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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, September 21, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "iPhone 5 matches monthlong sales figures for 4S in just 3 days: ComScore report says the first three days of online preorders for the iPhone 5 matched the earlier Apple record set by the iPhone 4S over the course of a month." CNET News 7:12 PM
  • "Transit app developers see iOS 6 Maps as a chance to shine" Ars Technica 1:01 PM
  • "Early iPhone 5 Purchases Trend Toward iPhone 4S Upgraders and Black Models Amid Long Lines" MacRumors 12:38 PM
  • "Apple union's 'Day of Solidarity' to protest working conditions: As the iPhone 5 hits stores today, an Apple workers union asks store employees to demand better conditions in France and at Foxconn." CNET News 9:04 AM
  • "Apple fans and critics converge in Paris for iPhone 5" CNET News 9:05 AM
  • "Labor protest at Apple iPhone party in Paris" Reuters 9:17 AM
  • "iPhone 5 launch-day mania: Apple's map troubles haven't stopped the iPhone 5 launch-day crowds. CNET Update talks to fanatics in line at the Cube in New York City." CNET News 6:54 PM
  • "Apple iPhone 5 launch: Queues go global as Samsung offends millions" Computerworld 8:53 AM
  • "Apple fans rewarded for their wait with a shiny new iPhone 5" Contra Costa Times 10:16 AM
  • "iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans across the world" New York Post 9:00 AM
  • "A short, wonderful tale of iPhone 5 lines across North America [Slideshow] BetaNews 7:20 PM
  • "Live on Fifth Avenue from Apple's iPhone 5 launch (updated)" Fortune 9:05 AM
  • "New Apple Store Opening in Santa Rosa, Ca" James Bleifus 12:21 PM
  • "Hundreds lining up in Sacramento to buy iPhone 5" Sacramento Bee 11:09 AM
  • "iPhone 5 launch live from Apple Store Montreal" iMore 9:34 AM
  • "iPhone 5 buyers flood stores, jam phone lines as they rush to purchase, activate smartphones" Vancouver Sun 9:27 PM
  • "Canadian consumers report iPhone 5 activation problems" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:59 AM
  • "iPhone 5 launch live from the Regent Street Apple Store in London" iMore 9:33 AM
  • "Waiting For The iPhone 5 (Video)" Forbes 8:22 AM
  • "iPhone 5 queue hysteria captured in launch-day photos" Crave @ CNET 9:11 AM
  • "iPhone 5 lines from around the world [Video] BGR 8:58 AM
  • "Wal-Mart, Apple, Amazon and Google: In corporate battles, customers may be casualties" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 7:24 PM
  • "London iPhone 5 Madness: 'You must be CRAZY to buy Apple'" The Register 9:03 AM
  • "Woz on iPhone in 40 years: 'I won't want you humans'" SlashGear 12:54 PM
  • "Woz in Brisbane, Australia with his iPhone 5 (with video)" MacDailyNews 9:36 AM
  • "Tales From The Front Of The iPhone 5 Line: Stick It In My Veins" TechCrunch 9:23 AM
  • "Singapore lines up for the iPhone 5" CNET News 9:04 AM
  • "Apple iPhone 5 jacked up to $3,000 on eBay" Digital Trends 7:05 PM
  • "Crowds queue to snap up latest iPhone" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:06 AM
  • "Sprint Nearly Sold Out of iPhone 5 at Many East Coast Spots" AllThingsD 11:28 AM
  • "Best Buy, other retailers delaying iPhone 5 preorders" Electronista 1:40 PM
  • "Smuggled iPhone 5s Sell for as Much as $3,700 in Moscow" ABCNews 10:11 AM
  • "Smugglers take iPhone 5 to China, but supplies thin" Reuters 10:02 AM
  • "Apple store assistant sought after hundreds of iPhone 5s are stolen" The Independent 1:35 PM
  • "Burglars in Japan First to Get Hands on iPhone 5" WSJ Blogs 1:35 PM
  • "Scalpers Hog Lines for iPhone 5 at Some Apple Stores" The Mac Observer 8:08 PM
  • "Look At All These iPhone 5s Flooding FedEx's Distribution Center [Image] Cult of Mac 9:32 AM
  • "Marketers hijack iPhone 5 launch" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:06 AM
  • "Apple's Siri continues dominance over Samsung's S Voice" Electronista 9:00 AM
  • "New Google Voice Search, Siri are closely matched (hands-on)" CNET 9:04 PM
  • "Google's November Assault on Microsoft and Apple" TheStreet 8:48 AM
  • "London Underground offers offline maps to those who updated to iOS6 and no longer have schedules" 9 to 5 Mac 8:52 AM
  • "Starbucks to support Passbook in iOS 6 by end of September" Macworld 7:07 PM
  • "Airlines, Theaters, More Sign On for Apple's Passbook" PC Magazine 7:04 PM
  • "Worry not, Snapseed lovers: Google's Vic Gundotra says Nik Software's products will live on" The Next Web 12:41 PM
  • "Apple rep pitches iPad possibilities: About 30 community members gathered Wednesday for a presentation that Watauga County Schools administrators hope will put wheels in motion for a technology initiative for K-8 students." Watauga Democrat: Boone, NC 11:13 AM
  • "The New York PD wants to help find your iPhone: Police at 5th Ave. Apple Store to register new iDevices, will do Android too." Ars Technica 8:50 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Nintendo teases Wii U Gamecube downloads" TG Daily 11:33 AM
  • "Xperia Ion Ice Cream Sandwich update rolls out" TG Daily 11:32 AM
  • "Sony explains lack of 12 GB PS3 in US" TG Daily 11:32 AM
  • "Scottish researchers develop software that allows humans to talk to robots"  11:30 AM
  • "Who Steve Case is betting on now: Tech's slightly graying elder statesman is not so bullish on major media companies." Fortune 10:37 AM
  • "Winklevoss twins steer new course" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:30 AM
  • "More Boeing planes to get wireless, cellular connectivity" PCWorld 11:00 AM
  • "RIM updates BlackBerry Mobile Fusion device management suite" ZDNet 11:47 AM
  • "RIM CEO Apologizes For Yet Another BlackBerry Outage, Details How Many Users Affected" TechCrunch 11:28 AM
  • "RIM fixes BlackBerry outage that hit Europe, Middle East, Africa" CNET News 9:58 AM
  • "Google Apps users get email and contacts migration tool" ZDNet 11:47 AM
  • "Q&A: Google's VP of enterprise Amit Singh at Dreamforce '12" ZDNet 11:46 AM
  • "Google shuts once-feted China music download service" Reuters 10:01 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The TouchArcade Show - 70 - Rewind!" Touch Arcade 7:15 PM
  • "Gene Steinberg meets Alexander Adam, from Quasado, Mac|Life columnist Adrian Hoppel, and The Mac Observer's John Martellaro this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:42 PM
  • "Hossein Yassaie: Meet the man with the big Imagination/The technology chief played a vital role in developing Apple's new iPhone5 – but there is a lot more to come, he tells Gideon Spanier" The Independent 11:10 AM
  • "David Pogue: iPhone Improved in Every Possible Way/New York Times technology columnist David Pogue and Daring Fireball tech blogger John Gruber discuss the iPhone 5." [Video Report] Bloomberg 9:52 AM
  • "iMore show 314: iOS 6 review + iPhone 5 buyers guide" iMore 9:34 AM
  • "iPhone 5 Ships! Selling your iPhone, Apple Care, Maps (Podcast)" Insanely Great Mac 8:23 AM