After two days in the subject hired hand of Messrs. Friedman andSnell , you ’re stuck with me again . Just in time to spill cloud licensing ( the effectual distinction between stratus and cumulonimbus cloud are really quite fascinating ) , Verizon ’s tiered datum plans ( your choice of large , superfluous large , or obviously idiotic ) , and Apple ’s latest trademark defense ( what is this “ App Store ” of which you speak ? ) . You ’re in good hands with the remainders for Friday , May 20 , 2011 .
Apple Secures Music for ITunes Cloud Service(Bloomberg )
Three of the four major record labels have supposedly signed on to Apple ’s rumored cloud euphony venture , the latest summation being Sony . Fortunately , Apple rode roughshod over the company ’s insistence that Sony music only be stream inATRAC .
Verizon eye syndicate data plans(Reuters )
Verizon is organise to follow up on earlier promises todeliver tiered datum plans for its wireless service , but part of that par may be family data plans . Under such plans , menage could conceivably pay for a exclusive pool of data to partake among multiple exploiter and multiple devices . Of course , they ’ll in all probability require you to validate that you’reactuallyfamily — call it the DataGenePoolPlus program .
Apple : An ‘ App Store ’ Is Not a Store for Apps(PCMag )
Apple has n’t yet game down on its attempt to trademark the term “ App Store , ” defend off its impending generalization . In its latest sound defense , the company ’s sally legal team writes “ Apple deny that , based on their coarse substance , the words ‘ app store ’ together announce a stock for apps . ” I mean , there are so many other things the actor’s line could refer to . Like a resort area . Or a wassailer strudel .
Apple , Facebook , Google seem at Senate privateness hearing(MacNN )
In an encore performance before a U.S. Senate subcommittee , Apple and Google reiterated their stances on mobile privacy , this time joined by Facebook . “ Apple does not track users ’ placement — Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so , ” testify Catherine Novelli , Apple ’s vice Chief Executive of political science affairs . Sure , whatever — that ’s what Steve Jobs read about a video - bring iPod . And face at the oppressive video - act as iPod regime we find ourselves in today .
