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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "FaceTime Update" ["As a result of ongoing testing, we're announcing AT&T will enable FaceTime over Cellular at no extra charge for customers with any tiered data plan using a compatible iOS device."] AT&T Consumer Blog 2:27 PM
  • "AT&T Now Offers FaceTime Over Cellular For Any Customer With A Tiered Data Plan" TechCrunch 2:28 PM
  • "AT&T expands FaceTime over cellular to iPhone 4S users, all tiered data plans" iMore 2:39 PM
  • "AT&T Promises Cellular FaceTime Support for Tiered Plans" The Mac Observer 3:54 PM
  • "AT&T opens FaceTime to all tiered-data customers: AT&T says it will allow all its tiered-data customers regardless of whether they have 3G or 4G iOS devices to use the FaceTime Video chat service over its network. But it's still restricting unlimited-data users." CNET News 9:19 PM
  • "Google Nexus Tops iPad In Japan's Holiday Season Sales" Nikkei 3:15 PM
  • "Europe Weighs Requiring Firms to Disclose Data Breaches: To combat a rise in cybercrime, the European Commission is considering a plan to require companies that store data on the Internet — like Microsoft, Apple, Google and I.B.M. — to report the loss or theft of personal information in the 27-nation bloc or risk sanctions and fines." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 4:09 PM
  • "Apple Lets Buyers on China Web Pay in 2-Year Installments" Bloomberg 8:16 AM
  • "Apple's Chinese Web Store Adds Credit Facility As iPhone-Maker Battles Cheap Androids" TechCrunch 8:17 AM
  • "Apple offers installment payments to Chinese customers" CNET News 10:28 AM
  • "To make iPhones more affordable in China, Apple now offering payment plans" GigaOM 12:08 PM
  • "Apple rolls out China credit facility" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:38 AM
  • "Apple's retail VP Jerry McDougal resigns as SVP post remains vacant" Digital Trends 8:18 AM
  • "Key Apple Retail Exec Jerry McDougal Resigns" PC Magazine 10:58 AM
  • "Apple Retail's revolving door; Jerry McDougal out as VP" ZDNet 9:41 AM
  • "Apple Stores Losing Shine As Another Top Exec Hits The Road" Forbes 11:14 AM
  • "'Apple should make cheaper iPhone' says former CEO John Sculley: In an interview, Sculley has said that Apple needs to make a cheaper iPhone to address demand from emerging markets" Macworld UK 8:05 AM
  • "Ex-CEO Sculley says Apple needs to focus on cheaper iPhone" CNET News 8:41 AM
  • "Former Apple CEO urges company to adapt to emerging markets" The Verge 8:18 AM
  • "Ex-Apple CEO Sculley Backs Cheaper iPhone" PC Magazine 2:38 PM
  • "App complaints surge: Parents warned of 'bill shock' as children's smartphone usage soars and 'in-app purchases' rise on phones and social networks." Telegraph 8:45 AM
  • "Smartphones Consuming More Data Than Tablets for the First Time" Mashable 8:17 AM
  • "To fight Amazon's 'black box,' iPad publisher Inkling opens its 400 ebooks up to Google" paidContent 8:26 AM
  • "Woz flash firm Fusion-io has a gift for Facebook open-sourcers: Open Compute Project given ioScale designs" The Register 12:07 PM
  • "iPad Menus Keep It Green At Gordon Ramsay's Steak In Vegas" Cult of Mac 8:31 AM
  • "Bloke blasts Sprint for fingering his home as phone thieves' den" The Register 10:11 AM
  • "Enormous iPhone Installation in Russia Honors Steve Jobs" PadGadget 10:48 AM
  • "Apple's most famous villain now $500" Fortune 9:48 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "HP Wins Design Patent for a Next Generation Docking Station" Patent Bolt 2:58 PM
  • "Disney Invents New 3D Entertainment System that will Deliver Next Generation Immersive Experiences" Patent Bolt 2:58 PM
  • "Fusion-io claims price breakthrough to deliver the all-flash datacentre" V3 11:46 AM
  • "Disney mimics Skylanders with new gaming platform" TG Daily 11:37 AM
  • "Small Factories Give Baxter the Robot a Cautious Once-Over" Technology Review 11:35 AM
  • "Fedora 18 debuts with Samba 4 for full Active Directory compatibility" V3 11:46 AM
  • "United Airlines to offer satellite Wi-Fi on long-haul flights, beating Delta to the gate" PCWorld 11:13 AM
  • "Google accused of donkeycide" TG Daily 11:38 AM
  • "Google Not Involved In Donkey's Murder, Says Company (And No, It's Not April Fool's. This Happened.)" TechCrunch 11:33 AM
  • "Google Announces Project Glass Developer Events" PC Magazine 11:11 AM
  • "Frank Zamboni Honored With Playable Google Doodle" PC Magazine 11:11 AM
  • "A shock in the dark: Flashlight app tracks your location" NBC News 11:07 AM
  • "Twitter now highlights handles, hashtags as user types them in" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:03 AM
  • "Inside Adobe's New Silicon Slope Headquarters" Wired 11:50 AM
  • "Adobe patches actively exploited ColdFusion vulnerabilities: Hotfixes were released for different ColdFusion versions" IDG News Service 10:49 AM
  • "Programmer secretly outsourced his entire job to Chinese firm" Techworld 11:36 AM
  • "Red Hat CEO: The Power Of Partner Communities" CRN 10:15 AM
  • "Sony exec hints at PlayStation 4 launch in spring" CNET News 9:48 AM
  • "Video walkthrough of BlackBerry 10 leaks in advance of RIM launch event" ZDNet 11:57 AM
  • "BlackBerry 10 L-Series specs leak" CNET News 9:48 AM
  • "Control your laptop by moving your hand - for $70" CNNMoney 9:24 AM
  • "US employee 'outsourced job to China'" BBC 10:46 AM
  • "Korean researchers develop new flexible, more stable lithium-ion battery" Engadget 8:04 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Live @ 10 PM ET - CES wrap-up, cheap iPhones, falling iPhone sales? plus FaceTime on AT&T" Insanely Great Mac 3:55 PM
  • "Aspyr Media talks porting games to OS X, Mac App Store & the future of Mac gaming (+ Borderlands 2 giveaway!)" 9 to 5 Mac 1:05 PM
  • "MacStories Interviews: John Siracusa" MacStories 9:44 AM