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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, April 27, 2014
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "iPhone scammers allegedly use homeless to profit in Apple stores" CNET 3:34 PM
  • "Grand tour of the Apple retail palaces of Europe: London/Selling iPhones and iPads in an Italianate Piazza with a colorful history." Fortune 4/26
  • "Nike FuelBand Reveals New Truth Of Competitive Advantage: Nike's acknowledgement that it is slowing down its commitment to making wearables (the FuelBand), covered by Parmy Olsen here, has added to speculation that Apple will launch its iWatch later this year." Forbes 4/26
  • "Nike CEO: Software Is a 'Bigger and Bigger' Deal After FuelBand" Time 4/26
  • "Nike's CEO is 'excited' about partnering with Apple for possible iWatch" Cult of Mac 4/26
  • "After Shutting Down FuelBand, Nike Is Looking To Expand Software With Apple" AppAdvice 4/26
  • "Comixology removes in-app purchases to avoid paying fees to Apple" The Verge 4/26
  • "Comixology updates iOS app, removes in-app comic purchasing" Macworld 4/26
  • "ComiXology launches new read-only app following Amazon acquisition" iDownload Blog 4/26
  • "How Apple's cafeteria inspired this Kickstarter smart food scale" Cult of Mac 4/26
  • "Apple, Samsung dispute tentative juror verdict form in California patent trial" AppleInsider 4/25
  • "The crazily complex damages form patent jurors will have to complete" 9to5Mac 4/25
  • "Apple's iTunes Targeted in new Patent Lawsuit" Patently Apple 4/25
  • "c4cast.com Hits Apple with iTunes Patent Infringement Lawsuit" The Mac Observer 4/25
  • "iPad is crushing all its Android rivals combined in web traffic" Cult of Mac 4/25
  • "iPad takes 77 percent of North American tablet traffic in April" Electronista 4/25
  • "Apple Will Recycle Your IPhone for Free, Or Most of It" Bloomberg View 4/25
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook Auctions Charity Lunch Date for Human Rights" The Mac Observer 4/25
  • "Caught on camera: 9Wants to Know exposes 'iScheme'" KUSA 4/25
  • "TV Reporter Exposes Shady iPhone Resellers" ifoAppleStore 4/25
  • "Southeast Asia May be Apple's Next Hot Market" MacTrast 4/25
  • "BOXX belittles Apple's Mac Pro in new commercial (with Video)" MacDailyNews 4/25
  • "Software is 'bigger and bigger' deal for Nike: CEO" CNBC 4/25
Non-Apple News
  • "Samsung Breaks Into A New Product Category: Premium Headphones And Audio Devices" Business Insider 8:47 PM
  • "Polymer droplets turn smartmobes into microscopes" The Register 8:08 PM
  • "Few Consumers Are Buying Premise of Mobile Wallets" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:54 PM
  • "Kantar: Windows Phone 'Stutters' Amid Android Price Competition, iPhone 5S Is Apple's Buffer" TechCrunch 7:51 PM
  • "Supreme Court to rule on warrantless searches of electronic devices" Ars Technica 5:31 PM
  • "The sweet sound of... your mobile phone? Ring-tones: aural delight or irritation in its purest form? Ivan Hewett investigates" Telegraph 11:22 AM
  • "Speed reading apps may kill comprehension: Lots of words going in won't necessarily mean lots of meaning extracted." Ars Technica 11:21 AM
  • "Facebook-funded Silicon Valley police station, with free Wi-Fi, opens: Rich Menlo Park accepts $600,000 to re-open substation in poorest part of town." Ars Technica 4/26
  • "Google Wins a Pyramid Tablet Stand Design Patent" Patent Bolt 4/26
  • "Microsoft Patent Reveals 3D Interactive Display System" Patent Bolt 4/26
  • "Atari E.T. games, buried for 31 years, set to surface at last" CNET 4/25
  • "LG Files Trademark for 'W Watch' with Very Interesting Features" Patent Bolt 4/25
  • "GameStop Plans Store Closures as Business Shifts: GameStop plans to make large expansions of its Simply Mac and Spring Mobile stores." PC Magazine 4/25
  • "Microsoft may halt Xbox One production as inventory piles up" BGR 4/25
  • "With HBO deal, Amazon Fire TV gains an edge: Exclusive content deal makes select programing available to Prime Instant Video users." Fortune 4/25
  • "Mozilla to strengthen SSL certificate verification in Firefox" PCWorld 4/25
  • "With Gundotra out, changes likely for Google+: Google's social network will have to move on without its champion" Computerworld 4/25
  • "Google's mulling Wi-Fi for cities with Google Fiber" PCWorld 4/25
  • "More evidence Google is planning its own Wi-Fi networks in Fiber cities" 9to5Google 4/25
  • "California legislature rejects smartphone 'kill switch' bill" Electronista 4/25
  • "Smartphone Anti-Theft 'Kill Switch' Bill Fails in California" Associated Press 4/25
  • "If we are in another tech bubble, the FCC just burst it" The Inquirer 4/25
  • "Google+ daddy Vic Gundotra's exit: Job's done on 'network thingy'/Heads off into sunset... as Choc Factory munches on pile of IDs" The Register 4/25
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Supermarket tablets, Apple results, and cord cutting UK style" [Podcast] TechHive 4/25
  • "Apple's Stock Goes Split Plus Smart Ways To Save On Your Next Mac On The CultCast" Cult of Mac 4/25