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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, July 20, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "The iPhone Is Alive and Well (At Least in the United States)" The Motley Fool 11:27 AM
  • "Major crackdown planned for tech's biggest alleged tax dodgers" BGR 8:16 AM
  • "Apple refunds dad $6,000 iPad bill racked up by 8-year-old: Incredibly, there are still some 8-year-olds who don't know that in-game purchases involve real money. As Lily Neale's aerospace designer dad discovers when his bank account is frozen." CNET News 7:53 PM
  • "Clamour for smartphone 'kill switch' as 'Apple-picking' surges" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:27 AM
  • "From Apple to Nest Labs, Always a Designer" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:18 PM
  • "More work ahead in Apple, Samsung antitheft crack attack: The results of attempts to crack the antitheft security on Apple's iOS 7 and Samsung's Galaxy S4 Lojack system are still being compiled." CNET News 7/19
  • "Apple, Google, dozens of others urge U.S. surveillance disclosures" Reuters 7/19
  • "Microsoft attacks iPad to unload Surface RT inventory: In a new ad, Microsoft compares a Surface RT to an iPad. An Apple Siri-like voice, representing the iPad, says, 'This is not going to end well for me.'" CNET News 7/19
  • "Surface RT takes on the iPad and wins!" BetaNews 7/19
  • "Google to take Apple's iPhone head on: August 1 Moto X media event is a go" iDownload Blog 7/19
  • "More iOS Apps Are Free Than Ever Before" Wired 7/19
  • "Recharging iPhone blamed for another serious shock in China: iPhone 4 connected to a counterfeit or third-party charger leaves 30-year-old man in a coma for the past 10 days, according to reports from Asia." CNET News 7/19
  • "Beijing fanboi in coma after iPhone 4 shock treatment" ["The handset and charger in question didn't show any signs of damage, however the latter was not an 'official' Apple peripheral."] The Register 7/19
  • "Another iPhone shock case in China leaves man in coma" ZDNet 7/19
  • "State, federal governments testing Apple's antitheft tech" TUAW 7/19
  • "Verizon's iPhone Activations Could Have Been Helped By iPhone 4 Upgrades" Forbes 7/19
  • "Top-3 mobile telecom carriers in Russia to give up iPhone, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 7/19
  • "Take a nostalgia trip with minimalist renders of old Macs" TUAW 7/19
Non-Apple News
  • "Mozilla unveils 'aggressive' Firefox OS schedule: Quarterly feature releases, security updates every six weeks" The Next Web 9:40 PM
  • "Official Press Shots Leak for Google's Moto X" PC Magazine 8:35 PM
  • "Consumer Reports weighs in on device upgrade plans" iDownload Blog 7:24 AM
  • "U.S. Music Sales Down As Streaming Up 24% To 51B Tracks In 6 Months; Harlem Shake Bumps Its Way To The Top" TechCrunch 7/19
  • "Scientists power mobile phone with urine" [Video Report] BBC 7/19
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Gillmor Gang: iBeacon & Eggs" TechCrunch 1:12 PM
  • "Coming July 20: Gene Steinberg meets Dan Frakes, of Macworld, Daniel Eran Dilger, of AppleInsider, and John Martellaro, of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7/19
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour Podcast: iWatch rumors, special discounts, more" 9 to 5 Mac 7/19
  • "Jeff Carlson Takes Control of Your Digital Photos, One Step At A Time" MacVoices 7/19
  • "iMore show 355: An episode of hoarders" iMore 7/19