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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, December 22, 2011
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Steve Jobs' legacy and the tech lessons of 2011" CNET News 8:02 AM
  • "iPad gets 83% satisfaction rating" The Loop 4:02 PM
  • "Distimo: Apple's App Store Still Beats Android On Revenues; Freemium Rules" paidContent 4:49 AM
  • "New iPhone? No thanks, say cash-conscious Europeans" Reuters 4:36 AM
  • "Apple at work in the kitchen" ["Indeed, the key reason why many people prefer apps rather than leafing through dog-eared pages of a cookbook is the step-by-step instructions with visual aids that help them learn as they go. 'As these apps become more widely available, everyone with a smart phone or iPad will use them,' says Paolo."]  Independent Online: South Africa 4:56 AM
  • "How much do the Chinese love their Apple iPads? A lot. Despite delayed launches, they download nearly as many iPad apps as U.S. users" Fortune 9:58 AM
  • "GCI buys 'thousands' of iPhones and other devices, memo says, in ramp-up of mobile newsroom tech" Gannett Blog 8:05 AM
  • "USA Today Parent Company Gannett Stockpiling iDevices for Journalists" MacTrast 8:05 AM
  • "1976 letter calls 21-year-old Steve Jobs a hard bargaining, secretive 'joker'" AppleInsider 4:01 PM
  • "HTC Announces It's Completed Patent Workaround" iDownload Blog 8:03 AM
  • "Apple advertises Boxing Week iTunes sale in Canada, 69-cent songs and albums from $5.99" 9 to 5 Mac 4:36 AM
  • "Steve Jobs to get Grammy for revolutionizing music" Reuters 9:52 PM
  • "iPhone 4S gets creamed by huge truck, keeps ticking" CNET News 3:49 PM
  • "More Picture-Takers Are Phoning It In" AllThingsD 11:58 AM
  • "Smartphones killing point-and-shoots, now take almost 1/3 of photos" GigaOM 1:48 PM
  • "Apple drops 180-day deadline for Complete My Album discount" SlashGear 8:02 AM
  • "Video: Santa's Digital Downtime" AllThingsD 4:03 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Seagate backup biz deletes name, restores EVault brand" The Register 11:17 AM
  • "Nintendo finds a way to patch Wii Zelda game" TG Daily 11:16 AM
  • "Paint-on solar cells could power homes: Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have developed a 'solar paint' that could be slapped on the outside of a house to help generate power for the devices inside." TG Daily 11:15 AM
  • "Verizon To Launch a Home Media Server In 2012, Plans To Eliminate Set-Top Box" TechCrunch 11:12 AM
  • "3D Printing: A Technology Awaits its iPad Moment" Computerworld 10:55 AM
  • "Cricket Becomes Fourth U.S. LTE Carrier" PC Magazine 10:54 AM
  • "Sony Xperia Starting Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade in March" eWeek 10:31 AM
  • "Self-healing system repairs broken wires, traces" EE Times 10:31 AM
  • "Amazon separates servers from IP addresses" ZDNet UK 11:29 AM
  • "Amazon adds networking tools for private clouds: Enterprises will be able to connect two virtual networking interfaces to one cloud instance" IDG News Service 10:22 AM
  • "Nimbula Launches Cloud Migration Service: Startup urges enterprises with systems running in public clouds to move their workloads to in-house private cloud environments." InformationWeek 10:43 AM
  • "RIM: Boy Genius Says Development Issues Delayed BB 10" Barron's 11:38 AM
  • "RIM BlackBerry 10 Doesn't Work, Says Insider: BlackBerry 10 is delayed because the software isn't ready, an inside source says, not because the company is waiting for a new chipset as RIM CEOs claim." InformationWeek 11:42 AM
  • "Nintendo's President Expecting a Strong Holiday and Says What He Really Thinks of Zynga" AllThingsD 9:46 AM
  • "Cellphone Jugglers Seek Best Deals" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:40 AM
  • "Nest Thermostat Teardown Reveals Beautiful Innards, Powerful ARM CPU, Zigbee Radio" TechCrunch 10:04 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Mac Geek Gab Premium Podcast: MGG 371: Managing Your Media, Viruses, Cool Stuff Found" The Mac Observer 4:14 PM
  • "Ask Dave Podcast: Change the Color of an Area without Making a Selection" Layers Magazine 10:54 AM