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What really happened with Wi-Fi on the iPhone 4

by Mike Schramm (Jun 11th, 2010)

WWDC is wrapping up here in San Francisco today, and after a week of having most of the best Apple developers in the world all in one place, we're hearing some speculation and solutions for what happened to Steve Jobs on stage Monday. He had Wi-Fi issues while accessing the New York Times website ...

Rumor: Apple working towards putting background processes on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 18th, 2009)

Apple's push notifications sure are neat, but they aren't the brass ring for developers on the iPhone. That, so far, would be background processes. And while Apple has said that background processes would just be too much of a drain on the iPhone's battery, that doesn't mean they don't want them, ...