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T-Mobile Steps Up ‘Bring Your Own iPhone’ Program⇢
Suzanne Lowry, vice president of marketing at T-Mobile:
T-Mobile has been a champion of “bring your own device” wireless with our affordable Value plans that separate the cost of wireless service from the purchase of a new phone. This means there are a lot of devices running on our network that we don’t sell in our stores, including more than 1M iPhones. We see a big opportunity to make the experience of bringing an unlocked iPhone to T-Mobile even better for customers.
NBC Blows It When Explaining UDIDs⇢
Kerry Sanders and Bob Sullivan, NBC News:
The UDID – which stands for Unique Device Identifier – is present on Apple iPads, iPods and iPhones, and is similar to a serial number. During the past year, researchers have found that many app developers have used the UDID to help keep track of their users, storing the data in various databases and often associating it with other personal information. When matched with other information, the UDID can be used to track users’ app usage, social media usage or location. It could also be used to “push” potentially dangerous applications onto users’ Apple gadgets.
The Macalope: Who writes this stuff?⇢
It’s a little sad that those of us trying to do a good job can’t write full time, when morons like the ones listed in this article are probably raking it in.
Sigh.
Kindle Fire HD Ads to be Removable After All⇢
It says something about Amazon that it took nerd outcry to change this.
Thinking Way Too Hard About How Apple Decorated Yerba Buena For Next Week’s Event
Apple has San Francisco’s Yerba Buena all done up with its logo set in front of a wildly colorful backdrop.
Here are some things all of this could mean.
- The new, taller iPhone screen will support color images. As have all iPhones.
- Apple will be releasing colorful new iPods alongside the new iPhone.
- The new iPhone will indeed ship with a taller screen. This is obvious looking at the vertical orientation of the graphics.
- Phil Schiller has listened to Narrow Stairs one too many times while staring at the album artwork.
- The new iPhone will come in colors, Lumia 920 style.
- Tim Cook designed the graphics after taking some LSD he found in Steve’s office.
Update: People on the Internet have too much free time.
Taking Better Screenshots: Disabling the Window Shadow⇢
This is in my “must-run” command list when I set up a new Mac.
Evernote: My Database of Knowledge
Back in May, I wrote:
I’m keeping Evernote for PDFs and images I need offline. For the most part, these files are work-related, such as plans for the building that we’re currently constructing.
My notes, however, along with non-essential files, are back in Dropbox. It just feels … cleaner. Plus, I get to deal with plain text files, which is my preference on any platform.
Since then, I’ve been further tinkering with my Evernote setup, and this is where I’ve landed in the “Evernote or Dropbox” debate:
Adian⇢
This is the best iPhone client for App.net yet. It’s fast, support multiple accounts and is better looking that most of the apps I’ve seen in beta.
$4.99 might seem steep, but remember, we all already paid ADN $50.
New iMacs on The Way?⇢
Clayton Morris:
Get ready, because the iMacs are coming.
I’ve been hoping for an iMac update and it looks like my wish is about to come true! Multiple sources tell me that a new lineup of desktop machines from Apple is imminent.
Robbers Smash Apple Store ... With a Car⇢
A similar thing happened to the store here in Memphis when I was employed as a Genius. Good times.
The New Kindles
I bought the $79 Kindle last year. It was my first Kindle, and I love it. I ended up buying a case with the built-in light, however, as most of my reading is at night, after my wife goes to bed.
The light is fine, and the case is nice, but it’s a janky solution.
The Kindle Paperwhite promises to solve this problem. The new e-ink display is supposed to be crisper, with better font options and better contrast. In short, the things that are good about e-ink should be better with this new Kindle, with the bonus of a built-in light.