Jeff Gamet

The app’s complete description states, “This application allows you to buy different things from within the app.”GameStore’s screenshot on the App Store shows a list of games available for purchase, although the image doesn’t match Apple’s usual style of showing just the app and excluding the iPhone’s status bar. Considering the app seems brand new,…

iTunes customers can expect to get different free songs, books, apps and videos each day. The promo is kicking off with three free tracks from Coldplay’s iTunes Festival in London from earlier this year.Each day’s offering will be available for just 24 hours, and Apple is letting customers sign up for email reminders so they…

In response to outcry from the public and angry customers, Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman stated,Fighting online piracy is of the utmost importance, which is why Go Daddy has been working to help craft revisions to this legislation — but we can clearly do better. It’s very important that all Internet stakeholders work together on…

Reports claim there wasn’t a fire associated with the explosion, according to Reuters, and Apple is launching its own investigation into the incident. The factory was located in Shanghai’s Songjiang industrial park.Several people were injured at an iPad 2 parts factoryApple spokesperson Carolyn Wu commented, “Our hearts go out to the people who were hurt…

The bill would make it surprisingly easy to get court orders to shut down any website suspected of participating — directly or indirectly — in copyright infringement. Internet service providers would be required to block access to sites that host or link to other sites suspected of copyright infringement, and unauthorized streaming of copyright-protected content…

“I appreciate the responses I received, but I’m still very troubled by what’s going on,” Senator Franken said. He added,People have a fundamental right to control their private information. After reading the companies’ responses, I’m still concerned that this right is not being respected. The average user of any device equipped with Carrier IQ software…

International iTunes Match launch: Not so goodCustomers in the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand were initially able to sign up for iTunes Match on Wednesday, but that option has since been pulled. Apple has been telling customers that signed up during the brief window when iTunes Match was available that they will receive a…

Apple may be buying another chip design companyAnobit is a chip design company, much like PA Semi — another company Apple purchased in 2006. The flash memory storage solutions Anobit designs have found their way into mobile devices and the enterprise market.The company states that its Memory Signal Processing tech ” is comprised of proprietary…

Consumer Reports: AT&T has meh customer satisfactionAccording to the survey, Verizon left customers more satisfied with texting and data plans compared to other U.S. carriers. CR electronics editor Paul Reynolds added, “Our survey indicates that subscribers to prepaid and smaller standard-service providers are happiest overall with their cell-phone service.”Despite AT&T’s low customer satisfaction rating, the…

The Senator asked the companies to explain what information they’re gathering from customer’s phones, and whether or not that data is being shared, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. CNET received confirmation of the letters from Sprint on Tuesday.Carrier IQ came under fire when Trevor Eckhart showed that the software was logging all of the…

The problem, Mr. Coward said, is that carriers are collecting the sensitive data in a log file and passing it on.“When a piece of information is sent to us from the operation system, we do not need it to go through that log file,” Mr. Coward told The Verge. “There is no value to us…

Congressman Markey stated in a letter to the FTC:This software raises a number of privacy concerns for Android, Blackberry, and Nokia users. Consumers neither have knowledge of this data collection, nor what Carier IQ intends to do with this information. As a co-Chair of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, I am a concerned that this…

mophie’s juice pack airThe Mophie website states “mophie has determined that in a small number of juice pack air™ units (JPAT…) for the iPod touch 4th generation may short-circuit causing the unit to potentially over heat. In extreme conditions, it is possible for the plastic to deform and damage the iPod touch. You should stop…

Infinity Blade II for iOSInfinity Blade II takes players on a quest to discover the secrets behind the Infinity Blade with new 3D environments, new combat styles with weapons, armor and spells, dynamically changing locations, and more.The game is optimized for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, although it is compatible with the iPhone 3GS…

iTether didn’t last long at the App StoreTethering shares the 3G wireless data connection from a cell phone with your computer for Internet access when Wi-Fi and Ethernet networks aren’t available. Many iPhone owners that want to take advantage of tethering without paying for the feature resort to jailbreaking and installing unauthorized third-party apps.The quick…