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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, May 11, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Study: iOS Surpasses Android in Enterprise Usage" PCWorld 5:08 PM
  • "Mozilla on new browser brouhaha: Microsoft, Apple different cases/'Apple is not a convicted monopolist,' says director of Firefox: Two wrongs don't make a right, Mozilla's chief counsel said Thursday when asked why his company hasn't lambasted Apple, as it did Microsoft, for blocking rival browsers from its mobile operating system. 'The similarities to iOS don't justify an outcome on Windows that deprives users of choice, reduces competition and hurts innovation,' said Harvey Anderson, Mozilla's top lawyer."  Computerworld 8:20 AM
  • "Apple dominating Samsung in Japanese smartphone market: Japanese researcher says Apple is king of Japan's growing smartphone market; rival Samsung lags far behind" IDG News Service 8:19 AM
  • "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak admits he doesn't have broadband at home" Adelaide Advertiser 8:02 AM
  • "Apple co-founder Woz weighs in against tech giant on price discrimination" Melbourne Age 8:18 AM
  • "Steve Wozniak Slams Apple's 'Horrible' Prices Down Under" Cult of Mac 8:45 AM
  • "U.S. Postal Service Bans Shipping of iPads and Other Gadgets Beginning on May 16"  PadGadget 11:39 AM
  • "Flipboard CEO: Apple's iPad 'created a revolution' for beautiful Internet content" AppleInsider 8:52 AM
  • "Apple's Siri: the 'best smartphone ever' is the Nokia Lumia 900. Wait, what?" The Next Web 8:23 AM
  • "Siri's 'Seed Man' Speaks" [Video Report] CNBC 8:22 AM
  • "Videos: The new iPad lands in 30 more countries this week" Fortune 8:21 AM
  • "iPhone 4S on sale for $149 at RadioShack: The electronics retailer is offering a special in-store-only promotion, trimming the cost of the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 by $50." CNET News 8:59 AM
  • "FreedomPop bringing free 4G service to iPhones: The $99 Freedom Sleeve case promises WiMax performance, 500MB of free data, and even extra battery life. But questions linger." CNET Reviews 3:21 PM
  • "Three more regionals to offer discounted iPhone 4S" FairerPlatform 12:30 PM
  • "Taiwan market: FET, TWM selling new iPad bundled with contracts" DigiTimes 8:25 AM
  • "iPhone leads Wash. police to robbers: University student beaten unconscious while trying to protect his friend's purse" Spokane Spokesman-Review 2:36 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Nintendo phases out Aqua Blue 3DS" CNET News 3:14 PM
  • "Adobe makes users pay to fix Photoshop flaw" ZDNet UK 2:15 PM
  • "Richard M. Stallman, free software leader falls ill at conference" ZDNet 2:10 PM
  • "Unrepentant Hippie and World Networker Randy Bush Enters Net's Hall of Fame" Wired 2:07 PM
  • "Cars of the future will be computers on wheels" USA Today 1:57 PM
  • "Snapkeys 2i: 'Invisible' Touchscreen Keyboard for Phones and Tablets" Techland 1:56 PM
  • "Quest for the holy algorithm: Last year Google made more than 520 changes to its search algorithm software and conducted about 58,000 experiments, 7000 of those on live users." Fairfax NZ News 1:34 PM
  • "YouTube considering introducing subscription-based streaming service" New York Post 12:35 PM
  • "Yahoo! CEO! didn't! even! read! his! own! CV! CompSci degree gaffe dates back to PayPal days" The Register 1:53 PM
  • "Silicon Valley is getting healthy, crunching abs, not just apps" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:28 PM
  • "Walt Disney Imagineers Bringing Video Games To Life At Walt Disney World Resort" Forbes 12:06 PM
  • "Instagram's insta-surprise: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook is getting an assist, of sorts, from the most unlikely place in its $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram — Google, The Post has learned." New York Post 12:34 PM
  • "Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounces US citizenship ahead of IPO, possibly reducing tax bill" New York Post 12:35 PM
  • "Fun New Facebook Feature: Pay $2 To Get Your Friends' Attention" Forbes 12:07 PM
  • "Facebook tests 'pay to promote post' tool: Facebook has started testing a system that lets users pay to highlight or promote posts." BBC 10:23 AM
  • "Samsung launches low-end Windows Phone with 4-inch display" IDG News Service 10:36 AM
  • "Huawei Aims to Be Smarter About Its Phone Branding" AllThingsD 9:54 AM
  • "Sony, Panasonic Fall to 30-Year Lows as TV Losses Mount" Bloomberg 10:25 AM
  • "Video apps battle to be the next Instagram" CNNMoney 9:34 AM
  • "Asus Invents Interesting Notebook with Integrated Projector" Patent Bolt 1:02 PM
  • "Why China's game business will hit $20B by 2016 (exclusive interview)" VentureBeat 11:25 AM
  • "The ABCs of camera phone technology: How good is the camera that comes with your new smartphone? We explain the technology and what you should look for." Computerworld 8:19 AM
  • "Why Computers Still Can't Translate Languages Automatically: We need to teach machines to understand the meaning of words. That's really hard." Slate 8:18 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Gene Steinberg meets Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, Adam Engst from TidBITS, and Avram Piltch from Laptop magazine this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12:14 PM
  • "5by5 | The Critical Path #37: Pathfinder I" asymco 11:24 AM
  • "iPad mini Rumors, Ivy Bridge Macs & Black Ops 2 Lawsuit + More! (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 10:40 AM