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Apple know where you are and where you’ve been

Apr 21

Posted by Spock... in Technology | 4 Comments

Oh dear, Apple:

All iPhones appear to log your location to a file called “consolidated.db.” This contains latitude-longitude coordinates along with a timestamp. The coordinates aren’t always exact, but they are pretty detailed. There can be tens of thousands of data points in this file, and it appears the collection started with iOS 4, so there’s typically around a year’s worth of information at this point.

Your iPhone has been collecting your location data and Apple won’t tell you why.

And I thought Google was going to be Skynet

Apple defenders will probably ask what the big deal is, but your phone has been collecting your location without telling you, into a file you can’t control for a reason Apple won’t tell you. That is kinda a big deal.

Well worth watching the video of the geeks who discovered it.

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Delays

Aug 16

Posted by Spock... in Federal election 2010 | 2 Comments

More problems for Tony Abbott:

White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.

Could this be the end of the Boatphone?

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Welcome to the monkey house

Jul 30

Posted by Spock... in Society, Technology | 11 Comments

This morning, this country lost its shit. And the culprit?

Benevolent Overlord Jobs and the iPhone 4

Benevolent Overlord Jobs and the iPhone 4

People stood in line, in the cold, to make sure they were the first to fork over their money for this consumer electronic that frankly, isn’t that impressive. People were franticly running around cities to find the only outlet with stock. People were cancelling contracts and changing networks because their network had sold out of the iPhone 4. People were ultimately paying potentially thousands of dollars to get their grubby little (and probably over worked from masturbating) hands on an iPhone 4 the day it was released (as if no more stock will come and their life will be over if they can not have one).

Most of these people had perfectly good old model iPhones. Most of those people were only half way through their contracts and needed to cancel and pay out to upgrade. Or they will now just pay two phone bills.

These people will likely vote.

I think Futurama pretty much nailed it.

But anyway, in case you were wondering if you should buy an iPhone 4 on the day of its release or if you were considering buying one soon, I made a flowchart that should make your decision easier.

Should I buy an iPhone 4

You’re welcome.

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The real debate

Jun 22

Posted by Spock... in Site news, Society | 5 Comments

In response to last night’s exclusive leaders debate, and due to the suggestions of a few members of the Groupthink community, I am proud to announce that on Tuesday of next week Groupthink will be hosting the first ever “25-35, unmarried and childless leaders debate”.

Leaders of both political parties along with representatives of the minor parties have been secured for the debate* that will be held at an inner-city venue TBA.

The debate will be broadcast via an internet webcast which will be available for screening in pubs and coffee shops across the latte belt (registration details can be found here).

This exciting new format for political debate will allow viewers in the latte belt to submit questions to the leaders in real time via their iPads.

Unfortunately the web feed will not be available to the general public as the leaders will be specifically addressing the 25-35 unmarried hipster voting demographic and the webcast will only be available to approved and registered venues upon payment of a small fee.

The debate is already drawing much interest from childless 30-somethings, who hope many of the big issues facing the modern hipster will be discussed:

The thirty-something hipster vote is a powerful force. We care about the real issues – bad coffee, the limited numbers of hip brunch venues, the death of the inner suburban hipster pub, over-regulation of fixed gear bikes, and the shrinking supply of vintage clothes.

Undecided voters are already signalling that their vote may be decided by next week’s debate, said Harper of Northcote:

I’m so hungover, I’d vote for anyone.

Leaders of the hipster community could not be reached for comment this morning; incoming reports suggest this was due iOS4 being released last night. Reuters reported:

It is unclear whether their iPhone batteries have been drained flat, or if the hipsters are simply too tired to wake up after a sleepless night of furious masturbation.

Neither leader would comment before the debate, but members of both parties are claiming underdog status.

*This part of the post (along with most of it) is entirely fictitious.

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