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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, February 2, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "comScore Reports December 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share: Smartphone Penetration Climbs Over 40 Percent during December Holiday Shopping Season" ["Apple maintained its #2 position, growing 2.2 percentage points to 29.6 percent of the smartphone market."] comScore 6:56 PM
  • "Apple Has 12.4% Of Mobile Subscribers, 29.6% Of Smartphone Market" MacNews 6:56 PM
  • "Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Maintains Its Growth Trajectory in the Fourth Quarter Despite Soft Demand for Feature Phones, According to IDC" ["Apple jumped into the third spot globally from the fifth spot last quarter thanks to a record-breaking quarter of shipments. That represents the Cupertino-based company's highest-ever ranking on IDC's Top 5 global mobile phone leaderboard."] IDC 8:16 AM
  • "iPhone 4S pushes Apple into No. 3 spot for global phone sales" CNET News 8:19 AM
  • "IDC: iPhone is No. 3 worldwide" Fortune 8:16 AM
  • "Apple Now the World's Third Largest Cellphone Maker, IDC Says" Wired 7:50 PM
  • "Apple Is Now the World's Third Biggest Phone Manufacturer [Report] Mashable 8:52 AM
  • "Apple Jumps Into Third Spot Globally From Fifth In Mobile Phone Sales – IDC" MacPrices 12:26 PM
  • "Third: Apple reached the third place rank in total units shipped during last quarter. The following chart shows the ascent in rank." asymco 10:19 AM
  • "iPhone users grabbed 6 million free apps a day in December" CNET News 8:19 AM
  • "162,000 sign petition on Apple's Chinese factory conditions: The petition asks Apple to take steps to protect workers at factories that make iPhones and iPads" IDG News Service 2:53 PM
  • "Making Batteries and Components For Apple Is Better then Auto production" M.I.C. Gadget 8:44 PM
  • "iPad, therefore I am, and keeping a wired open mind" Melbourne Age 8:26 AM
  • "Macworld thriving without Apple" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:43 PM
  • "iPhone 3GS Seems To Be The Most Likely Model To Explode (Videos)" M.I.C. Gadget 12:41 PM
  • "The Daily Hits 1st Birthday, Reaches 100,000 Paid Subscribers on iPad. What's Next?" Mashable 8:55 AM
  • "Art Show of Snatched Apple Store Photos" ifoAppleStore 8:53 AM
  • "Apple Employee's iPhone Messages Accidentally Broadcast to Bloggers [Video] Mashable 2:49 PM
  • "Steve Jobs Impersonator With Angel Wings And Halo Used To Hawk A Worthless Android Tab" TechCrunch 11:01 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Next-gen Nokia phones may pack NFC, wireless charging" TG Daily 11:48 AM
  • "Vizio Shipping 58-Inch, 21:9 Widescreen HDTV in March" PC Magazine 11:07 AM
  • "Megaupload Hosting Provider Seeks Out Data Owners" InformationWeek 10:50 AM
  • "New HTC Sensation will have Ice Cream Sandwich" TG Daily 11:24 AM
  • "HTC Vows to Fix Android Flaw Revealing Wi-Fi Credentials" PCWorld 11:08 AM
  • "Google introduces country domains on Blogger to aid content removal: The decision by Google appears to precede a move by Twitter to selectively delete messages in some countries" IDG News Service 10:31 AM
  • "Google Docs for Android gets offline access: But users still can't edit documents when they don't have an Internet connection" IDG News Service 10:31 AM
  • "Play video games for a living? TwitchTV is making it happen" CBS News 10:23 AM
  • "Japan Inc. Suppliers Bleed Jobs as Yen Batters TV, Chip Profits" Bloomberg 10:17 AM
  • "Key Internet operator VeriSign hit by hackers" Reuters 9:54 AM
  • "Elpida's Q3 loss widens as debt troubles remain" MarketWatch 9:46 AM
  • "Facebook Names Google, Twitter, Microsoft as Major Rivals" PC Magazine 11:07 AM
  • "Facebook's Zuckerberg to keep iron grip after IPO" Reuters 9:52 AM
  • "Zuckerberg's Facebook stake is worth at least $16 billion" CNNMoney 10:27 AM
  • "For Zuckerberg, Riches up to $28 Billion" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
  • "Outgoing Sony CEO Howard Stringer Says Much of Big Losses out of His Control" IDG News Service 11:08 AM
  • "New Sony Chief Executive Reveals Fast-Forward Plans" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:38 AM
  • "EA's Outlook Falls Short of Hopes: Videogame Maker Posts a Smaller Loss, but Sales, Profit Projections Fall Short" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:37 AM
  • "Disjointed Sony had four different groups developing iPad-killing tablets" The Next Web 8:52 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "18.02 / February 2012: Volume 18, Number 2" ATPM 1:42 PM
  • "The future of children's books arrives on the iPad: Everything Butt Art" The Next Web 9:08 AM
  • "All The Rage: Aspyr Brings id's Latest Shooter To Macs" [Interview] Inside Mac Games 8:46 AM