iPhone and iPad users sue Apple over privacy issues

(Reuters) - A group of iPhone and iPad users have sued Apple alleging that certain applications were passing personal user information to third-party advertisers without consent, a court filing showed.


In the lawsuit seeking class action, filed in a federal court in California, the complainants sought a ban on passing of user information without consent and monetary compensation, according to the case document posted on scribd.com.

Along with Apple, maker of popular apps such as Textplus4, Paper Toss, Weather Channel, Dictionary.com, Talking Tom Cat and Pumpkin Maker were also named co-defendants in the lawsuit.
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How To Super Charge Book Sales

GET a distributor. My choice is LULU.  An Apple Approved iBookstore Aggregator. The choice is easy due to their current success, and the customer services is responsive to your every concern.

Did you know LULU has sold over 5,000 Lulu eBooks which have been purchased through the Apple iBookstore?  To learn more about LULU sales and how to get your books on the iBookstore explore their website.

Another benefit to listing with LULU  is your published book is added to Apple iBookstore's distribution which reaches internationally to distribution channels in not only the United States, but to Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

 

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ScienceDaily    - Human development scientists and computer game developers designed a video game that teaches kids how to resolve conflicts peacefully amongst themselves. Inanimate objects, such as pencils and erasers, come to life to lead players through a series of common scenarios in which arguments are about to occur. The player is prompted for the non-violent solution and is rewarded for choosing correctly.

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YOU Are the Product

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"My first job. I was in house at a fur company. This old pro copywriter, Greek, named Teddy. Teddy told me the most important idea in advertising is "new". It creates an itch. You simply put your product in there as a kind of calamine lotion. He also talked about a deeper bond with the product; nostalgia. It's delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, nostalgia literally means the pain from an old wound. It's a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn't a space ship. It's a time machine. It goes backwards and forwards. It takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It's not called The Wheel", it's called "The Carousel". It lets us travel the way a child travels; around and around and back home again to a place where we know we are loved."

Apple iPad iBooks: How To Get Your Book into the iBookstore

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To distribute your content on the iBookstore, you can work directly with Apple or with an Apple-approved iBookstore aggregator.

Aggregators can provide a variety of services, including helping you to meet the iBookstore's technical requirements, delivering your content, managing your content's metadata, and marketing. Please note that if you choose to work with an aggregator to distribute your content on the iBookstore, Apple's contractual and financial relationship is with that aggregator.


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Personal Branding How To - What you need to know now

Do You Need a Brand or a Personal Brand?
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On the surface, a brand and a personal brand seem so similar that it's not necessary to have two separate categories. In reality, they couldn't be more different. A brand is an image designed to appeal to the widest possible audience. It's an exercise in cautious messaging. In most cases, companies spend a lot of time and money developing a brand. Committees form. Focus groups meet. Stress levels elevate until the perfect brand identity emerges.


Personal brands would fail miserably if developed under the same process. Personal brands are multifaceted snapshots of an individual. In short, it is your personality on display in a public forum. It is not contrived. It happens organically. An abundance of caution is the wrong way to go here. Personal brands thrive under the risk of being completely transparent. In the ultimate of counter intuitive thinking, personal brands are most effective when they appeal to a narrow, passionate audience. Even passionate detractors of a personal brand are as likely to spread the personal brand's message as the followers.


There are exceptions, but rarely is it possible to have both a brand and a personal brand. They are just too diametrically opposed to work together in a successful manner. With a product on the market (whether it is a film, book, or music), the question presented is which brand type is appropriate for you. The answer in most cases is a personal brand. As an artist, you are looking for passionate followers. While they may love your art, they won't be part of your word-of-mouth campaign until they connect with your personal brand - you.


Creating a personal brand is both easy and scary. It.s easy because you are just being you. In essence, you are an open book. However, not everyone is going to like what they see, and that is the scary part. It's not fun being disliked, but it's what happens when you build a passionate following. It always comes with passionate dissent. That's when you know your message is getting out.


I would be remiss if I didn't offer a word of caution. Things said on the Internet tend to live forever on the Internet, and seep into "real" life. Don't compromise your future or your safety. Be passionate but don't be impetuous when building your personal brand.


So, go ahead, be yourself, and build your personal brand. The passion and sales will follow.

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