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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, April 9, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "48% of U.S. teens own an iPhone. 62% plan to buy one.: 23% are looking to buy an Android phone, up from 22% last fall." Fortune 5:10 PM
  • "48% Of Teens Already Own An iPhone, While 62% Plan To Buy One Next" Cult of Mac 5:10 PM
  • "13.4 billion app downloads in Q1 2013, Apple tops profit" Electronista 7:46 AM
  • "Apple's App Store accounts for 74 percent of app revenue in Q1, while Google Play sees most downloads" Digital Trends 8:12 AM
  • "Apple claimed $3 out of each $4 top app stores made in Q1" iDownload Blog 8:17 AM
  • "Google Play has more downloads, but iOS still rakes in most of the profits" GigaOM 10:33 AM
  • "Head of unofficial Apple retail labor union departs: The founder of a union for Apple's retail employees is leaving the company after deciding to pursue other options." CNET News 8:02 AM
  • "Calif. court: Motorist can't use hand-held map/Steven Spriggs was stopped in a traffic jam near downtown Fresno and thought nothing of whipping out his iPhone 4 and clicking on the map feature to see if there was an alternate route around the construction mess." Associated Press 9:04 AM
  • "The Chinese Media Bashing Turns From Apple to Microsoft" The Motley Fool 9:16 PM
  • "Surface Pro faces warranty criticism in China following Apple issues" The Verge 8:09 AM
  • "Now Your iPhone Can Read Fingerprints, Scan Irises And ID Your Face" Wired 10:34 AM
  • "AOptix Launches First Biometric Scanning Tool for iPhone" Mashable 8:05 AM
  • "AppGratis CEO complains of 'confusing' guidelines after Apple pulls his app" The Verge 3:54 PM
  • "Yanked iOS app AppGratis: We're 'far from finished'/AppGratis, which cuts deals with developers to make their apps free for a day, says that though the AppGratis app was yanked from Apple's App Store, it will still work for those who had downloaded it." CNET News 3:39 PM
  • "AppGratis Was Indeed Pulled By Apple, But 'Reports Of [Its] Death Are Greatly Exaggerated'" TechCrunch 3:56 PM
  • "AppGratis: Apple approved our iPad app a week before removing iPhone app" GigaOM 3:55 PM
  • "iQuit: Apple union boss chucks grappling hook up garden wall" The Register 8:24 AM
  • "A preview of the Apple Pop-Up Museum, 6,000 sq. ft of company history and hardware" The Next Web 3:55 PM
  • "Apple co-founder Woz tells students: 'Love what you're doing, it's so important in life'/Apple co-founder offers pearls of wisdom to students in America" Macworld UK 8:04 AM
  • "The ten SEXIEST computers of ALL TIME: Gorgeous kit that looks as good now as it did the day it came out" [Apple scores 2 of the top 10] The Register 7:51 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Microsoft to Bring Omni-Spatial Gesturing & Glasses-Free 3D UI to Future Smartphones, TVs & Xbox Controller" Patent Bolt 11:10 AM
  • "Mozilla brands Persona as password killer: An update to Mozilla's beta login system lays the groundwork for using preferred Web mail username and password to sign in on multiple sites." CNET Reviews 10:33 AM
  • "Google Glass Won't Be Allowed in Strip Clubs" Forbes 9:53 AM
  • "Google Glass will be banned in Las Vegas: What plays in Vegas, stays in Vegas" The Inquirer 9:49 AM
  • "Cool graphic illustrates how Google Glass works" 9 to 5 Google 9:04 AM
  • "New Threat to Aereo TV: Legal Issues in West, Precipitated by Rival Aereokiller, Cloud Diller's Startup" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:48 AM
  • "As Aereo threatens to alter TV landscape, major networks promise a fight" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:44 AM