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Apple Loosens Up On App Development Apple has decided to relax its restrictions on the development tools used to make apps. Developers can now use third-party tools, like Adobe’s software to convert Flash apps into native iPhone apps, which was previously banned by Apple.  Additionally, Apple will publish it’s guidelines for evaluating an app for Continue Reading →

People Don’t Want to Share their Location Location-based apps are all the rage, but most people still don’t want to share their location. According to Forrester Research, only 4-percent of Americans have tried location-based technology and only 1-percent use them on a weekly basis. Will Facebook’s Places lead to a faster adoption rate of location-based Continue Reading →

“Don’t Be Evil” –The Movie First a film about Facebook, and now a film about Google. Groundswell Productions has acquired the film rights to Ken Auletta’s book: “Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.”  The story takes a look at how Google’s founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, started the company and Continue Reading →

Man Goes to Jail After Sending Friend Request on Facebook A Florida man was sent to jail after sending a friend request on Facebook. Harry Bruder violated a restraining order filed by his estranged wife, Carole, after attempting to contact her twice on Facebook. Mr. Bruder didn’t think that social networking constituted as “contact,” which Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life: What happens to your Twitter profile when you die? Are smudges on your touch screen clues that hackers can use? Do iPhone users really have more sex partners? Should the government be in charge of the Internet? Plus, I’ll talk with Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO of the legendary Gibson Guitar Company Continue Reading →

iPhone Users Have More Sex According to a new study from the dating site OKCupid, iPhone owners have more sex than BlackBerry and Android users. The results showed that women who use an iPhone have twice as many sexual partners as their Android counterparts. OKCupid surveyed nearly 10,000 smartphone users for their analysis. Winning Streak Continue Reading →

August 9, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: The Web Will Kill Universities According to Bill Gates, in the next five years free content and lectures available online will be better than any single university. Gates believes that universities don’t need to be “place-based”, and a system should be developed Continue Reading →

August 6, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Pentagon Goes After WikiLeaks WikiLeaks is in possession of 15,000 additional secret Afghan war records, that haven’t been published. The Pentagon has demanded that WikiLeaks hand over the sensitive documents and remove the 70,000 documents they’ve already published to the site. If Continue Reading →

This week on Digital Life: Is the government really going to legalize online gambling? Will you be able to transfer 100 hours of music in under a second? And, are hackers targeting your local ATM’s? Plus, a quick look at Panasonic’s new 3-D camcorder and, I’ll talk with Wired Magazine’s Jason Tanz about jailbreaking your Continue Reading →

August 4, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: BlackBerry Steps Up: Research in Motion unveiled its new BlackBerry today, BlackBerry Torch, which you can buy from AT&T starting August 12th. The Torch features a touchscreen as well as a slide-out keyboard, plus lots of other cool features. The Torch will Continue Reading →