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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, December 9, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Square integrates Apple's Passbook and introduces gift cards for iOS app users" The Next Web 8:02 AM
  • "Square launches gift cards: New service lets anyone give gift cards to friends or family, and have the value stored in Square Wallet. The initiative could be aimed at attracting would-be Apple Passbook users." CNET News 8:20 AM
  • "Square Adds Passbook Integration and Gift Cards" MacRumors 3:37 PM
  • "Thief steals iPhone from quadriplegic: A man who relies on an iPhone to communicate has it stolen from the tray of his wheelchair in the lobby of a Staten Island apartment building." CNET News 11:41 AM
  • "Australian Police Warn Against Use of Apple Maps Due to Safety Concerns" MacRumors 10:08 PM
  • "T-Mobile bets the iPhone will curb subscriber churn" iDownload Blog 3:10 PM
  • "Ex-city official, working on Apple expansion, benefits from contracting rules he helped develop" Austin American-Statesman [Free Registration Required] 8:13 AM
  • "Week In Review: Reporters' notebook/When Apple debuted its new mobile mapping service, its hilarious geographic gaffes brought complaints and ridicule to the computer giant." Las Vegas Review-Journal 7:48 AM
  • "The AppAdvice Week In Review: Tim Cook In Charge At Apple Edition" App Advice 8:24 AM
  • "Is Twitter Planning To Emulate The Swipe Filter Feature From EyeEm's Photo App?" TechCrunch 8:14 AM
  • "The original Apple Macintosh computer was $2,495 ($5,555 in 2012 dollars): Sunday's Numbers" Cleveland Plain Dealer 8:23 AM
  • "Best Buy sends five iPads in error, says 'keep them': In an attack of holiday spirit, Best Buy admits it made a mistake in sending a customer five iPads instead of one. The company says the customer should give the extras to people in need." CNET News 12/8
  • "Heartless teen steals iPhone from wheelchair of quadriplegic man with cerebral palsy who needs device to SPEAK" Daily Mail (UK) 12/8
  • "Survey: Most Filipinos want a gadget for Christmas" ["Most of them wanted an Apple product. The top answer was the iPhone, then follows the iPad, the iPod and the Macbook Air. Several people also wanted Samsung's Galaxy products."] YugaTech 12/8
  • "Soon Your Phone Will Be Able To Figure Out How You're Feeling" Gizmodo 12/8
  • "A U.S. Apple factory may be robot city: Apple will need to rely on automation to make its U.S. factory work" Computerworld 12/7
  • "Aerial photos offer overhead look at Apple's Oregon data center site" AppleInsider 12/7
  • "Live stream: Brian Williams & The Verge editor Joshua Topolsky answer questions about Tim Cook interview" NBC News 12/7
  • "Apple move excites Elk Grove: It was a source of community pride – the first candy-colored iMac computers, the ones that fueled Apple's comeback in the late 1990s, were assembled at the company's Elk Grove campus." Sacramento Bee 12/7
  • "'Made in USA' not just Apple: Apple's announcement that it will shift some of its production back to the United States hopefully will encourage other companies to follow suit, manufacturing industry insiders said: even if Apple's move is mostly a symbolic step." Fortune Small Business 12/7
  • "Apple's iPad Ad Impressions vs. Unit Market Share" Forbes 12/7
  • "Amazon, Samsung, Google tablets are 'credible competition' to the iPad: report" ZDNet 12/7
  • "Scalpers Lay Seige to iPad Mini Launch in Beijing" WSJ Blogs 12/7
  • "Turnout for Apple's iPad mini in mainland China is minimal" Fortune 12/7
  • "China's mini Apple takes slice of smartphone pie" Reuters 12/7
  • "Video: Apple's iPhone 5 draws crowds in Samsung's home turf" Fortune 12/7
  • "Apple Brings iPad Mini to India" WSJ Blogs 12/7
  • "iPad mini and iPad 4 Goes on Sale in Malaysia Today" VernonChan 12/7
  • "iPhone Sales Should Get a Modest Lift From T-Mobile" AllThingsD 12/7
  • "Without iPhone, Japan's biggest mobile carrier is losing subscribers at a record rate" VentureBeat 12/7
  • "China's mini Apple takes slice of smartphone pie" Reuters 12/7
  • "Mobile developers: this is how you get 500,000 installs in one day" VentureBeat 12/7
  • "Apple's Jony Ive supports UK design industry as they tell Michael Gove to put design into the EBacc: Apple's design chief signed a letter to education minister asking him to reconsider omission of art and design in the EBacc qualification" Digital Arts 12/7
  • "iPads Continue To Vanish At The Airport Thanks To Thieving TSA Officers" Cult of Mac 12/7
  • "Pepsi Launches Promo With Apple's Passbook" Mashable 12/7
Non-Apple News
  • "Verizon Wants to Track Your Movements While You Watch TV" Mashable 12/8
  • "Samsung Galaxy Muse takes on the iPod Shuffle: The tiny and stylish MP3 player does for Samsung what the iPod Shuffle does for iOS." CNET Reviews 12/7
  • "Make IT Better: Every pupil should have the chance to code, says Raspberry Pi creator" V3 12/7
  • "RIM touts importance of 4G to BlackBerry 10 success" V3 12/7
  • "Sony silently surprises with web-based digital store" TG Daily 12/7
  • "These contact lenses have embedded LCD displays" TG Daily 12/7
  • "A Personal Assistant Created from the Crowd by Smart Software" Technology Review 12/7
  • "Samsung's New Premium Suite Update Brings Split-Screen Multitasking To The Galaxy S III" TechCrunch 12/7
  • "PayPal phishing scams ramp up for holidays" CSO 12/7
  • "Cablevision Increasing Broadband Prices by $5 Per Month" PC Magazine 12/7
  • "Go Phishing: Rapid7 Lets Companies Test Their Own Networks" CRN 12/7
  • "Kindle Fire Family Now Available at GameStop" PC Magazine 12/7
  • "Kindle Fire line builds its voice and touch accessibility skills: Amazon is expanding support for two important accessibility features to its entire Kindle Fire tablet series." CNET News 12/7
  • "YouTube Makeover Offers Larger Videos" Webmonkey 12/7
  • "YouTube redesigns again, tightens focus on channels" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 12/7
  • "Google Kills Free Google Apps For Business, Now Only Offering Premium Paid Version To Companies Of All Sizes" TechCrunch 12/7
  • "Google to start charging small businesses for Google Apps: The company has done away with a free version available to firms with 10 or fewer users, but private users are still free" IDG News Service 12/7
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TUAW Talkcast: Tim Cook's media day, Twitterrific new look" TUAW 8:38 PM
  • "The Vergecast 057 - December 7th, 2012" The Verge 12/8
  • "Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and best-selling author Bob 'Dr. Mac' LeVitus this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/7
  • "Podcast: Tim Cook, GTA Vice City, T-Mobile, iPhone sans contract, Eneloop Batteries" Insanely Great Mac 12/7