As an iOS developer I have a number of devices with which to test. Among those are FaceTime capable iPhones, but because I don't have a phone contract or data plan for them the FaceTime app isn't available to use. The reason is because Apple uses a specially crafted text message to activate the application. But because I don't have a carrier plan I can't ever receive it.
Except there's a loophole that I just discovered. You still have to go into Settings --> FaceTime and do the usual setup:
Turn FaceTime on.
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It's really interesting how technology has empowered people. We've seen it in the Arab Spring uprisings, people using cell phones and the Internet to coordinate congregating together and to share common ideas. Occupy Wall Street is no different. It is amazing to me what little camera-equipped cell phones have done in the way of citizen reporting. It is becoming increasingly difficult for police and authority figures to get away with much these days because of the diverse means of monitoring their activity.
Some have even gone as far as stitching these recordings together to give a more complete picture of what...
After reading the authorized Steve Jobs biography I came away impressed at the integrity he had with the products he created, even in those places where no one would really look:
When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried...