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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, December 1, 2011
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "New Owners Survey Shows iPhone 4S More Popular than its Apple Predecessor" ["Overall iPhone 4S customer satisfaction ratings show a high degree of approval – with 77% of owners saying they're Very Satisfied and 19% Somewhat Satisfied with their new iPhone. Only 2% of owners say they are Unsatisfied with it."]  ChangeWave Research 7:38 AM
  • "30 percent of iPhone 4 owners paid early termination fee to upgrade to the iPhone 4S" Apple Gazette 6:16 PM
  • "iPhone 4S satisfies 96 percent of owners, researcher says" CNET News 8:02 AM
  • "iPhone 4S most popular iPhone ever: Apple's newest smartphone scores higher satisfaction rating than last year's iPhone 4" Computerworld 1:03 PM
  • "ChangeWave poll finds 96% of users satisfied with iPhone 4S" Fortune 8:04 AM
  • "ChangeWave: 77% of iPhone 4S owners 'very satisfied' but battery issues frustrate" The Next Web 8:36 AM
  • "Apple iPhone 4S really satisfies as iPhone 5, iPad 3 loom" Computerworld 8:55 AM
  • "Survey says: iPhone 4S owners love Siri, hate their batteries" SplatF 8:55 AM
  • "Siri plays a big part in iPhone 4S owner satisfaction" GigaOM 12:34 PM
  • "Lots of iPhone 4S buyers paid early termination fees for their new phones" Appolicious 8:38 AM
  • "iPhone buyers breaking their contracts to get latest model" CNET News 1:03 PM
  • "Best Buy recalls iPhone battery case due to hazard: Recalls about 32,000 Rocketfish battery cases" Reuters 10:23 AM
  • "Research and Markets: Apple Inc. - Strategy and SWOT Report: 93% Growth in Sales of iPhone" Business Wire 8:45 AM
  • "City Professes Its Love For Apple Stores: The city of Riverside (S. Calif.) has been trying to woo Apple retail to their city for several years, says mayor Ron Loveridge, but without success. Now the city has spent $3,500 and three weeks producing a Video that outlines the city's love for the company and its products, intended to convince Tim Cook et al to locate a store in the city." ifoAppleStore 8:27 AM
  • "Sweden Speculation Focused On One Building" ifoAppleStore 8:27 AM
  • "Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak to Talk Tech with Indian CEOs" The Economic Times 8:36 AM
  • "Sprint Rolls Out Network Improvements to Fix iPhone Issues" iDownload Blog 8:27 AM
  • "Another iPhone 4 Self Combusts Just Inches From Its Owner's Face" Cult of Mac 8:17 AM
  • "Another iPhone spontaneously combusts" TG Daily 8:58 AM
  • "Music to their ears: Smule to acquire Khush" Macworld 11:44 AM
  • "Music App-Maker Smule Adds More Voices, Buys Music App-Maker Khush" AllThingsD 10:23 AM
  • "Billy Graham, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama under consideration for first 'living persons or recently deceased' postage stamp" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 3:55 PM
  • "iPhone more searched than Kardashian on Yahoo in 2011" CNET News 8:04 AM
  • "iPhone tops celebs, news as most searched on Web" Reuters 1:02 PM
  • "Apple Premium Reseller Square coming to Harvey Nicks" Macworld UK 8:36 AM
  • "Daisey's 1-man Apple-bashing show to return to NYC" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:25 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Vending Machines Now Take Google Wallet Payments" [Video Report] MarketWatch 2:15 PM
  • "Google, Retailers in Talks on Fast-Delivery Service" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:40 PM
  • "Bitdefender releases Mobile Security for Android devices" V3 1:39 PM
  • "Awards show teases 'PS3 exclusive you won't believe'" TG Daily 1:28 PM
  • "Researchers eye lithium-ion battery breakthrough: Researchers from Northwestern University are working on developing a super-battery that can keep a cellphone charged for a week and be recharged in just 15 minutes." TG Daily 1:27 PM
  • "Graphene transistors compatible with living cells: A team at at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen says it's built the foundation for devices to communicate directly with the human brain." TG Daily 1:26 PM
  • "Gamepro becomes latest magazine casualty" TG Daily 1:26 PM
  • "The BBC Microcomputer and me, 30 years down the line" BBC 7:54 PM
  • "Geeks rejoice as BBC Micro celebrates 30 year anniversary: The home computer that launched a 100 companies" Techworld 1:24 PM
  • "Robots are now learning self-awareness. Next up, I-Robot?" PCWorld 1:23 PM
  • "Costly Kindle fight hurting Barnes & Noble" Reuters 2:27 PM
  • "Barnes & Noble Reports Q2 Net Loss Of $6.6M, Says NOOK Is Now A $220 Million Business" TechCrunch 1:19 PM
  • "Renesas Plans Upgrade for Japan Chip Production to Handle Major Earthquakes" IDG News Service 11:33 AM
  • "Skyrim update makes dragons FLY BACKWARDS: Magic mishaps, other glitches introduced by bug-fix" Register Hardware 1:35 PM
  • "Facebook was 'the first innovator in privacy,' COO says" CNNMoney 2:09 PM
  • "Facebook Boosts Character Limit to Over 60,000" PC Magazine 11:30 AM
  • "How Can This End Well? Acer's Ultrabooks To Cost $500 In 2013" Forbes 2:20 PM
  • "Acer to cut ultrabook prices to US$799-899 in 2Q12, says company president" DigiTimes 10:38 AM
  • "Intuit Plans to Offer Free Phone Tax Advice" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:41 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Mac|Life Show: MyPadLife" Mac|Life 10:07 AM
  • "Refurbished Mac buying guide" Macworld 10:18 AM
  • "External desktop hard drives buying guide" Macworld 9:08 AM