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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Annual Report Shows Uptick in Employees, R&D Spend, Another Big Outlay on Capital" Forbes 9:01 PM
  • "Apple's annual report highlights retail stores and the competition" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:06 PM
  • "Apple Sees FY '13 Cap Ex Down From '12; To Add 30-35 Stores" Forbes 9:05 PM
  • "Apple to open up to 35 new retail stores in 2013" AppleInsider 9:00 PM
  • "Apple to open another 30 to 35 retail stores next year" CNET News 8:39 PM
  • "Apple sinking more money into R&D as spending rose $1B in 2012" AppleInsider 9:05 PM
  • "Apple R&D spending up nearly 40 percent in 2012" CNET News 8:39 PM
  • "Apple's FaceTime & Messages Dragged into Patent Infringement Lawsuit" Patently Apple 8:20 AM
  • "Apple facing Facetime patent suit" CNET News 9:59 AM
  • "Apple's FaceTime function at issue in $708 million (U.S.) lawsuit" Bloomberg 3:22 PM
  • "Apple Sued Over Apple Messages and FaceTime" Justia 11:50 AM
  • "B.C. woman files lawsuit accusing Apple of privacy breach" ["Eric Smith, an information security expert consulted in the suit and quoted in the release, alleges Apple products using the iOS4 system update themselves frequently and routinely collect information that can identify the user and the device's physical location."] Vancouver Sun 3:20 PM
  • "Apple Files Ex Parte Application Seeking Documents from Motorola" Patently Apple 9:21 AM
  • "Apple Removes Hooker Location Services from Siri in China" The Mac Observer 8:17 PM
  • "Amazon pulls anti-iPad mini ad with incorrect claim about stereo speakers" AppleInsider 1:31 PM
  • "Thanks For Telling EPEAT Why Upgrades Matter/Two weeks ago, we were dismayed to learn that EPEAT gave the Retina MacBook Pro a 'Gold' certification, defining any device with a USB port as 'upgradeable.' That's not how we define 'upgradable.' You agreed: nearly a thousand of you emailed EPEAT CEO Bob Frisbee to tell him about upgrades you've made to your devices, demonstrating how upgrading has made a difference in your life." iFixit 9:22 AM
  • "Apple, Inc. akin to religion? Studies suggest yes" Deseret News 1:29 PM
  • "New York-based Apple reseller Tekserve remains open despite power outage, working to fix and sell devices" 9 to 5 Mac 4:01 PM
  • "iTunes UK, iMessage, FaceTime, Game Centre down - was Superstorm Sandy to blame? Apple seems to have had a few problems with its iCloud servers, could the North Carolina data centre have been hit?" Macworld UK 7:43 AM
  • "Media mogul Mark Cuban talks future of Apple TV" iDownload Blog 8:30 AM
  • "Regional Bluegrass Cellular to offer iPhone 5 on November 2" TUAW 3:35 PM
  • "Apple's iPhone 5 Launch Day Video Is Now Available To Watch Online [Video] Cult of Mac 8:30 AM
  • "The £20,000 David Cameron personalised iPad app that wasn't" ZDNet 11:48 AM
  • "Siri: No hookers please; we're Chinese/Apple has blocked queries for escorts in China, but not in the US (yet)." Ars Technica 10:45 AM
  • "New chairman says Grizzlies in Memphis to stay" ["The Grizzlies announced Wednesday that the reportedly $377 million sale by Michael Heisley had been finalized to a group led by Robert J. Pera, a former Apple engineer who founded the communications technology company Ubiquiti Networks."] Associated Press 4:15 PM
  • "IPhone app that finds racy Facebook photos raises privacy worries" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:49 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Boxee aims to beat Apple and Roku in the TV box game" Ars Technica 4:20 PM
  • "Samsung outs the Galaxy Premier, launches in Russia first" CNET News 11:55 AM
  • "Firefox lost 6-9 million downloads in EU browser choice 'glitch'" ZDNet 11:41 AM
  • "Flame could be warm-up act for next Stuxnet-style strike, warns Mikko Hypponen" V3 11:31 AM
  • "Flying robot navigates for itself" TG Daily 11:23 AM
  • "Nvidia to pair CPUs, graphics processors in future Tesla high-performance chips" Techworld 11:22 AM
  • "TI shows embedded tablet with $70 BoM" EE Times 10:31 AM
  • "ARM Revives CISC vs. RISC War With New 64-Bit Designs" PC Magazine 10:53 AM
  • "Acer announces Aspire V5 touch notebook" DigiTimes 10:30 AM
  • "Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer shows off her son, Macallister" Silicon Valley 10:28 AM
  • "Power play: Wireless charging at a distance arrives" Computerworld 10:27 AM
  • "Take-Two Jumps on Spring Debut for 'Grand Theft Auto V'" Bloomberg 10:19 AM
  • "UMC Net Income Misses Estimates, Forecasts Sales to Fall" Bloomberg 10:19 AM
  • "Google App Engine is ready for primetime says Reddit/Hipmunk co-founder" GigaOM 11:47 AM
  • "Google changes way emails are composed in Gmail" ZDNet 11:42 AM
  • "Google's Play Store Closes In On iTunes: Google Play Store now has nearly as many apps as the Apple iPhone App Store, and new content deals give it access to more digital music and movies." InformationWeek 10:05 AM
  • "Wal-Mart to start selling Boxee TV set-top box: The cloud-based DVR retails for $99 and includes an antenna that also lets you watch over-the-air live television." CNET News 9:59 AM
  • "Seagate sees weak PC sales, lower prices hit current quarter" Reuters 9:47 AM
  • "Have Internet, Will Travel: Ugandan Woman Brings Computing to the Rural Masses (Video)" AllThingsD 9:41 AM
  • "Panasonic on track for second $10bn loss" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:33 AM
  • "Samsung IP Reveals Smartphone with Tri-Fold Flexible Display" Patent Bolt 11:17 AM
  • "LeBron James Makes The Galaxy Note II Look Normal-Sized In This Samsung Ad" TechCrunch 10:57 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Verge Mobile Show, live at 5:30PM ET / 9:30PM GMT" The Verge 4:01 PM
  • "The iPad mini and Apple's Corporate Shake Up!" Your Mac Life 1:21 PM
  • "TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: Scary Halloween Special Edition" TUAW 1:17 PM