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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, October 11, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "The 20 Most Desired Employers: From Google to L'Oreal/If you could work anywhere, what employer would you pick? A new global study by LinkedIn pinpoints Google, Apple and Microsoft — in that order — as the world's most desired employers. But there's room in the top-20 list for the likes of Unilever, Shell and L'Oreal, too." Forbes 11:05 AM
  • "Survey: 74 percent of iOS users say Maps is fine, no issues" Electronista 8:05 AM
  • "Teens express interest in iPad mini as Apple gains popularity among younger audience" Macworld UK 8:07 AM
  • "Google's Schmidt talks Google Maps, patent wars, and being CEO of Apple: Schmidt would like to be CEO of Apple, thinks Apple should never have ditched Google Maps, and believes that the patent wars is 'a disaster for us all'." Macworld UK 8:07 AM
  • "Eric Schmidt claims Apple versus Google is 'defining fight' in IT market" V3 7:58 AM
  • "Google's Schmidt: 'Apple Should Have Kept Our Maps'" PC Magazine 8:59 AM
  • "Schmidt: Apple has to approve Google Maps app for iOS — if we build it" GigaOM 10:48 AM
  • "Google Chairman on Apple: 'Maps Are Really Hard'" Mashable 9:17 AM
  • "All Things Google: Eric Shmidt Says Google Vs. Apple Defines Industry" Minyanville 10:15 AM
  • "Google Chairman talks Maps and Apple" 9 to 5 Mac 8:23 AM
  • "Pittsburgh company settles computer-app lawsuit, allowing Apple to again distribute: A four-month-long lawsuit over computer applications for nonverbal people, which prompted Apple to pull a popular app from its iTunes store, has settled, according to filings Wednesday in U.S. District Court." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 11:25 AM
  • "Worker commits suicide at Apple supplier Foxlink, report says" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 3:04 PM
  • "Apple Has Quietly Started Tracking iPhone Users Again, And It's Tricky To Opt Out" Business Insider 8:45 AM
  • "Bounce To The Beat Of Apple's New Colorful iPod TV Ad" App Advice 8:03 AM
  • "New Apple ad for iPod line airs on US TV during playoffs" iPodNN 8:05 AM
  • "Apple tries to prove it's colorful in new iPod ad" CNET News 8:53 AM
  • "Invitations for iPad Mini event still MIA" TG Daily 2:03 PM
  • "Going Walletless on Vacation: First Challenge, Airport Security" Wired 2:20 PM
  • "Artist Gets to the Point With Amazing Fingertips Portraits [Pics] Mashable 7:14 PM
  • "Watch the First 'Angry Birds Star Wars' Trailer [Exclusive] Yahoo! News 9:06 AM
  • "Cops: iPhone helps track down iPhone thief" Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 9:17 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Phone company to woman: You owe us $15 quadrillion" CNET News 3:08 PM
  • "Ubuntu goes fishing for donations with new download page" The Register 2:07 PM
  • "Video: BeoVision 11 is an $8,000 smart TV" TG Daily 2:01 PM
  • "Facebook patches security hole allowing mass harvesting of phone numbers" Techworld 1:56 PM
  • "The 'white hat' hacker" The Age 11:44 AM
  • "Juniper fortifies network edge with new routers" Network World 11:26 AM
  • "Western Digital Wi-Fi extender boasts 3-by-3 antenna array" PCWorld 11:23 AM
  • "Acer's Very Touchy Windows 8 Ultrabook: Aspire M5-481PT Windows 8 tablet lets you tap and swipe your way through documents using up to ten touchpoints." InformationWeek 10:51 AM
  • "Amid iPad mini rumors, Sharp to launch first phone with IGZO screen: Japanese company pitches long battery life of Aquos Phone Zeta phone, due to the IGZO display" IDG News Service 10:29 AM
  • "Mozilla Firefox browser upgrade taken offline due to vulnerability" BBC 10:15 AM
  • "Google patches $60k Chrome hole in 10 hours" ZDNet 2:41 PM
  • "Google and Yahoo Irish search domains hijacked" ZDNet 2:39 PM
  • "Google chairman: 'These patent wars are death'" Fortune 10:48 AM
  • "Google Puts Some Microsoft Office Exports On Life Support: Google says ability to export Google Apps files in legacy Office formats will continue until the end of January." InformationWeek 10:08 AM
  • "Google releases Web site speedup software" CNET News 10:04 AM
  • "Google Gives Street View A 250K-Mile Update Across 17+ Countries, Its Biggest Update Ever; Maps API Now Features Time Zones" TechCrunch 1:54 PM
  • "Tech dominates Fortune's 40 Under 40 list" CNET News 10:03 AM
  • "Dotcom plans to launch 'Megaupload 2.0'" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:44 AM
  • "Marissa Mayer: Ready to rumble at Yahoo" Fortune 9:59 AM
  • "BlackBerry CIO on Mobile Security, BYOD and the Modern CIO Role" CIO 11:25 AM
  • "HTC's need for 'something else' to take on Apple, Samsung" MarketWatch 9:46 AM
  • "Zen of four: new iPhone 5, Galaxy S III mini both shift to four inches" Tap For Mobile 3:52 PM
  • "Samsung Officially Debuts The Galaxy S III Mini: 4IDG News Service Mid-Range Jelly Bean In A Smaller Package" TechCrunch 1:53 PM
  • "Samsung announces Galaxy S3 Mini smartphone: Samsung has unveiled a smaller version of its Galaxy S3 smartphone, reducing the screen size by 0.8 of an inch to 4 inches, bringing it in line with Apple's iPhone 5." BBC 1:29 PM
  • "Trolls filed 40% of patent infringement lawsuits in 2011" Ars Technica 10:54 AM
  • "Softbank in Advanced Talks to Acquire Sprint Nextel" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:58 AM
  • "Sizing Up a Softbank Takeover of Sprint" WSJ Blogs 8:12 AM
  • "Softbank in talks for $12.8 billion Sprint stake" Reuters 8:12 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Live @ 10 PM ET - Lightning Adapters, iPods, iPhone 5 Issues, + More" Insanely Great Mac 7:12 PM
  • "iMore show 319: Renanoed" iMore 9:06 AM