California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced today that Apple has agreed to better protect iOS users’ privacy by disclosing the permissions an App Store app will require before a user downloads or purchases an app.

“Your personal privacy should not be the cost of using mobile apps, but all too often it is,” said Attorney General Harris. “This agreement strengthens the privacy protections of California consumers and of millions of people around the globe who use mobile apps,” Attorney General Harris continued. “By ensuring that mob…

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Apple agrees to disclose app privacy permissions before download or purchase
Rene Ritchie – tipb.com

DataLocker (Free) by AppSense locks any new files you add to your Dropbox account. Similar to other data locking apps, such as iLocker, any sort of files you want kept away from prying eyes can be locked tight.

While this app is simple to use once you get it up and running, it’s not as intuitive for setting up. It would be nice if directions were included inside the app. I had to revisit the App Store site to figure out how to actually use it.

The…

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DataLocker Keeps Files For Your Eyes Only
Brent Dirks – appadvice.com

Connecting via Wi-Fi is the top technical problem facing iPad 2 owners, according to a study by technical support help website FixYa.com.

Approximately 35 percent of iPad 2 owners in the study have issues with the tablet’s Wi-Fi. The top fix for the issue is to just turn the device’s Wi-Fi off and on. Another possible fix for the issue is to renew your DHCP lease, which can be done by choosing the “Renew Lease” button after selecting your network in the W…

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Study Looks At Top Technical Issues Facing iPad 2 Owners
Brent Dirks – appadvice.com

Cinderella – Nosy Crow animated picture book is one of many iPad versions of the classic story of Cinderella. In fact, a search for Cinderella in the iPad App Store yields 178 results. Nosy Crow’s version has won much critical acclaim and numerous awards – here’s its App Store page intro:

Created in HD especially for iPad.
Nosy Crow’s Cinderella app lets you play inside the story. Beautiful illustrations, exciting animation, and original music make this a picture book app at its best.

My 8 year old daughter had a couple days off school rec…

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iPad Books for Kids: Cinderella by Nosy Crow
Patrick Jordan – ipadinsight.com

Storify is an interesting, blogging-like platform that lets you tell your story by mixing together media from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and the web. The website has been around for a little while, but now it’s also available on the iPad. Since most of the media included in your stories originated from a mobile device, it only makes sense to make the creation of these stories mobile as well.

Creating a story is simple. On the right side, you’ll gain quick access to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and the web. Find a tweet or photo that you want …

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Tell the story of your social streams with Storify for iPad
Leanna Lofte – tipb.com

Concluding our announcement of yesterday’s iPad trademark developments, I wrote that “Proview clearly hasn’t the means to afford a drawn-out, months-long legal battle with the richest company in the world.”

Apparently, they don’t have whatever common sense or rationality it takes to settle the case, either.

While we expected the beleaguered Chinese company to come to the bargaining bench with a realistic (or, at least, a marginally realistic) o…

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Proview Suing Apple For Billions, Won’t Settle For Less (Except That Of Course They Will)
A.T. Faust III – appadvice.com

Even as Apple is preparing to open its first Dutch retail store in Amsterdam on March 3, the company is moving closer to expanding its international reach even further as it has updated its Swedish jobs site with new postings for the complete range of retail positions.

We noted last November that Apple had filed a business registration certificate for Apple Retail Sweden, offering support to rumors that Apple was looking to open a retail store in Stockholm.

While the new listings do not specify Stockholm as the location for the forthcoming store, Stoc…

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Apple Begins Hiring for First Swedish Retail Store [Mac Blog]
Eric Slivka – macrumors.com

Once again it’s Understudy Wednesday on TUAW TV Live, meaning you get a bonus dose of TUAW Talkcast host Kelly, and co-host (or partner in crime, depending who you ask) Doc Rock.

Since Apple didn’t have the decency to consult the TUAW TV Live schedule, they released Mountain Lion the day after last week’s show so this we’ll be talking about that and any other news and hardware or demos that Kelly and Doc come up with before the show starts.

Below, you’ll find a Ustream livestream viewer and a chat tool. The chat tool allows you to participate by asking questio…

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TUAW TV Live at 5pm ET: Mountain Lion Edition!
- tuaw.com

Warner Bros. has just released Midway Arcade in the New Zealand App Store.

The game features a beautiful arcade room display, each running classic Midway titles such as Rampage, Joust, Spy Hunter, and more.

Midway Arcade includes 10 free games while you can purchase two other game packs, each consisting of three more classic titles. No prices are showing up for any in-app purchases on the app’s iTunes page, so lets hope they are unlockable with coins or some other f…

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Blast From The Past: Midway Arcade Revives Retro Titles For iOS
Ammaar Reshi – appadvice.com

FDG Entertainment appears to be taking a short break from their normally colorful and family-friendly games with the release of Clear Vision. Fully titled Clear Vision (17+) to emphasize the mature rating, this new game is entirely focused on violence. I say again, this is a game for adults only.

Based on the Adobe Flash game of the same name, Clear Vision for iOS tells the story of a disgruntled employee gone “postal.” Tyler was an employee pushed too far and now he&…

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FDG Temporarily Turns Away From Cheery Titles To Release A Port Of Clear Vision
Casey Tschida – appadvice.com