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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, June 25, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels: Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc.'s AAPL -1.95% Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:41 PM
  • "Mac users pay more than PC users, says Orbitz: The travel site says Mac users will pay $20 to $30 a night more on hotels than PC users." CNET News 8:10 PM
  • "Mac users just love to pay more, says Orbitz" ZDNet 9:27 PM
  • "First-day buyer of original 2007 iPhone found love and connectivity/From iPhone 1 to iPhone 4S: the evolution of digital life" Network World 12:43 PM
  • "Original iPhone: Why this guy is still using a 5-year-old smartphone/Acquired on eBay, original iPhone still satisfies Bulgarian IT worker" Network World 12:43 PM
  • "RIM abandons BlackBerry, industry awaits Apple iPhone 5 effect" Computerworld 7:19 AM
  • "New Sony Google TV Set-Top Box Disappoints, Increases Desire for Apple TV" Forbes 11:30 AM
  • "New Apple store opens" CRN 9:27 PM
  • "Apple Is Adding Yelp Check-Ins To iOS (That Everyone Will Ignore)" Business Insider 7:38 AM
  • "Apple to provide Yelp check-in functionality within iOS 6 Maps" The Next Web 8:16 AM
  • "Apple's new Maps app could integrate Yelp check-ins" CNET News 10:00 AM
  • "East Alton approves iPad purchase: The East Alton Elementary School Board moved forward with the plan to implement a One to One iPad initiative and approved a lease-to-purchase agreement at Tuesday night's meeting." The Telegraph: Alton, IL 7:46 AM
  • "The iPad Is Helping Make 'Motion' Comics A Graphic, Gratifying Reality" App Advice 7:31 AM
  • "Apple to initiate new 'Pathways' training program for retail employees" 9 to 5 Mac 7:38 AM
  • "Apple introduces Pathways training program for retail workers" FairerPlatform 9:26 AM
  • "Cricket prepaid iPhone launch a success" TG Daily 1:14 PM
  • "250 Steve Jobs videos collected in biography companion archive" Macworld UK 7:48 AM
  • "Video of Woz: pranks, Steve Jobs, and how the Apple II changed everything" Macworld UK 7:48 AM
  • "Here's what Woz really thinks about Kim DotCom" CNET News 8:20 AM
  • "Must watch: A collection of over 250 videos about Steve Jobs presented in biographical order" The Next Web 9:20 AM
  • "Download Demand for Steve Jobs at D Podcasts Strong" AllThingsD 9:09 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Mobile payments popular among Girl Scouts" TG Daily 12:56 PM
  • "A Personal Assistant Mines Your Life to Help Out: Cue feeds on e-mail and social-networking accounts to highlight important events and update contacts automatically." Technology Review 12:54 PM
  • "Box Brings Its OneCloud Platform To Android With 50 Apps" TechCrunch 12:52 PM
  • "Facebook quietly rolls out 'Find Friends Nearby'" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 1:13 PM
  • "Beyond iPhone and Android: 5 hot new platforms for developers" InfoWorld 11:50 AM
  • "OpenStack company Piston adds virtual desktop infrastructure" Network World 12:27 PM
  • "Mozilla's new silent update fails to boost Firefox 13''s uptake" Computerworld 10:40 AM
  • "India upgrades 'world's cheapest tablet' Aakash" BBC 10:13 AM
  • "Rambus names Ronald Black CEO" EE Times 12:36 PM
  • "Google Expected to Unveil Kindle Rival This Week" PCWorld 12:22 PM
  • "Google's Motorola Reportedly To Exit Feature Phones" Forbes 11:30 AM
  • "Google's next advance will be hard fought" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 11:35 AM
  • "What to Expect From Google I/O 2012" PC Magazine 12:15 PM
  • "Google I/O Preview: 9 Potential Products/Get ready for Android Jelly Bean, Google's Nexus tablet, and a host of new products and services to launch at Google's developer conference this week." InformationWeek 10:05 AM
  • "Google TV gets new audition with $199 Sony box, due July 22" CNET News 10:00 AM
  • "Blackberry Bankers: RIM Edges Closer to a Sale" Time 1:03 PM
  • "RIM: Splitting The Company In Two Parts A 'Silly Fantasy'" Forbes 11:29 AM
  • "Samsung Expects Record Mobile Profit With Galaxy, Shin Says" Bloomberg 10:16 AM
  • "Infinite-capacity wireless vortex beams carry 2.5 terabits per second" ExtremeTech 11:58 AM
  • "Microsoft Invents New Cooperative Touch + Pen Input Mechanism" Patent Bolt 12:15 PM
  • "The Patent behind Microsoft's Digital Pen for Surface Tablets" Patent Bolt 7:49 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Goodbye MobileMe. Hello Surface?" The MT Show 7:23 AM