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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, March 16, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "New York Times removes fabricated Mike Daisey allegations in Apple Chinese factory story"  AppleInsider 9:06 PM
  • "This American Life Pulls Mike Daisey's Story about Apple's Labor Abuses in China Because Daisey Played Fast and Loose With the Facts" Slog 9:13 PM
  • "Public radio's 'This American Life' retracts Apple story" St. Paul Pioneer Press [Free Registration Required] 9:31 PM
  • "This American Life retracts hugely popular episode on Apple and China: Well-loved radio show This American Life—spawned from station WBEZ right here in Chicago—has some 'difficult news' about one its most popular shows, an episode on Apple and labor conditions in China. The episode 'contained significant fabrications,' writes TAL host Ira Glass today on the show's blog. He is devoting this week's entire episode, called 'Retraction,' to the story." Ars Technica 1:12 PM
  • "Radio show on Apple's Chinese workers is retracted" Reuters 4:36 PM
  • "This American Life retracts episode on Apple and Foxconn" CNET News 1:44 PM
  • "'This American Life' Retracts Episode on Apple's Suppliers in China" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:44 PM
  • "What were the 'falsehoods' in Mike Daisey's Apple show?" Fortune 4:43 PM
  • "Mike Daisy guilty of 'numerous falsehoods" Mac.Blorge 4:44 PM
  • "Overnight iPad Prep Includes Glass Stair Repairs" ifoAppleStore 9:33 PM
  • "Crowds storm stores for Apple's next iPad" USA Today 8:44 AM
  • "Lines for New Apple iPad Down 75%: Report" CNBC 11:40 AM
  • "Apple fans snap up new iPad, but response muted" AFP Relax News 7:23 AM
  • "Crowds — big, but not huge — turn out to buy the newest iPad" Dallas Morning News [Paid Membership Required] 11:16 AM
  • "Crowds gather at Bay Area Apple stores in anticipation of new iPad's release" Silicon Valley 11:16 AM
  • "Apple Store staff outnumber queues as new iPad goes on sale" The Register 8:54 AM
  • "Apple fans snap up new iPad as it hits shelves" Newscore 4:42 PM
  • "Even in Paris, buying an iPad can be an event unto itself" CNET News 8:56 AM
  • "Queueing next to the Paris opera" [Slideshow] CNET News 11:17 AM
  • "iPad debut gets 'warm' reception in Ginza" CNET News 8:56 AM
  • "Apple aficionados line up in Canada as new iPads go on sale" Canadian Press [Free Registration Required] 9:00 AM
  • "Hundreds of Apple Faithful Line up in Tokyo for Launch of New IPad" IDG News Service 9:00 AM
  • "Uncle Sam Lines Up Early For New iPad: Department of the Interior plans to buy 20 new Apple tablets to streamline business operations." InformationWeek 11:38 AM
  • "First Person In The UK To Buy The New iPad In Store Is A Startup Guy" TechCrunch 8:50 AM
  • "Exclusive: Steve Wozniak In Line For IPad 3 At Apple Store (Video)" what's trending 7:25 AM
  • "Wozniak Waits for New iPad in Los Angeles" [Video Report] Associated Press 7:14 AM
  • "Videos: Customers queue for the new iPad around the world" Fortune 11:24 AM
  • "iPads bought, unboxed ahead of US launch; Woz waits patiently in LA (Updated)" TUAW 8:37 AM
  • "Collected Video: the whole world wants an iPad in its hand" Computerworld 8:20 AM
  • "Customers, press amass for launch of Apple's new iPad" AppleInsider 8:29 AM
  • "Lines around the corner for new iPad" CNNMoney 9:13 AM
  • "New iPad Miami Mayhem" iMore 9:31 AM
  • "iPad Goes On Sale, Launch Barely Bruised By Anti-Apple Protest" Wired 12:03 PM
  • "iPad launch draws fans and protesters across the U.S. (gallery)" VentureBeat 8:31 AM
  • "Dozens line up for new iPad at Wal-Mart stores" CNET News 11:17 AM
  • "Walmart Midnight iPad Release Success!" iSource 8:17 AM
  • "3rd Generation iPad Launches Around the World" MacRumors 8:18 AM
  • "iPad: Californians Wait While Others Celebrate" Forbes 11:16 AM
  • "Apple Store Behind the Scenes: New iPad Launch Prep" The Mac Observer 11:16 AM
  • "New iPad Launch Event Pics from Flat Iron Crossing" The Mac Observer 11:36 AM
  • "Waiting In Line For The New iPad" BYTE 8:18 AM
  • "Blighty's largest iPad reseller formed in biz gobble deal" Channel Register 1:04 PM
  • "Protesters at iPad launch want Apple to 'think different' on worker treatment" VentureBeat 8:50 AM
  • "Gazelle ups iPad 2 trade-in price, but better deals can be had" CNET News 8:56 AM
  • "New iPad may push AT&T to drop restrictions: Tethering feature in new 4G iPad undoes one more customer-unfriendly carrier policy, in a slow but steady pattern" InfoWorld 11:38 AM
  • "So you've got a blockbuster iPhone game. Now what?" Fortune 9:13 AM
  • "For Apple, Pressure Builds Over App Store Fraud" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:16 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Nokia Lumia 610 can double as Wi-Fi hot spot" CNET News 1:43 PM
  • "Fred Amoroso: Is this the man behind Yahoo's patent offensive?" CNET News 1:42 PM
  • "Amazon Sees Further Price Drops in Cloud, Pressuring Microsoft" Bloomberg 1:26 PM
  • "Red Hat pushes out beta of JBoss app update" ZDNet UK 1:08 PM
  • "Marlinspike: Certificates have 'real problems'" ZDNet UK 1:08 PM
  • "Researchers discover 'worrisome' authentication flaws in many online services, sites" ZDNet 1:06 PM
  • "The Hot Spot for the Rising Tech Generation: A bidding war broke out in November when a small house in San Francisco's tightly packed Noe Valley came on the market." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:58 PM
  • "SourceForge takes down dodgy Anonymous operating system" V3 12:57 PM
  • "The Elder Scrolls will go massively online" TG Daily 12:50 PM
  • "Neo Geo X announced, celebrates vintage gaming" TG Daily 12:50 PM
  • "Yammer offers bonuses to defecting Yahoo staff" TG Daily 12:49 PM
  • "Tech support scammers target antivirus customers with new tactics: Cold-callers impersonating customer representatives from antivirus companies" Techworld 12:48 PM
  • "Pinterest Revamps Profile Pages: Streamlined Content, Cleaner Interface, New Board Layout" TechCrunch 12:46 PM
  • "LibreOffice Gets a Fresh Update" PCWorld 11:52 AM
  • "Facebook is evaluating 'other options' in case Menlo Park doesn't let it expand" Daily News 11:03 AM
  • "Google TV Adds New International Apps, But It's Still Only Available In U.S." TechCrunch 12:46 PM
  • "Google apps on ICS Android tablets crash more often than others" ZDNet 1:07 PM
  • "Android Phones Will Keep Getting Exploited, Researchers Say" IDG News Service 11:52 AM
  • "Android app developers criticise Google for late payment" BBC 10:50 AM
  • "Forget The New iPad: Here Are The Breakthrough Tech Innovations That Happened On March 16" [Slideshow] Business Insider 9:31 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Gene Steinberg meets Jim Dalrymple and Peter Cohen from The Loop, and AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 11:45 AM
  • "iPad Eve, Lytro Camera, Old School Keyboards, NCAA basketball (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 8:26 AM