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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Google Maps app drives iPhone iOS 6 upgrades" Computerworld 8:07 AM
  • "iOS 6 adoption surges after release of Google Maps app" CNET News 8:40 AM
  • "Google Maps Spurs iOS 6 Adoption: Data from mobile advertising networks suggests that many iPhone owners updated their devices to iOS 6 after Google Maps became available again." InformationWeek 3:59 PM
  • "Google Maps 'spurs iOS 6 upgrades'" Telegraph 8:34 AM
  • "iOS 6 adoption grows 29% after release of Google Maps" TUAW 10:37 AM
  • "Kindle Fire sales Q4 2012: iPad mini causes weak Kindle Fire demand" BGR 12:13 PM
  • "Apple still dominates Samsung, locals in Japan smartphone business: IDC finds that Apple's handset shipments more than doubled those of Samsung in the July-September quarter" IDG News Service 8:40 AM
  • "Life Inside Foxconn's Facility in Shenzhen" WSJ Blogs 8:36 AM
  • "Infographic: Free Apps Dominated Apple's App Store in 2012" PC Magazine 8:41 AM
  • "Despite Apple, NFC is catching on—just not for payments quite yet—Mobile wallets in the U.S. are a decade from widespread use, analysts agree." Computerworld 8:40 AM
  • "Apple given all clear to launch 3G/4G iPad mini and iPad in China: To date only the WiFi versions of the devices are available in China due to a regulatory hurdle" Macworld UK 8:21 AM
  • "Brazil company sells cell phones with iPhone brand" Associated Press 2:21 PM
  • "Billionaire Countdown: Get to Know Laurene P. Jobs" [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:56 AM
  • "UWS offers 11,000 iPads to staff, students: The University of Western Sydney will furnish all academic staff and domestic first year students next year with a 16GB iPad to promote online learning." iTNews Australia 8:09 PM
  • "Australian University to hand out 11,000 iPads" The Register 11:13 PM
  • "Detailed Steve Jobs figure set to ship this month, but will it get banned? Steve Jobs dolls haven't had much success in the past" Macworld UK 8:20 AM
  • "The Incredibly Detailed Steve Jobs 'mini' Action Figure Debuts, Get It While You Can" App Advice 8:33 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Brazilian company selling 'iPhone' that runs Android -- legally" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 8:10 PM
  • "Brazilian Company Launches Android-Powered 'IPHONE" The Mac Observer 5:33 PM
  • "Millions of Android phones and tablets vulnerable to Samsung Exynos processor hack" VentureBeat 11:32 AM
  • "Sony to deliver Jelly Bean to Xperia handsets from February" ZDNet 10:26 AM
  • "Rackspace's John Engates offers cloudstack update" ZDNet 10:26 AM
  • "LED-Embedded Rocks Used to Illuminate 'Digital Campfire'" Wired 10:23 AM
  • "Google Music's Free Scan and Match Feature Comes to the U.S." Techland 10:14 AM
  • "Kim Dotcom flashes his rack: Kim Dotcom has shown off his rack – in IT parlance, not with reference to his ample frame – by posting the picture below which he says depicts a node of mega.co.nz." The Register 10:14 AM
  • "Automatica syncs your vehicle to the cloud" TG Daily 10:11 AM
  • "Indoor positioning made more precise: Korean engineers say they've made a major breakthrough in high-precision indoor positioning that will make it faster and more accurate." TG Daily 10:10 AM
  • "Instagram tests new limits in user privacy" Reuters 10:44 AM
  • "Instagram tries to talk its way out of disaster" TG Daily 10:10 AM
  • "Twitter Confirms 'Download Your Tweet Archive' Feature Is Being Rolled Out — 'Slowly'" TechCrunch 10:05 AM
  • "Facebook to roll out autoplay video ads by April: report" Los Angeles Times 10:03 AM
  • "Dexter malware's source still unknown, connection to Zeus disputed" CSO 9:56 AM
  • "Best high-tech holiday light shows of 2012" PCWorld 9:51 AM
  • "LG Magic Remote gets Siri-like voice recognition" PCWorld 9:51 AM
  • "Sonim's Super-Tough Phones Come to Sprint" PC Magazine 9:50 AM
  • "Hon Hai Intros the Hybrid Notebook Trackpad/Wireless Mouse" Patent Bolt 9:09 AM
  • "Google's Gmail Finally a Registered Trademark in the US" Patent Bolt 9:08 AM
  • "Bankrupt Eastman Kodak to sell patents for $525 million" Reuters 8:30 AM
  • "Kodak sells its imaging patents for $525M" CNET News 8:29 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "YML Archives for December 19th, 2012'" Your Mac Life 10:49 PM
  • "It's the last Your Mac Life show of 2012!" Your Mac Life 1:28 PM