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Newspapers, take a hint from Playboy re. the iPad

Yes, the App Universe is a Universe where Apple is gatekeeper. The web is not.

Earlier today news broke that Apple was going to break its strict anti-porn rules to allow the full archive of Playboy magazine to be available through the App Store.

Turns out that news is wrong. Playboy will not get its skin mags into Steve Jobs no-porn zone, Jeff Bercovici at Forbes reports.

Instead, Playboy will offer a web-based subscription to its magazine. It will be iPad compatible, but it will not be the same as an iPad application.

Read more at www.businessinsider.com

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Not Everyone Can be Social

Just so you remember. Not everyone has an iPhone either.

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Over 25.3% of the worlds population who accesses the internet is affected by online censorship. In a recent 2010 study by OpenNet Initiative and Reporters with out borders discovered that there are 12 countries in particular whose governments have established some type of online censorship.

Read more at socialnomics.net

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Starbucks now accepting payments through iPhone app

This will work while we all wait for the Near-Field Communication chips to become commonplace in all phones.

Amplify’d from www.tuaw.com

We’ve covered the green lady’s apps before, and it was about eight months ago that the company expanded a small pilot program in Seattle and Silicon Valley to all of their caffeine-dispensing outlets in U.S. Target stores. Now you can pay for your Venti Double-Shot Caramel Macchiato by simply waving your iPhone — loaded with the Starbucks app — at that emo teenage barista who is trying very hard to look intellectual and off-put.

The payment system doesn’t use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to send your bank account numbers to Starbucks headquarters. Instead, the app is linked to your Starbucks Card account, and you use it to display a barcode that is unique to your account. Point that at the scanner in your Starbucks, and your digital wallet becomes magically lighter.

Read more at www.tuaw.com

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