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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, April 8, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Former Apple retail boss Ron Johnson out at JC Penney: Apple's previous retail chief is no longer JC Penney's CEO, and has been replaced by the company's former CEO." CNET News 4:45 PM
  • "JCPenney fires former Apple retail head Ron Johnson from CEO position" The Verge 5:26 PM
  • "11% quarterly growth in downloads for leading app stores" ["'Apple's App Store and Google Play remain the heavyweights in the app store world. In comparison, BlackBerry World and the Windows Phone Store remain distant challengers today, though they still should not be ignored,' said Tim Shepherd, Canalys Senior Analyst."] Canalys 10:53 AM
  • "App Stores In Q1 2013 Hauled In $2.2B In Sales On 13.4B Downloads, Google/Apple Duopoly Leading The Way: Canalys" TechCrunch 10:36 AM
  • "Google drops UDID support with latest AdMob SDK for iOS" AppleInsider 9:01 PM
  • "Report: Google captured 51% of app downloads in Q1. Apple took 74% of the revenue." Fortune 10:53 AM
  • "Apple Rakes in the Most Mobile App Revenue: Study" CNBC 1:29 PM
  • "'Sense of crisis' at Samsung could affect patent disputes with Apple" AppleInsider 8:42 AM
  • "'A sense of crisis' at Samsung: Rumors of a pending shakeup after chairman Lee's three-month trip to Japan and Hawaii." Fortune 1:54 PM
  • "iPhone Estimates Range from 32.5 to 42.5 Million" Forbes 9:51 AM
  • "You Voted! BlackBerry Crushed Apple" CNBC 8:06 AM
  • "Ex-Apple adviser gives insight into iPhone naming system" Crave @ CNET 8:06 AM
  • "There Is A Big Difference Between The Name 'iPhone 5S' And 'iPhone 6'" App Advice 9:17 AM
  • "Apple ad man Ken Segall takes issue with Apple's iPhone naming scheme" TUAW 10:32 AM
  • "Apple gaining on Microsoft in total number of devices sold worldwide" AppleDailyReport 9:08 AM
  • "Confirmed: Apple Kicks AppGratis Out of the Store for Being Too Pushy" AllThingsD 1:28 PM
  • "Apple pulls AppGratis from app store 2 months after it raised $13.5M in funding" VentureBeat 11:34 AM
  • "Apple iPhone 5 Drew More Twitter Buzz vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 Following Debut" StreetInsider 8:06 AM
  • "FBI highlights iMessage encryption issues, Department of Defense isn't sure where its mobiles are: iMessage is so well encrypted that US law enforcers can't intercept it, while the DoD has detected weaknesses in the army's mobile strategy" Macworld UK 8:39 AM
  • "Apple's iMessage is the DEA's worst nightmare" CNNMoney 9:50 AM
  • "'Europeans can't afford expensive iPhone', France Telecoms CEO: Budget conscious Europeans aren't going to buy a new iPhone because they can't afford it" Macworld UK 8:39 AM
  • "17 of Apple's favorite apps: The maker of the iPhone and iPad doesn't play favorites - exactly. But these apps have gotten extra attention from Cupertino." Fortune 8:23 AM
  • "Apple Inc. legend Wozniak: 'Love what you're doing'" The City Wire 9:19 AM
  • "The iPad's prominence in London business" TUAW 8:31 AM
  • "Get Fired From Rutgers University, Receive A Free iPad" App Advice 10:59 AM
  • "Hospital Uses iPads to Connect Mothers With Newborn Babies" MacRumors 9:42 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Intel announces next-gen Thunderbolt with 4K resolution support, 20Gpbs speeds coming in 2014" AppleInsider 4:37 PM
  • "Intel doubles the speed of next-generation Thunderbolt interface" The Verge 4:35 PM
  • "Intel announces next-gen Thunderbolt with 20 Gbps throughput, 4K support" Engadget 4:33 PM
  • "Microsoft Invents Controlling Multiple Displays with Eye Tracking" Patent Bolt 1:21 PM
  • "Smartphone Kill-Switch Idea is DOA" BYTE 9:12 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The TouchArcade Show - Bonus - Interview with Team Meat" Touch Arcade 4:37 PM
  • "Introducing Macworld's The iPad Office ebook" Macworld 11:28 AM
  • "Tips and deals this week. We look at SlickDeals, a website/app that lists all kinds of good deals. We also review Popclip, an app that adds a lot of functionality to text editing on your Mac." The MT Show 7:56 AM