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Gizmodo’s Guide To IM Etiquette

Everyone has an obnoxious instant messenger friend. If you don’t, it’s probably you. Our parents didn’t come of age in the days of AOL, so it’s unlikely that they were able to pass on the finer points of internet manners.


October 21, 2010
Software

What Won’t Apple Allow In The New Mac App Store?

In news that will surprise absolutely no one at all, Apple has posted a lengthy list of qualities that will keep your software out their new app store. Check below for the most interesting (and the strangest) prohibitions.


October 13, 2010

Apple Throws The Rule Book At Music Stars

Rockstars are notoriously hard to control. Think of Axl Rose or Kanye West. Legendary artists play by their own rules: showing up late to gigs, mouthing off to fans or fighting record-label execs for getting in the way of music. Which makes it especially odd that Apple, for its new music social network Ping, would release a nine-page book of guidelines for artists planning to join the service.


May 7, 2009
Software

Stuff You Can’t Do on Windows Mobile Marketplace

Just so everyone’s clear up front, Microsoft has just come out with a list of twelve things they don’t want to see on the Windows Mobile Marketplace. It includes VoIP.