polydigm wrote:
PenguinInBondage wrote:
polydigm wrote:
The only thing that pisses me off is an iTunes thing. I just paid $11.99AU for this little sucker at a time when the Australian dollar is worth more than the US dollar.
Wow, that
does suck! Are most items in iTunes completely over-priced in Oz then?
I've told this story elsewhere, but one weekend I decided to get with the 21st century and download a whole bunch of stuff instead of going down my usual ordering of CDs route and discovered I couldn't download from the US or the UK because of territory rules (totally sucks of course, so much for "free" enterprise). Then I discovered the prices of downloads at iTunes in OZ are just ridiculous. So I ended up buying four CDs from Amazon UK, got free postage and ended up paying less than I would have for the downloads. Absurd. I'm an Apple Computer fan, but they can take their iTunes OZ store and hang it in their ass.
In light of the recent release of Penguin In Bondage through iTunes, this is appropriately ironic....
Apple approves prostitution-friendly apphttp://digitallife.today.com/_news/2011 ... ?gt1-43001After June 1, it'll be possible to hire a prostitute using an iPhone app.
According to ZDNet, dating service Sugar Sugar has managed to get Apple to grant its app a spot in the App Store. The curious thing about this news is that Sugar Sugar is not an ordinary dating service. Instead of putting together people who are simply seeking traditional relationships, it links up sugar daddies — wealthy men who are willing to shower young women with money, gifts, and other compensation in exchange for companionship — and their so-called sugar babies.
In more blunt terms: The service helps prostitutes and their clients connect.
We've certainly heard about such services in the past — WhatsYourPrice.com, Craigslist's darker corners, and an assortment of shady "dating" websites come to mind — but Sugar Sugar's app is headed to Apple's App Store, a place known for its strict guidelines and approval process:
The SugarSugar Dating App will be available for download on June 1st through SugarSugar.com and iTunes, and will be compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry devices. The app will use GPS technology to instantly identify those seeking ‘mutually beneficial’ arrangements within the user’s vicinity. After ‘checking in, the application will map out the profiles of nearby members. Users will be able to trade stats, show photos or send messages to arrange an effortless rendezvous.........
yikes

there's an app for that?