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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, June 28, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Mansfield Retiring from Apple" TidBITS 5:56 PM
  • "'Hokey' Kim Dotcom case a threat to the net: Apple co-founder" Associated Press 7:12 PM
  • "'Who needs an app store?' Five years of iPhone: The iPhone has evolved—and altered the course of the smartphone industry." Ars Technica 4:38 PM
  • "iPhone to Lead Smartphone Charge in 2013" PC Magazine 4:26 PM
  • "The iPhone at 5: From uncertainty to runaway hit/Apple's iPhone first went on sale five years ago tomorrow. CNET gazes back at some of its early flaws, and looks to what lies ahead."  CNET News 8:13 AM
  • "The original iPhone -the blueprint for the modern day smartphone" Network World 11:29 AM
  • "Apple's iPhone turns 5 on Friday: June 29 marks fifth anniversary of iPhone launch" [Slideshow] MarketWatch 8:40 AM
  • "Activating 5.6 million units per day" asymco 8:07 AM
  • "How Samsung is eating western Europe's mobile phone market: Apart from the Korean company, only Apple is managing to thrive, while Nokia has seen its share of both featurephones and smartphones dive since its announcement of the shift away from Symbian" The Guardian 8:52 AM
  • "Apple's Core Market Is Under Attack! Is Apple about to lose its luster as the electronics supplier of choice for schools? Google would like to think so. The search king says Chromebooks have become a popular PC and Mac alternative for the nation's school systems." The Motley Fool 8:19 AM
  • "Google takes Nexus step against Apple: Undercuts mini-iPad release, Nook and Kindle" Boston Herald 8:16 AM
  • "Google's Chrome browser comes to Apple's iPhone" CNNMoney 4:24 PM
  • "Google claims Chrome is the world's most popular browser: Apple targeted with Chrome and Drive builds for iOS" The Register 4:38 PM
  • "Buying a used Verizon iPad? No prepaid data for you"  ZDNet 8:30 AM
  • "Prepaid Apple iPhone available now from Virgin Mobile" MobileBurn 8:52 AM
  • "T-Mobile confirms iPhone users on next-gen network will keep legacy data plans" 9 to 5 Mac 8:11 AM
  • "Is Your Customer a Mac or a PC? You might want to find out: Orbitz shows higher-priced deals to Mac users because they tend to spend more. But be careful with the data you find." Inc. 4:37 PM
  • "National Weather Service to send severe weather warnings directly to smartphones" The Verge 8:22 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "RIM looks to BB10, software licensing for survival" AppleInsider 6:17 PM
  • "Vizio rolls out XVT Cinemawide 21:9 aspect ratio TV" TG Daily 11:29 AM
  • "Amazon Will Reportedly Launch A 10-Inch Quad-Core Tablet Alongside New Metal-Clad 7-Inch Fire" TechCrunch 11:26 AM
  • "North Korea Is Allegedly Building Its Own Tablet, The Samjiyeon" TechCrunch 11:26 AM
  • "Red Hat Aims Its Cloud at Bigger Rival VMware" TheStreet 11:52 AM
  • "Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Weighs in on Strategy, Oracle and Growth" IDG News Service 11:11 AM
  • "The rock, paper, scissors playing robot that never loses" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:56 AM
  • "Amazon Said To Add Social Features For Tablet Digital Games" Bloomberg 10:13 AM
  • "Google adds movies, TV shows and magazines to Google Play store" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:57 AM
  • "Google Glass Designer Gives Us An Up Close Look" ABCNews 10:08 AM
  • "Google App Engine Gets Ready For Business: Google platform now hosts one million active applications; Release 1.7.0, unveiled at Google I/O, to add business-friendly features." InformationWeek 10:01 AM
  • "Vodafone nabs newly departed T-Mobile USA chief" CNET News 9:55 AM
  • "Analysts to focus on layoffs, inventory when RIM releases results" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 10:49 AM
  • "RIM earnings preview: Bleak, disappointing, 'terrible'" CNET News 9:55 AM
  • "Want affordable OLED TVs? Don't hold your breath, Panasonic says" CNET News 9:53 AM
  • "Samsung Electronics faces concerns in U.S., China" MarketWatch 9:29 AM
  • "Nokia releases Windows Phone update for Lumia 800 and 710" IDG News Service 10:24 AM
  • "Nokia's secret Linux team is looking for refuge" GigaOM 9:09 AM
  • "Microsoft Dreams up Tablet-Gesturing for Future Surface Devices" Patent Bolt 7:31 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Ted Landau Gives WWDC Perspective and Delivers Speculation on Apple's Future" MacNotables 3:27 PM
  • "The iMore show 300" iMore 8:37 AM