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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, May 19, 2013
 

 

Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "iOS default despair: Where Ars staff turns for better app experiences/Many times the basic isn't what you need. Luckily there are plenty of alternatives." Ars Technica 9:25 PM
  • "iPhone 5 Jailbreak Three Months On: It's All About The Shiny" Redmond Pie 10:44 AM
  • "The computers that were more successful than they deserved to be" Micromart 5/18
  • "How iPads, apps and YouTube can be a band's best practice tools" GigaOM 5/18
  • "The Macalope Weekly: Missed connections" Macworld 5/18
  • "So Why Did Google Beat Apple to Launching a Streaming Music Service?" Alan Cross 5/18
  • "10M Samsung flagship phones in 28 days a 'record,' 5M iPhone 5 in 3 days 'disappointing'" AppleInsider 5/18
  • "Cassandra -Media Bias: Apple and Samsung" eXtensions 5/18
  • "10M Samsung flagship phones in 28 days a 'record,' 5M iPhone 5 in 3 days 'disappointing'" AppleInsider 5/17
  • "Apple Says 'Thou Shalt Not Bang With Friends,' Pulls App From App Store" MacTrast 5/17
  • "Tough negotiations could see iRadio miss WWDC launch" iDownload Blog 5/17
  • "Apple's lax iTunes streaming security gives out a free copy of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories" 9 to 5 Mac 5/17
  • "Apple neglects to secure streaming album previews" iMore 5/17
  • "Google Music gets preferred treatment as Sony sabotages Apple iRadio" Stabley Times 5/17
  • "iOS 7: What it needs, and what it won't be getting (Video)/We examine the features that Apple's next software refresh desperately needs, and the ones that Apple is unlikely to bother with."  CNET News 5/17
  • "Does The Apple Logo Really Adhere To The Golden Ratio?" Forbes 5/17
  • "Smartphone biz hits component barrier as Apple loses its throne"  Computerworld 5/17
  • "Why a BlackBerry Is Better Than an iPhone: The BlackBerry has always been a business phone. The iPhone wowed us all--and it nearly put BlackBerry out of business--but it emphasizes entertainment and not productivity. If you're an IT executive, it's finally time to put function before form, CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle writes."  CIO 5/17
  • "Cassandra -Bloomberg Selectively Taps Apple Investor Bias" eXtensions 5/17
  • "A New iOS 7 Concept Lets You Decide Whether To Go Flat Or Not" App Advice 5/17
  • "Smartphones Have Bridged The Digital Divide" ReadWrite 5/17
  • "Opinion: Is the HTC One the ultimate iPhone switcher?" Electronista 5/17
  • "Trying To Make Sense Of Apple, Google, And Microsoft (but not Samsung)" TeraTalks 5/17
  • "The Troubled World Of Apple's Shameless Competitors (we need 'I'm a PC, I'm a Mac' back)" Mac 360 5/17
  • "What Is So Bad About My New iPhone That It Needs To Be Completely Changed Again?" BohemianBoomer 5/17
Non-Apple
  • "Digital Multitasking Has Drawbacks On The Job" redOrbit 7:49 AM
  • "Stranger in a strange Google land" ["This was my first year attending Google I/O. I don't have a WWDC ticket this year, so it was bittersweet being back in Moscone West."] delusions of grandeur 5/18
  • "Google Glass and the men's room urinals: commentary What mind-blowing breakthrough will result from the advent of Google's high-tech specs? Maybe redesigned men's rooms? CNET's Danny Sullivan considers the topic, and shares his stream of consciousness." CNET News 5/18
  • "Photomontage of the day: The world of wearable computers" Fortune 5/18
  • "How to make Twitter the ultimate news ticker" paidContent 5/18
  • "We've entered the age of emotional, design-centric, e-commerce" GigaOM 5/18
  • "Now we see the violence inherent in Hooke's Law" Dr. Drang 5/18
  • "Why use a database instead of just saving your data to disk? For smaller projects, is a database worth it?" Ars Technica 5/18
  • "Hell No, Tumblr Users Won't Go To Yahoo!" TechCrunch 5/18
  • "Could Tumblr turn into Yahoo's MySpace? Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer seems dedicated to remaking Yahoo's image and infusing the company with a new spirit that Tumblr embodies." CNET News 5/18
  • "Facebook's Stock Price Is the Least Important Thing About Facebook" Techland 5/18
  • "The Time Has Come For Chrome In The Home" TechCrunch 5/18
  • "The west's hidden propaganda machine: Overt public manipulation is disavowed in the west, unlike in North Korea, but citizens are still 'nudged' – increasingly by social media" The Guardian 5/18
  • "Top 15% of Twitter users account for 85% of all tweets" AppleDailyReport 5/18
  • "How the mighty have fallen: Nokia's struggles, put in perspective" BGR 5/17
  • "How To Turn Your Android Phone Into A Gaming Powerhouse" Kotaku 5/17
  • "Microsoft is Missing Apps the Way They Missed the Early Internet" Tech.pinions 5/17
  • "I finally figured out why I don't like Google+: It wasn't built for me" Digital Trends 5/17
  • "Cassandra -Dishonesty in Advertising: Photoshopped Images by Scientology and Samsung" eXtensions 5/17
  • "Google Glass Isn't Lame: These goofy spectacles might even replace the smartphone some day." Slate 5/17
Humor/Cartoons
  • "Caturday: Mac mini is Biru's pillow" TUAW 5/18