Juicy Bits

post from Daring Fireball on 28 November 2011 10:02:50 PM. © Daring Fireball

Fun story by Mike Swanson, on how he left his job as a developer evangelist at Microsoft to be a full-time iOS app developer.

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Future Alarm Clock Awaken via Fade-in

post from prMac on 28 November 2011 08:57:00 PM. © prMac

25dev recently released Future Alarm Clock for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The Future Alarm Clock application is a new product that is not only an alarm but also a powerful multi-reminder tool. Users are able to set multiple alarms at once; set daily, weekly, or monthly reminders; wake using fade-in mode, music, vibration or a users own MP3 music. The app allows for the customization of settings and includes the unique ability to set watch times by passing the clock digits with a finger.

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Its Time

post from Daring Fireball on 28 November 2011 08:03:10 PM. © Daring Fireball

Splendid two-minute short film about marriage.

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Dumb Analyst of the Day: Roxy Wong

post from Daring Fireball on 28 November 2011 07:03:55 PM. © Daring Fireball

Jonathan Standing and Clare Jim, reporting for Reuters on HTC’s woes:

But investors are concerned that HTC, one of few Taiwanese firmswith a global brand, is not changing radically enough.
“Its industrial design hasn’t changed for almost two years. Unlessit launches a really different phone, it’s hard to sell theproduct at a premium price,” said Roxy Wong, analyst at MiraeAsset Management in Hong Kong.

Meanwhile, here in the real world, the two best-selling smartphones in September 2011 were the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS — phones that debuted in June 2010 and June 2009, respectively. Keep in mind that the 3GS features an industrial design that’s almost completely unchanged since the iPhone 3G in June 2008, and that Apple is taking in a majority share of the industry’s profits.

The problem with HTC’s phones isn’t that their industrial design isn’t “new” enough. It’s that their phones aren’t good enough. What Apple shows is that if a phone is actually great, it will sell for years.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/28/ctech-us-htc-idCATRE7AN00S20111128

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WSJ: Sharp to Supply LCD Panels to Apple for Next
iPad

post from Daring Fireball on 28 November 2011 05:02:31 PM. © Daring Fireball

Juro Osawa, reporting for the WSJ:

Apple Inc. is adding Sharp Corp. as a maker of screens used in thenext-generation iPad, people familiar with the situation saidThursday, as the U.S. consumer electronics company moves todiversify component suppliers for its products.
One of the people familiar with the matter said Apple’s next iPadis expected to launch next year, and Sharp’s Kameyama No. 2 plantin central Japan will manufacture LCD panels for the device.

Samsung’s loss is Sharp’s gain. As for the iPad 3, it’s double-resolution 2048 × 1536 or bust.

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The Readable Future

post from Daring Fireball on 28 November 2011 05:02:31 PM. © Daring Fireball

Brent Simmons:

And people don?t get fired for measuring things. People don?toften get fired for continuing to do things the same way they?vealways been done. But people do get fired for taking risks thatdon?t pan out.

This is why you need people who love the product in charge.

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http://inessential.com/2011/11/25/the_readable_future

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Om Malik on 10 Years of Blogging

post from Daring Fireball on 28 November 2011 05:02:31 PM. © Daring Fireball

Good advice from Om Malik:

Being authentic in your thoughts and voice is the only way to survive the test of time.

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http://gigaom.com/2011/11/26/10-years-gigaom/

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Fliers Still Must Turn Off Devices, but Its Not
Clear Why

Nick Bilton:

I?m not arguing that passengers should be allowed to make phonecalls while the plane zooms up into the sky. But, why can?t Iread my Kindle or iPad during takeoff and landing? E-readers andcellphones can be easily put into ?Airplane Mode? whichdisables the device?s radio signals.

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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/disruptions-fliers-must-turn-off-devices
-but-its-not-clear-why/

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A Tech Blog

From a Fortune magazine cover story by Miguel Helft and Jessi Hempel:

Consider this: In October a tech blog reported that several topGoogle officials, including Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman,had not even set up their own accounts on Google+. A few dayslater Schmidt’s account quietly appeared on the site.

That would be Michael DeGusta, who reported this on his weblog The Understatement in early October. Fortune doesn’t credit DeGusta by name, refers to his website only as “a tech blog”, and doesn’t even have the courtesy to include a link. Shameless.

Henceforth, Fortune is “some business magazine”.

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http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/03/technology/facebook_google_fight.fortune/

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Lucky Sparkler 1.0 - for iOS devices

Independent developer Serhii Sulimovskyi introduces Lucky Sparkler 1.0, for iOS devices. This new application allows to spark with a colorful musical Lucky Sparkler, and also create and send beautiful Sparkle greeting cards with your own text right from your iPhone. Cards, sparkler, spoof, wedding, birthday, Christmas, new year, love, light, romantic. Take fiery inscription or Sparkler, and after few keystrokes send a bright message to e-mail, or contacts in Facebook, Twitter and WEIBO.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-34452.htm

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