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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, August 12, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Behind the music: the backstory of Marimba 158, the iPhone text tone" TUAW 8:07 AM
  • "How Apple's text alert sound was created (8 years before the iPhone existed)" The Next Web 7:49 AM
  • "App Store Still Tops Google Play In Revenue Despite Slower Growth" Cult of Android 7:59 PM
  • "Mobile phone unlocking has jumped 71 percent since it became illegal" VentureBeat 3:54 PM
  • "Apple's cutting-edge manufacturers are getting sliced up even more than expected" Quartz 8:00 AM
  • "Hidden iPad features that could improve your life" Telegraph 8:19 AM
  • "Norway's Government Blocks 3-D Apple Maps For Oslo" AppAdvice 8:32 AM
  • "Norway Blocks Apple From 3D Mapping Oslo For Maps App Flyover View: Report" The Huffington Post 2:05 PM
  • "Norwegian government stops Apple's aerial mapping of capital" CNET News 4:25 PM
  • "Norway Rejects Apple's Request for 'Flyover' Photography of Oslo" The Mac Observer 8:04 PM
  • "Glow: using the iPhone and big data to help would-be parents make babies" ZDNet 7:46 AM
  • "Kutcher Calls Steve Jobs 'Da Vinci of Our Day': Charlie Rose" [Audio Report] Bloomberg 8:03 AM
  • "Early Pixar Employee Accepts Disney Legend Award On Behalf Of Steve Jobs" AppAdvice 8:32 AM
  • "Steve Jobs posthumously awarded Disney Legends Award" TUAW 8:27 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Secret Service releases first 100 pages of Aaron Swartz's file: Documents confirm that investigators were interested in a 2008 manifesto penned by the 26-year-old Internet activist, who committed suicide earlier this year while under federal prosecution." CNET News 9:35 PM
  • "Amazon's annual Kindle sales estimated at $4.5 billion" BGR 9:34 PM
  • "Dangerous Linux Trojan could be sign of things to come: 'Hand of Thief' Trojan specifically targets Linux but operates a lot like similar malware that targets Windows machines" Network World 8:26 AM
  • "HTC Taps 'Iron Man' Robert Downey Jr. as New Pitchman" PC Magazine 9:31 AM
  • "HTC Hopes Robert Downey Jr. — And Some Internet-Friendly Humour — Can Drink Samsung's Milkshake" TechCrunch 8:14 AM
  • "Napster's resurgence continues, as it goes in-car across Europe with BMW" The Next Web 7:50 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus' Newest Product Picks and More" MacVoices 1:09 PM
  • "10tons Discuss Publishing Fantasy Hack n Slasher Trouserheart" 148Apps 11:35 AM
  • "The last tycoon: A gaming legend is back on iPad" Red Bull UK 10:50 AM
  • "This week we cover ways to find the best deal on iPhone plans, a new site to make photo books and calendars, Disney's Animated app, and Wits & Wagers Trivia. Plus, use the Apple Store app to actual scan and purchase stuff at the store without ever interacting with the Apple Store staff." The MT Show 7:39 AM