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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, June 2, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Sotheby's to Auction Off Rare Apple-I Computer and Jobs Memo" Time 1:18 PM
  • "Mobile-Phone Makers End Deadlock On Standard For New SIM Cards" Bloomberg 7:32 AM
  • "Apple looms over E3 once again: It feels like Apple's hold on the gaming industry is stronger than it was the year before. Are traditional game companies finding themselves forced to play Apple's game?" CNET Reviews 6/1
  • "Apple Store staff to work late on 5 June, new product? Apple Store staff to work late in run up to WWDC"  Macworld UK 6/1
  • "Taiwan Freaks Out Over Apple Considering US Plants" Patently Apple 6/1
  • "Apple and Foxconn back under fire for working conditions: Apple and Foxconn are yet to make significant changes to labour practices that see Chinese workers work unpaid and excessive overtime,endure bullying and work in unsafe working conditions, according to not for profit group Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour" The Register 6/1
  • "ETSI chooses Apple-inspired proposal for new 4FF nano-SIM standard"  The Next Web 6/1
  • "Nano-SIM design gets green light: but did Apple win? According to ETSI, it has finally come to an agreement on the Nano-SIM standard. The only issue is, it didn't say which company won." CNET News 6/1
  • "Apple wins battle over nano-SIM standard" ["ETSI isn't releasing further details of the vote or the winning specification, saying only that the decision had been made, according to a spokesman at the standards organization. Card maker Giesecke & Devrient, which had a representative on the committee, identified the proposer of the winning specification."] IDG News Service 6/1
  • "One nano-SIM to rule them all: Apple submission approved as standard" Ars Technica 6/1
  • "New SIM card format for slimmer, smaller phones" ETSI 6/1
  • "Report: Netflix beats Apple as No. 1 online movie supplier" paidContent 6/1
  • "Source: No iPhone 4S on Boost Mobile in September" 9 to 5 Mac 6/1
  • "iPhone allegedly bound for Boost Mobile in September: Boost Mobile could be the next prepaid carrier to land the once-exclusive iPhone." CNET News 6/1
  • "Cricket Creates Big Buzz With Prepaid iPhone Offer" MacNewsWorld 6/1
  • "How Much Does a Prepaid iPhone Cost? Leap Wireless will start selling prepaid iPhones next month, making it the first pay-as-you-go carrier to offer the smartphone, Thomas Gryta reports on digits." [Video Report] MarketWatch 6/1
  • "Where to get a prepaid iPhone" Tapscape 6/1
  • "eBay seller of 'stolen' iPad prototype risks arrest: The seller of the iPad prototype sold on eBay this week may have landed in hot water." Macworld UK 6/1
  • "BMW Apple-Like Geniuses Sell Luxury Models with Tablets: Cars" Bloomberg 6/1
  • "Apple iPhone margin: 2X that of Nokia Lumia 900" ZDNet 6/1
  • "iPhone margin twice that of Lumia 900" CNET News 6/1
  • "Apple looking for pizza genius: Apple is hiring pizza chefs with at least 2-4 years of experience making Neapolitan style pizza" Macworld UK 6/1
  • "These Poignant Ads Show Exactly How Immersive The iPad Can Really Be [Gallery] Cult of Mac 6/1
Non-Apple News
  • "Microsemi rebuts silicon backdoor claim" The Register 6/1
  • "LucasArts unveils 'Star Wars 1313''" USA Today 6/1
  • "Fans get date with Lara Croft: Square Enix already revealed Lara Croft's next outing in Tomb Raider had been pushed back but today it announced a definitive release date for the game." Register Hardware 6/1
  • "Sharp showcases new IGZO LCD and OLED screens" TG Daily 6/1
  • "Electric hydrofoil the ultimate wave rider" TG Daily 6/1
  • "A Startup Hopes to Help Computers Understand Web Pages: Diffbot aims to make it easier for apps to read Web pages the way humans do." Technology Review 6/1
  • "Ikea Further Details Its Upcoming Uppleva HDTV Line" TechCrunch 6/1
  • "Emerging display tech on display at SID 2012" EE Times 6/1
  • "Video games help autistic students in classrooms" USA Today 6/1
  • "Apparently This Matters: $1,300 HDMI cables" CNN 6/1
  • "AT&T Mulls Upgrading Rural Lines Instead Of Selling Them" Bloomberg 6/1
  • "Facebook Forced By Privacy Activist To Put Policy Changes Up For Worldwide Vote" TechCrunch 6/1
  • "Facebook attack claimed by Anonymous members" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 6/1
  • "Chic geeks give San Francisco a new tech groove" Reuters 6/1
  • "Google holding 'next dimension' of Maps event next week" CNET News 6/1
  • "Google says Chrome is slamming IE's market share" ZDNet 6/1
  • "Google applies to put more LOLs into domain names" ZDNet UK 6/1
  • "Google's vision returns to the humble desktop" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6/1
  • "Google embraces paid product search options" ZDNet 6/1
  • "Finish Line's Apple-like Ideas are 'Beautiful'" Forbes 6/1
Publications/Podcasts
  • "4 Tips to Build an Irresistible App: Catalog Spree developed the highest-ranked shopping app for the iPad. Here's how they did it." Inc. 6/1
  • "Gene Steinberg meets Macworld columnist Kirk McElhearn, Jim Dalrymple from The Loop, and Kirk Hiner from AppleTell this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6/1
  • "CNET UK Podcast 290: Prometheus and the next iPhone" Crave @ CNET 6/1