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The majority of the internet community is taking a stand against SOPA/PIPA which attempts to fight copyright infringement through Internet censorship, and bypass the due process of law by allowing all

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Fing-Fong-Fooey

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Test your web browser for WebSocket supp

Google announced an improved way for a web application to communicate with a server. The new method is called WebSockets. You can read more info here on WebSockets. Here is a quick test to see if your

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Adding Costco Gas Stations to Google Map

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WebSockets supported in iOS 4.2

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Posted by Jim Bergman on November 26, 2010 at 12:50 am

Apple released iOS 4.2 in November 2010, and part of that release was support for websocket in the web browser.

This was confirmed in a visit to a local Apple store. Here are some screencaps grabbed of the iPhone 4:

iOS 4.2 is also available for the iPad, which is a huge improvement. iOS 4.0 was only for the iPhone, and the iPad was still using iOS 3. Here are the iPad screencaps to confirm websocket support on the iPad:

Apple had websocket support in the beta of iOS 4.0, but removed it before release. Whatever reason it was not included iOS 4.0 must have been resolved in iOS 4.2.

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Tags: iOS, ipad, iphone, websocket

WebSockets NOT supported in iOS 4.0

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Posted by Jim Bergman on April 26, 2010 at 1:58 am

UPDATE December 2010: iOS 4.2 now has websocket support

UPDATE July 2010: since the beta 2 release of iOS4, Apple has disabled websockets support. A few readers pointed this out, so I made a trip to an Apple Store it run a few tests.