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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, July 15, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Della, African Accessories Company, Teams Up With Apple For Exclusive MacBook Cases" The Huffington Post 10:07 AM
  • "Betting on America: How Much Do Apple and Google Invest at Home?" The Atlantic 7/14
  • "Is the Apple iPad Still Worth More to Consumers Than Android Tablets? New iGR Study Shows That Consumers Are Willing to Pay 52 Percent More for an Apple iPad Than for an Android Tablet"  MarketWatch 7/13
  • "Two Thirds of New Mobile Buyers Now Opting For Smartphones" ["Android continues to lead the smartphone market in the U.S., with a majority of smartphone owners (51.8%) using an Android OS handset. Over a third (34.3%) of smartphone owners use an Apple iPhone"] Nielsen 7/13
  • "Apple doubles its nearest Android competitor in market share" The Loop 7/13
  • "Nielsen: Android Mopped the Floor with iPhone Last Quarter" LAPTOP Magazine 7/13
  • "Apple pulls China Japan war game amid diplomatic tensions: Apple has done its bit to defuse rapidly escalating tensions between China and Japan, by pulling an inflammatory iOS game in which the player is tasked with defending a disputed set of islands in the East China Sea from the invading Japanese."  The Register 7/13
  • "Olympics 2012: BBC says Apple iOS and Android beat Windows for mobile"  Computerworld 7/13
  • "BBC Olympic App on Android and iPhone" BBC 7/13
  • "BBC Launches Localized iOS, Android Olympics Apps (Video Not Included Internationally)" TechCrunch 7/13
  • "News Corp To Axe 'The Daily'? – [Rumor] RazorianFly 7/13
  • "'Upgrade armageddon' as iPhone 4 users' contracts end: The Apple iPhone 4 launched almost exactly two years ago, leaving many users with just weeks before they are free to upgrade." Telegraph 7/13
  • "Despite sanctions, Apple gear booms in Iran" Reuters 7/13
  • "Apple Popular in Iran Despite Sanctions" PC Magazine 7/13
  • "Canadian Addresses and iTunes Gift Cards Help Apple Products Flourish in Iran" iPhoneinCanada 7/13
  • "Siri's New Cousin Works as a Bank Teller: Spanish bank BBVA taps the team that invented the iPhone assistant to build technology that can converse with bank customers." Technology Review 7/13
  • "Qantas gets iPads. So did United. So what? iPad mania is all the rage in the airline industry. But does it make a jot of difference to the customer experience? Not as far as I can tell." ZDNet 7/13
  • "San Francisco sours on Apple computers" AFP 7/13
  • "Greenpeace says Apple has 'significantly improved' its clean energy policy" The Verge 7/13
  • "A digital window into the Olympic Games" OakBayNews 7/13
  • "Tekserve competitor opens two doors away" ["Tekserve, the Apple dealer and repair shop on West 23rd Street that has made itself a mecca for Manhattan's Mac-obsessed, has competition — and the new guy isn't concerned about personal space. An upstart chain called Dr. Brendan's Mac Repair this week has opened a 500-square-foot shop at 115 W. 23rd St. — just two doors away from Tekserve's 25,000-square-foot flagship at No. 119."] New York Post 7/13
  • "Free iPads! and Other Sales Tactics of the Rich & Famous" Wired 7/13
  • "Artist Kyle McDonald on how an Apple Store art project led to a Secret Service investigation" The Verge 7/13
  • "Steve Jobs widow buys $4m Sun Valley house, could attend conference with Tim Cook" Macworld UK 7/13
  • "Report: Steve Jobs' widow has bought a house in Sun Valley" Fortune 7/13
  • "What Forrest Gump's Investment In Apple Could Be Worth Today: A niche online costume retailer has explored what value Forrest Gump's Apple investment in the late 1970s could be worth today." PRWeb 7/13
Non-Apple News
  • "Canadian Supreme Court affirms consumer 'fair use' rights: New ruling removes textbook copy fees, video game music tax" iPodNN 7/13
  • "Google's Nexus tablet selling fast across retail chains" Reuters 7/13
  • "Google Invents a Chameleonic Notebook" Patent Bolt 7/13
  • "Symantec software update makes customers' PCs inoperable" Reuters 7/13
  • "Verizon launches game subscription service for $6 a month" GigaOM 7/13
  • "RIM boss accuses China of IP theft risk: We're steering clear of PRC, says Heins" The Register 7/13
  • "Republic Wireless, DeviceScape Pair Up for Free Wi-Fi" PC Magazine 7/13
  • "Sprint Starts Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch Ice Cream Sandwich Rollout" PC Magazine 7/13
  • "Zuckerberg: The shift to mobile is Facebook's biggest challenge" Bloomberg [Free Registration Required] 7/13
  • "Facebook adds 'Seen by' feature to Group pages" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7/13
  • "A Show-and-Tell With Google's Hardware" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7/13
  • "Google CEO Larry Page's health is 'much better'" Bloomberg [Free Registration Required] 7/13
  • "Amazon Mum As Kindle Phone Rumors Swirl: Microsoft developers defect to cross-town rival, prompting speculation that Amazon is building its own smartphone." InformationWeek 7/13
  • "Mobile TV app could upend the cable-broadcast business" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 7/13
  • "EMC Sends Bill Teuber To Chairman's Office, Bill Scannell To Head Global Sales" CRN 7/13
  • "Nvidia Shuts Down Developer Zone After Hack" PC Magazine 7/13
  • "Lexmark Cuts Q2 Financial View; Shares Take A Drubbing" Forbes 7/13
  • "Nokia restructures China operations, shuts down offices" CNET News 7/13
  • "Cubby looks to build user base with storage bonus" iTWire 7/13
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Gene Steinberg meets AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, TechnoBuffalo's Jon Rettinger, and author Joe Kissell this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/14
  • "eXtensions Podcast #2012 5 -The Bangkok-based eXtensions podcast based on the week's Cassandra columns and whatever else I throw in." eXtensions 7/14
  • "Weekly Podcast Episode 12 – Four Cheers For The App Store's Latest News, Apps, And Games" Apple'n'Apps 7/13
  • "Mountain Lion goes GM, more iPad Mini, Caffeine addiction, SyFy Movies (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 7/13
  • "The Opinion Cast: Is there a 7-Inch Tablet Market?" Tech.pinions 7/13
  • "Jim Sherhart Introduces the Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini" MacVoicesTV 7/13
  • "TUAW and MacTech interview: Appigo" TUAW 7/13
  • "Could I really ditch my laptop for an iPad? As tablets get more powerful, some people are asking if they really need to use their laptops for blogging or other work-related tasks. CNET's Marguerite Reardon offers some advice on whether you can really replace your laptop with an iPad." CNET News 7/13