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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, January 18, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Which OS is loved the most? A new survey sheds light on which operating system users are most attached to."  Fortune 8:10 AM
  • "Amazon Makes Play for iTunes Customers" MacNewsWorld 8:47 AM
  • "Amazon: Song's Now Available for iPhone, iPod/Amazon says MP3 store optimized specifically for iPhone and iPod touch; iPhone and iPod touch users now able to buy digital music from Amazon's 22m song catalog using Safari browser." [Video Report] Bloomberg 8:10 AM
  • "S. Korean consumers drop Apple lawsuit: The group of 29 users who filed suit against Apple in South Korea alleging Cupertino's location tracking violated their privacy has withdrew, citing difficulty in proving the case." ZDNet 8:52 AM
  • "Apple struggles to keep up with iPad mini demand as cellular model launches in China to 2-week delay" The Next Web 8:07 AM
  • "iPad Mini cellular model debuts in China with two-week delay" CNET News 8:55 AM
  • "Watch Out for the Startup Using Tiny Antennas to Show the Oscars on an iPhone" Technology Review 8:26 AM
  • "Facebook Openly Seeks To Disrupt A Key Part Of Both Apple And Google" Business Insider 8:04 AM
  • "Future Store Location Proves: Apple Likes Universities" ifoAppleStore 8:48 AM
  • "Apple reportedly opening R&D base in Shanghai while Sony sells US HQ in New York" Digital Trends 8:32 AM
  • "Rumor: Apple to open Shanghai R&D center this summer" AppleInsider 8:39 AM
  • "Verizon Activated at Least 5.5 Million iPhones and Could Have Been 6 Million or More in the December Quarter" Forbes 10:06 AM
  • "ESPN's ScoreCenter for iOS sends passwords in clear-text, susceptible to XSS flaw" ZDNet 8:52 AM
  • "Petition Asks Apple to Pull NRA Practice Range App" The Mac Observer 2:59 PM
  • "Happy birthday, Lisa: Apple's slow but heavy workhorse turns 30/The story of the machine the Mac maker would rather you forgot" The Register 10:31 AM
  • "Latest Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs Biopic Film Studio Photos 'jOBS" ResExcellence 7:48 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "RIM launches final BlackBerry 10 'Portathon' event" CNET News 10:44 AM
  • "RIM pays developers $500,000 to build apps for BlackBerry 10" ZDNet 10:30 AM
  • "Conficker worm returns to attack photography enthusiasts: Malware discovered on film scanner software" Techworld 10:14 AM
  • "BlackBerry Z10 Hardware Pictured In Verizon Promo Leak As Carriers Gear Up For Launch" TechCrunch 10:11 AM
  • "Angry Birds, tracking device? New research reveals that some of the most popular applications are gathering personal info like location data" Salon 10:05 AM
  • "Meet 'Consort,' a brand-new classic Linux desktop: The SolusOS project team has forked GNOME Classic and is bringing back numerous key GNOME 2 features." PCWorld 9:59 AM
  • "The dirty and dangerous side of tech" TechHive 9:57 AM
  • "Malware masquerades as patch for Java: The malware, ironically, does not actually exploit the Java vulnerabilities, according to Trend Micro" IDG News Service 9:46 AM
  • "Herrod To Leave VMware, Join Venture Capital Firm" InformationWeek 9:43 AM
  • "Google sinks millions into plush new £1bn London HQ" The Register 10:17 AM
  • "Google to set up UK HQ in Kings Cross: Search giant to begin development in property deal worth up to £1 billion" Computerworld UK 10:14 AM
  • "Google Wants Your Next Password To Be A Physical One" TechCrunch 10:12 AM
  • "Google pulls 'Make Me Asian' app from Play store" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 9:42 AM
  • "Facebook doing a 'really bad job', says Google CEO" Mashable 10:07 AM
  • "Nano-coating provides watertight solution" CNN 9:31 AM
  • "Mega to take on Dropbox with paid 'Pro' tiers offering massive cloud storage" The Verge 11:19 AM
  • "Kim Dotcom's Mega Opens To Early Users, Reveals Pricing Tiers, Roadmap With Mobile Access, Office-Style Features And More" TechCrunch 10:12 AM
  • "Kim Dotcom reveals Mega's royal flush -- 'generous' free cloud storage" BetaNews 8:47 AM
  • "Data Hints Collecting Sales Tax Hasn't Hurt Amazon" Wired 8:21 AM
  • "Samsung Galaxy Note set to be 8-inch iPad mini rival" Crave @ CNET 8:26 AM
  • "Feverish Hype for a Non-Apple Device" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:15 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Wrapping Up With Some of the Sights and Sounds of CES" MacVoicesTV 8:42 PM
  • "Gene Steinberg meets Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy' and USA Today columnist Rob Pegoraro this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 11:19 AM
  • "Why Recent Apple Acquisitions Could Mean Radical New iPhone 5S Features On The CultCast" Cult of Mac 8:48 AM
  • "CES – Tim Angel of ZooGue Introduces The New Case Prodigy for Your iPad, on MacVoices" MacVoicesTV 1:24 PM
  • "CES – Miveu Captures POV Video Action On Your iPhone, Hands Free" MacVoicesTV 10:30 AM
  • "CES – Dan Probst of CruxCase Shows An Impressive iPad Keyboard Case" MacVoicesTV 8:14 AM