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Hide your sexts, hide your pics -- Apple's patenting everything up in here! The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just approved a 2008 application from Apple to patent a parental control system, which can halt "objectionable" text messages from being either sent or received. The patent states that the control application uses "objective ratings criteria or a user's age or grade level" to filter texts.
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Watching Twitter tonight has taught me one thing, Phillies fans are a bunch of whiny dicks. But it's ok, every tank needs a bottom feeder.
And I thought I wanted to hug Johan last week. I think I'm officially in love.
Listening to Ra, glance at the notes and there's @AliveRecords. Nice cover, Mr. Boissel! @TheGloryFires #magiccityjams http://t.co/uT0M77VJ
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