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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, June 23, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple notifies iTunes users of $100M in-app purchase settlement details, $5 credit to those inappropriately charged under $30" 9 to 5 Mac 9:11 PM
  • "Week in review: Apple TV update, RSS after Google Reader, Insta-vine and more!" iMore 7:42 PM
  • "Huawei: 'Apple is now slipping. We want to be higher than them'/The chairman of China's Huawei tells Matt Warman how the company plans to rule the smartphone market and that it can overcome political 'spying' fears in the US." Telegraph 6:51 AM
  • "Walmart permanently drops iPhone 4S price to $39, iPhone 5 to $129" Engadget 6:52 AM
  • "AT&T, Walmart Hope To Clear iPhone Inventory By Offering Incredible New Deals" AppAdvice 7:43 PM
  • "Christie's Will Auction The Original Apple Computer From 1977 And It's Expected To Sell For At Least $300,000" Business Insider 7:43 PM
  • "First Apple computer could fetch $US500,000 or more" Associated Press 9:19 PM
  • "Apple maps makes New York City street look post-apocalyptic" Daily Mail (UK) 9:18 PM
  • "Use an iPhone? You're a zombie, new Nokia ad says" Crave @ CNET 7:04 AM
  • "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 6/22
  • "Twitter heat map: Apple owns England. Android owns Spain." Fortune 6/22
  • "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 6/22
  • "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] 6/22
  • "Walmart Slashes Price on iPhone 5, iPhone 4S" Mashable 6/22
  • "AT&T, Walmart Hope To Clear iPhone Inventory By Offering Incredible New Deals" AppAdvice 6/22
  • "Best Buy offering iPhone 5 for 'free' through iPhone trade-in program" AppleTell 6/22
  • "Apple Begins Clearing U.S Inventory Of iPhone 5 Units Ahead Of Next iPhone Launch?" RazorianFly 6/22
  • "Virgin Mobile users get access to the iPhone 5 next week" Digital Trends 6/22
  • "FAA rules set to change, may allow iPad and other tablet use pre-flight" iDownload Blog 6/22
  • "Watch Aston Kutcher as Steve Jobs in awkward jOBS movie trailer" Macworld UK 6/22
  • "Here's The Trailer for Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Movie" AllThingsD 6/22
  • "Indie band turns iPhone 'Marimba' ringtone into pop song" MacNN 6/22
  • "Band releases original song using Apple iPhone's 'Marimba' ringtone (with music Video)" MacDailyNews 6/22
Non-Apple News
  • "NSA Whistleblower Snowden Requests Asylum In Ecuador After Leaving Hong Kong And Travelling To Russia" TechCrunch 2:53 PM
  • "WikiLeaks Statement On Edward Snowden's Exit From Hong Kong - Updated: Mr Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who exposed evidence of a global surveillance regime conducted by US and UK intelligence agencies, has left Hong Kong legally. He is bound for the Republic of Ecuador via a safe route for the purposes of asylum, and is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from WikiLeaks." WikiLeaks 2:52 PM
  • "White House 'Insider Threat' program reportedly equates whistleblowing with spying" The Verge 12:32 PM
  • "U.S. to Pursue Snowden as He Lands in Moscow" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:17 PM
  • "Snapjoy photo service shuts down" TechHive 2:44 PM
  • "Microsoft Invents Auto Pairing Devices to Users for Xbox & Office" Patent Bolt 12:10 PM
  • "Microsoft Prepares Air-Gesturing Detection for Smart Devices" Patent Bolt 12:10 PM
  • "Sony Releasing Fix for Bricked PS3 Consoles Thursday" PC Magazine 6/22
  • "Whistle-blower update: U.S. seeks Snowden extradition; WikiLeaker's Gmail searched" CNET News 6/22
  • "White House: 'We expect' Hong Kong to comply with Snowden extradition" CBS News 6/22
  • "Petition to pardon Edward Snowden passes 100,000 signatures, forcing White House response" The Next Web 6/22
  • "Secret warrant used to access WikiLeaks volunteer's Gmail account" The Verge 6/22
  • "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 6/22
  • "Snowden charges first step in long extradition process" Reuters 6/22
  • "Whistleblower Snowden charged with espionage by US authorities" Digital Trends 6/22
  • "Pentagon flash drive ban has many exceptions" Reuters 6/22
  • "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
  • "Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET: Attack of the summer apps" TUAW 3:08 PM
  • "MGG 455: Hey NSA, Can John Have His Packets Back?" The Mac Observer 12:10 PM
  • "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