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iTunes fraud surge hits gift card balances, PayPal accounts

by Michael Rose (Jun 8th, 2011)

The frustration and questions surrounding iTunes App Store purchase fraud are (unfortunately) continuing. Over the past three weeks, we've received several first-hand reports of accounts with positive gift card balances being unexpectedly drained; often the charges are for in-app purchases for ...

John versus Joe: iPhone earnings smackdown edition

by Chris Rawson (Nov 16th, 2009)

Apple naysayers are a dime a dozen these days. I keep a few in my garage just so I can laugh at them when I wave my iPhone in their general direction and they all cry in unison, "The Zune phone is so totally going to be an iPhone killer. You know, if and when it comes out. Just wait and see." ...

MobileMe not so pushy

by Robert Palmer (Jul 15th, 2008)

Many commenters and bloggers hither and yon have noticed that MobileMe lacks "true push" capabilities, even though Apple uses the "push" buzzword extensively to describe MobileMe services. A commenter in a MacRumors thread about the subject took screenshots from Apple's site, showing they had ...

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