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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, February 20, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "The story behind Apple's environmental footprint. Apple Reports environmental impact comprehensively. We do this by focusing on our products: what happens when we design them, what happens when we make them, and what happens when you take them home and use them." Apple 8:04 PM
  • "Apple Environmental Report Highlights Improved Carbon Footprint" The Mac Observer 8:04 PM
  • "Apple touts N.C. solar array in environmental footprint Report" CNET News 1:05 PM
  • "Apple paying out $15 to settle Antennagate" The Inquirer 8:01 AM
  • "iPhone 4 antenna lawsuits settled with choice of free Bumper or $15" Ars Technica 4:25 PM
  • "ABC teases the upcoming 'iFactory: Inside Apple' documentary [Video] 9 to 5 Mac 7:48 AM
  • "ABC peeks into Apple factory's working conditions" CNET News 9:55 AM
  • "Video: ABC takes a camera crew inside an iPad factory" Fortune 4:23 PM
  • "Apple plans environmental audits of China suppliers" USA Today 1:06 PM
  • "Apple's legal woes in China offer hope to rivals" Reuters 8:07 AM
  • "Apple wins first ITC patent bout with HTC" CNET News 8:09 AM
  • "iPad Owners Are Older and Wealthier Than Other Tablet Users" pocketnow 10:09 AM
  • "Apple iPad Owners Older, Wealthier than Other Tablet Owners: NPD/More than 40 percent of iPad owners have a household income of $100,000 or more, compared to 26 percent of non-iPad owners." eWeek 10:50 AM
  • "Apple workers in China get 25 per cent pay rise: Apple's main manufacturing partner Foxconn is paying workers up to an extra 25 per cent following widespread criticism of its labour practices." Telegraph 8:16 AM
  • "Apple faces its 'Nike moment' over working conditions in Chinese factories: Apple contractor, Foxconn raises wages by 25% after Reports of long hours for the hundreds of thousands of staff in China" The Guardian 1:45 PM
  • "FTC urged to probe Google's Safari-tracking gaffe: Choc Factory blames Apple's browser 'functionality' for ad slurp" The Register 8:17 AM
  • "Will the FTC Investigate Google's Safari Gaffe?" PCWorld 4:24 PM
  • "U.S. lawmakers want FTC to probe Google over Safari cookies: The lawmakers are concerned that Google may have violated a consent agreement it reached with the FTC last year" IDG News Service 10:21 AM
  • "Nielsen: 66% of Americans ages 24-35 own a smartphone" Fortune 8:30 AM
  • "The story behind Norman Seeff's iconic Steve Jobs photo: 'We were two guys goofing off having fun,' he recalls 28 years later" Fortune 8:16 AM
  • "One More Thing: Valve talks up 100-inch iPads" TechRadar UK 10:21 AM
  • "Adult industry taps pocket-porn market in iPhone4" Associated Press 10:09 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Panasonic to include trackpad remotes with top-end TVs" Register Hardware 11:42 AM
  • "Scientists develop computer-controlled intersections for self-driving cars: Crossroads of the future may be controlled by computers instead of traffic lights" Techworld 11:38 AM
  • "MIT scientists build wireless 'pharmacy on a chip' to replace daily injections: Device in conjunction with MicroCHIPS can be implanted into the human body to deliver medicine" Computerworld 11:37 AM
  • "Fujitsu tempts Europe to splash cash on waterproof mobes: Hopes quirky phones and slabs will swim rather than sink" The Register 11:42 AM
  • "Mozilla demands authorities revoke corporate SSL authority: Certificate authorities in breach of security policy, say open sourcers" Techworld 11:37 AM
  • "The guiding hand behind the revival of RIM's PlayBook" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:46 AM
  • "Eyeing OLED, Samsung Plans LCD Spinoff" FOXBusiness 10:45 AM
  • "LG's 5-inch Optimus LTE to come with NFC tags" TG Daily 11:40 AM
  • "LG Optimus Vu 'Phablet' Official, U.S. Details to Come" eWeek 10:35 AM
  • "Foxconn, Wistron to undertake ODM production of Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet" DigiTimes 10:31 AM
  • "Nokia Extends Gains on Trade-Show Re-Entry Plan: Helsinki Mover" Bloomberg 10:14 AM
  • "STMicroelectronics Names Arlati as CFO; Ferro Becomes COO at ST-Ericsson" Bloomberg 10:08 AM
  • "Sony targets hard-core crowd with Vita launch: High-end handheld console makes U.S. debut in shifting market" MarketWatch 12:09 PM
  • "Playstation Vita ready for Europe launch" BBC 10:02 AM
  • "What Honest Abe (And Other Presidents) Would Have Said On Facebook: In honor of Presidents Day, we imagine what the social networking updates from some of our commanders in chief would have looked like." InformationWeek 9:55 AM
  • "YouTube enlists big-name help to redefine channels" Associated Press 10:27 AM
  • "Google plots Chrome web password maker: Google is developing a password-generating tool that will bolt into its Chrome browser." The Register 11:44 AM
  • "Google Latitude Adds Leaderboards, Game-like Check-ins" PCWorld 11:11 AM
  • "Google Android Patent Filing Includes Voice, Pattern Unlock" eWeek 10:33 AM
  • "Chrome kingpin Pichai promises Android upgrades" CNET News 9:50 AM
  • "Barnes & Noble To Take On Amazon (Again) With A New 8GB Nook Tablet" TechCrunch 11:34 AM
  • "Foxconn, Wistron to undertake ODM production of Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet" ["Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has obtained ODM orders for 10-inch Kindle Fire from Amazon..."] DigiTimes 8:31 AM
  • "Google Developing Siri-Like User Interface for Google TV" Patently Apple 8:23 AM
  • "Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads" Yahoo! News 8:15 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Mac Geek Gab Podcast: MGG 382: iOS to Mac Syncing, Geocaching, Lion Finder & More" The Mac Observer 4:26 PM
  • "The Verge Interview: Marty Cooper, father of the cellphone" The Verge 1:45 PM
  • "Interview: The Omni Group's Ken Case" MacStories 10:07 AM
  • "IGG Software, iBank and its climb from one-man shop to Intuit competitor" TUAW 10:06 AM
  • "The new Message app for OS X can be confusing as it tries to merge 2 different messaging technologies, AIM and iMessage. We try to sort it all out" The MT Show 7:42 AM