Comments on: Apple Cracks Down on DUI Apps

By: Slice984

Slice984 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:58:00 +0000

Agree – If you can use the App, you’re not THAT intoxicated. The government is just angry because it can’t get it’s claws into those slightly tipsy drivers it slams with big penalties and fees. Hey when you are running trillions of dollars in debt, you gotta shake the money tree somehow.

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Israel to Apple: Take down ‘Anti-Israel’ app - Technology Mobile — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:15:34 +0000

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Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:43:23 +0000

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By: Mobile Magazine

Mobile Magazine — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:03:00 +0000

It could backfire and turn into another TomTom incident with local authorities perhaps getting GPS coordinates of people using the DUI app.. http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/05/02/tomtom-caught-selling-customer-driving-activity-data/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:34:00 +0000

If people attempt to DRIVE while drunk, what makes you think they won’t use the app? I feel sorry for you if you find pushing a few buttons on a smartphone challenging.

By: New Apple Guidelines on DUI Checkpoints Apps – GPS Business News

New Apple Guidelines on DUI Checkpoints Apps – GPS Business News — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:26:46 +0000

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By: Apple Cracks Down on DUI Apps – Mobile Magazine

Apple Cracks Down on DUI Apps – Mobile Magazine — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:32:42 +0000

[...] Apple Cracks Down on DUI AppsMobile MagazineThe guidelines targets apps that promote drunk driving, like the DUI Dodger app, which notifies you where checkpoints have been set up to catch drunk drivers. According to the new guidelines, apps that reveal DUI checkpoints that are not published by …Trapster Pulls DUI Checkpoints To Avoid App Store Ban HammerCult of MacApple Bans DUI Checkpoint AppsPerezHilton.comApple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps from the App StoreHard OCPGCN.com -Techdirt (blog) -Social Barrelall 58 news articles » [...]

By: Reiseziel Der'Nacht

Reiseziel Der'Nacht — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:40:00 +0000

Here’s a thought: If you’re sober enough to use the app – chances are you’re not drunk in the first place. e.g. A drunk (Typically) is not going to have the frame-of-mind nor the motor skills to use the app in the first place.

*SIGH*