It’s been all over the news – a breaking story at Gawker (in which Ryan Tate poorly labeled this as an Apple security breach) lead to the confusion and uproar of many as AT&T has failed to protect the privacy of their customers. With the iPad ICC ID’s and their owners on display with a simple PHP script, the US Federal Commissions is stepping up their game in order to address online security.
US Addressing Cybersecurity as a High Priority after AT&T Breach
Publishers Losing Money on Developing iPad Apps, Will Scribd Save the Day?
Publishers may have an uphill battle to face when it comes to developing on the iPad. The entire business of Editorial magazines and newspapers is focused around something tangible – it’s focused on printed content. I assume that a lot of these traditional business are interested in developing and publishing content for the iPad (in an app), but don’t know how to approach the new, digital world. They are completely out of their league.
But for Wired, they’ve already been dealing in digital content for years. They have the advantage in understanding how customers will interact with digital products. As we’ve seen with Time’s latest demo, their digital magazine may become a navigational nightmare.
The Walking iPad Robot [Video]
More Photos of the iPhone 4 Bumpers
Moodagent v2.0, Sweetening the Sound
Moodagent is a playlist generator focused on flavor. Whether your mood be sweet or sour, Moodagent’s latest push to v2.0 improves an already great mood & match system which generates some particularly spectacular playlists. Adding social networking features for Facebook and Twitter, as well giving users the ability to chop up playlists, this new release has me stoked.
iLounge’s iPhone 4 Video Walkthrough
iLounge has posted its usual video walkthrough, this time obviously about the iPhone 4. Highly recommended to watch in case you still haven’t been able to take a look at some HD hands-on footage of the new device.
[via iSpazio]
iTunes Festival: 2 Million People Apply for Tickets
Oliver Schusser, senior director of iTunes Europe, has confirmed that 2 million people have applied for iTunes Festival tickets so far, at an average of 100.000 every day. From the numbers above, it looks like this year’s iTunes Festival is going to be one of the most popular and successful ever.
Connecting People: Nokia Is Flattered, Doesn’t Sue
In Apple’s video for the iPhone 4, Scott Forstall said the new iPhone is all about connecting people. Too bad “connecting people” is a long time Nokia slogan (for more than a decade actually) and we all spotted the reference there in the video.
It’s a good slogan, but we all wondered whether Nokia could sue Apple for trademark infringement. A Finnish website said so, too.
Redesigned Time Magazine Follows in Wired’s Footsteps
With Wired setting the bar for gorgeous, high-quality, interactive magazines on the iPad, Time shows us what they’ve cooked up. Though in Time’s case, there’s a lot going on in terms of navigation that makes it feel really cluttered. There’s too many ways you can interact with pages that don’t seem intuitive, but we’ll see.
I am most impressed with being able to view a map of the stories: that is really important to me. Equally as interesting is Wired’s comments system, which I wouldn’t expect from a magazine – do I really want read the same trollish comments I can online?
Considering I just cancelled my cable plan (why would you do such a thing!?), Time will be great for keeping an eye on the world around me so I don’t lose track of current events. I’m hopeful this will be out soon, and you can find a quick video after the break.