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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, October 6, 2013
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "German café owner takes on Apple - and wins" Deutsche Welle 5:41 PM
  • "Apple draws criticism after pulling Chinese anti-censorship app" AppleInsider 10/5
  • "Apple's New Job Listing Suggests Imminent Launch Of iTunes Radio In Canada" AppAdvice 10/5
  • "Tim Cook reflects on second anniversary of Steve Jobs' passing in letter to employees"  9 to 5 Mac 10/4
  • "Apple's iPhone 5S top buy at all major US carriers in September: Apple's new handset has supplanted Samsung's Galaxy S4 as the top-seller at many US carriers."  CNET News 10/4
  • "iTunes Radio launch in Canada imminent as Apple seeks programmers" 9 to 5 Mac 10/4
  • "comScore Reports August 2013 U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Market Share: Android and iPhone Combine to Account for More than 92 Percent of U.S. Smartphone Market" ["Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 40.7 percent OEM market share, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 51.6 percent platform market share."] comScore 10/4
  • "comScore: Apple takes 40.7% share as top US smartphone maker, Samsung gains too; Android back to losing share" The Next Web 10/4
  • "Power Listicle: Disruptive Bezos Displaces Apple Execs as No. 1 on VF Annual Ranking/Vanity Fair magazine thinks Jeff Bezos is top dog of the digerati this year, giving him the No. 1 spot on its annual New Establishment list." AllThingsD 10/4
  • "'I'm the original voice of Siri': For the past two years, she's been a pocket and purse accessory to millions of Americans. ... She is Siri, Apple's voice-activated virtual 'assistant' introduced to the masses with the iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011."  CNN 10/4
  • "Voice of Siri Reveals Herself — And Why The iPhone 'Assistant' Sounds So Snippy" Techland 10/4
  • "This woman from Atlanta is (almost certainly) the voice behind Siri" The Next Web 10/4
  • "Meet the voice of Siri" GigaOM 10/4
  • "iPhone 5S fingerprint spoof could lead to ID theft, German researchers says" The Guardian 10/4
  • "Easy access to Airplane Mode an iOS 7 security flaw -- researchers" CNET News 10/4
  • "Unlikely fingerprint hack plus Airplane Mode from lockscreen prevents remote wipe" 9 to 5 Mac 10/4
  • "Apple's iPhone 5s shows better availability than iPhone 5 at the same point" AppleInsider 10/4
  • "Apple wants to boost sales in India by targeting consumers in smaller cities and towns" The Next Web 10/4
  • "Report: Apple to add 100 standalone stores, SWAS models to India" MacNN 10/4
  • "Calif. Appeals Court Tosses iPhone Theft Charge as 'Temporary Taking'/An appellate court in Contra Costa County, Calif., has discovered a previously unknown pastime: cellphone joyriding."  ABCNews 10/4
  • "Apple Pulls App That Helped Chinese Internet Users Over the Great Firewall" Slate 10/4
  • "Apple pulls VPN app, helps censors' job in China" The Register 10/4
  • "Apple slammed in China for pulling firewall-busting app OpenDoor" CNN 10/4
  • "Pebble + Glass + iWatch + Gear + FitBit + Fuelband = 64M units shipped by 2017" VentureBeat 10/4
  • "New Book Erects Photographic Shrine to Apple/'Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation,' documents every Apple product ever created, from the Apple I computer to the iPad mini" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10/4
  • "In HTC, Apple and Samsung Claim Another Victim - Google" 24/7 Wall St. 10/4
  • "Apple's iPhone 5C now costs $45: RadioShack and Wal-Mart latest to slash prices" MarketWatch 10/4
  • "Walmart sells iPhone 5C for $45 with two-year contract" CNET News 10/4
  • "The iPhone 5C's Price Is Cut In Half At Best Buy After" Business Insider 10/4
  • "Best Buy offering iPhone 5c for $50... kinda" iMore 10/4
  • "RadioShack Is Selling The iPhone 5c For $50 Now Too [Deal] Cult of Mac 10/4
  • "Android phone beats Apple to fingerprint enabled payments" ITProPortal 10/4
  • "Apple's New iPhone 5c print ads focus on color" AppleInsider 10/4
  • "Hayward: Robber pulls out wire cutter, steals iPhone while store is open" Bay Area News Group [Free Registration Required] 10/4
  • "Elmo loves iPads: Close to half of Sesame Workshop's audience now uses mobile devices" GigaOM 10/4
Non-Apple News
  • "China Has 2 million Working As 'Internet Opinion Analysts'" Social Barrel 5:50 PM
  • "BlackBerry's Busy Weekend of Shareholder Lawsuits and Buyout Chatter" AllThingsD 5:35 PM
  • "BlackBerry accused of propping up stock with false claims: Shareholder lawsuit accuses the struggling handset maker of making false and misleading statements about the company's financial health and the prospects for the BlackBerry 10." CNET News 1:35 PM
  • "Smartphone accessories market grows exponentially every month" Gulf News 8:24 AM
  • "Poor Windows 8, Surface RT performance means pay cut for Ballmer" AppleInsider 10/5
  • "Google Seeks 'Glass' Patent for Fame and Prescription Lenses" Patent Bolt 10/5
  • "Cellular Communications Equipment Sues Microsoft with Nokia Patent" Patent Bolt 10/5
  • "Memories of Facebook cloud Twitter's IPO" Reuters 10/5
  • "Amazon said to be launching Apple TV competitor before the holidays" iDownload Blog 10/4
  • "HTC Vs. Samsung & The WinDroid Nuclear Option" TechCrunch 10/4
  • "Samsung says it's on pace for a record operating profit" BGR 10/4
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Iconic: Photos of Every Apple Product" cek.log 6:00 PM
  • "MacBreak Weekly 370: A Simple, Humble Potter" iMore 3:05 PM
  • "MGG 469: Get Your Own Email Domain, Save a Headache" The Mac Observer 11:09 AM
  • "The TouchArcade Show - 125 - Assuming the Executive Position" Touch Arcade 10/4