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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, August 7, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Consumers Prefer Mobile Devices Over PCs for Media and Entertainment" ["Streaming media is growing, and the streaming TV and movies category is the best scoring category at 78. Apple's iTunes scores the highest of any measured company in the study, using a slightly different model than its streaming counterparts to secure a score of 80. iTunes customers download content before viewing, setting the service apart from its true streaming competitors."]  ForeSee 8:22 AM
  • "Apple's iTunes Is The USA's Favorite Video Streaming Service" AppAdvice 8:23 AM
  • "Apple's iTunes streams satisfaction, beating out Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and HBO GO" VentureBeat 11:03 AM
  • "PC market flat in Q2 2013, despite tablet growth: Android takes 17% of PC market in Q2 as PC vendors turn to Google for tablets" ["Apple remained the top PC vendor in Q2, with a 4.5 million unit lead over second-placed Lenovo. But Apple's share fell more than two percentage points to 17.1% from 19.4% in Q2 last year due an annual decrease in iPad shipments. Desktop and notebook shipments only accounted for around 20% of its total PC shipments. With tablet vendors attacking Apple on price it must bring fresh innovation to future generations of its iPad range if it is to maintain the lead it has built in the PC market."] Canalys 8:23 AM
  • "PC Market Levels Out, Apple Still Dominates But Lenovo Is Gaining" AppAdvice 8:37 AM
  • "IDC: 13 percent iPhone market share might be Apple's lucky number" VentureBeat 12:58 PM
  • "IDC on Smartphones: Android Gains Share, Apple Loses Share, and Microsoft Passes BlackBerry" The Mac Observer 3:20 PM
  • "Android reaches massive 80% market share, Windows Phone hits global high, iPhone languishes" VentureBeat 12:57 PM
  • "Windows Phone 8 Seizes On iPhone Dry Spell: Android leads, iOS is slipping and Windows Phone 8 is inching forward. But until new products arrive this fall, it's premature to call winners and losers." InformationWeek 2:33 PM
  • "Samsung prepares to take on Apple and Google again as smartwatch patent revealed" Telegraph 8:32 AM
  • "Used Smartphone Market 'Poised To Explode,' Apple iPhone Holding Up Better Than Samsung Galaxy" Forbes 2:31 PM
  • "Amazon now offering game and software downloads for PC and Mac in the UK" The Verge 7:58 AM
  • "Amazon Appstore Now Open To Web Apps, With One-Click In-App Purchases In Tow" TechCrunch 8:26 AM
  • "Amazon expands scope of Appstore with addition of web apps" The Verge 9:42 AM
  • "The apps that Apple does not want you to use: They are the applications that Apple has tried to stop the world from using." Telegraph 8:28 AM
  • "JOBS movie clip, 'Leaving Apple.'" CNET News 8:09 AM
  • "Ashton Kutcher wants you to know he's a tech guy at heart" CNET News 8:09 AM
  • "New 'Jobs' trailer backed by Macklemore remix" GeekWire 8:48 AM
  • "Microsoft's Newest Ad Pits The Struggling Surface RT Against The iPad [Video] Cult of Mac 5:16 PM
  • "Microsoft Continues iPad Bashing in Latest Surface Ad [Video] iClarified 2:15 PM
  • "Chinese gamers think Plants vs. Zombies 2 is too hard, accuse developers of discrimination" TechHive 8:37 AM
  • "iPhone thief gets his own blog, courtesy of his victim" TUAW 2:16 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Microsoft tries to woo former MobileMe users with 15GB of extra free SkyDrive space" Neowin 9:21 PM
  • "On the Edge of failure: Ubuntu smartphone looks unlikely to reach crowdfunding goal" The Verge 7:16 PM
  • "Moore's Law could stay on track with extreme UV progress" Ars Technica 6:29 PM
  • "Windows Phone global shipments up 77%, extending lead over BlackBerry" GeekWire 4:22 PM
  • "Forensic Experts Poke Holes in Snapchat and Facebook" Mashable 10:07 AM
  • "'Doom' and 'Quake' legend John Carmack joins Oculus as technology chief" The Verge 9:43 AM
  • "Oculus Rift hires Doom co-creator John Carmack as Chief Technology Officer" Engadget 9:43 AM
  • "Localytics overhauls its web and mobile apps analytics platform (exclusive)" VentureBeat 8:52 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "ACM 216: Apple's ITC Wins, the DOJ's iTunes Power Push, and Rapidfire" The Mac Observer 8:33 PM
  • "TUAW TV Live: Technical Difficulties Episode" TUAW 4:09 PM