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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, May 3, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Rumor: Apple stores preparing for 'big event' soon?"  MacNN 8:21 AM
  • "Apple Shines, But Slumping Android Shipments Lead to Disappointing First Quarter for Media Tablets, According to IDC"  Business Wire 9:08 AM
  • "New lawsuit accuses Apple of double-billing on iTunes" iPodNN 6:01 PM
  • "Apple hit with national class action over iTunes double-billing" GigaOM 7:29 PM
  • "Apple is outgunning Android in U.S., carriers report" Appolicious 3:45 PM
  • "Kindle Fire shipments drop sharply as Apple's iPad takes 68% tablet share" AppleInsider 10:31 AM
  • "iPad Renews Tablet Dominance as Kindle Fire Sales Drop Like a Rock" Mashable 3:59 PM
  • "New iPad extinguishes Kindle Fire" BetaNews 3:58 PM
  • "iPad gulps more than two-thirds of market as Amazon's Fire falls from grace" iDownload Blog 3:58 PM
  • "iPad Floats Tablet Market; Kindle Fire Hosed, IDC Says" CIO Today 4:14 PM
  • "Apple dominates global handset profits as smartphone sales shoot up" Ars Technica 3:59 PM
  • "With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits" Fortune 8:57 AM
  • "Apple remains top U.S. smartphone vendor" BGR 8:55 AM
  • "128 Million U.S. Mobile Subscribers Experience More than Five Dropped Calls A Month, According to First Mobile Call Quality Survey from Rebtel" PRWeb 11:09 AM
  • "iPhone owners least likely to switch when service sucks" Fortune 11:09 AM
  • "Samsung No. 1 Raises Pressure on Apple for IPhone Choices" Bloomberg 10:24 AM
  • "Apple executive's dream home touches off battle in Bonny Doon" Santa Cruz Sentinel [Free Registration Required] 3:54 PM
  • "Rock Band iOS Soon No Longer Playable, Still on Sale: EA issues statement in response."  IGN 8:35 AM
  • "EA: Rock Band iOS cancellation prompt made in error, more info soon" Joystiq 10:31 AM
  • "The dark side of IAP: EA shuts down Rock Band for iPhone/Decision to make music game unplayable is controversial, but it's not the only example" The Guardian 8:36 AM
  • "Was Apple protest leader Mark Shields an 'accidental activist'? More than 250,000 people signed Mark Shields' petition demanding better conditions for workers who assemble iPads. Shields said he fell into the cause accidentally. But he also does this sort of thing for a living." CNET News 8:03 AM
  • "Britain prepares for government by iPad: MPs may have had their heavy parliamentary drinking habits curtailed, but the 650 politicos occupying the Palace of Westminster might be cheered by the fact that they will soon be issued with their very own fondleslab."  The Register 8:06 AM
  • "UK parliament to provide 650 iPads to MPs, costing $420,000" The Next Web 8:56 AM
  • "Wayward footballer turns to iPod cure: Australian Rules footballer Sam Reid of the Sydney Swans may turn to technology in an attempt to repair his wayward kicking." The Register 8:06 AM
  • "Rare Steve Jobs interview slated for cinema release" V3 3:55 PM
  • "Apple critic Mike Daisey is as hot as ever" CNET News 8:37 AM
  • "Apple's Long-Lost Sequel to '1984' Surfaces [Video] Mashable 8:51 AM
  • "TomTom Speak & Go puts Siri in your car" Electricpig 8:44 AM
  • "Kim Dotcom: A wannabe Steve Jobs?" paidContent 7:57 AM
  • "Fake Apple Hardware: 9 Knockoffs That Would Make Jony Ive Cringe" Wired 8:20 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Verizon reps push 4G Android over iPhone" CNNMoney 12:08 PM
  • "Playstation Plus enhancements may be coming" TG Daily 11:48 AM
  • "Connected TVs: A new frontier for developers" InfoWorld 11:12 AM
  • "Voting Now Open for Annual Doodle 4 Google Contest" PC Magazine 11:24 AM
  • "Google Could Have Used C# for Android: Xamarin" eWeek 10:58 AM
  • "Chip executives' conference is off to Armenia" EE Times 10:56 AM
  • "Samsung to launch next Galaxy phone at London event: Samsung will put the rumours and alleged leaks about its next flagship smartphone to rest when it unveils the handset in London later on Thursday." BBC 10:17 AM
  • "Android malware now spreading through hacked Web sites" CNET News 10:05 AM
  • "Is EA 'destroying' gaming? Minecraft creator thinks so" CNET News 10:05 AM
  • "IT shops sifting RIM's bold promises and plans: At annual BlackBerry World, enterprise IT staff reactions span fear, hope, apathy" Network World 11:28 AM
  • "BlackBerry maker promises LTE PlayBook, but needs developers" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 9:47 AM
  • "Teradata profit beats again on data analytics demand" Reuters 9:54 AM
  • "Infineon lifts expectations as sales rise" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:55 AM
  • "Nokia tells investors new tablets and 'hybrid' smartphones coming soon" Reuters [Free Registration Required] 11:08 AM
  • "Nokia: Tablet Comments Misconstrued, Company Still 'Watching the Space'" eWeek 10:58 AM
  • "Nokia's Incoming Chairman Says Its Current Program Will Succeed" Bloomberg 9:59 AM
  • "New Nokia Chairman Vows Entrepreneurial Spirit" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 AM
  • "Copyright doubts still pinned to Pinterest despite changes" Boston Herald 10:19 AM
  • "Pinterest plans local-language launches" GigaOM 9:32 AM
  • "On The Horizon: Multi-Dimensional Audio" TechHive 8:39 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Apple Context Machine Podcast: ACM 193: Microsoft's Nook Move, Tablets, Amazon TV Shows" The Mac Observer 8:45 PM
  • "Mac Geek Gab Premium Podcast: MGG 395: Streaming DVDs, Clearing File Corruption, Better iPad VNC & More" The Mac Observer 5:12 PM
  • "The 'Insanely Simple' Secret To Apple's SuccessKen Segall, author of Insanely Simple, explains how Steve Jobs and Apple succeeded by lowering the complexity of its products and operations." [Video Interview] TheStreet 10:01 AM