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Your iPhone 4S may have already shipped. Here's how to check

by Steven Sande (Oct 11th, 2011)

I've been obsessing over the Apple Online Store's "Your Orders" page for the last two days, hoping that my iPhone 4S was on the way. But all I was getting was a "Preparing Shipment" notice, not a UPS or FedEx tracking number. TUAW reader Stephen M. was running into the same dilemma, so he ...

Customers begin to receive iPhone 4S shipment notices

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 10th, 2011)

The excitement surrounding the iPhone 4S continues to build now that pre-order customers are receiving shipping notices. Customers, particularly those on Sprint, are receiving shipping confirmation notices from UPS that their packages are being processed. Most packages are being shipped 2nd day ...

27 thousand South Koreans sue Apple over privacy concerns

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 17th, 2011)

About 27,000 South Koreans are suing Apple over privacy violations related to Locationgate, the location-tracking scandal that hit Apple earlier this year. Apple revealed that a software bug was collecting location information from cell phone towers and Wi-Fi hotspots and storing it on the ...

Daily iPad App: Delivery Status touch, A package tracker

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 15th, 2011)

Delivery Status touch is a package tracking app that's compatible with more than 30 delivery services worldwide including UPS, FedEX, and DHL. The app tracks multiple packages from multiple sources and looks great on the large screen of the iPad. To use the app, you must have packages with ...

South Korea to fine Apple over location tracking

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 3rd, 2011)

South Korea has fined Apple 3 million won (US$2,829) for the company's practice of tracking location information on the iPhone. The Korea Communications Commission investigated Apple after locationgate broke earlier this year. The agency found that Apple continued to collect user's location ...

Watch iPhone owners travel around Europe

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 15th, 2011)

Over 800 iPhone owners donated their location information to Michael Krell of Crowdflow. He took this data plotted it on a map and set it in motion. It's captivating to watch the firefly-like blips move here and there across the region. Check out the video below. [Via GigaOM] ...

Apple makes first 'locationgate' legal payout, less than $1,000

by Mike Schramm (Jul 14th, 2011)

Apple has made its first legal payout to an iPhone user after being accused of collecting and storing location data last year. A South Korean man is the recipient, apparently, of a settlement consisting of a whopping 1 million won, which only turns out to be about US$946 (as of this writing). ...

Maps+ adds tracking and location-based alarms to Google Maps

by Samuel Gibbs (May 27th, 2011)

Maps+, a new mapping app for the iPhone and iPad, has just been released. Developed by IZE, Maps+ uses Google Maps data, meaning you must have a data connection for it to work, but it adds a couple of interesting location-based features into a customizable interface that you can't get in the ...

iOS 4.3.3 to fix location tracking issue, due soon

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 2nd, 2011)

A rumor out of BGR suggests iOS 4.3.3 will land in the upcoming weeks. As expected, the update will fix the location tracking issue that blew up last week. In this public debacle, Apple confirmed cell tower and Wi-Fi hotspot information was being stored on the iPhone and 3G iPad to improve ...

Apple responds to location tracking controversy

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 27th, 2011)

This morning, Apple officially responded to the location tracking controversy that has plagued the Cupertino company. [Apple executives, including Steve Jobs, spoke on the record with AllThingsD about the issue.] In a press release, Apple asserted that it is not tracking user locations (despite ...

Apple slapped with federal lawsuit over location tracking

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 25th, 2011)

Well, you knew this was coming. After all, suing Apple has become something of a favorite past time for individuals and companies. Bloomberg reports that two iPhone users have filed a federal lawsuit against Apple alleging invasion of privacy and computer fraud regarding the iPhone's ability to ...

Mobile Safari's privacy settings give web marketers headaches

by Chris Ward (Mar 19th, 2011)

Those who make their money by working out who sent you to visit which websites via what adverts are scratching their heads and popping the Advil over what to do about Mobile Safari, which automatically blocks third-party cookies by default. This makes it difficult for ad servers, tracking ...

How to go music hunting for Shazam and Pandora

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2011)

The New York Times has an interesting writeup of a growing new trade built around services commonly used as smartphone apps: music-tracking, or music-identifying services. You've probably played with Pandora or Shazam on your iPhone already, and the article profiles just how all of that music gets ...

Macworld Expo 2011: Smart Technologies' interactive whiteboards

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2011)

One of the most interesting booths at last week's Macworld Expo was that of Smart Technologies, who were showing off their interactive touch surface systems. These aren't necessarily Mac-related, unfortunately -- the equipment Smart sells is just an interface, or rather a series of interfaces ...

TUAW's Daily App: Cashish

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2011)

Whenever we TUAW bloggers all get together, we tend to pass around our favorite iPhone apps of late, and this week at Macworld has been no exception. Last year at WWDC, Victor Agreda recommended Taxi Magic, and this year at Macworld, our own Mike Rose told me about Cashish, a financial app with ...