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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple, Feds Ink E-Book Deal: Apple and the Government Printing Office strike deal to make hundreds of government documents and manuscripts available on iTunes in e-book format." InformationWeek 4:26 PM
  • "Apple Pulls 'Genius' TV Ads from YouTube and Apple.com"  MacRumors 1:16 PM
  • "Apple's Genius TV ads removed from its website and YouTube channel" 9 to 5 Mac 1:16 PM
  • "Apple Has Killed The Mac Guy 'Genius' Ads For Good" Cult of Mac 1:49 PM
  • "Apple is Ridiculously Valuable [Infographic] Mashable 4:11 PM
  • "Apple, Foxconn improve China plants, but more to do: audit"  Reuters 8:02 AM
  • "Video: Labour group gives Apple supplier passing grade" [Video Report] Reuters 8:44 AM
  • "Is Apple Supplier Foxconn Finally Giving Its Workers a Fair Shake?" ReadWriteWeb 8:56 AM
  • "Apple iPhone 5 Release Date: Friday, Sept. 21?" InformationWeek 9:16 AM
  • "iPhone 5 out on 21 September, network holiday ban suggests" Crave @ CNET 8:44 AM
  • "iPhone 5 release: Carriers march to 4G/LTE services war" Computerworld 8:59 AM
  • "Enabling FaceTime Over Our Mobile Broadband Network" ["Nonetheless, in another knee jerk reaction, some groups have rushed to judgment and claimed that AT&T's plans will violate the FCC's net neutrality rules. Those arguments are wrong."]  AT&T 8:58 AM
  • "AT&T responds to FaceTime controversy – says it is allowed to block FaceTime because it is a pre-installed app" 9 to 5 Mac 8:58 AM
  • "AT&T: We're Not Violating Net Neutrality by Limiting FaceTime Over Cellular" AllThingsD 9:21 AM
  • "AT&T defends FaceTime restrictions amid sharp criticism" CNET News 11:49 AM
  • "AT&T: FaceTime is Preloaded so We can Limit 3G Access" The Mac Observer 9:57 AM
  • "China Telecom subscribers rise on iPhone 4S sales" Electronista 11:34 AM
  • "Apple Prototype N90 iPhone hits eBay with sweet backside 'protologo'" 9 to 5 Mac 8:01 AM
  • "Rare iPhone 4 prototype appears on eBay complete with strange logo on the back panel" iMore 8:02 AM
  • "October 2009 iPhone 4 Prototype Shows Up on eBay" MacRumors 9:16 AM
  • "Apple Stores defy 'death of retail' with almost 300m visitors in FY2012" The Verge 8:24 AM
  • "Fired Apple worker sues, says Steve Jobs promised him job for life" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 11:12 AM
  • "Man behind Steve Jobs keynotes sues for unfair dismissal" Macworld UK 8:23 AM
  • "Apple's Cupertino comrades conspire to capture Russia" Channel Register 8:31 AM
  • "The World's Most Powerful Women: 16 New Faces" ["As wife of the late Apple cofounder and tech visionary Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs this year became the richest woman in Silicon Valley and joined the ranks of the world's leading ladies at No. 49. She is expected to put her billionaire status to good use."] Forbes 12:03 PM
  • "Art Game: If Venus de Milo had an iPhone/An artist creates a world where digital art and the aesthetics of Apple products invade the masterpiece-filled realm of the Louvre Museum." CNET News 11:49 AM
  • "An iPad on Wheels, Uber for Truckers: Four Standout Startups From Y Combinator Demo Day" Wired 8:37 AM
  • "Chasing Apple? Microsoft's NeoMedia QR Code Patent Deal Puts More Focus On Geometric Boxes" TechCrunch 8:14 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Non-Apple players competing for China educational tablet market" DigiTimes 8:26 AM
  • "Who has the better unlimited plan? Sprint vs. T-Mobile" CNET News 8:34 AM
  • "T-Mobile adding unlimited data plans with no throttling on September 5th" The Verge 8:24 AM
  • "Spotify to Launch in Canada" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:54 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Watch TidBITS Presents 'Protecting Your Digital Life" TidBITS 6:18 PM
  • "TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: The Once and Future Editor-In-Chief" TUAW 1:16 PM
  • "Matt Neuburg Discusses Programming in General and for iOS in Particular" MacVoices 1:15 PM
  • "Macworld Pundit Showdown XVIII: Macworld Podcast #316" Macworld 8:54 AM
  • "VidBITS: App.net, Photo Sharing, and Excessive Reminders" TidBITS 8:40 AM