Archive for the 'iPhone' Category

Anti-Theft Apps i Don’t Understand

Cidu Bill on Oct 10th 2011

Recovering a stolen iPhone — the hard way

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Update: ”Jew or Not Jew” App Pulled From Market

Cidu Bill on Sep 19th 2011

Article, and results from last week’s poll about a “Gay or Not Gay” app

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Son of Bonus LOL

Cidu Bill on Jul 8th 2011

Jon Delfin:

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CiDU

Cidu Bill on Dec 12th 2010

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Which iPhone app does this refer to?

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Saturday Morning Ewww

Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2010

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A Question for You Techies Out There

Cidu Bill on Dec 30th 2009

The other night, two friends were discussing their respective smart phones, an iPhone and, I think, a Droid — you know the kind of discussion, basically “My phone’s penis is bigger than your phone’s penis” — and one of them, I forget which, mentioned an app where if you lose your phone, you can dial it up, punch in a code, and completely erase all data stored on it.

Which got me thinking: Seems like every month we hear about some bank executive misplacing a laptop containing 500,000 customer Social Security numbers, or a Secret Service agent leaving a laptop containing the nuclear launch codes in a taxicab… so if an iPhone can have a remote-wipe function, is there any reason a laptop can’t? Seems like a fairly simple matter. 

Of course this begs the question of why ultra-sensitive information is ever allowed to be on a laptop, but that’s another matter and I doubt anybody can really explain this.

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iPhone

Cidu Bill on Dec 7th 2009

Can anybody offer a yay or nay on the iPhone? Worthwhile or just a lot of hype? Or are there similar phones that are better but not as high-profile? And is it better to get them through Apple stores, AT&T stores, or either of their websites?

In case anybody’s wondering, my ongoing problem with Sprint is now an incredible five months old and apparently no closer to resolution. Or more precisely, it was resolved three times, with supervisors apologizing and promising to fix my account (or telling me they’d already done so), and when the next bill comes I see nothing’s been corrected. One supervisor finally told me I could cancel my account without paying an early termination fee — which I clearly could have done months ago, thank you very much, but I’d rather hold them to their end of the contract. Or they can pay me an early termination fee, which I think is perfectly fair.

Anyway, thanks for any guidance y’all can offer.

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