The Get a Mac ads have been laid to rest, but Justin Long isn't ducking out of the spotlight just yet. He sat down with Jimmy Kimmel last night to promote his new movie Going the Distance, in which he costars with ex-girlfriend Drew Barrymore, and ended up talking in length about a texting mix-up he encountered with a stranger (something you guys are familiar with).
But things got really interesting when he closed his text app, clearly displaying the Cydia application, which is used to load apps on jailbroken iPhones. Sure, jailbreaking is legal now (and quite a few of you are into it), but is the Mac turning away from his roots by jailbreaking? Check out the entire clip of Justin on Jimmy Kimmel Live! after the break.
Sounds easy, but some folks have been complaining that it doesn't work, and after allowing the program to run, their iPhones become "bricked" (or rendered unusable). Seems pretty risky to me.
The US Copyright Office released updated versions of a few laws yesterday morning, one of which says that bypassing your mobile phone's restrictions (aka jailbreaking) in order to download apps or take your phone to a carrier of your choice
The US Copyright Office made big moves this morning when it announced