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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, September 27, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple's iPhone 5S in-store pickup said to resume next week: The option to buy the iPhone 5S online and then pick it up at an Apple store was pulled soon after the device went on sale. Now that option is reportedly coming back." CNET News 8:27 PM
  • "iOS7 Adoption Estimated To Be 60%: Apple fans are adopting iOS 7 at enough of a clip to jam up Web traffic." InformationWeek 9:58 AM
  • "Fiksu: iOS 7 adoption rate at 58 percent after one week" TUAW 10:22 AM
  • "The 2 percent: iPhone 5S, 5C find a fast foothold/And while the iPhone 5S is still outpacing the iPhone 5C, the gap between the two has narrowed since last week." CNET News 8:56 AM
  • "US Customers Prefer iPhone 5S Over 5C By Three-To-One Margin: 85% of buyers in San Francisco chose the iPhone 5S this week, leading a national trend of 5S over 5C." ReadWrite 9:17 AM
  • "iPhone 5s Is Three Times More Popular Than The 5c" Forbes 11:24 AM
  • "Apple reportedly hires Nike design director Ben Shaffer to work on wearable devices" The Verge 2:06 PM
  • "Apple poaches Nike wearable devices guru - report" AppleInsider 2:07 PM
  • "Apple to pay $40 to iPad 3G owners shut out of all-you-can-eat data plans" GigaOM 4:27 PM
  • "Judge Approves Settlement for Apple to Send $40 to Some iPad 3G Customers" The Mac Observer 8:39 PM
  • "Martha Stewart: 'I'm not having a feud with Apple'" Today 9:17 AM
  • "Martha Stewart Takes on Apple on Twitter: A series of tweets by business magnate Martha Stewart about her broken iPad: which she said was given to her by Apple's founder Steve Jobs: has gone viral." DailyFinance 7:51 AM
  • "Martha Stewart needs her iPad fixed right now" The Verge 9:24 AM
  • "(RED) Apple Products Earn $65M for AIDS Prevention" PC Magazine 9:23 AM
  • "Apple has raised over $65 million for (RED) in fight against AIDS" Macworld UK 7:53 AM
  • "'200 million' fanbois using iOS 7 just a week after release - study" The Register 8:54 AM
  • "MLB using Apple's iBeacons to create interactive stadium experiences" GigaOM 8:45 AM
  • "MLB to use iOS 7's iBeacons for customized stadium experiences" TUAW 8:42 AM
  • "MLB tests Apple's iBeacon at Citi Field" CNET News 4:29 PM
  • "Bluetooth beacons coming to ballparks" CNET News 4:29 PM
  • "L.A. Unified reports 71 iPads are missing: The lost iPads are from a trial program last year, the district says. L.A. Unified officials say security is being tightened and that student hacking is also being addressed." Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 11:10 AM
  • "Law enforcement: iPhone theft isn't the only crime iOS 7 could help reduce" Macworld 8:46 AM
  • "The Verizon iPhone 5s comes unlocked just like the Verizon iPhone 5" iDownload Blog 8:45 AM
  • "Virgin Mobile USA to carry iPhone 5c and 5s starting October 1st" iMore 9:58 AM
  • "Contract-free iPhone 5s/5c launching on Virgin Mobile next Tuesday" iDownload Blog 10:29 AM
  • "Gold iPhone 5S Can't Withstand Being Shot With a Sniper Rifle — But It Still Looks Good Trying" The Blaze 10:21 AM
  • "No, the iPhone 5S will not stop a 50-cal sniper bullet" VentureBeat 11:05 AM
  • "Microsoft now wants to buy your iPhone for at least $200" The Verge 11:25 AM
  • "Microsoft wants your iPhone" CNET News 12:26 PM
  • "Ex-iPod Engineer Designs Touch-Operated Standing Desk" Cult of Mac 7:53 AM
  • "Delta pilots swapping iPad for Surface 2 tablet" GeekWire 11:11 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "F.T.C. Targets Patent Companies: The Federal Trade Commission voted to begin an inquiry into 'patent assertion entities,' businesses whose only purpose is to stockpile patent portfolios and use them to sue companies like software designers and smartphone makers, the agency announced Friday." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 2:56 PM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Coming September 28: Gene Steinberg meets iFixit's Kyle Wiens, AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, and The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:18 PM
  • "Bryan Chaffin on Steve Balmer's Retirement, Tim Cook as Rock Star and the new iPhones" MacVoices 2:04 PM
  • "GigaOM Show: Amazon Fires, should comments be fired? And iPhone sales are on fire" GigaOM 10:24 AM