Post Tech Archive: Apple
Apple’s security changes to in-app purchases praised by lawmakers
Apple’s move to tighten security for in-app purchases on the iPhone and iPad drew intitial praise from lawmakers who had previously expressed concerns that consumers, particularly children, were being harmed with accidental charges. But lamakers said tech and wireless firms need to do more to ensure consumers are protected from vague and confusing billing.
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Cecilia Kang
| March 11, 2011; 11:42 AM ET |
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Apple changes purchases policy to protect kids on iPad, iPhone games
Apple said Thursday that it changed its policy for how purchases can be made within applications on the iPhone and iPad, an attempt to protect users, particularly children, from accidentally racking up iTunes charges.
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Cecilia Kang
| March 10, 2011; 11:53 AM ET |
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Apple, Consumers, FTC, Gaming, Kids Online
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Apple in-app purchases get the NMA animated treatment
Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese media company known for its wacky animated renditions of the day’s news, has worked its magic on The Washington Post’s story about in-app payments on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 7, 2011; 1:07 PM ET |
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The Circuit: Apple considering unlimited music downloads, S. Korean government sites attacked, Android leads with new smartphone users
LEADING THE DAY: Apple is reportedly in talks with major record companies to negotiate unlimited music downloads of purchased music. The move would enable customers to listen to purchased music across multiple devices. Citing anonymous sources “with knowledge of the...
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 4, 2011; 8:22 AM ET |
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Free messaging apps threaten wireless carriers' cash cow
Here's the dirty secret about text messages. It costs a wireless carrier close to nothing to send and receive them -- even though they charge about $10 a month for 500 to 1,000 texts. Now, a new crop of...
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Cecilia Kang
| March 3, 2011; 9:00 AM ET |
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The Circuit: Net neutrality vote delayed, Supreme Court rules in FOIA case, Apple to launch iPad 2
The Circuit: Net neutrality vote delayed, Supreme Court rules in FOIA case, Apple to launch iPad 2
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Hayley Tsukayama
| March 2, 2011; 8:32 AM ET |
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AT&T, Antitrust, Apple, FCC, International, Microsoft, Tablets, Yahoo
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