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maxjg

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    Comment #9038404

    Both are correct (unrelated). MAC address is randomized when scanning for wifi networks, and if you ask iOS for the device MAC address, the SDK will return a fake MAC.

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    Comment #8817839

    Xcode project files are still saved in this style of plist.

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    Comment #7269206

    That is the convention officially endorsed by Apple ( https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Cocoa/... )

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    Comment #6280380

    Worth noting that Letterpress is not implemented in UIKit, it's pure OpenGL ( http://www.imore.com/loren-brichter-talks-opengl-tweetie-let... ).

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    Comment #4776860

    As frustrating as it may be, an app that has that type of low-level access would probably be just as abused (if not more so) as push notifications. I can't blame Apple for not want…

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    Comment #1689513

    Soon enough we'll find out if most people _would_ 'steal' a car.

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    Comment #1675520

    I've got nothing against your point on using the tools you know, but I can at least see where Apple is coming from with disallowing write once, run everywhere, especially regarding…

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    Comment #1635975

    Just a brief description (hit up the website for more/tons of screenshots): This is an iPhone weather app that allows for a bunch of neat things like custom layout for pages (ie, s…

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    Comment #1570234

    So I think what you're trying to say is that it's an international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids?

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    Comment #1560358

    > iPad is far superior for heavily formatted text True in theory, not so much in practice. After having read a couple of books in iBooks, the books mostly seem like hasty OCR jobs …

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    Comment #1556867

    Look at the price discrepancy between the 3G iPad's plan and an iPhone. I think if they did this, people (especially those in areas where dropped calls are frequent) would simply g…

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    Comment #1556453

    Just out of curiosity, when an android app is updated, how are permissions handled? Do you receive a prompt to allow new privileges, or does it assume you approve of it already? Yo…

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    Comment #1537614

    Understand that it's fetching the data from the system's address book, but obviously this is going to be the same data it would remember if you entered it elsewhere. Keep in mind t…

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    Comment #1534151

    Your contacts are pretty much completely unprotected as well. As an iPhone developer myself, I don't think it's unreasonable to have the device ask for permission to use this data …

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    Comment #1527269

    Get on forums like macrumors.com and post a few promo codes. Sites like that are also great for feedback too.

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    Comment #1507120

    My (admittedly shallow) knowledge on Android's speech recognition is that it's being done server side. In other words, I suspect the reason Apple's not doing native voice recogniti…

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    Comment #1486474

    Sort of. There are two probable ways it would happen. The first, and most likely, is that the government could order all ISPs to stop the flow of data through their pipes. Theoreti…

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    Comment #1485406

    Potentially feasible, but I don't know that anything good will come of it. Speaking as a coder, I definitely think of the code as the heart of a project, and outsourcing it never e…

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    Comment #1473352

    I do like the feel and design of the 3G model better (much easier to tell if it's silenced in your pocket), but on multiple occasions, the switch on my 3GS has switched from silenc…