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The second attempt to get Apple to accept a retweaked version of the anti-gay Manhattan Declaration iPhone app has failed. And the Christianists are so not happy. “Inasmuch as the Manhattan Declaration simply reaffirms the moral teachings of our Christian faith on the sanctity of human life, marriage and sexual morality, and religious freedom and the rights of conscience, Apple’s …

OK, this one kinda blows my mind. (Via – The Daily What)

Two weeks ago, I asked to you to use the Family Research Council’s own link to thank Apple for keeping the Manhattan Declaration app off the iPhone. (And thousands of you did.) Responding to yesterday’s video from NOM, today GLAAD echoes that request. The ‘Manhattan Declaration’ calls gay and lesbian couples “immoral,” it calls the recognition of their relationships “false …

Hate groups are being relentless in their campaign to see the anti-gay Manhattan Declaration app restored to the iPhone. Signers of the Declaration vow to disobey any laws that protect LGBT Americans from discrimination. (Tipped by JMG reader Christopher)

Saying that gay activists have forced them to redesign their iPhone app, the backers of the Manhattan Declaration today asked for more donations. This controversy has caused us a lot of unanticipated expenses: The servers of the Manhattan Declaration website couldn’t handle the crush of visitors to the site, so we had to upgrade the servers; we engaged in a …

“So often today, conscientious objectors to homosexual marriage are being accused of hatred. It’s a dangerous trend. Anyone who’s read the Declaration knows that’s not so, but so much for civil discourse. More and more, rather than engage in a reasoned and civil discourse about the issues, backers of so-called ‘gay marriage’ are determined to silence opposition. “The methods range …

From the online diary of Fake Steve Jobs: Let’s move on and return to our discussion of hating the homos. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone? Ring any bells? Or how about this: Judge not, lest ye be judged? Oh, and here’s one that you even put on your own Manhattan Declaration document, which is ironic …

Smartphone market shares stand at about a three-way tie, with third-place Android predicted by some to take first place in the next few months. Lots of wonky demographics at the link.

Last week Apple deleted an app for the Manhattan Declaration, a document whose signers pledge to disobey any law protecting LGBT Americans from discrimination. The Family Research Council, an SPLC-certified hate group, is leading a petition campaign calling for Apple to restore the app. Today Christianist “humorist” Stuart Sheppard takes on the issue. (Via – Good As You)

After complaints from LGBT activists, a few days ago Apple quietly removed an iPhone app for the Manhattan Declaration, whose signers vow to disobey all laws granting rights to gay Americans. Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council hate group, is furious. Silencing opposition has become a winning strategy for the Left because fewer people seem willing to speak …

Meh. Hardly huge and definitely not unforgettable.

Apple is teasing a “huge” announcement for iTunes that will make the product “unforgettable.” Tech watchers are betting on a change to a cloud-based service in which your library would be hosted remotely, but accessible from any web-enabled device such as your iPhone. Others are guessing on a Zune-like subscription service in which you’d have access to all of iTunes …

Electronics self-repair site iFixit has issued a manifesto against Apple and other manufacturers that purposely create products that thwart any repair attempts by their owners. An excerpt: Manufacturers push new models every year with just enough style tweaks to make our last one feel obsolete. They use legal threats to keep repair manuals away from us and deploy so-called ‘security …

Apple has allowed the launch of a new app that “hilariously” inserts a “tranny” into photos, ostensibly for the purpose of shaming your friends. Bil Browning reacts at Bilerico: Not only is the whole premise offensive – especially the name – but Apple is notorious for being prudish about the apps it approves for sale in its App Store. This …

Foxconn factories in China have installed nets to catch workers attempting to hurl themselves to their deaths. The company, which manufactures a large portion of Apple’s products (as well as items for other electronics firms), has suffered a rash of employee suicides this year. Check out the Boston Globe’s photo essay on life on China.

Just the entrance, actually, since the store itself is underground. I’m not an Apple customer, but I walked in just to see the store and found about 200 people snaked around around store’s aisles in a line to buy the iPhone 4. Still. Months after it came out. Craziness.

Google is set to launch a music service expected to compete with industry pioneer iTunes. Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple, according to people familiar with the matter. …

For beating off at the office? How is this any better than regular webcam sites?

Not very cost-effective, but whatevs. (Via – Andrew Sullivan)

From the Hong Kong-based Next Media. (Tipped by JMG reader Jim)