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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, May 4, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "The Life Of The Pool Party: Samsung Mocks Apple's iPhone In New Galaxy S4 Ad" App Advice 6:52 AM
  • "Apple announces countdown to 50 billion apps served, reveals top 50 apps of all time" VentureBeat 5/3
  • "Apple Offers Cash Rewards for 50 Billionth App Download" Mashable 5/3
  • "Apple Offers $10K for 50 Billion, Download Madness Ensues" FairerPlatform 5/3
  • "Apple closes in on 50 billion app downloads, offers $10,000 to the person who hits it" BetaNews 5/3
  • "Apple and Samsung to ship a combined 110 million tablets in 2013" DigiTimes 5/3
  • "Android tablets will hit 60% market share this quarter as iPad shipments dip, analyst says" VentureBeat 5/3
  • "Tablet Sales May Be Soaring But Let's Not Give Up On PCs" Forbes 5/3
  • "Just how polarized is the mobile industry? This chart says it all" BGR 5/3
  • "comScore Reports March 2013 U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Market Share" ["Apple ranked as the top OEM with 39 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 2.7 percentage points from December). Samsung ranked second with 21.7 percent market share (up 0.7 percentage points), followed by HTC with 9 percent, Motorola with 8.5 percent and LG with 6.8 percent."] comScore 5/3
  • "Apple extends lead over Samsung in U.S. smartphones: Apple's iOS also took market share away from Google's Android in the first quarter, according to ComScore." CNET News 5/3
  • "Apple's iPhone Takes U.S. Subscriber Share from Android in Q1" The Mac Observer 5/3
  • "iPhone remains top US smartphone, while iOS gains a bit of ground on Android" GigaOM 5/3
  • "PCs We Trust? Rough Rides for Apple, Intel, Dell" Bloomberg TV 5/3
  • "Apple to open new showcase Berlin store with stunning views" MacNN 5/3
  • "You think Macs are expensive? Get a load of this $250,000+ Apple" The Register 5/3
  • "Rare Working Apple 1 Computer Headed to Auction" MacRumors 5/3
  • "American Airlines Pilots Lose 40lb With Apple iPad Electronic Flight Bag" Forbes 5/3
  • "U.S. Cellular Makes Turnaround Bid With iPhone Plans" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/3
  • "U.S. Cellular announces plans to carry Apple products later this year" 9 to 5 Mac 5/3
  • "U.S. Cellular Will Begin Offering Apple Products This Year" Bloomberg 5/3
  • "U.S. Cellular to Sell 'Apple Products' This Year" PC Magazine 5/3
  • "U.S. Cellular Says It Will Start Selling Apple Devices - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD" AllThingsD 5/3
  • "U.S. Cellular May Have Game Changer with iPhone Launch" 24/7 Wall St. 5/3
  • "Google Glass Will Soon Also Let iPhone Users Access Navigation And Text Messages" TechCrunch 5/3
  • "Google Now doesn't drain iPhone battery, claims Google" Know Your Mobile 5/3
  • "New Galaxy S4 ad trashes Apple: iPhone is so old/Having gotten over its tame international launch of the S4, Samsung's American arm resumes its denigration of Apple, suggesting only old folks own an iPhone." CNET News 5/3
  • "Samsung goes after Apple yet again in first Galaxy S4 ad" Pocket-lint 5/3
  • "Apple looking to get behind the wheel with iOS 7 car dashboard integration" Digital Trends 5/3
  • "After an iPhone Is Snatched, a High-Speed Chase" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5/3
  • "This Dead 21-Year-Old Programmer Has An Apple Logo On His Tombstone" Cult of Mac 5/3
Non-Apple News
  • "Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn't hurt business: A look at the sci-fi publisher a year after it announced it would do away with DRM." Ars Technica 4:05 PM
  • "Big phones, phablets & tablets account for just 10% Android's installed base" AppleInsider 5/3
  • "Google IP Reveals New Features for Google TV & Buddy Box" Patent Bolt 5/3
  • "Google Patent Reveals Vision for Google 'Glass' Technology Extending to Windshields, Telescopes & Beyond" Patent Bolt 5/3
  • "Google Glass eye-cam to turn us all into right little winkers" The Register 5/3
  • "3D printer spits out Cyborg Ear... but where will you PUT it?" The Register 5/3
  • "The move to Internet TV, by the numbers: Households with broadband Internet access are increasingly piping Internet video to their TV sets, through a variety of devices." Fortune 5/3
  • "What an Internet sales tax will cost you" CNNMoney 5/3
  • "US military approves Android phones for soldiers" ["Approval for other Android devices as well as Apple phones and tablets is expected in late May."] BBC 5/3
  • "Samsung Touts Hands-Free Features in New Galaxy S 4 Commercial" PC Magazine 5/3
  • "Galaxy S4 cleared for government use, iPhone and iPad to gain approval 'in the next few weeks'" iDownload Blog 5/3
  • "The Galaxy S4 Gets Cleared For Government Use Ahead Of The iPhone" Cult of Android 5/3
  • "Samsung Galaxy S4 earns Pentagon security nod" CNET News 5/3
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Debug 14: Ben Lachman and Robert Cantoni have a Nice Mohawk" iMore 10:39 AM
  • "Weekly Podcast Episode 38: Beaming Up 50 Billion Apps" Apple'n'Apps 5/3
  • "Coming May 4: Gene Steinberg meets Tim Angel of ZooGue, tech journalist Rob Pegoraro, and cutting-edge commentator Daniel Eran Dilger, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 5/3
  • "Ted Landau on WWDC, Apple TV Problems, Typing in iOS, and An Email Change" MacVoices 5/3
  • "Origin Stories: Graze is an alternative browser for iPhone" TUAW 5/3
  • "Origin Stories: Index Card helps organize your notes like its real world namesake" TUAW 5/3