No FT? Apple Says ‘No Comment’
Apple has removed the Financial Times app from the App Store, due to disagreements over in-app subscription payments. Despite winning an Apple Design award last year, Apple felt they could no longer play host to FT who were not content with Apple’s rule forbidding external links within an app to purchase content. “The FT iPad and iPhone apps will no longer be available to new users through iTunes,” said a spokesperson. “We are directing readers to the FT‘s new web app available at app.ft.com. iTunes will remain an important channel for new and existing advertising based apps.” FT has a HTML-5 based web app, which was launched in June to…
Cameron Wants To Block Rioters In England From Social Media – Why?
The FT Tech Hub has a great article today reporting how David Cameron wants the authorities to consider blocking social media access to individuals plotting further violent acts following a week of riots and looting on the streets of England. How would it be possible to only block individuals? Is this an infringement on society? What about all the legitimate users of Twitter, BBM and others? Should we all suffer due to a minority? In fact The Financial Times even points out today that Twitter has been as ‘effective in organizing clean-up efforts and ad-hoc support for those affected by the rioting than it had been in bringing looters out…
‘Steve Jobs – The American Dream’ By Obama
US president Barack Obama cited Apple boss Steve Jobs as an example of the ‘American dream’, saying that the incentive to be rich is a ‘good thing’ and part of the free market. “We celebrate somebody like a Steve Jobs, who has created two or three different revolutionary products. We expect that person to be rich, and that’s a good thing. We want that incentive. That’s part of the free market.”according to PCR today. Man Of The Year Meanwhile The Financial Times has given Steve Jobs their Man of the Year accolade. In particular citing the iPad as marking the moment when the ‘rebound’ in Apple’s fortunes “was complete”. The…
