1 in 2 shoppers still want an iPhone: Recent reports of slashed iPhone orders don't appear to mirror consumer demand for the devices.
? Home | Apple Stock | Tracked Sites | TechNN | | E-Mail | Sherlock Plugin Close Left Panel | Login | Subscribe to MacSurfer's Headline News Poll | Most Popular | Talking Heads | A Year Ago Today |
Thursday, January 17, 2013 Checked 4:20 AM; Last Updated 9:35 PM CST; 03:35 GMT
?
Subscriptions
Benefits Include:
? Custom Newspages ? Keyword-Built Page ? Timestamp Options ? Choice of RSS Feeds ? Headline Discussions ? MORE ...
Today's MacUpdate Promo offers 50% savings on OCRKit 1.13. "OCRKit is an easy-to-use, highly accurate Optical Character Recognition tool that converts almost any image into a searchable PDF. Simply drag and drop normal PDFs or images from your scanner, camera, or cameraphone to instantly convert them to serachable PDFs, RTFs, TXT Files, or HTML files."
When you compare Apple TV and Roku, Apple looks like they're standing still. Agree, disagree?
Cast your vote in "Today's Poll..." in the left column below or go straight to the results here.
Wednesday Highlights: Analysts insist iPhone 5 demand hasn't dropped, stats indicate one of every two buyers want iPhone; so it seems cooler heads are prevailing as Apple's stock has risen nearly 4% in trading today, back up over $500; more in our Apple/Macintosh, and Finances sections; court in the Netherlands rules Samsung's Galaxy tablets don't infringe on Apple patents; judge orders Apple and Amazon to talk it out over "App Store" trademark dispute; Foss Patents reports that Apple, Samsung reach agreement filing joint stipulation concerning additional products in their dispute; InfoWorld believes it will take a long time for Oracle to fix the latest Java flaw; Mactuts+ explains how to create ringtones in iTunes; Macinstruct walks you through enabling a firmware password to protect your Mac at power-on; buyers of Apple kit in China treated to two year payment plan option in order to make products more affordable in battle against Android; Jerry McDougal, VP of retail at Apple, resigns post to spend more time with family?more on his departure in our General Interest section; ex-CEO John Sculley believes Apple should indeed address emerging market demand with a cheaper iPhone; apparently in-app purchases subject of renewed parental complaints; John Siracusa interviewed at MacStories; here's one analysts' thoughts on what Apple's 2013 product roadmap will look like, includes an Apple TV refresh, but no HDTV; iPad 5 said to be "significantly lighter and slimmer", reveal in 3rd quarter of this year; Macworld reviews the new 27" iMac noting what's advanced in the product, and what's been compromised; Jeff Macke at Breakout says Apple is "broken" and tells fans to "deal with it"; and Joel Mathis over at Macworld notes how far behind Apple has fallen in cord-cutters' eyes noting Roku's continuous press to offer more content, while Apple seems to stagnating; and Bob Cringely predicts an iPhone mini, says it would help to "blow open the Chinese market".
WEDNESDAY BLOWOUT: Every NEW or RENEWING paid subscriber receives 2 YEARS FREE....
Welcome to MacSurfer's Headline News! Is this the headline you are looking for?
Wed Jan 16
"1 in 2 shoppers still want an iPhone: Recent reports of slashed iPhone orders don't appear to mirror consumer demand for the devices." Fortune
8:40 AM
Get Lightening Fast Performance Like You've Never Experienced With Our Mercury Solid State Drives! Up to 92x Faster Than Hard Drives & Starting At Just $77.99! - Macsales.com
News
"Apple seeds OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 build 12D54 to testers"?9 to 5 Mac?2:31 PM
"Apple's latest OS X 10.8.3 beta provided to developers"?AppleInsider?2:39 PM
"Why fixing the Java flaw will take so long: Oracle isn't saying much, but the OpenJDK community has provided InfoWorld with a complete analysis: and a critique of Oracle's patch"?InfoWorld?8:35 AM
"Adobe patches actively exploited ColdFusion vulnerabilities"?InfoWorld?8:35 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"The return of 'Whoa, I have a really old file, how do I open it!?'"?Macworld?11:14 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"How To remove the account picture in OS X: Account pictures in OS X can not only be changed, but can also be removed or reverted to a generic image if needed."?MacFixIt?5:46 PM
"New features, new fixes: OS X Server's six-month checkup"?Ars Technica?11:27 AM
"Autodesk Inventor Fusion review: 3D software giant Autodesk debut a tool for beginners that's powerful enough for the pros."?Macworld UK?8:36 AM
"FileXChange for Mac review: Comprehensive iOS file transfer utility"?Macworld UK?8:36 AM
"Keep track of important messages with Mail's VIPs"?Macworld?8:26 AM
"Mac Gems: Vimari brings more keyboard control to Safari"?Macworld?10:47 AM
"Quick Tip: Create Ringtones in iTunes for Free"?Mactuts+?8:21 AM
"MacMost Now 814: Viewing Volumes"?MacMost?8:00 AM
"Enabling Firmware Password Protection on Your Mac"?Macinstruct?8:33 AM
"Help Your Older Mac Feel Snappier ? Disable Finder Media Previews [OS X Tips]?Cult of Mac?8:31 AM
"Change the Browser User Agent in Chrome, Safari, & Firefox"?OS X Daily?2:32 PM
"A Cheap And Useful Little Widget That Every Mac User Can Use But It's Not Really A Widget"?McSolo?7:58 AM
"How Can You Bring Hotmail To Your Mac's Menubar? Just Add MenuTab for Hotmail"?Mac 360?7:58 AM
"A Tale Of Two Text Editors: One Free, One Not, Both Different, Both Useful For Mac Users"?BohemianBoomer?7:58 AM
"The Best Way To Outline Is Mac, iPhone, iPad And The Cloud With Cloud Outliner"?TeraTalks?7:57 AM
"An Easier And Colorful Way To Budget And Track Expenses On Your Mac"?NoodleMac?7:57 AM
Op/Ed
"MacStories Interviews: John Siracusa"?MacStories?5:55 PM
"Light Blue v4 offers unparalleled ease of use, bringing native applications and cloud syncing to award-winning photography business management software"?Light Blue Software?8:00 AM
"115 'Talking' Slovoed Dictionaries for 30 World Languages for Mac OS X"?Slovoed?7:59 AM
"Mac Data Recovery Guru 2.0 for OS X - Data Recovery Try-Before-You-Buy"?prMac?7:37 AM
"Time tracking app for Mac: Chronos 2.0 released"?prMac?7:37 AM
"Vitamin-R 50% Back To Work Promotion"?prMac?7:36 AM
"Jumsoft Presents the New Toolbox for Pages"?prMac?7:36 AM
"Cloud Clip for OS X - iCloud Sync Mac Clipboard Between Macs + iDevices"?prMac?7:36 AM
"FaceTime Update" ["As a result of ongoing testing, we're announcing AT&T will enable FaceTime over Cellular at no extra charge for customers with any tiered data plan using a compatible iOS device."]?AT&T Consumer Blog?2:27 PM
"AT&T Now Offers FaceTime Over Cellular For Any Customer With A Tiered Data Plan"?TechCrunch?2:28 PM
"AT&T expands FaceTime over cellular to iPhone 4S users, all tiered data plans"?iMore?2:39 PM
"AT&T Promises Cellular FaceTime Support for Tiered Plans"?The Mac Observer?3:54 PM
"AT&T opens FaceTime to all tiered-data customers: AT&T says it will allow all its tiered-data customers regardless of whether they have 3G or 4G iOS devices to use the FaceTime Video chat service over its network. But it's still restricting unlimited-data users."?CNET News?9:19 PM
"Google Nexus Tops iPad In Japan's Holiday Season Sales"?Nikkei?3:15 PM
"Europe Weighs Requiring Firms to Disclose Data Breaches: To combat a rise in cybercrime, the European Commission is considering a plan to require companies that store data on the Internet ? like Microsoft, Apple, Google and I.B.M. ? to report the loss or theft of personal information in the 27-nation bloc or risk sanctions and fines."?New York Times [Free Registration Required]?4:09 PM
"Apple Lets Buyers on China Web Pay in 2-Year Installments"?Bloomberg?8:16 AM
"Apple's Chinese Web Store Adds Credit Facility As iPhone-Maker Battles Cheap Androids"?TechCrunch?8:17 AM
"Apple offers installment payments to Chinese customers"?CNET News?10:28 AM
"To make iPhones more affordable in China, Apple now offering payment plans"?GigaOM?12:08 PM
"Apple rolls out China credit facility"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?8:38 AM
"Apple's retail VP Jerry McDougal resigns as SVP post remains vacant"?Digital Trends?8:18 AM
"Key Apple Retail Exec Jerry McDougal Resigns"?PC Magazine?10:58 AM
"Apple Retail's revolving door; Jerry McDougal out as VP"?ZDNet?9:41 AM
"Apple Stores Losing Shine As Another Top Exec Hits The Road"?Forbes?11:14 AM
"'Apple should make cheaper iPhone' says former CEO John Sculley: In an interview, Sculley has said that Apple needs to make a cheaper iPhone to address demand from emerging markets"?Macworld UK?8:05 AM
"Ex-CEO Sculley says Apple needs to focus on cheaper iPhone"?CNET News?8:41 AM
"Former Apple CEO urges company to adapt to emerging markets"?The Verge?8:18 AM
"Ex-Apple CEO Sculley Backs Cheaper iPhone"?PC Magazine?2:38 PM
"App complaints surge: Parents warned of 'bill shock' as children's smartphone usage soars and 'in-app purchases' rise on phones and social networks."?Telegraph?8:45 AM
"Smartphones Consuming More Data Than Tablets for the First Time"?Mashable?8:17 AM
"To fight Amazon's 'black box,' iPad publisher Inkling opens its 400 ebooks up to Google"?paidContent?8:26 AM
"Woz flash firm Fusion-io has a gift for Facebook open-sourcers: Open Compute Project given ioScale designs"?The Register?12:07 PM
"iPad Menus Keep It Green At Gordon Ramsay's Steak In Vegas"?Cult of Mac?8:31 AM
"Bloke blasts Sprint for fingering his home as phone thieves' den"?The Register?10:11 AM
"Enormous iPhone Installation in Russia Honors Steve Jobs"?PadGadget?10:48 AM
"Apple's most famous villain now $500"?Fortune?9:48 AM
Non-Apple News
"HP Wins Design Patent for a Next Generation Docking Station"?Patent Bolt?2:58 PM
"Disney Invents New 3D Entertainment System that will Deliver Next Generation Immersive Experiences"?Patent Bolt?2:58 PM
"Fusion-io claims price breakthrough to deliver the all-flash datacentre"?V3?11:46 AM
"Disney mimics Skylanders with new gaming platform"?TG Daily?11:37 AM
"Small Factories Give Baxter the Robot a Cautious Once-Over"?Technology Review?11:35 AM
"Fedora 18 debuts with Samba 4 for full Active Directory compatibility"?V3?11:46 AM
"United Airlines to offer satellite Wi-Fi on long-haul flights, beating Delta to the gate"?PCWorld?11:13 AM
"Google accused of donkeycide"?TG Daily?11:38 AM
"Google Not Involved In Donkey's Murder, Says Company (And No, It's Not April Fool's. This Happened.)"?TechCrunch?11:33 AM
"Google Announces Project Glass Developer Events"?PC Magazine?11:11 AM
"Frank Zamboni Honored With Playable Google Doodle"?PC Magazine?11:11 AM
"A shock in the dark: Flashlight app tracks your location"?NBC News?11:07 AM
"Twitter now highlights handles, hashtags as user types them in"?Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required]?11:03 AM
"Inside Adobe's New Silicon Slope Headquarters"?Wired?11:50 AM
"Adobe patches actively exploited ColdFusion vulnerabilities: Hotfixes were released for different ColdFusion versions"?IDG News Service?10:49 AM
"Programmer secretly outsourced his entire job to Chinese firm"?Techworld?11:36 AM
"Red Hat CEO: The Power Of Partner Communities"?CRN?10:15 AM
"Sony exec hints at PlayStation 4 launch in spring"?CNET News?9:48 AM
"Video walkthrough of BlackBerry 10 leaks in advance of RIM launch event"?ZDNet?11:57 AM
"BlackBerry 10 L-Series specs leak"?CNET News?9:48 AM
"Control your laptop by moving your hand - for $70"?CNNMoney?9:24 AM
"US employee 'outsourced job to China'"?BBC?10:46 AM
"Korean researchers develop new flexible, more stable lithium-ion battery"?Engadget?8:04 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Live @ 10 PM ET - CES wrap-up, cheap iPhones, falling iPhone sales? plus FaceTime on AT&T"?Insanely Great Mac?3:55 PM
"Aspyr Media talks porting games to OS X, Mac App Store & the future of Mac gaming (+ Borderlands 2 giveaway!)"?9 to 5 Mac?1:05 PM
"MacStories Interviews: John Siracusa"?MacStories?9:44 AM
"Apple's 2013 product pipeline to feature new iPhones and all-Retina iPad and MacBook Pro lineups"?AppleInsider?8:13 AM
"Rumor: Analyst Outlines Apple Product Launches In 2013"?AppleBitch?8:33 AM
"Apple's 2013 Roadmap: New iPad Mini, iPhone 5S?"?InformationWeek?4:10 PM
"Apple's next 9.7" iPad to be 'significantly lighter and slimmer': Apple's full-size iPad is set to shed some excess, with a thinner and lighter fifth-generation redesign expected to arrive this year."?AppleInsider?8:24 AM
"iPad Mini 2 to sport Retina Display, analyst says: Apple will release a Retina Display iPad Mini and a thinner, lighter 5th-generation iPad in the third quarter, says KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo."?CNET News?8:42 AM
"Home button fingerprint sensor in 'iPhone 5S' would give Apple a new leg up on the competition"?AppleInsider?8:13 AM
"Analyst Predicts Future iPhone to Include Fingerprint Security"?Patently Apple?11:32 AM
"As Apple dawdles over low-end phone, Intel moves to supply chips to fast-growing market"?MarketWatch?10:16 AM
"iOS games chafe under Apple's directions: 'If you want to criticize a religion, write a book'"?The Verge?9:51 AM
"Point-Counterpoint: The 'cheap iPhone'"?TUAW?9:44 AM
"Apple Should Not Censor The NRA's 'Practice Range' App"?ReadWrite?9:24 AM
"iPad vs Surface: Apple Outsold Microsoft 23 to 1"?Tapscape?8:54 AM
"Why Your App Won't Be the Next Temple Run"?Wired?8:41 AM
"Like Steve Jobs, Tim Cook Doesn't Care About Apple Stock"?TheStreet?8:39 AM
"Siri withholds information, can help you if you upgrade to iOS 6"?iDownload Blog?8:39 AM
"The 'iCar' nudges closer to reality ? though probably not from Apple"?AppleDailyReport?8:33 AM
"What happens when iPad mini's thin bezel design is applied to the 10-inch iPad [mockups]?9 to 5 Mac?8:28 AM
"Apple, Amazon must enter settlement talks over 'App Store' trademark ahead of August trial"?iDownload Blog?8:58 AM
"Apple and Amazon ordered to discuss settlement in 'App Store' infringement case"?The Verge?8:27 AM
"TLDR: Is it Time for Apple to Change its UI?"?Blip?8:21 AM
"Is The Traditional Laptop Computer Doomed? ? The 'Book Mystique"?MacPrices?8:00 AM
"Cheap 'iPhone mini' is a solution in search of a problem"?Stabley Times?7:59 AM
"Do The Latest Macs Tell Us That Apple Doesn't Have An Insanely Great Idea For The Mac?"?Mac 360?7:58 AM
"Can We Truly Handle An Apple That Introduces New And Updated Products Every Six Months?"?PixoBebo?7:58 AM
Non-Apple
"Aaron Swartz followup: Can we get government out of the copyright enforcement business?"?Philip Greenspun's Weblog?7:01 PM
"A connection between video games and real-world violence?"?CNET News?4:09 PM
"Internet VOD: Some progress but still ways to go"?Forbes?12:08 PM
"Six in ten users face daily phishing attacks, claims study"?V3?11:47 AM
"What Happened to Glasses-Free 3D TV?"?Techland?11:43 AM
"Lucrative Windows crapware market is exactly why we need app stores"?PCWorld?11:16 AM
"The realist's guide to BYOD and why it's a long-term trend"?InfoWorld?10:49 AM
"How I decided to go to the cloud: Four considerations should inform your decision to use cloud versus on-premise resources"?InfoWorld?10:49 AM
"The Death Of Java In The Enterprise?"?Dark Reading?10:46 AM
"Samsung Shines In The World's Most Innovative Company Rankings"?Forbes?10:39 AM
"Welcome to the Age of Emotionally Relevant Robotics"?Forbes?10:38 AM
"Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 Windows 8 All-In-One"?HotHardware?10:36 AM
"The new MySpace: What a mess"?Fortune?10:40 AM
"How to get your business found by Facebook's Graph Search"?ZDNet?11:57 AM
"Inside a new Facebook search ? the good, the bad and the creepy"?The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required]?10:43 AM
"Facebook search: The analysts weigh in"?Fortune?10:41 AM
"With Graph Search, Facebook is becoming a modern-day AOL"?CNNMoney?9:25 AM
"Is the Paperless Office Possible?"?Inc.?10:47 AM
"Man Outsourced His Job to China, Watched Cat Videos"?Tapscape?10:47 AM
"World's most industrious lazy man outsources all of his work to China"?Ars Technica?10:46 AM
"The HTC M7 looks very iPhone-like in latest leaked renders"?9 to 5 Mac?10:24 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"What if Jesus Had an iPhone?"?Mashable [cartoon]?8:18 AM
"Gee Zuck, sorry to inconvenience you!"?The Joy of Tech [cartoon]?8:01 AM
"Silver Lake at centre of Dell deal talks"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?10:35 AM
"Dell buyout could mean more debt, junk rating"?Reuters?12:11 PM
"To Dell in Talks on Buyout Fodderat $13 to $14 a Share"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:32 PM
"Dell Buyout Talks Advance, Banks Line Up Funds"?Reuters?9:41 AM
"Dell Said To Be Considering Buyout At $13 Or $14 A Share"?BGR?8:36 PM
"Dell: The Return Of The Prodigal LBO?"?Forbes?9:40 AM
"Dell LBO Idea Might Not Be Feasible, Debt Analyst Cautions"?Forbes?12:10 PM
"Michael Dell's grand plan?"?Fortune?1:22 PM
"Can private equity solve Dell's dilemma?"?Fortune?9:41 AM
"What Exactly Does Michael Dell Have to Sell?"?Forbes?12:10 PM
"6 Reasons Dell Should Go Private" [Slideshow]?CRN?10:15 AM
"Dell buyout pegged at $13-14 a share: reports"?ZDNet?11:54 AM
"Dell looks beyond the x86 PC with Project Ophelia"?TG Daily?11:38 AM
"Dell debuts public cloud service beta aimed at retailers: Dell is accepting beta customers for the service and plans to roll it out in phases this year"?Network World?11:36 AM
"Dell ups ante in ARMs race with 64-bit Iron server: ARM and Intel can live together in an Open Compute Summit management spec demo."?Ars Technica?9:32 PM
"Microsoft Surface Pro expected to arrive in 'weeks'"?CNET News?9:48 AM
"First Microsoft Surface Pro tablets come off the production line"?ZDNet?11:54 AM
"Microsoft Surface sales seem slack, says UBS, spelling silence for Windows RT?"?Computerworld Blogs?10:17 AM
"SurfCast and Microsoft prep for Sept. 3 'live tile' trial: The two companies are in discovery and making claims and counterclaims about the validity of each others' patents."?CNET News?12:16 PM
"H.P. Said to Field Takeover Inquiries for Autonomy and E.D.S. Units"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?8:27 PM
"No, HP Will Not Be Selling Autonomy or EDS or Anything Else"?AllThingsD?2:46 PM
"HP: WSJ Says Some Buying Interest In Autonomy, EDS"?Forbes?2:39 PM
"Interest in HP assets spikes after Dell news: source"?Reuters?4:10 PM
"'The Narrative Lags the Reality' in HP Turnaround Effort, CEO Whitman Says (Video)"?AllThingsD?12:12 PM
"HP, Lenovo expected to see 1Q13 notebook shipments fall 20% sequentially"?DigiTimes?10:25 AM
"Lenovo CEO Worth $740M As PC Maker's Stock Hits Five-Year High"?Forbes?10:38 AM
"Fresh Java exploit goes on sale for $5,000"?V3?11:46 AM
"Another Java Zero-Day Vulnerability Hits Black Market"?InformationWeek?12:20 PM
"Why fixing the Java flaw will take so long: Oracle isn't saying much, but the OpenJDK community has provided InfoWorld with a complete analysis -- and a critique of Oracle's patch"?InfoWorld?10:49 AM
"Oracle's faux IaaS now gets faux on-demand cloud pricing"?InfoWorld?10:48 AM
"Intel preps thin fiber optics to shuffle data between computers: Intel is readying silicon photonics for use at the motherboard level"?Computerworld?5:55 PM
"Intel CTO: Smart Sensors, Wearable Tech Coming Soon"?InformationWeek?10:44 AM
"Intel's x86-powered NUC goes live"?TG Daily?11:38 AM
"AMD gets restraining order against former employees in trade secrets lawsuit: Three former AMD workers are alleged to have taken secret documents and information before joining Nvidia"?IDG News Service?10:16 AM
"AMD: Former Employees Took Secrets To Nvidia"?TheStreet?12:04 PM
"Former AMD execs accused of stealing trade secrets"?TG Daily?11:38 AM
"AMD sues ex-managers for allegedly copying 100,000 files"?CNET News?12:16 PM
"Will this Tech Giant be able to Sustain its Dividend Yield?"?The Motley Fool?12:08 PM
"Cisco investigates reported Linksys router flaw"?CSO?11:13 AM
"UN plans Internet governance amid outcry to defund ITU"?ZDNet?11:56 AM
"Post-patch, US-CERT continues call to disable Java plug-in"?Computerworld?10:17 AM
"'Rogue clouds' giving IT staffs nightmares"?Network World?11:17 AM
"IT chiefs focused on analytics and mobile technologies for 2013"?V3?11:46 AM
"Korean boffins crack art of bendy batteries: South Korean boffins have discovered the secret to flexible, shape-conforming lithium ion batteries in what could be a major step on the road to flexible smartphones."?The Register?11:41 AM
Get Lightening Fast Performance Like You've Never Experienced With Our Mercury Solid State Drives! Up to 92x Faster Than Hard Drives & Starting At Just $77.99! - Macsales.com
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.