Siri is a Threat to Google : Eric Schmidt

post from iHackintosh on 07 November 2011 10:26:39 PM. © iHackintosh

Eric Schmidt, Google chief executive, has defended before a committee of Congress antitrust United States that the new voice assistant introduced by Apple in the iPhone 4S, Siri, is a competitive threat in the world of Internet search, field Google[...]

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Nilay Patel Reviews the Motorola Droid Razr

post from Daring Fireball on 07 November 2011 09:03:56 PM. © Daring Fireball

“Smart Actions” seem pretty cool. Neat idea.

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Laptop Magazines 2011 Tablet World Series

post from Daring Fireball on 07 November 2011 08:03:51 PM. © Daring Fireball

The iPad 2 lost in the first round to the Asus Eee Pad Slider, but the winner was the Lenovo ThinkPad Slider. It’s like a tablet contest from Bizarro World — last year’s Tablet World Series winner was the BlackBerry PlayBook. (Via The Macalope.)

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Yelping With Cormac: The Apple Store

post from Daring Fireball on 07 November 2011 06:03:24 PM. © Daring Fireball

“Cormac McCarthy” reviews the Apple Store for Yelp:

I figured he worked there so I asked him what the line was allabout. What were all these people waitin for. He told me it wasfor a apple phone or some such. I said dont these folks havetelephones already? He told me they all had apple phones but itwas the older one. I asked him what would happen to the oldapple phones.

Whole site is brilliant. Don’t miss this one. (Via Matt Killmon.)

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Comma

post from Daring Fireball on 07 November 2011 06:03:24 PM. © Daring Fireball

Apple, in a legal response to HTC:

Apple denies that its correct name is Apple, Inc. The correct nameof Respondent is Apple Inc.

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Free Scandit Barcode and QR Scanner App now
available worldwide

post from prMac on 07 November 2011 04:05:00 PM. © prMac

Scandit announced today that its popular Scandit Barcode Scanner and Comparison Shopper app is now globally available as a free download for Apple, Android and Nokia smartphones on the iTunes Application store, the Android Market and the Nokia App store. The Scandit Barcode Scanner and Comparison Shopper app now enables smart shoppers around the world to scan barcodes and QR codes, find the best price or read reviews for millions of consumer products.

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Revolutionary User Interfaces and Disruption of
the Global Handset Market

post from Daring Fireball on 07 November 2011 01:04:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Horace Dediu:

My hypothesis is that The Primary Cause for the shift of profitsfrom Incumbents to Entrants has been the disruptive impact of anew input method.

You look at where the profits have gone, and numbers 1, 2, and 3 are Apple, Samsung, and HTC.

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Chevrolet Speedometer Design

Christian Annyas surveys 70 years of Chevy speedometer design. Those horizontal ones from the ’60s and ’70s are dreadful.

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Teach Me Sushi Launches iPhone Update

Teach Me Sushi, provider of hands-on sushi-making lessons throughout the New York area, today announced the latest offering in its line of popular applications for iPhone and iPad. Teach Me Sushi iPhone combines the company's instructional sushi apps into a single, interactive guide that takes users through sushi-making basics and on to the creation of advanced, sushi rolls. The original Teach Me Sushi app, Teach Me Sushi Expert, have garnered acclaim with positions on the App Store.

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Baby Sleeper Mini - iPhone version of Baby
Sleeper Pro released

Nkdsoft finally introduced the iPhone version of their iPad app Baby Sleeper Pro, Baby Sleeper Mini. It uses the same shockingly simple method--discovered by a math professor--to help babies and little kids fall asleep, but with the convenience of being able to have it on the iPhone or iPod touch. The instructions are simple, just hit the "Good night!" button and let Baby Sleeper do its magic. Most babies and small kids fall asleep in matter of minutes.

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