Apple orders iCab iOS browser to cripple JavaScript modules

The developer of iCab Mobile, a feature-rich alternative to the Safari Web browser on iPad and iPhone, has been ordered by Apple to remove its ability to download and install JavaScript modules.

Presumably it's not the fact that iCab can execute JavaScript that's causing Apple to apoplectically puff and splutter, but rather its ability to download modules. Both Apple and Google frown upon apps that contain market-like functionality, and someone at Apple probably thought that iCab's JavaScript modules looked like a bit too much like discrete apps.

Alexander Clauss, iCab's developer, has rather a lot to say on the matter. "Maybe if I would have called the modules 'smart bookmarks' and would have made installing them much more complicated, Apple would have never asked to remove the ability to download them from the internet. The great user experience of installing modules has probably created a suspicion that these modules are more than just a piece of JavaScript code. From a pure technical point of view, if Apple does not allow to download modules (JavaScript code), Apple would also have to disallow to load web pages in general, because these do also contain JavaScript code."

In conclusion, to circumvent Apple's draconian decree, iCab Mobile now simply comes bundled with some 20 JavaScript modules. The ability to download modules made by third-party developers has been disabled, however -- but even then, Clauss says that you can simply contact him and ask for your module to be bundled with the next version of iCab.

Download iCab Mobile for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch ($1.99)

Apple orders iCab iOS browser to cripple JavaScript modules originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC Sensation Accessories Roundup

The best accessories for your HTC Sensation

HTC Sensation Accessories

Upon getting your HTC Sensation you might wonder what additional accessories may be beneficial for you and your device. What style case? Replacement or extended battery? Car charger or wall charger?  These are all pretty common questions, and we're here to help you make those decisions on accessories for the HTC Sensation a breeze.

Before we begin, let's look at the top four best selling HTC Sensation accessories:

Check past the break for our full roundup on the hottest HTC Sensation accessories.

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iPad Giveaways ? real or fake?

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First Look: Kelly Clarkson Releases The Album Artwork For Her New Album ?Stronger?

Last month we got our first look at the single cover artwork for Kelly Clarkson‘s new track Mr. Know It All and we learned, then, that Kelly‘s new album Stronger was set for an October 25th release. Today we get a double dose of good Kelly news … first, we learn that the album release [...]

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Neil Diamond Engaged To Katie McNeil

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First Look: Kelly Clarkson Releases The Album Artwork For Her New Album ?Stronger?

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Ryan Gosling "Embarrassed" He Broke Up Street Fight

Ryan Gosling "Embarrassed" He Broke Up Street Fight

Ryan Gosling is suddenly wishing he had a secret identity. Ever since a video of Gosling breaking up a New York City street fight hit the Internet, the Drive actor has been called a hero everywhere he goes. But in a new video interview with MTV, he says he's just "embarrassed" by the whole situation. Watch below!
 

"I'm embarrassed... I think the guy really was stealing that other guy's painting, so I should have just kept my nose out of it," says Gosling of the dispute, which was caught on camera by a bystander. (The video shows a street vendor chasing down and punching a man holding a painting.)

"It was sad, because it turns out that I said to the guy, 'Why are you doing this?' He said, 'Well, he tried to steal my painting,'" Gosling recalls. "I said, 'How do you know?' and he said, 'Well, he comes here every day and looks at my paintings,' which means the guy was a fan, and so he wanted the painting so bad he had to steal it because he couldn't afford it."

"So he finally steals the painting, and then he's getting his ass kicked by his hero, and then the guy from The Notebook shows up and makes it weirder," Gosling concludes with a sigh. "Nobody wins."

Gosling says that testosterone is partly to blame for his actions, since he was "all stretched out" and "warmed up" since he had just came from the "gymnasium" (yep, that's what he calls the gym). Incidentally, that's also his excuse for the odd tank-top-and-capris outfit he was sporting when he broke up the fight.

"I'm sorry. I just came from the gym," he says in a separate interview with E!. "I don't wear cool stuff to the gym. Basically I get given free stuff. And that was one of them. I didn't know it was going to be everywhere. I would have worn a different outfit."

Is it weird that we find Gosling's humility even hotter than his heroic act? That guy can make anything seem sexy -- even a striped tank top.

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Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 on OS X or Windows with PwnageTool or Sn0wbreeze

iOS 4.3.1 jailbreakA jailbreak of iOS 4.3.1 is now possible with both PwnageTool on Mac, and Sn0wbreeze on Windows. RedmondPie -- who else? -- has some handy guides that you can follow for all iOS 4.3.1 devices on Windows, for iPhone 4 on OS X, iPad 1 on OS X, iPhone 3GS on OS X, and iPod touch 4G and 3G on OS X.

All iOS 4.3.1 jailbreaks are still tethered, meaning you'll have to jailbreak your device after every reboot. An untethered jailbreak is slated for release sometime in the next week -- but 4.3 was meant to have an untether, too, and that never emerged.

Maybe Apple's updated security mechanisms will finally keep hackers at bay!

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 on OS X or Windows with PwnageTool or Sn0wbreeze originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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