A privacy concern over iOS app Path uploading users’ address book contact information to its server has caused the developers to take action and explain why it has done so. Dave Morin, CEO of Path, has apologized today for his company’s actions in this matter, and assured users within his apology that Path is committed to protecting its users’ privacy.

Users of the iOS app Path should be concerned about the app’s newly discovered privacy issue, in which it sends a .plist file full of the contacts in your address book over to their server. Included in this .plist file are the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of these contacts, and they are sent upon registering for an account with their service.

Many years ago, back when lamp-style iMacs were cool and iPods came in only one color, Apple promoted a vision of the Mac as the hub of the then-emerging “digital lifestyle.” With so much of the spotlight on iPhone OS products, there has not been a clear central pillar of this digital hub strategy. The recent release of Snow Leopard for Mac users, coupled with the just-announced iTunes 9, has refocused the digital hub strategy squarely on the Mac, and brought a wide audience some extremely cool features.

Apple currently ships a ton of full-fledged programs with Mac OS X. Safari, Mail, iChat, Address Book, and iCal are all great examples. As the operating system paradigm shifts, though, I think Apple could be the one to pull these apps all together into one really useful application that many people would rarely ever leave.

The Keynote may be the main attraction at WWDC, but there is always much more to come even after Steve leaves the stage. In today’s WWDC happenings, the Apple team detailed the server version of Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. The following comes from a MacNN report. “As with [Consumer Version of Mac OS 10.6], more »

My Address Book is a mess, and I’ll be the first to admit it. I decided the app needed a bit of clean up, so I deleted contacts who I didn’t talk to anymore and I didn’t need. Of course everything was tidy, except for the actual addresses. That’s where PostCheck comes in handy, the more »