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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, January 23, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Survey: iPad Use Growing Among IT Pros" BYTE 5:54 PM
  • "Android stays ahead of iPhone surge in US (despite what Nielsen thinks): Though the iPhone did incredibly well in the past three months in the US – getting nearly half of sales – Nielsen's claim that it's 'catching up' with Android isn't quite right. Other platforms, meanwhile, have trouble"  The Guardian 10:28 AM
  • "Ovum thinks Android will top iOS in development by 2013" Electronista 10:43 AM
  • "Android to Top iOS In Developer Interest In 2012 [Report] ReadWriteWeb 11:41 AM
  • "Report: Android Will Replace iOS As A Developer Magnet This Year" OStatic 4:15 PM
  • "More Than Third Of iPhone 4S Buyers Coming From RIM, Android" Cult of Mac 11:42 AM
  • "Apple's Jobs to Obama: 'jobs aren't coming back' to U.S." New York Times 7:54 AM
  • "Tablet and E-book reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the Holiday Gift-Giving Period" Pew Internet 7:50 AM
  • "Pew: Tablet ownership doubled during holidays, bodes well for Apple's Q1" 9 to 5 Mac 7:50 AM
  • "iPad Leads Growth in e-Book Growth" NBC Bay Area 10:00 AM
  • "Tablet & E-Book Ownership Doubles Over 2011 Holiday" The Mac Observer 3:38 PM
  • "iPad a solid education tool, study Reports" Wired 10:27 AM
  • "iSuppli Predicts Windows Phone's Edge Over iOS by 2015" The Mac Observer 8:51 AM
  • "Apple's First Dutch Retail Store to Open in Amsterdam on February 18?" MacRumors 4:16 PM
  • "Virgin America Names Jet After Steve Jobs" MacRumors 4:17 PM
  • "Virgin America pays tribute to Steve Jobs with jet name" CNET News 7:57 PM
  • "Why Not an Apple Executive for RIM's CEO Job?" 24/7 Wall St. 7:49 AM
  • "App spotlight: British Airways' iPad app improves customer service (K4)" Computerworld 7:48 AM
  • "How I used Airbnb to fund a hit iPhone app—and you can too!" The Next Web 8:27 AM
  • "DLD 2012 – Drew Houston: 'Yes, Steve Jobs Called Dropbox A Feature'" TechCrunch 11:05 AM
  • "Teen's game app flies: Your average high school sophomore probably spends a lot of time playing Video games or using smartphone apps, but likely lacks the graphic design or project management chops to produce a game app of their own." Boston Herald 10:20 AM
  • "App spotlight: British Airways' iPad app improves customer service" Computerworld 11:04 AM
  • "Maker of taxi-ordering app myTaxi raises €10 million from Daimler, Lars Hinrichs" TechCrunch Europe 11:05 AM
  • "Samsung Galaxy S II voice text ad 'forgets' to mention Siri" Electronista 5:50 PM
  • "iPhone Users Get 'Samsunged' For Not Choosing Galaxy S II & Free Turn-By-Turn Navigation [Video] Cult of Mac 8:03 AM
  • "Samsung goes after Apple fans again in new commercial" Edible Apple 10:20 AM
  • "Actor Thomas Gibson is an iPhone shutterbug" USA Today 7:55 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Sesame Street's Digital Transition: Apps For The Juicebox Set" mocoNews 4:18 PM
  • "Cloud FTP Adds Wi-Fi to Any Hard Drive" Wired 11:28 AM
  • "MIT Genius Stuffs 100 Processors Into Single Chip" Wired 11:28 AM
  • "Big step towards Tricorder medical scanner" TG Daily 11:16 AM
  • "Tabletop Computer Knows You by Your Shoes: A system with foot-level cameras aims to cure the problem of multiple people using one touch screen." Technology Review 11:14 AM
  • "MoShare Lets You Share Web Content To Any Phone" Forbes 10:41 AM
  • "These semiconductors are cooled with laser light" TG Daily 11:16 AM
  • "Social-networking rivals take aim at Google's new search feature, offer free workaround" Silicon Valley 10:32 AM
  • "NY hotel boosts Wi-Fi with wall-mounted switches: The Mandarin Oriental deployed an access point in every room, along with ports for other services" IDG News Service 10:28 AM
  • "Megaupload hopes to be back online soon, but beware of scammer versions" Techworld 11:15 AM
  • "Storage sites unnerved by Megaupload action: The arrest of Megaupload's founders has led to other file storage sites taking action in an apparent attempt to protect themselves from legal action." BBC 10:13 AM
  • "Sony adds next-gen image sensors for smartphones, digital cameras" IDG News Service 10:28 AM
  • "Sony VAIO Series Gets Minor Facelift, Z Series Gets LTE" PC Magazine 10:56 AM
  • "Meet RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins: Says in video that BlackBerry maker needs to get more disciplined" Network World 11:02 AM
  • "Heins Brings Hardware Skills, 'Free Thinking' to RIM's Battle With Apple" Bloomberg 10:15 AM
  • "RIM's New CEO's Top Priority: BlackBerry 10" eWeek 10:35 AM
  • "Q&A: Android Design Chief Details Google's Mobile Future" Wired 11:28 AM
  • "Banned Android apps welcome in unofficial app store" MSNBC 10:55 AM
  • "Google bins products in New Years cull" ZDNet UK 11:33 AM
  • "Google Searches for Niche Role in Europe: New Head for Northern and Central Region Aims to Meet E-Commerce Needs of Businesses in Different Markets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:42 AM
  • "Hackers-for-Hire Are Easy to Find" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
  • "Wi-Fi 802.11ac to drive wireless HD Video in the home" CNET News 7:48 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Local newspapers for the iPad still leave a lot to be desired. Also, the controversy over Apple's new iBooks Author app appears to us to be overblown." The MT Show 8:02 AM