Why Majd Taby Hates Chrome and Continues to Use It
Nice nitpicky UI critique of Chrome for Mac by Majd Taby, along with praise for what Chrome gets right.
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Florian Mueller on Lodsys’s Suit Against Seven App Developers in Eastern Texas
Florian Mueller:
For the app developers who have been sued, this is now a very
critical situation. As I explained in my Lodsys FAQ, patent
litigation in the United States is extremely costly. The most
important thing for those app developers is to clarify with Apple
— and to the extent that Android apps are involved, with Google
— whether they [...]
WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Wowcher
A new voucher site with free movie tickets up for grabs
Regular readers will know that we at Pocket-Lint do love a bargain. Show us a good deal and we’re likely to get quite animated about it, and the recent explosion in discount voucher sites has suited us quite nicely, thank you.
Do we need another one? [...]
Twitter Photo Storage and Account Integration in iOS 5
MG Siegler on Twitter’s imminent but as-yet-unannounced photo-hosting service:
We’ve heard from multiple sources that Twitter is likely to have
a big-time partner for such a service: Apple. Specifically,
we’re hearing that Apple’s new iOS 5 will come with an option
to share images to Twitter baked into the OS. This would be
similar to the way you can currently [...]
Zaky: Apple’s Cash to Exceed $300 Billion by 2015
Andy Zaky:
If it then carried that 2013 0.00% growth rate into 2014, the
company would have $230 billion in cash or just about $250 in cash
per share. 2015 it would have $300 billion in cash or $330 in cash
per share. Again, that assumes 0.00% growth for 2013, 2014, and
2015. So if Apple grows 0.00%, then by [...]
Lodsys Responds to Apple, Files Lawsuits Against App Developers
These motherfuckers — or is it motherfucker, singular? — aren’t going to quit. Details on the Lodsys “blog”.
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Security Update 2011-003 Addresses Mac Defender Malware
Apple:
The OSX.MacDefender.A definition has been added to the malware
check within File Quarantine. […]
The system will check daily for updates to the File Quarantine
malware definition list. An opt-out capability is provided via the
“Automatically update safe downloads list” checkbox in Security
Preferences.
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1966 Prediction of the Home Computer
“What the wife selects on her console will be paid for by the husband at his counterpart console.”
(Via Jim Coudal.)
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Federal Government Loosens Its Grip on the BlackBerry
Michael S. Rosenwald, reporting for The Washington Post:
Kundra, the U.S. top information officer, said, “The line
between work and home in terms of technology is beginning to
blur.” Asked what he typically hears from workers about
government- or corporate-provided technology, Kundra said,
“It’s not a question of whether they don’t like it. They
despise it.”
Kundra’s answer to the issue of [...]
WHO: Cell Phone Use ‘Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans’
I think it’s quite possible that this issue could be the single greatest long-term threat to Apple. I’d hate to see today’s handset makers turn into yesterday’s tobacco companies.
Update: To be clear, the WHO is more or less saying that a link can’t be ruled out. And on the flip side, University of Maryland physics [...]
