. I saw this usage pattern a few days ago in connection with a Moto X that was recently purchased by…
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Significant Changes to iCloud Photo Stream and Photo Sharing Limits
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Saturday, Daring Fireball reported that significant changes had been made to iCloud Photo Stream and Photo Sharing limits. These are the current limits: The My Photo Stream limits below are established based on anticipated upload patterns. Currently, My Photo Stream upload limits are as follows: Uploads to My Photo Stream…
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Samsung Anti-Theft Proposal Reportedly Not Accepted by Leading Mobile Carriers
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe New York Times is reporting that AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint rejected Samsung’s proposal for a kill switch for network use of high end smartphones that have been stolen. According to the report on The Bits blog: … the carriers don’t think a so-called kill switch is the right way to…
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Adding a Third iPhone to An Existing Post-Paid “Mobile Share” Wireless Plan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe other day I was explaining to a friend how my son Jimmy ended up with the iPhone 4S that used to be my personal phone. I thought that this explanation might be helpful to our readers who are considering a similar purchase. Kathleen and I looked at the economics of…
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A Revolution Too Big to Miss
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the past, Operation Gadget defined a niche at the intersection of gadgets and the technology used in sports. With that in mind, there has never been a mobile phone product announcement as significant as the iPhone 5s was to this site’s target audience. For years, my friends and I have applied…
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Great iOS Application for Evaluating and Managing Sports Concussions
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy wife, Kathleen Aiello, MD, recently launched a website called PedsApps.com which covers iPhone and iPad applications that are of interest to Pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and other care providers, as well as to the parents of their patients. The most interesting article she’s written so far is a review of The Concussion…
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Getting a Full Day’s Use Out of the iPhone 4S
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the most useful gifts Kathleen has given to me since we got married is the Mophie Juice Pack Plus rechargeable battery case for my iPhone 4S. I really could not get through an entire day meeting with clients in New York City without it. I generally start the day using my iPhone…