Most Popular iPhone Apps and Posts of 2012 Thorin Klosowski, lifehacker.com 2012 was an interesting year for Apple’s iPhone and iPad. We got a new operating system with iOS 6, and that came with a fair share of problems. Still, lots of new features, apps, and fixes came along. Here are the most popular iOS-related…
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businessweek.com In his most wide-ranging interview since succeeding Steve Jobs, Tim Cook talks about how the company now works, the view that he’s “robotic,” and the return of Apple manufacturing to the U.S. http://flip.it/MNo7N Tim Cook’s Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks Related articles Apple ‘Less Arrogant’ Under Tim Cook, Says France Telecom CEO (mashable.com)
lifehack.org So, you were looking for a great alternative to Apple’s Mail.app on OS X and iOS and stumbled upon Sparrow. It was fast, handled mail in a comfortable and familiar Gmail fashion, and was full featured. It was all good until you heard th… http://flip.it/WU03e Goodbye Sparrow: 8 Alternatives to Sparrow for Email Related…
Tim Cook’s Attention to Culture Will Grow Apple Even More Paul Spiegelman, inc.com THE CULTURE GAP How Tim Cook treats employees may leave him a legacy bigger than Steve Jobs’. Much has been written about the brilliance of Steve Jobs and the iconic company that he built. Many say that it was Steve Job’s laser…
Is Your Doctor’s iPad Good For Your Health? By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com Surgeons, doctors, nurses, residents, and other medical professionals all regularly use iPads on the job. The practice has inspired a cottage industry, health care innovation, and privacy concerns. Slowly but surely, iPads are changing the fa… RT @FastCompany: Is your doctor’s iPad good…
How America’s Spies Use iPhones And iPads By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com Deep inside the NSA guidelines for iOS, warnings about “juice-jacking,” “hot mikes,” and requirements to cover iPad cameras with tape. Years ago, when spooks and government employees needed a secure smartphone, they turned to Research in… RT @nealunger: iSpy: Inside the #NSA’s best practices…
Christina Bonnington, wired.com It’s been a few months since Passbook was announced, and talk has died down to almost nothing. Is anyone even using the service? It turns out, yes, and we’re using it a lot. Apple’s Passbook Is a Surprise Success for Developers http://flip.it/CjHIO http://flip.it/vOHyS Apple’s Passbook Is a Surprise Success for Developers Related…
Who Needs Cable? 3 iPad Apps That Glue Me To My TV John Paul Titlow, readwrite.com The Internet may be changing TV, but it is nowhere close to completely disrupting it.Why’s that? In a word, content.Web videos can rack up millions of views (and millions of dollars), but the Web isn’t yet giving us content…
Jury finds iPhone infringes Nokia, Sony patents owned by “troll” Joe Mullin, arstechnica.com Flickr user Jesus LeonWhen MobileMedia Ideas formed in 2010, it was probably the biggest sign yet that the idea of “patent-trolling” had gone corporate. The company exists solely to get licensing fees from essentially the entire cell phone… RT @arstechnica: Jury finds…