The Gathering Storm

post from Daring Fireball on 25 May 2011 11:04:15 PM. © Daring Fireball

Reuters:

Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn has called forMicrosoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to step down, sayingthe world’s largest software company’s long-time leader is stuckin the past.

Expect more of this. And see if you can find high-profile investors defending Ballmer. (Via Ben Vaughn.)

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/25/us-microsoft-idUSTRE74O8BQ20110525

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Pay Attention but Dont Panic

post from Daring Fireball on 25 May 2011 09:04:47 PM. © Daring Fireball

Rich Mogull:

So I understand that some of you worry that Mac Defender is ascary sign of things to come. But while the Mac security situationreally is changing, those changes are due almost entirely toattackers’ changing tactics and have little to do with theinherent strength or weakness of Mac security. The bottom line:You should pay attention to Mac security. But you don’t need tofreak out about it.

Smart, rational look at the state of Mac malware.

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http://www.macworld.com/article/160098/2011/05/macdefender.html#lsrc=twt_macworld

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Twitter Buys TweetDeck

post from Daring Fireball on 25 May 2011 06:05:02 PM. © Daring Fireball

Peter Kafka interviews TweetDeck honcho Iain Dodsworth:

Kafka: So to beat this into the ground: TweetDeck will continue toexist as a standalone product? There?s been a lot of speculationthat Twitter would buy TweetDeck and then shut it down.
Dodsworth: Yes, they will continue as standalone products. From atechnical standpoint we?ll move towards becoming part of theplatform. They won?t be shutting it down, they are in factinvesting further in its future.

My question: will TweetDeck have to use OAuth?

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http://allthingsd.com/20110525/exclusive-qa-tweetdeck-ceo-iain-dodsworth-on-his-s
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Claim Chowder, TweetDeck Edition

post from Daring Fireball on 25 May 2011 06:05:02 PM. © Daring Fireball

MG Siegler, reporting for AOL/TechCrunch back in February:

The number of companies in the Twitter ecosystem keepscontracting. But not for a necessarily bad reason, but becausethey keep getting purchased. And what?s crazy is that it?slargely one person who has been buying them up: Bill Gross.We?ve just learned that his company, now called UberMedia, hasjust acquired TweetDeck.
We?re hearing that the deal, which happened recently, was in the$25 - $30 million range. And this is clearly the largest dealthey?ve done yet as TweetDeck is the largest Twitter clientoutside of Twitter?s own properties.

Close, except that UberMedia did not buy TweetDeck.

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/11/ubermedia-tweetdeck/

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Former Google Director Joins the MobiCart Ranks

post from prMac on 25 May 2011 06:00:00 PM. © prMac

MobiCart announces that leading industrialist and Google's former Director of Online Sales and Operations, Stephen Lusty has joined them as Chairman and Investor. MobiCart is taking m-commerce to a new level of personalization by enabling anyone to quickly deploy a native storefront application on iOS and Android devices. With its portfolio of m-commerce shopping cart solutions it provides a smart, simple and unique path to taking a business mobile reaching customers 24/7.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-25880.htm

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Intego Security Memo - New Mac Defender Variant,
MacGuard

post from prMac on 25 May 2011 04:15:00 PM. © prMac

Intego discovered the Mac Defender fake antivirus, which targets Mac users via SEO poisoning attacks web sites set up to take advantage of search engine optimization tricks to get malicious sites to appear at the top of search results. Since then, several variants have appeared: MacDefender, MacProtector and MacSecurity, all of which are the same application using different names. Intego today discovered a new variant of this malware that functions slightly differently.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-25991.htm

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Release of Duplicate Contacts Remover and Merger
Pro for iPhone

post from prMac on 25 May 2011 01:41:00 PM. © prMac

Alittera Ltd. releases Duplicate Remover and Merger Pro for iPhone and iPad. Ultimate Contacts Cleaner is Now Available in Apples App Store. Duplicate Remover allows user to keep his Contacts duplicate well-organized and clean in just one tap. Using Duplicate Remover and Merger Pro cannot be simpler there is one button to remove duplicates and after tapping it the rest is done automatically.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-25990.htm

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Tumblr Founder David Karp: Android Absolutely
Sucks to Develop For

Tell us what you really think, David.

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http://thedroidguy.com/2011/05/tumblr-founder-david-karp-android-absolutely-sucks
-to-develop-for/

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CourseNotes Ends School Year with Sale on Mac App

Boston based Dear Panda LLC is gearing up for summer and getting ready for next school year with a sale on CourseNotes, their top-selling Mac app which help students take notes and stay organized. The must-have app for students will be on sale in the App Store for 40% off through June 1st. Dear Panda also announced that they will give away another series of promo codes for qualifying educators.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-25989.htm

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CourseNotes Ends School Year with Sale on iPad
App

Boston based Dear Panda LLC is gearing up for summer and getting ready for next school year with a sale on CourseNotes, their top-selling iPad app which help students take notes and stay organized. The must-have app for students will be on sale in the App Store for 40% off through June 1st. Dear Panda also announced that they will give away another series of promo codes for qualifying educators.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-25988.htm

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