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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, August 30, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Windows Phone 8 a 'Viable' Threat to Apple, Android" [Video Report] Bloomberg 7:32 AM
  • "AT&T bites into Apple strategy with its own mega retail store: The aim behind the carrier's new flagship store in Chicago is to educate potential buyers about the benefits of smartphones and other gadgets." CNET News 8:22 AM
  • "AT&T Opens A Swanky 10,000 Sq. Ft. Flagship Store In Chi-Town" TechCrunch 8:26 AM
  • "Asian CEOs are taking to iPad, but shying away from social media" The Next Web 7:46 AM
  • "Getting Rid of Your Old iPhone 4S? Apple Will Pay You For It" Mashable 7:37 AM
  • "Apple will buy back—and recycle—your iPhone 4S: The move could be another indicator that a new iPhone is on the way." Ars Technica 11:08 AM
  • "Apple Offers up to $345 for Used iPhone 4S" PC Magazine 11:32 AM
  • "How brown became the red-hot color for new cars and trucks" ["According to Sandy McGill, BMW Designworks' lead designer in color, materials, and finish, this is Steve Jobs' doing. 'Prior to Apple, white was associated with things like refrigerators or the tiles in your bathroom. Apple made white valuable.'"] Motoramic 9:21 AM
  • "Apple changed the color of cars, says BMW designer" Fortune 7:56 AM
  • "Apple's Designs Help Make White the Most Popular Car Color" The Mac Observer 1:01 PM
  • "Apple may now be rejecting some App Store submissions if they clone icons of popular apps" The Next Web 2:25 PM
  • "Apple Starts Removing Cloned Apps Based On Icons?" Apple'n'Apps 9:35 PM
  • "Apple's Secret Employee Training Manual Revealed" Mashable 11:36 AM
  • "Siri's Founder Dag Kittlaus Predicts The Next Big Things" Forbes 9:44 AM
  • "Early Store Expanding, Moving Closer to Ground" ifoAppleStore 7:52 AM
  • "Towson, Maryland Apple Store to relocate, expand" MacNN 7:51 AM
  • "Delta to Roll Out 4,500 iPads at Airport Restaurants" The Mac Observer 9:02 AM
  • "Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes" Wired 7:00 AM
  • "Apple rejects app for tracking U.S. drone strikes" CNET News 9:42 PM
  • "Apple Rejects App Tracking Drone Strikes" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:42 PM
  • "'iPhone 5' released by Chinese copier: Goophone releases Android-based handset matching rumoured iPhone 5 look" The Register 6:50 AM
  • "The iphone 5 Is Already On Sale" Forbes 10:41 AM
  • "Rare Apple I to be sold at auction" TUAW 8:26 AM
  • "Hidden photos found in Mac SE ROM" TUAW 9:22 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "The China-U.S. Smartphone Gap Grows Larger" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:42 PM
  • "Amazon Hints About Fire's Sales Success" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:42 PM
  • "Exclusive - Amazon teams with Nokia, snubs Google for maps - sources" Reuters 6:59 PM
  • "EA Says Madden 13 Sells 900,000 Units in First 24 Hours" Forbes 2:21 PM
  • "Graphene's computer role gets lift from hybrid material" ZDNet 1:38 PM
  • "Latest in TVs: Much higher definition, and prices" USA Today 1:28 PM
  • "VMworld 2012: Location data is Holy Grail for real-time apps/Michael Dell and Tom Georgens join EMC and VMWare CEOs to spell out future" Network World 1:22 PM
  • "Old school Atari games get new life on modern browsers" Seattle Times 12:40 PM
  • "Mysterious Wiper malware possibly connected to Stuxnet and Duqu, researchers say: Kaspersky researchers present their findings about the Wiper malware that affected servers at Iran's oil ministry in April" IDG News Service 12:00 PM
  • "Lexmark: Inkjet Printers Are Dead, Long Live Laser Printers/We talk with Marty Canning, Lexmark's printer czar, about how Lexmark will continue to support inkjet users--and how Lexmark's laser business is doing just fine, thank you." PCWorld 11:56 AM
  • "New Toshiba Laptops, Ultrabooks for Windows 8 Unveiled" PC Magazine 11:50 AM
  • "Google adds favorite sports teams and movies to Google Now" ZDNet 1:38 PM
  • "Asustek outlines future plans" DigiTimes 10:13 AM
  • "China's Huawei unveils 6 Android devices" Reuters 9:48 AM
  • "Phones will get all charged up about new Ultrabook feature: Wireless Charging Technology in future laptops will transport juice through the air to depleted devices anywhere nearby." CNET News 9:44 AM
  • "ZTE launches smartphone with Intel chipsets" Reuters 9:20 AM
  • "Amazon says Kindle Fire has 22 percent of U.S. market, is sold out" Reuters 9:48 AM
  • "Samsung Bringing 55-Inch OLED TV to Europe" PC Magazine 11:50 AM
  • "Smartphone storm may climax with iPhone 5: Samsung, Nokia, Sony and Motorola to debut new devices for fall" MarketWatch 9:13 AM
  • "AT&T opens first showcase store in Chicago" GigaOM 9:02 AM
  • "Amazon Stops Selling the Kindle Fire (For a Week)" AllThingsD 8:31 AM
  • "Amazon Wants Everyone To Know The Kindle Fire Is Sold Out" TechCrunch 8:26 AM
  • "Adobe: 'TV Everywhere' revolution is just beginning" CNET News 7:29 AM
  • "Asus to base Windows 8 device pricing on new iPad" CNET News 7:28 AM
  • "New Flat Lens Could Revolutionize Cameras as We Know Them" ["Using a very thin wafer of silicon the scientists have created a flat lens that is only 60 nanometers thick and does away with the normal aspherical glass we're used to seeing on most cameras."] Wired 7:01 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Inside Man: Our Reports From The Apple Vs. Samsung Courtroom On This Week's CultCast" Cult of Mac 9:39 PM
  • "On location in Cleveland! TV is no longer the only choice for original content. We explore some of the alternatives." The MT Show 1:16 PM
  • "iMore show 308: Angry bits of mostly plastic" iMore 7:50 AM