Lady Gaga's Pro-Gay Marriage Tweets Too Hot for Apple's New Music Service

Apple is notoriously squeamish about gay-themed iPhone apps. This ambivalence seems to have made the jump to Ping, The music social network Apple announced today. In a promo screenshot, they censored Lady Gaga's tweets celebrating the demise of Prop 8. More »

Are Bono and Steve Jobs About to Go to War Again?

Broken friendships produce the bitterest feuds, which explains the big beef between Steve Jobs' Apple and Bono's Elevation Partners. Now Elevation is investing in Pandora, the beloved internet radio site edging ever closer to competition with Apple. More »

Apple's Store Might Have Emptied Your Bank Account

People are reporting their bank and PayPal accounts have been emptied by hackers via the iTunes Store. This has not been a good summer for Apple's self-made image of safety and security. More »
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Rogue Apple Exec Trashes Rivals' 'Mediocre Engineers'

It's amazing that Phillip Shoemaker still works at Apple. The app store director obsessed with porn and escorts, as we reported yesterday, has also used Twitter to attack execs at rival companies and media critics, we've learned. More »

Apple's 'Freedom From Porn' Enforcer Drawn To Porn Stars and Escorts on Twitter

As the director of Apple's app store, Phillip Shoemaker is responsible for enforcing Apple's controversially draconian policies on iPhone code and content. So you'd think he'd have done a better job cleaning the online skeletons out of his closet. More »

Steve Jobs Seizes Control of Advertisements, Don Draper Style

Apple is directly creating ads on the iPhone and imposing "tight control" over the creative process for its "iAds" platform, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The control-freakery has already driven away Chanel and delayed other campaigns. More »

Study: iPhone Users Have More Sex

Forget Old Spice deodorant—the best way to get laid is to tote around an iPhone, especially if you happen to be female. And while iPhone users are screwing like rabbits, Blackberry and Android users appear to relatively chaste. More »

How an Army of Junkies and Kids Enriches Tech Titans

The company behind Farmville is sealing a deal with Google and has been embraced by Apple and Facebook. That such companies would associate themselves with the exploitation of children and financially depleted addicts is alarming, even in hyper-aggressive Silicon Valley. More »

Steve Jobs' Secret Porn Experience

Steve Jobs has championed "freedom from porn," because, he suggests, pornography harms kids. But a technology broadcaster said he spent a porny weekend with Jobs—and Jobs' young family. More »

How Steve Jobs Usurped God, the Pope and All Things Holy

Apple is undermining American churches, say two Texas A&M professors, because Steve Jobs is on the way to replacing Jesus. Why would anyone think such a thing? Just look at the parallels. More »

AT&T's iPad Cover Up

AT&T is refusing to say how many iPad 3G customers had their private information compromised in a security breach last month. So much for the company's promise to "shed some more light" on the situation. More »

Don't Hold Your Breath for a White iPhone

Not that Apple obsessives need it, but here's a new conspiracy theory to chew on. Apple announced this morning it would be delaying production of the white iPhone until later this year. More »

Are Microsoft Execs In Open Revolt?

Having been surpassed by Apple in smartphones, tablet computers and even market capitalization, Microsoft is reportedly undergoing something of an internal crisis: Senior executives are said to want to push out CEO Steve Ballmer. Oh, the humiliation. More »

These iPhone Band Aids Push the Human Race Forward

Two Brooklynites designed mock Band-Aids for the iPhone 4's fussy external antenna, and sell them using Apple-grade hype: The Antenn-Aid is as revolutionary as Ben Franklin, with "world-class adhesion" and "colors you can see with the human retina." SOLD. [Bits]

The First Real iPad Magazine

Instead of porting print content to the iPad, as many old-school publishers are doing, the guys behind Flipboard decided to make something truly native to tablet computers. Not only is their app far more appealing, it's actually way cheaper. More »

When Steve Jobs Refused To Wear a Suit

It's no wonder Apple and AT&T can't cooperate to complete iPhone calls: The two companies can't even sync up over what to wear to their meetings. No one asks Steve Jobs to remove his black turtleneck. No one. More »

The iPhone 4, and its Controversies, Gets the Taiwanese Animation Treatment

Another "saw this coming" moment: the Taiwanese company famous for its animated reenactments of scandals—from the late-night wars to Al Gore—has made a new one about the iPhone 4 controversy—including the raid on Jason Chen's home. Video inside. [Gawker.TV]
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Steve Jobs: Relaxing in Hawaii?

As the iPhone's reception problems exploded into a major controversy, Steve Jobs was trying to enjoy a vacation on Hawaii's Big Island with his family, according to a spy who says he saw the Apple CEO at Kona Village Resort. More »

Someone's Leaking Apple's iPhone Bickering

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is famously ruthless about leaks of any sort. Which is why it's so surprising Bloomberg got so much information about internal Apple bickering over the now infamous iPhone antenna. Apple's wall of secrecy is eroding fast. More »

Is Apple Announcing an iPhone 4 Recall Friday?

Apple has invited members of the press to a "special press conference" this Friday regarding the iPhone 4. Friday is the day to dump bad news. Is this the iPhone 4 recall? More »