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Local Mobile Search » Facebook 3.0 Arrives in the App Store — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:48:29 +0000

[...] the time has come. Pretty much exactly in time for that two week turnaround estimate, too, despite fears it might not make it. Here’s a taste of what’s available with the new update: – See your upcoming Events and [...]

By: Meghann

Meghann — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:07:04 +0000

Yes, I totally agree with @BlackLeopard.

By: Facebook 3.0 Arrives in the App Store

Facebook 3.0 Arrives in the App Store — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:39:19 +0000

[...] the time has come. Pretty much exactly in time for that two week turnaround estimate, too, despite fears it might not make it. Here’s a taste of what’s available with the new [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:03:21 +0000

Man it’s finally nice to see people use there heads, most sites I read just bash the app store. I know the app store isn’t perfect but it’s also fairly new and it gets tons of traffic and new apps everyday. What would happen if Apple just allowed any app without checking them, maybe it sounds good to some people but what about Apple that will have to support all the problems it could cause (you know most users are clueless). The iPhone is in everyones hands now, non-technical people like the average soccer mom, grandparents and kids (they are lucky to sync it to itunes and know how to put a movie on it) they use it for facebook, twitter and texting.

I want my info to be safe, I keep lots of information on my phone, now that phones are more like computers.

I know it must suck for honest developers, but very rarely is business perfect and you can’t satisfy everyone.

By: John_B

John_B — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:17:20 +0000

“they assert that the average turnaround for an application – from initial submission to publication – is 14 days”

Given Facebook’s past data sharing sins, I could easily see their app taking two or three times that long. Someone has to be the statistical outlier, IMO that might as well be Joe Hewitt and his buddies from Facebook.

By: Allister

Allister — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:13:31 +0000

Excellent. I was looking for this comment. I thought ‘somebody has to have pointed this out already, surely’. Hewitt’s chances of getting it approved in 14 days are 50/50. It’s in the math folks.

By: The Burg

The Burg — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:31:03 +0000

Finally, someone who knows what they are talking about! An iPhone app runs in a sandbox and only has access to parts of the phone that Apple allows. The current Apple review process is cursory and is not going to pick up on if someone has found a way out of the sandbox. And they don’t appear to check network traffic – or they don’t care that some apps are sending out information that a user may not be expecting them to send. The 6 minute review is mainly to make sure it installs and runs on the phone/touch OS that you have specified and to make sure the content matches the rating you have provided.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:33:59 +0000

Right on. I’m not so sure about Facebook putting something in as malignant as a “keylogger,” but I certainly wouldn’t put it past them to put in some code that lifts personal info off the phone about the user that was not explicitly volunteered and uploads it to Facebook so that they can sell it to their marketing and advertising partners. After all, that’s where their income comes from. What we from them with the intrusive “Beacon” service (which was eventually tuned down after massive criticism) proves my point.

Besides, Facebook has tight integration with the Pre, running in the background no less. And I mean, the Pre is totally gonna take over the mobile landscape…right? :)

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:26:44 +0000

On the radio, yea! Wait…people still listen to the radio? ;)

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:24:22 +0000

@mech

First off, Facebook and Google have both been attacked quite often by critics and users for Big Brother-esque tactics and privacy concerns. That includes many of those millions of people who use them. I use Facebook and Google too, but it doesn’t mean I trust them. I’m not saying Apple shouldn’t lighten up their approval process, just clarifying the commenters points that you are attacking.

As for your own comment, particularly the part about “dumping ur shit on teh internets,” perhaps you could try checking the spelling and grammar of your own posts before you come on and criticize other people for “spew[ing] unrelated shit on the internets [...] it’s not a garbage truck.”