Tag Archives: iPhone

Workers at a massive Apple factory in China are killing themselves at an alarming rate. Eight employees have offed themselves since the beginning of the year. With 400,000 workers, Foxconn makes the iPhone and iPod, as well as devices for other electronics companies. For those who believe the spate of suicides is statistically in line, given how many people work …

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My loyal companion and tech guru Aaron has created an iPhone icon for JMG. Just bring up JMG on your iPhone, press the “+” sign and choose “add to home screen.”

UPDATE: Police are saying that despite earlier reports, Grindr was NOT the service used by the killer to meet his victim. Via press release: From the Phoenix Police Dept Press Office: Hello all. Our detectives have learned through this continuing investigation that it was not the “Grinder” IPHONE application that was used by the victim to make contact with the …

A 54 year-old Vancouver man has been arrested after the mother of a 15 year-old boy called police to report that he and her son had hooked up for sex via Grindr. Bren Tynan, 54, from Vancouver was charged with sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching. Police said the suspect met the victim through geo-social networking app …

California police raided the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen on Friday after the tech blogger posted a story about the next generation iPhone. Chen had paid a source $5000 for the phone after it was accidentally left in a bar by an Apple researcher. Gizmodo.com editor Jason Chen came home Friday to find cops in his house, looking for …

According to a survey of the 206 top metropolitan areas in the U.S., the #1 market for owning any Apple product is, surprise, the Bay Area. Fortune reports: In a report issued Friday, Experian Simmons surveyed 206 so-called DMAs (designated market areas, or what we used to call “cities”) and identified those that have the highest concentration of Apple (AAPL) …

Heralding it as the first of its kind, the state of Massachusetts has launched an iPhone application for gay tourists. “From restaurants to lodging to attractions, this iPhone app gives travelers an easy way to plan a trip and experience the Commonwealth.” The app can be downloaded on iTunes and at the above link. Below is the list of functions. …

John McCain’s office has been forced to issue a denial after McCain’s self-photo surfaced on the gay porn(ish) site GuysWithiPhones. The “Maverick” was just tryin’ to show the world that he could take a pic of himself on his iPhone — when somebody ripped the image from his Twitter page and posted it on “Guys with iPhones” — a website …

LouZoom enlarges your contact list. Meh. I’d rather have an app from his girlfriend, Laurie. One that told us when the sun was coming up like a big bald head. (Via – Gothamist)

I’m getting reports that Apple has deleted Grindr from the iPhone app store. According to Wikipedia, the deletion took place at midnight last night. One JMG reader writes: “How in the hell is Grindr ANY different from apps like Loopt Mix, except in that is it targeted toward gay men? Homophobia in the Bay Area? You have got to be …

The latest iPhone app is Tiger Text, a program that automatically deletes text messages from both the sender’s and receiver’s phones, as long as both parties have the app installed. The newest Apple iPhone app, pun very much intended, deletes text messages that you may regret ever sending or you may regret anyone else ever seeing. If you happen to …

If you like to use your iPhone for sexy time, there’s probably no longer an app for that. Apple has apparently initiated a crusade against “overtly sexual content,” removing adult-themed iPhone and iPod touch applications from its App Store following fervent customer-complaints about adult content in many of the apps. In fact, app developers too have been complaining that the …

A company called Square has launched an iPhone credit card swiper. The device is expected to be a boon to mobile businesses such as food trucks and flea market entrepreneurs. And, I imagine, “in-home personal fitness trainers.” Wired rates the device as easy to use and reliable.

BeliefNet columnist Rod Dreher has read the Daily Beast article about Grindr that I mentioned here two weeks ago. Dreher finds the entire concept “dehumanizing,” something a few gay men might agree with, but then he rolls out the usual “Won’t somebody please think about the children?” There’s no point in arguing whether we should or shouldn’t have the Internet, …

According to a Daily Beast article on Grindr, the iPhone’s where-is-the-closest-fuckable-guy app, its creator is rather coy about its intended use. For a product that’s been on the market for under a year, the number of urban legends surrounding Grindr is impressive. “Did you hear about that lawyer who was at his desk and found someone two feet away who …

In last week’s earnings call with shareholders, AT&T supplied the above graphic to show coverage improvement in NYC. The company has suffered bad local press recently, mostly from irate iPhone owners who complain that many parts of the city remain dead zones, including some parts of busy busy busy midtown. Meanwhile, iPhone fans breathlessly await the rumored end of AT&T …

Business Insider reports that Apple will announce the end of its exclusivity deal with AT&T this week. AT&T captivity is the single biggest reason foks who don’t buy iPhones don’t buy them, so this would be big. It would also be unexpectedly early–most analysts aren’t expecting Apple to open up to other carriers until the middle of the year. (We’d …

According to the Consumerist, AT&T has suspended sales of iPhones in NYC due to increasing complaints about poor performance. From a conversation with AT&T customer service: Daphne: Welcome to AT&T online Sales support. How may I assist you with placing your order today?Laura: Hi, I was looking at the iPhone 3Gs and the system tells me that I cannot order …