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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, May 19, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Inside AT&T's 83GB/hour mobile cell tower or why your iPhone no longer drops out at huge events" 9 to 5 Mac 8:38 PM
  • "Why Laurene Powell Jobs broke her silence to support immigration reform" The Verge 4:32 PM
  • "Thief steals nearly $2K in iPhones from Apple Store on Saturday" Dallas Morning News [Paid Membership Required] 5:20 PM
  • "Teen dies trying to hold onto iPad during theft, police say: A 15-year-old in Las Vegas dies after the passenger in a car allegedly tries to steal his iPad as he walks down the street. Police say the teen wouldn't let go of his iPad and was run over." CNET News 5/18
  • "Apple, Google Dominate 92.3 Percent Of The Global Smartphone Market" App Advice 5/17
  • "Air Force estimates savings of $5.7M per year due to iPad use" Electronista 5/17
  • "Apple App store hits 50 billion download milestone: The 50 billionth app was downloaded from Apple's App Store yesterday, five years after it launched." Telegraph 5/17
  • "Report: Consumers Spend More On iOS Games Than On Gaming-Optimized Handhelds" App Advice 5/17
  • "Apple removes Bang With Friends from App Store: The eyebrow-raising app won't be initiating Facebook-friend hookups for iPhone owners for the time being." CNET News 5/17
  • "Apple's hook up with Bang With Friends is over" TechRadar UK 5/17
  • "Laurene Powell Jobs Goes Public to Promote Dream Act" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/17
  • "Steve Jobs's Widow Debuts on Philanthropic Stage" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5/17
  • "Airliner Flown 'Four Miles Off Course' After iPhone Interference, Claims Pilot" Huffington Post UK 5/17
  • "CW Coming To Apple TV As First Network To Offer Access Without A Cable Subscription" Cult of Mac 5/17
  • "CW Bringing Shows to Apple TV Via New App" PC Magazine 5/17
  • "CW on Apple TV; first network to stream television" AppleTell 5/17
  • "CW to bring content to Apple TV" iLounge 5/17
  • "Virgin Mobile Slashes 15% Off Prepaid iPhone 4 & iPhone 4S" Cult of Mac 5/17
  • "Toddler Reviews Google Glass: Almost as Good as Apple Juice" ABCNews 5/17
Non-Apple News
  • "Adobe unplugs Creative Cloud sync tool during transition: The company apologizes after an Instability forces it to take the preview version of a synchronization tool offline earlier than expected. The service syncs files on mobile devices, the Web, and PCs." CNET News 5:09 PM
  • "Yahoo Deal Shows Power Shift: Tumblr Commands $1.1 Billion Price as Web Giants Circle Fast-Growing Startups" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:26 PM
  • "Yahoo will purchase Tumblr for $1.1 billion according to WSJ report: CEO Marissa Mayer makes her biggest move yet as she approaches one-year with Yahoo." Ars Technica 2:33 PM
  • "BlackBerry Reveals a Future Flex Screen Smartphone Design" Patent Bolt 2:33 PM
  • "Microsoft Invents Voice-Controlled Camera for Windows Phone" Patent Bolt 10:13 AM
  • "Google engineers talk fragmentation, how to make Android work for emerging markets" AppleInsider 5/18
  • "Google's business practices to be investigated by Canadian Competition Bureau" The Verge 5/18
  • "Tumblr May Reject Yahoo's $1.1B Acquisition Offer For Being 'Too Low'" TechCrunch 5/18
  • "Verizon cuts prepaid plan prices, piles on more data" BGR 5/17
  • "Wi-Fi Network Breaks Speed Record" Mashable 5/17
  • "Google Glass 'prescription edition' makes a cameo at Google I/O" Engadget 5/17
  • "Google Patent Uncovers their Just Released Streaming Music App" Patent Bolt 5/17
  • "After being abducted 23 years ago, Chinese man finds his way home through Google Maps" The Next Web 5/17
  • "Congress Asks if Google Glass Will Be a Privacy Nightmare" Mashable 5/17
  • "Congress questions Google over Glass privacy concerns" Digital Trends 5/17
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Listen to our 9to5Mac Happy Hour (5/17/13)" 9 to 5 Mac 5/18
  • "The TouchArcade Show - 104 - Bathroom Buddies" Touch Arcade 5/17
  • "Apple graphics-chip supplier hints at future iPad (Q&A): The graphics chip tech in Apple's iPad and iPhone is due for a major update. Imagination Technologies describes what may be in store."  CNET News 5/17
  • "Borderless Boards: Here's a presentation I made on 15 May 2013 to Chartered Secretaries Australia about our green and borderless board paper distribution system, based on Apple iPads and software technology from (ironically) from the UK Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators." CIO 2.0: Marc Bailey's blog (Macquarie University) 5/17