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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, February 6, 2012
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Davis Names Top-25 Companies with Most Brand Capital in 2011: Top-performing Brand Capital Managers Best S&P 500 in 2011; Apple Takes #1 Spot on List Dominated by Tech Leaders; Toyota Reappears at #20 After Precipitous Fall" Business Wire 7:56 PM
  • "Apple knocks IBM off top of Davis brands list" CNET News 7:56 PM
  • "NPD: iPhone dominated in Q4, Android popularity grows among first-time buyers" BGR 9:24 AM
  • "iPhone 4S Ranks #1 In Q4, But More First-Time Buyers Choose Android" TechCrunch 12:07 PM
  • "Apple iPhone Tops in U.S., Global Smartphones for Q4" The Mac Observer 9:30 PM
  • "Smartphone Sales Overtake Client PCs in 2011, iOS on the rise" MacPrices 9:13 AM
  • "iPhone iOS Apps Crash More than Android: Report" eWeek 12:24 PM
  • "iMessage bug, Google hires Apple worker, switching between the iPhone 4S and Android" iPhone Buzz 9:25 AM
  • "Halliburton to ditch BlackBerrys in corporate transition to Apple's iOS platform" AppleInsider 3:40 PM
  • "Samsung Tweaks Apple, Takes Galaxy Note Orders" PCWorld 2:33 PM
  • "Google moves to match Apple iPhone with Android" Computerworld 9:09 AM
  • "China Telecom iPhone 4S Calling Plans Leaked" M.I.C. Gadget 2:55 PM
  • "iPhone 4 incapable of handling Siri, says chip chap: Cough up for 4$ or somehow stagger on without blabberware" The Register 12:05 PM
  • "Apple vs Amazon in ereader format smackdown: iBooks enlists kiddies on the EPUB3 front" The Register 12:05 PM
  • "Android's original standard bearer -- HTC -- falls from grace" Fortune 9:25 AM
  • "HTC cites competition from Apple's iPhone as profits drop 26%" AppleInsider 9:25 AM
  • "HTC Admits Apple Was Right, LTE Android Phones Are A Total Joke" Cult of Mac 3:31 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Honeywell Files Patent Lawsuit Against Smart Thermostat Developer Nest" TechCrunch 12:07 PM
  • "Virgin Media beats 100Mbps schedule, hikes prices" ZDNet UK 11:54 AM
  • "Satellite phone encryption cracked by German researchers: Hacks GMR-1 and GMR-2 from DSP firmware" Techworld 11:29 AM
  • "White Galaxy Nexus Gets An Official Launch Date" TechCrunch 11:27 AM
  • "Latest Samsung Galaxy S III Rumors: Ultrathin Design, May Release Date" Techland 11:40 AM
  • "Skyrim Creation Kit Coming To PC" PCWorld 11:09 AM
  • "Micron grabs almost-retired COO for chief" The Register 11:38 AM
  • "Amazon Reportedly Plans To Open Retail Store In Seattle" Forbes 10:42 AM
  • "Swany's g.cell gloves keep skiers' calls in hand" Denver Post 10:36 AM
  • "Symantec releases faster next-gen NetBackup, Backup Exec software" Computerworld 10:30 AM
  • "Twitter snaps up Google Asia exec" The Register 11:38 AM
  • "Google 'ready to lay fiber' in Kansas City: Company still sets no date for when network will be running" Network World 11:12 AM
  • "Google piques curiosity with Solve for X website, video" Network World 11:11 AM
  • "Japan Electronics Makers Warn of $17 Billion Loss as Samsung Tightens Grip" Bloomberg 10:04 AM
  • "A New Net: A startup called Nicira is launching a product today with the audacious goal of making all Internet services smarter, faster, and cheaper." Technology Review 11:27 AM
  • "Nicira OpenFlow: Networking's Next Big Thing? $40-million startup emerges with OpenFlow platform for virtualizating the network as effectively as servers." InformationWeek 9:57 AM
  • "HTC Aims to Improve on Its Past Smartphones With Better 4G Products This Year" IDG News Service 11:09 AM
  • "Yahoo Starts Making Wish List, as Asian Deal Huffs to Finish Line and Board Changes Readied" AllThingsD 9:40 AM
  • "Fast Phones, Dead Batteries" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:34 AM
  • "The Tester: Sony's secret reality TV hit" GigaOM 9:30 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Mac Geek Gab Podcast: MGG 379: Trackpads, RAM Upgrades, AirPort Utility & More!" The Mac Observer 4:47 PM
  • "5by5 | The Critical Path #24: Spidey Sense/We talk about Apple's fourth quarter, Horace's trip to California and his visit to The Colbert Report. It's all leading up to a fusion of entertainment and technology to create something never seen before. Something wonderful." asymco 11:03 AM
  • "Video: Mac Roundtable Live at Macworld | iWorld 2012" The Mac Observer 10:30 AM
  • "Preview: Autodesk talks to Architosh about Inventor Fusion" Architosh 9:39 AM
  • "iOS apps to play with your friends, even if you don't know them. Also, is AT&T throttling your data usage?" The MT Show 9:10 AM