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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, August 22, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "How the mobile revolution will transform health care around the world" ["Mobile devices can also be used by the patients as they undergo procedures. For instance, Janet Blank, 65, used an iPad to distract her during knee replacement surgery, which enabled her to take a local anesthetic rather than be sedated. The iPad offers a 'flexible, portable and easily deployed distraction solution for patients choosing to avoid sedation,' according to the South West Regional Anaesthesia Group."]  CITEworld 7:59 AM
  • "iPad with augmented reality app assists in liver surgery" TUAW 8:22 AM
  • "Apple vs. Android: Calling all Wal-Mart shoppers!" Fortune 3:27 PM
  • "Apple Poaches Exec From Levi's For A New High-Level Retail Job" Business Insider 8:09 AM
  • "Apple hires Levi's senior vice president as part of retail team: Apple is believed to have hired former Levi Strauss SVP Enrique Atienza as 'a top director for its US retail market'" Macworld UK 8:22 AM
  • "Iowa high school equips students with 1,425 MacBook Airs in $1.4 million initiative" AppleInsider 3:14 PM
  • "First Seven Steve Jobs Schools Opened In The Netherlands" MacPrices 1:27 PM
  • "iPad and Samsung Galaxy Gain Market Share as Kindle Fire Sputters: Jumptap August MobileSTAT Illustrates Apple's Market Hold" Business Wire 8:49 AM
  • "Microsoft Mocks iPhone Camera Users With Funny New Lumia 1020 Ad [Video] iClarified 3:26 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "The Pentagon as Silicon Valley's Incubator" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:35 PM
  • "Pandora to drop 40 hour per month limit on free accounts just before iTunes Radio launch" 9 to 5 Mac 5:59 PM
  • "Pandora to lift monthly free listening limit ahead of Apple's launch of iTunes Radio" AppleInsider 8:53 PM
  • "Canonical CEO: Expect an Ubuntu phone in early 2014/Despite the failure of the ambitious and record-breaking Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding campaign, Canonical's Jane Silber says the future is ripe for innovation." CNET News 4:40 PM
  • "Samsung Invents Touch UI with Expandable Menu for Power Users" Patent Bolt 7:21 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "iMore show 361: Fall is coming" iMore 3:18 PM