In an interesting article published by the New York Times, it seems as though Apple has finally decided to do something about the adult content floating around in their App Store. Although the App Store was created for the public to create and share their own personal applications, some individuals have taken advantage of the freedom. The iPhone, iPod and all hand held devices that use iTunes as a store for applications is and always will be marketed to all ages, but with the considerable amount of SPAM and promotional applications, Apple has decided to filter out all of the adult oriented content.
The story became extremely hot when Sports Illustrated released an app of their own to accompany their annual swimsuit issue. Parents started to voice their concerns and Apple’s head of worldwide marketing Phillip Schiller responded with,
It came to the point where we were getting customer complaints from women who found the content getting too degrading and objectionable, as well as parents who were upset with what their kids were able to see.
In the wake of Schiller’s response, Apple began removing all adult content from their app store. But the question remains, was this the right move for a company that pushes creativity, the sharing of ideas and online developmental freedom? We’ll have to wait and see.
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In case you have been living without an Internet connect, newspaper, television and human contact for the past 2 years, there has been this communication sensation called Twitter that has sprung up all over the world. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, we can talk a little bit about the Twitter TV show pilot CBS has in works.
According to the long and well documented deal Conan O’Brien had made with NBC upon his exit, he is not legally allowed to appear on his own television show until September of 2010. All of those rumors about Conan bringing his show to a network like Fox or Comedy Central can be put on hold through the summer because, legally, it cannot be done. But fear not Conan super-fans. Our favorite redhead talk show host isn’t going quietly into the night, in fact, he’ll probably be screamed into the night for a rumored live show now in the works.
So there was this little event on TV this weekend called The Grammy’s. Not sure if anyone out there in internet-land has heard of it, but it’s basically this live show where every famous person in the world gathers in nice dresses and tuxedos to bask in their own glory. Under normal circumstances these are a bore beyond belief, but this year’s show gave us a little bit of tech in the mix.
All of the waiting and assuming can finally end today as Apple plans to unveil…. something. Although pretty much everyone with an Internet connection can probably assume this is going to be the unveiling of the much anticipated Apple iTable (or iPad or iSlate) today is still going to be an interesting day. Earlier this year tons of techno journalists were invited to a special event being put on by Apple on January 27th at 10AM PST. The rest of us will just have to wait for the blogs and Twitter updates.
It puzzled many when Polaroid shut down production of their iconic cameras. To most, Polaroid was the first phase of instant digital photography. Although expensive at the time, the Polaroid experience provided photographers an instant look into the picture they just took. It had its own style, its on community and to this day when people see something similar, they immediately associate it with Polaroid.