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Citigroup Upgrades Careless iPhone Banking App July 27, 2010 
Citigroup customers who do mobile banking on an iPhone should head to the Apple App Store immediately for an upgrade. A flaw in the Citigroup mobile banking iPhone app released in March 2009 causes personal information to be saved in a hidden file on the mobile device, the banking giant revealed in a letter to customers dated July 20, a day after it released an upgraded application.
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Who's the Big Winner in the Great iPhone Escape? July 27, 2010 
In a move sure to please all super geeks in the United States, the Library of Congress' Copyright Office has made a key exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to let us legally jailbreak our iPhones. About freakin' time. Of course, the "anticircumvention" exemption isn't focused only on the iPhone, but in reality, what other smartphone has enough jailbreaking interest to catch much attention?
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iPhone Jailbreak Police Aren't Going to Bust You July 26, 2010 
In the obscure world of copyright law, it is now technically OK to jailbreak an iPhone. That's according to a Library of Congress ruling, which has designated replacing the operating system of the phone with a less restrictive one to fall under the "fair use" guidelines. Fair use is the standard under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that permits some specific uses of copyrighted material by non-copyright holders.
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The Social Network Half a Billion Love to Hate July 24, 2010 
"Incredibly dysfunctional" is not an option you can list as your relationship status on Facebook, but that seems to be the way to describe the site's relationship with its users. It's like an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend you hate so much but just keep going back to again and again and again, possibly because you can't find anyone better.
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Analysts Dash Cold Water on T-Mobile-iPhone Rumors July 22, 2010 
Speculation about Apple's plans for ending the agreement that makes AT&T the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the U.S. is heating up again. The guessing game went into full gear on Wednesday with reports of an anonymous source within T-Mobile saying there was an 80 percent chance that Apple would strike an iPhone distribution deal with that carrier by Q3 of this year.
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Apple Still Thinks It Controls the Customer Conversation July 22, 2010 
Every business needs to understand its audience in order to put together a social strategy that makes sense. A one-size-fits-all template fits no one in the social era. Still, there are some things that you don't do. You don't try to control the conversation. It is not yours to manipulate -- even in cases where the conversation is taking place in a community your company has created.
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Droid X Screen Problems Nipped in Bud July 21, 2010 
Even as Apple suffers the continuing pains of its iPhone 4 "Antennagate" brouhaha, it appears at least one competing device is now facing problems of its own: Motorola and Verizon on Tuesday acknowledged faulty screens on some Droid X handsets and offered affected consumers a free replacement device.
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iPhone and iPad Crackle, Mac Cruises, iPod Crumbles July 21, 2010 
Apple's third quarter, which saw revenues hit an all-time high of $15.7 billion, was fueled largely by sales of the iPad, iPhone and Mac lines. However, Apple has of late seemed to throw most of its marketing muscle behind the iPad and the iPhone 4, generally neglecting its former crown jewels, the iPod and Mac lines.
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'Antennagate' Postmortem: Apple Is Nearly Unstoppable July 21, 2010 
If Apple had a credo, the aphorism on its Cupertino headquarters might read: "Neither antenna problems or dropped calls, nor irreplaceable batteries, nor lack of a USB port or flash support, nor premium pricing, nor lack of a definitive jailbreak date for the iPhone can keep users from pre-ordering and purchasing Apple devices in record breaking numbers."
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My Futile, Frustrating Hunt for a Decent iPhone Case July 20, 2010
There's only one thing worse than the death grip that iPhone 4 owners face: a lack of good cases. I've been looking for decent case options since I bought my iPhone 4, and I've got to say, I think I could find a wild goose with less trouble. I thought I had basic requirements: thin hardshell case to cover and protect the backside glass along with raised edge coverage along the front.
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Apple Rivals Reject Tarring With iPhone 4 Brush July 19, 2010 
Apple's recent suggestion that the iPhone 4's reception problems are universal has stirred up a hornet's nest of protest among competitors. Nokia, RIM, HTC and Samsung have all fired back with responses since Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Friday presentation, many of them clearly annoyed at being drawn into Cupertino's "Antennagate" morass.
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Apple: Happy Now? July 17, 2010 
What do you call the iPhone 4 antenna ... thing? A disaster? A non-issue? Is it a tiny problem blown way out of proportion, or an embarrassing blunder from a company that's supposed to be known for genius engineering? Ever since users discovered that they could kill an uncased iPhone 4's signal simply by holding it a certain way, the company has faced its worst PR disaster in quite a long time.
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Apple's Gratis Bumpers: Case Closed? July 16, 2010 
At a hastily called press conference on Friday, Apple chairman and CEO Steve Jobs offered free cases to all iPhone 4 users to make amends for widespread complaints about the design of the smartphone's antenna, which causes it to lose signal strength when the phone is held a certain way without a case. Users who have already bought Apple's cases, called "Bumpers," will get the $30 price refunded.
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iOS Updates Do Little to Calm iPhone Antenna Storm July 16, 2010 
Apple released operating system updates for both the iPhone and the iPad on Thursday, on the eve of its emergency press conference about the iPhone's antenna debacle. The iPad 3.2.1 update addresses, among other issues, a problem with WiFi connectivity that surfaced in May. The iPhone update -- to iOS 4.0.1 -- is targeted directly at the snarled reception problems and how signal strength is displayed.
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The Sweet Smell of Social Media Success - and the Funk of Failure July 16, 2010 
How's this for tying together Old Spice's winning social media strategy and Apple's current iPhone problems: While the cologne and deodorant company is ending the week smelling like a rose, Steve Jobs' tech colossus is in danger of stinking up the joint. Follow along with me as I attempt to marry the two top tech stories of the past few days.
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Apple Disgruntlement Reaching Fever Pitch July 15, 2010 
It has not been a pretty few weeks for Apple. Almost immediately following its release of the iPhone 4, reception problems began popping up, with complaints quickly spreading online through traditional and social media. Then, came Consumer Reports' review of the phone -- which it did not recommend due to its antenna problems. The issue reached a crescendo as talk of a recall made the rounds.
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