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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, January 19, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple No Longer Considered 'Cool' to Next-Gen Smartphone Adopters" Brighthand 4:04 PM
  • "A trip down memory lane: The Apple Lisa and Apple IIe turn 30" Ars Technica 8:03 AM
  • "Mousetrap: Four next-gen controllers that will kill the mouse as we know it" Digital Trends 8:11 PM
  • "Steve Jobs' house burglar gets 7-year sentence" iDownload Blog 8:07 AM
  • "Which OS is loved the most? A new survey sheds light on which operating system users are most attached to."  Fortune 1/18
  • "Amazon Makes Play for iTunes Customers" MacNewsWorld 1/18
  • "Amazon: Song's Now Available for iPhone, iPod/Amazon says MP3 store optimized specifically for iPhone and iPod touch; iPhone and iPod touch users now able to buy digital music from Amazon's 22m song catalog using Safari browser." [Video Report] Bloomberg 1/18
  • "S. Korean consumers drop Apple lawsuit: The group of 29 users who filed suit against Apple in South Korea alleging Cupertino's location tracking violated their privacy has withdrew, citing difficulty in proving the case." ZDNet 1/18
  • "Apple kicks off sales of cellular-enabled iPad mini in China" AppleInsider 1/18
  • "Apple struggles to keep up with iPad mini demand as cellular model launches in China to 2-week delay" The Next Web 1/18
  • "iPad Mini cellular model debuts in China with two-week delay" CNET News 1/18
  • "Watch Out for the Startup Using Tiny Antennas to Show the Oscars on an iPhone" Technology Review 1/18
  • "Facebook Openly Seeks To Disrupt A Key Part Of Both Apple And Google" Business Insider 1/18
  • "Future Store Location Proves: Apple Likes Universities" ifoAppleStore 1/18
  • "Apple reportedly opening R&D base in Shanghai while Sony sells US HQ in New York" Digital Trends 1/18
  • "Rumor: Apple to open Shanghai R&D center this summer" AppleInsider 1/18
  • "Verizon Activated at Least 5.5 Million iPhones and Could Have Been 6 Million or More in the December Quarter" Forbes 1/18
  • "ESPN's ScoreCenter for iOS sends passwords in clear-text, susceptible to XSS flaw" ZDNet 1/18
  • "Happy birthday, Lisa: Apple's slow but heavy workhorse turns 30/The story of the machine the Mac maker would rather you forgot" The Register 1/18
  • "Latest Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs Biopic Film Studio Photos 'jOBS" ResExcellence 1/18
Non-Apple News
  • "5-Inch Smartphone Displays To Be Standard In 2013: What's in store from handset makers for the remainder of the year? Think full-HD displays." InformationWeek 2:12 PM
  • "Go ahead and spill on this nanotech menswear: Indochino's new line of menswear comes with a protective coating that supposedly repels liquids and stains and helps keep you smelling good." CNET News 8:29 AM
  • "Metamaterial camera needs no lens, could herald cheaper imaging tech" Engadget 7:48 AM
  • "RIM launches final BlackBerry 10 'Portathon' event" CNET News 1/18
  • "RIM pays developers $500,000 to build apps for BlackBerry 10" ZDNet 1/18
  • "Conficker worm returns to attack photography enthusiasts: Malware discovered on film scanner software" Techworld 1/18
  • "BlackBerry Z10 Hardware Pictured In Verizon Promo Leak As Carriers Gear Up For Launch" TechCrunch 1/18
  • "Angry Birds, tracking device? New research reveals that some of the most popular applications are gathering personal info like location data" Salon 1/18
  • "Meet 'Consort,' a brand-new classic Linux desktop: The SolusOS project team has forked GNOME Classic and is bringing back numerous key GNOME 2 features." PCWorld 1/18
  • "The dirty and dangerous side of tech" TechHive 1/18
  • "Malware masquerades as patch for Java: The malware, ironically, does not actually exploit the Java vulnerabilities, according to Trend Micro" IDG News Service 1/18
  • "Herrod To Leave VMware, Join Venture Capital Firm" InformationWeek 1/18
  • "Google sinks millions into plush new £1bn London HQ" The Register 1/18
  • "Google to set up UK HQ in Kings Cross: Search giant to begin development in property deal worth up to £1 billion" Computerworld UK 1/18
  • "Google Wants Your Next Password To Be A Physical One" TechCrunch 1/18
  • "Google pulls 'Make Me Asian' app from Play store" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 1/18
  • "Facebook doing a 'really bad job', says Google CEO" Mashable 1/18
  • "Nano-coating provides watertight solution" CNN 1/18
  • "Mega to take on Dropbox with paid 'Pro' tiers offering massive cloud storage" The Verge 1/18
  • "Kim Dotcom's Mega Opens To Early Users, Reveals Pricing Tiers, Roadmap With Mobile Access, Office-Style Features And More" TechCrunch 1/18
  • "Kim Dotcom reveals Mega's royal flush -- 'generous' free cloud storage" BetaNews 1/18
  • "Data Hints Collecting Sales Tax Hasn't Hurt Amazon" Wired 1/18
  • "Samsung Galaxy Note set to be 8-inch iPad mini rival" Crave @ CNET 1/18
  • "Feverish Hype for a Non-Apple Device" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1/18
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Building Mega: Ars' pre-launch interview with Kim Dotcom" Ars Technica 7:34 AM
  • "Wrapping Up With Some of the Sights and Sounds of CES" MacVoicesTV 1/18
  • "Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy' and USA Today columnist Rob Pegoraro this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 1/18
  • "Why Recent Apple Acquisitions Could Mean Radical New iPhone 5S Features On The CultCast" Cult of Mac 1/18
  • "CES – Tim Angel of ZooGue Introduces The New Case Prodigy for Your iPad, on MacVoices" MacVoicesTV 1/18
  • "CES – Miveu Captures POV Video Action On Your iPhone, Hands Free" MacVoicesTV 1/18
  • "CES – Dan Probst of CruxCase Shows An Impressive iPad Keyboard Case" MacVoicesTV 1/18