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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
 

 

Apple/Macintosh
  • "A Map App, as Sleek as iPhone 5, Is Often Off" ["Apple acknowledges the stumble. 'We own this; we manage the vendors. This is no one's issue but ours,' an Apple executive told me. And it vows to pour as much time and manpower into repairing Maps as it takes."]  New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:06 PM
  • "Apple-Google Maps Talks Crashed Over Voice-Guided Directions" ["Spoken turn-by-turn navigation has been a free service offered through Google's Android mobile OS for a few years now. But it was never part of the deal that brought Google's maps to iOS. And sources say Apple very much wanted it to be. Requiring iPhone users to look directly at handsets for directions and manually move through each step — while Android users enjoyed native voice-guided instructions — put Apple at a clear disadvantage in the mobile space. And having chosen Google as its original mapping partner, the iPhone maker was now in a position where an archrival was calling the shots on functionality important to the iOS maps feature set."]  AllThingsD 2:52 PM
  • "Apple's iPhone 5 Maps app criticisms continue --but users don't mind too much" Computerworld 8:42 AM
  • "Ahem, Apple Is Doing Just Fine" ["Yes, yes, it's true. The iPhone5 failed to knock the earth from its axis. Nor can it walk on water as some had hoped. Really, just trust me on this one."] The Motley Fool 9:36 PM
  • "Apple-Google deal took a wrong turn over directions, report says" CNET News 3:47 PM
  • "Relax Everyone: The iPhone Is Just a Phone, Apple is Just a Company" Tech.pinions 8:59 AM
  • "Apple's $600,000 Weapon" ["Earlier this month a Californian Apple store was visited 'head-on' by a blue BMW that exploded through it's doors and glass windows. The driver then inched the vehicle deeper into the Apple showroom as a person exited the vehicle and began grabbing as many iPhones and iPads as possible ... The driver's bail was set to- you guessed it: $600,000 (which was reportedly the cost of damage to the store). ... when is the last time you heard of someone driving a car through a window to get a hold of Google's Droid? Or selling their kidney just to get their hands on a Nokia Lumina? ... You haven't. That is because Apple has what none of these other smartphone manufactures have: Fanaticism"]The Motley Fool 11:47 AM
  • "The iPhone 5's overlooked killer feature/Most of the jaw-wagging about the new iPhone misses the point: Apple has made its iconic gadget radically faster in one single move."  Fortune 8:12 AM
  • "Overwhelming Pre-Order Demand Could Be The Reason Behind Apple's Disappointing iPhone 5 Sales" Forbes 3:13 PM
  • "iPhone Sales May Perk Up but the Maps App's Another Story" MacNewsWorld 9:39 AM
  • "Apple calls Samsung's allegation of jury misconduct 'frivolous on its face'"  Foss Patents 9:42 AM
  • "Android devices have already been found to infringe 17 valid Apple and Microsoft patents" Foss Patents 12:48 PM
  • "Apple files for Wisconsin bench trial, Motorola agrees" Electronista 8:34 PM
  • "Digging for rare earths: The mines where iPhones are born/How are these unusual minerals extracted from the ground and why is that process an environmental risk? CNET's Jay Greene explains."  CNET News 8:53 AM
  • "The environmental pitfalls at the end of an iPhone's life" CNET News 8:54 AM
  • "How rocks power your iPhone" CNET TV 9:12 AM
  • "Where iPhones go to die" CNET TV 9:12 AM
  • "Amazon seeks to throw out Apple 'app store' advertising claim" Reuters 8:51 PM
  • "Earlier iPhone 5 debut? The Apple iPhone 5 may debut on China's mainland earlier than expected after the company received consumer electronics certification from the Chinese regulator, Shanghai Daily learned yesterday." ShanghaiDaily 8:40 PM
  • "iPhone 5 May Hit Mainland China Sooner Than Expected" AllThingsD 8:40 PM
  • "Apple taps obscure Asian suppliers to bring the iPhone and other products to the masses" Contra Costa Times 8:36 PM
  • "New Labor Attitudes Fed Into China Riot" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:40 PM
  • "Workers fought with armed police in Foxconn riot" ZDNet 8:24 AM