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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, June 22, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple and Samsung should be 'scared' of Huawei: The chief executive of Huawei's mobile division tells Matt Warman how the company plans to rule the smartphone market and that it can overcome political 'spying' fears in the US ." Telegraph 8:12 PM
  • "Twitter heat map: Apple owns England. Android owns Spain." Fortune 8:44 AM
  • "iPhone users are brain-dead zombies, says new Nokia ad: In its latest attempt to paint those who have an iPhone as retrograde, Nokia offers that its camera doesn't need to use flash, while the iZombie camera pales by comparison." CNET News 12:41 PM
  • "Registering change in the checkout line" ["For the cost of an iPad and $299 for the Square Stand, the company says small retailers can get a cash register that organizes their inventory and provides instant sales analysis. That's significantly lower than similar systems running on standard cash registers that can be cumbersome and cost thousands of dollars."] Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:37 AM
  • "Walmart Slashes Price on iPhone 5, iPhone 4S" Mashable 8:35 AM
  • "AT&T, Walmart Hope To Clear iPhone Inventory By Offering Incredible New Deals" AppAdvice 8:57 AM
  • "Best Buy offering iPhone 5 for 'free' through iPhone trade-in program" AppleTell 9:20 AM
  • "Apple Begins Clearing U.S Inventory Of iPhone 5 Units Ahead Of Next iPhone Launch?" RazorianFly 3:52 PM
  • "Virgin Mobile users get access to the iPhone 5 next week" Digital Trends 8:35 AM
  • "FAA rules set to change, may allow iPad and other tablet use pre-flight" iDownload Blog 12:58 PM
  • "Watch Aston Kutcher as Steve Jobs in awkward jOBS movie trailer" Macworld UK 8:50 AM
  • "Here's The Trailer for Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Movie" AllThingsD 11:01 AM
  • "Indie band turns iPhone 'Marimba' ringtone into pop song" MacNN 7:45 AM
  • "Band releases original song using Apple iPhone's 'Marimba' ringtone (with music Video)" MacDailyNews 8:58 AM
  • "Apple now using Google-like chart to tout iOS 6 adoption" Electronista 6/21
  • "Apple publicly charts iOS fragmentation to prove it barely exists" Engadget 6/21
  • "Apple takes swipe at Android with new fragmentation chart: The company claims that 93 percent of its users are running iOS 6, while 6 percent are running iOS 5. Just 1 percent of its users are running an earlier version of its operating system." CNET News 6/21
  • "Apple thumbs nose at Google over Android fragmentation" 9 to 5 Mac 6/21
  • "Apple Follows Google Into Charting iOS Adoption Figures For Devs" Cult of Android 6/21
  • "Cybercriminals Increasingly Target Apple ID Data, Kaspersky Warns" Softpedia 6/21
  • "One of the first Apple computers could fetch $500,000 or more at auction" FOXNews 6/21
  • "iPad mini will finally go on sale in Brazil starting June 25" 9 to 5 Mac 6/21
Non-Apple News
  • "Sony Releasing Fix for Bricked PS3 Consoles Thursday" PC Magazine 1:44 PM
  • "Report: UK hacking scandal went well beyond media" Associated Press 10:43 AM
  • "Whistle-blower update: U.S. seeks Snowden extradition; WikiLeaker's Gmail searched" CNET News 9:51 PM
  • "White House: 'We expect' Hong Kong to comply with Snowden extradition" CBS News 4:46 PM
  • "Petition to pardon Edward Snowden passes 100,000 signatures, forcing White House response" The Next Web 11:44 AM
  • "Secret warrant used to access WikiLeaks volunteer's Gmail account" The Verge 9:01 AM
  • "Google handed over years of e-mails belonging to WikiLeaks chatroom admin: Google informed 2 men that a US court order mandated a secret search in 2011." Ars Technica 8:50 AM
  • "Snowden charges first step in long extradition process" Reuters 8:55 AM
  • "Whistleblower Snowden charged with espionage by US authorities" Digital Trends 8:36 AM
  • "Pentagon flash drive ban has many exceptions" Reuters 8:31 AM
  • "iWatch, meet sWatch: Sony teases about new smart wearable wrist device" VentureBeat 6/21
  • "Why basic 3D printers are crazy cheap now/Starting at $200: A smaller footprint, standardization, and growing interest helps." Ars Technica 6/21
  • "Disgruntled 'Xbox engineer' details unannounced game sharing and social features" The Verge 6/21
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Coming June 22: Gene Steinberg meets commentator Daniel Eran Dilger, of AppleInsider, online privacy advocate Mark Weinstein, of Sgrouples.com, and tech columnist Dann Berg, this week on the Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6/21
  • "AltWWDC -Victor Broido of DigiDNA Explains How DiskAid & FileApp Share Files Between Macs & iDevices" MacVoices 6/21
  • "First Official Full Trailer of 'Jobs' Starring Ashton Kutcher Released" VernonChan 6/21
  • "'Inspired by true events': Official trailer for Ashton Kutcher's 'Jobs' film goes live" 9 to 5 Mac 6/21
  • "AltWWDC – Josh Michaels of Jetson Creative Talks About The Very Wide Range of His Apps, and AltWWDC As An Event" MacVoices 6/21
  • "The Critical Path #89: Not Bad for a Hobby" asymco 6/21