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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, April 30, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Why Ron Johnson left Apple to head JC Penney"  Covestor 7:56 AM
  • "Nokia makes most of its money from iPhone: Nokia actually makes more money from licencing patents to Apple than it does from selling its Lumia smartphones" PC Advisor 7:58 AM
  • "SD Unified rolls out iPads in a big way: After putting more than 75,600 netbooks into the hands of students, the San Diego Unified School District has switched its focus to Apple iPads and will buy devices to outfit 340 classrooms before the end of the school year." UTSanDiego 11:55 AM
  • "Apple's Israeli hiring goes into high gear/High-tech workers, update your CVs: In the coming weeks, Apple's Israeli headquarters will be posting dozens of positions to be filled" Ynetnews: Israel 9:40 AM
  • "Want to work for Apple? Try Israel" CNET News 11:28 AM
  • "Apple in talks with a film distribution company" The Inquirer 8:15 AM
  • "Apple courting EPIX to stream new content to iDevices and possibly new iTV" PadGadget 8:41 AM
  • "Apple supplier Foxconn sees profits drop due to higher employee costs" VentureBeat 4:49 PM
  • "Foxconn suicide threats aimed at Microsoft, not Apple: Reports suggest that the latest protests are against Microsoft, rather than widely accued Apple" Macworld UK 7:58 AM
  • "Apple is Still King, but Android-based HTC Follows Closely Behind as Top Mobile Phone Brands" MacPrices 8:09 AM
  • "Next Canada Store To Fill In Huge No-Store Zone" ifoAppleStore 6:58 PM
  • "Apple co-founder Woz to speak at June conference: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is will be speaking at the 2012 EuraMedia Summit, held in Boston, Massachusetts from 13-16 June." Macworld UK 7:58 AM
  • "Mobile app helps report unfair airport screeners" ["The app, available for iPhone and Android phones, was conceived in response to complaints from Sikhs in the U.S, who since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are routinely subjected to additional inspection, Singh said. Some are made to remove their turbans, which Sikhs wear for religious reasons, Singh said."] Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 8:07 PM
  • "NTELOS says iPhone launch on its network 'going great'" Theflyonthewall 8:37 AM
  • "Rovio: Angry Birds Space Downloaded 50 Million Times In 35 Days" TechCrunch 10:19 AM
  • "Ugly Meter Made $500k From Telling Folk They're Ugly" The Next Web 8:09 AM
  • "Apple spits out Android option from Chomp app navigator" Engadget 8:19 AM
  • "Apple Drops Android Support From Chomp App Discovery Tool" PC Magazine 11:24 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Acorn pioneers honoured by US computing award" ZDNet UK 12:00 PM
  • "Nvidia unleashes $999 GeForce GTX 690 dual-GPU graphics card" ZDNet 11:58 AM
  • "Tech firms make poor showing in Sunday Times Rich List: Internet entrepreneurs are gaining ground, but traditional software firms are lagging" Techworld 11:42 AM
  • "Laser System Paints Information on the Road Ahead: Cheaper green semiconductor lasers could bring a novel display technology to market." Technology Review 11:40 AM
  • "TV in real dime: Hulu, networks to change model of free streaming" New York Post 11:05 AM
  • "Down but not out: Conficker camouflages new Windows infections/Crippled botnet still dangerous, makes PCs vulnerable to follow-up malware attacks" Computerworld 10:36 AM
  • "Compal Posts Seventh Consecutive Profit as Demand Slows" Bloomberg 10:24 AM
  • "Google staff 'knew of wi-fi snooping', report says" BBC 10:22 AM
  • "The New Pay Phone and What It Knows About You" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:12 AM
  • "LG To Pull Away From Windows Phone's Loving Embrace, Refocus On Android" TechCrunch 11:39 AM
  • "Java creator James Gosling: 'Google totally slimed Sun'" CNET News 10:09 AM
  • "U.S.Cellular, Alltel launch Walmart prepaid phones" CNET News 10:09 AM
  • "Harbinger's Falcone to leave LightSquared" CNNMoney 12:08 PM
  • "Falcone Agrees To Step Aside" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:46 AM
  • "Itsy-bitsy teeny cell towers are coming" CNNMoney 9:40 AM
  • "One in four 'abandoning scheduled TV': The majority of TV viewing is now 'on-demand' for one in four Britons, and 41 per cent of 18-24 year olds." Telegraph 11:25 AM
  • "Religious Sites Carry More Malware Than Porn Sites, Security Firm Reports" PCWorld 10:13 AM
  • "Americans Want More Wireless Broadband" MacNews 8:35 AM
  • "Anti-fog glass is glare-free and self-cleaning" TG Daily 8:19 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Mac Geek Gab Podcast: MGG 394: Hard Drive Maintenance, Mail Tweaking, Home Servers & More" The Mac Observer 4:50 PM
  • "On The Verge episode 005 teaser: Tony Fadell talks about early iPhone prototypes" The Verge 10:44 AM
  • "The simplicity of Apple. We see it in their products and stores but it goes deeper than that. We review Ken Segall's book about Apple 'Insanely Simple'. Plus, Apple is DOOMED!" The MT Show 7:46 AM