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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple's Siri faces another class-action lawsuit" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 9:05 PM
  • "Steve Jobs wasn't a fan of the Siri name: Steve Jobs, according to Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus, wasn't particularly fond of the Siri moniker" Network World 8:32 AM
  • "Siri co-founder: Steve Jobs didn't care for the name Siri" VentureBeat 10:06 AM
  • "Steve Jobs didn't like Siri's name, couldn't think of anything better" The Verge 12:16 PM
  • "Is Siri Not Feeling the Love?" [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:23 AM
  • "Infographic: Users Love Siri's Artificial Intelligence" LAPTOP Magazine 8:56 AM
  • "Two Years with The iPad– Distimo In-Depth Study" PadGadget 12:14 PM
  • "iPad users don't mind paying for news" GigaOM 10:06 AM
  • "Apple's iPhone now the 'digital camera of choice' among consumers" AppleInsider 1:15 PM
  • "Nokia won't license 'essential' patents if Apple's nano-SIM standard is selected" The Verge 8:57 AM
  • "Nokia stepping up Sim battle with Apple" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:09 PM
  • "Zuckerberg flies to Shanghai for Apple Store visit" The Register 7:45 AM
  • "This Software Can Extract Your iOS Device's Passcode, Contacts, Call Logs, And Even Keystrokes [Video] Cult of Mac 8:37 AM
  • "Oh, That 'Pull To Refresh' Thing In iOS? Yeah, Twitter Has A Patent App On That"  TechCrunch 8:27 AM
  • "Apple's Newsstand Brings in $70K a Day from Top Titles" Wired 8:57 PM
  • "Users spend $70K daily on iPad mags, newspapers" iPad.Blorge 9:48 AM
  • "How one city used smartphones to fix its streets" CIO 12:18 PM
  • "Apple iPhone/1 of 5 from 5 game-changers: Recent smartphone debuts that stood apart (photos)" CNET News 4:05 PM
  • "Chinese buy paper iPads for dead ancestor: Paper replicas of Apple's iPad and iPhone are selling like hot cakes in China this year as millions prepare to honour their ancestors in an age-old annual festival that has taken on a modern twist." Telegraph 9:53 AM
  • "China Gives Its Ancestors Paper iPhones, iPads To Use In The Afterlife" Cult of Mac 9:53 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Yahoo-Geddon: Leaders to Debate Layoffs, Asset Sales, Search Deals and More Today, as a Major Restructuring Looms" AllThingsD 1:04 PM
  • "Red Hat Becomes Open Source's First $1 Billion Baby" Wired Magazine 12:43 PM
  • "Raspberry Pi to get dedicated online store" V3 12:35 PM
  • "Vita games yanked after Sony discovers exploits" TG Daily 12:28 PM
  • "Meet Hume, a robot that runs like us: A group of researchers wants to build a robot that can run at high speeds over any terrain" PCWorld 12:26 PM
  • "Class-cutters beware: Student tracking chip debuts" [Video Report] MSNBC 11:35 AM
  • "Movement aims to decentralize the Internet" Motherboard 10:21 AM
  • "Flash Player 11.2 fixes critical vulnerabilities, adds silent updates: Adobe hopes the new automatic update option will help the company respond to Flash Player attacks more efficiently" IDG News Service 11:03 AM
  • "Adobe to charge Flash coders to use 'premium' features" CNET News 10:02 AM
  • "110,000 PC-strong Kelihos botnet sidelined" CNET News 10:01 AM
  • "A Cloud Operating System Takes Shape: Cloud storage company Box says it can offer a universal data store to unite data spread across different mobile apps." Technology Review 12:24 PM
  • "Rumors Swirl as Mark Zuckerberg Vacations in China" PC Magazine 11:45 AM
  • "Facebook Eyes Big Ad Opportunity From Log-Out Ads" Forbes 9:57 AM
  • "RIM's Q1 outlook expected to be weak as BlackBerry 7 devices age rapidly" ZDNet 12:48 PM
  • "New RIM Chief Will Step Into Spotlight: After Just Two Months as CEO, Thorsten Heins to Deliver Progress Report on Turnaround at BlackBerry Maker" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:40 PM
  • "Google's latest brainstorm: Analytics for the common folk/A new monthly dashboard service from Google will let users monitor their 'account activity.'" CNET News 1:08 PM
  • "Google I/O conference sells out in 20 minutes" The Register 12:30 PM
  • "Google+, developers hope to revolutionize video chat with new 'Hangouts' apps" Silicon Valley 12:14 PM
  • "Google Drive cloud storage 'might' be here in April: sources" MSNBC 11:34 AM
  • "Google gets lots of Play: Google is making its recently rebranded music, app and e-book store, Google Play, a top priority." Boston Herald 10:17 AM
  • "Google's $150 handheld device could trigger tablet war" New York Post 11:38 AM
  • "Google Scared This 27-Year-Old Entrepreneur Into Changing His Idea — Now His Company Is Worth More Than $500 Million" Business Insider 9:55 AM
  • "Nokia Pushes Its Emerging Market, Low-Cost Strategy With The 800C, China's First CDMA Windows Phone" TechCrunch 12:23 PM
  • "The Reading Glove engages senses and objects to tell a story: Karen Tanenbaum uses wearable tech and sensors to explore the boundaries of storytelling." O'Reilly Radar 8:57 AM
  • "Firefox: In with the new, out with the compatibility/Endless parade of updates adds no visible benefit to users but breaks common functions like TinyMCE" InfoWorld 8:56 AM
  • "Printer ink: Tired of feeding the cash cow? Inkjet refills typically cost significantly more than the printer itself. Human blood costs about $17.27 an ounce, silver about $34 an ounce. But both are bargains compared to the ink sold to the owners of inkjet printers, which can exceed $80 an ounce." Computerworld 7:59 AM
  • "Microsoft Reinvents the Keyboard in Imaginative Ways" Patent Bolt 7:53 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "iPhone & iPad Live tonight at 9pm ET/6pm PT" iMore 4:32 PM
  • "Rumor Has It, Ep. 26: Last call for iPhone 5 rumors (podcast)" CNET TV 4:05 PM
  • "Macworld Insider: Enjoy our iPad Starter Guide for free" Macworld 3:43 PM
  • "Jumping the Gun, Tim Cook in China and FOYML" Your Mac Life 12:53 PM
  • "Macworld Pundit Showdown XVI: Macworld Podcast #294" Macworld 12:18 PM
  • "Meet The Everyman Mac Owner Crusading To Pull Change.org's Anti-Apple Petition [Interview] Cult of Mac 12:15 PM
  • "TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: Steve and the Doc" TUAW 12:14 PM
  • "New iPad is warm not hot, battery charging concerns. Plus first look at Pure One Flow Internet radio (Video)" Insanely Great Mac 8:58 AM
  • "The Portable Podcast, Episode 130" 148Apps 8:47 AM