Why Majd Taby Hates Chrome and Continues to Use
It

post from Daring Fireball on 31 May 2011 07:03:43 PM. © Daring Fireball

Nice nitpicky UI critique of Chrome for Mac by Majd Taby, along with praise for what Chrome gets right.

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Florian Mueller on Lodsyss Suit Against Seven App
Developers in Eastern Texas

post from Daring Fireball on 31 May 2011 07:03:43 PM. © Daring Fireball

Florian Mueller:

For the app developers who have been sued, this is now a verycritical situation. As I explained in my Lodsys FAQ, patentlitigation in the United States is extremely costly. The mostimportant thing for those app developers is to clarify with Apple— and to the extent that Android apps are involved, with Google— whether they will be held harmless and receive blanket coverageincluding possible damage awards.

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Lodsys Responds to Apple, Files Lawsuits Against
App Developers

post from Daring Fireball on 31 May 2011 06:03:57 PM. © Daring Fireball

These motherfuckers — or is it motherfucker, singular? — aren’t going to quit. Details on the Lodsys “blog”.

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http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/31/lodsys-responds-to-apple-files-lawsuits-again
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Zaky: Apples Cash to Exceed $300 Billion by 2015

post from Daring Fireball on 31 May 2011 06:03:56 PM. © Daring Fireball

Andy Zaky:

If it then carried that 2013 0.00% growth rate into 2014, thecompany would have $230 billion in cash or just about $250 in cashper share. 2015 it would have $300 billion in cash or $330 in cashper share. Again, that assumes 0.00% growth for 2013, 2014, and2015. So if Apple grows 0.00%, then by 2015, it will have morecash per share than the stock is trading at today.

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Twitter Photo Storage and Account Integration in
iOS 5

post from Daring Fireball on 31 May 2011 06:03:56 PM. © Daring Fireball

MG Siegler on Twitter’s imminent but as-yet-unannounced photo-hosting service:

We?ve heard from multiple sources that Twitter is likely to havea big-time partner for such a service: Apple. Specifically,we?re hearing that Apple?s new iOS 5 will come with an optionto share images to Twitter baked into the OS. This would besimilar to the way you can currently share videos on YouTube withone click in iOS. Obviously, a user would have to enable thisfeature by logging in with their Twitter credentials in iOS. Therewould then be a ?Send to Twitter? option for pictures storedon your device.

So close to the bigger story, but yet so far. Imagine what else the system could provide if your Twitter account was a system-level service.

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/31/twitter-pictures-ios5/

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Security Update 2011-003 Addresses Mac Defender
Malware

post from Daring Fireball on 31 May 2011 05:04:18 PM. © Daring Fireball

Apple:

The OSX.MacDefender.A definition has been added to the malwarecheck within File Quarantine. […]
The system will check daily for updates to the File Quarantinemalware definition list. An opt-out capability is provided via the“Automatically update safe downloads list” checkbox in SecurityPreferences.

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TvTak Showcases iPhone App for TV Show Detection
at TechCrunch Disrupt

post from prMac on 31 May 2011 03:29:00 PM. © prMac

TvTak, an innovative developer of video recognition mobile applications, will showcase for the first time in the United States, a new iPhone App that propels television interactivity to higher levels of engagement at the TechCrunch Disrupt convention held in New York City from May 23-25, in the Start-Up Alley. Instant Call-to-Action for Television on your iPhone, TvTak recognizes television shows and commercials in just one second.

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WHO: Cell Phone Use Possibly Carcinogenic to
Humans

I think it’s quite possible that this issue could be the single greatest long-term threat to Apple. I’d hate to see today’s handset makers turn into yesterday’s tobacco companies.

Update: To be clear, the WHO is more or less saying that a link can’t be ruled out. And on the flip side, University of Maryland physics professor Bob Park:

All cancers are caused by mutant strands of DNA. Electromagneticradiation can’t create mutant strands of DNA unless the frequencyis at or higher than the blue limit of the visible spectrum thenear-ultraviolet. The frequency of cell phone radiation is about 1million times too low.

More from Park here on the question of cell phones causing cancer.

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html

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GuitarMan - Guitar Tuner Tool, New App on App
Store

CalluxNet AB has released their highly successful iOS app GuitarMan 1.1.0 - guitar tuner tool on the App Store. Within the first week after its release it has reached over 1,600 downloads in over 50 countries worldwide. On the Swedish market it is currently among the top 5 according to customer ratings for guitar tuner music apps on both the iPhone and iPad lists. GuitarMan turns your iPhone into a realistic, precise, and easy-to-use guitar tuner.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-26203.htm

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WHO: Cell Phone Use Can Increase Possible Cancer
Risk

I think it’s quite possible that this issue could be the single greatest long-term threat to Apple. I’d hate to see today’s handset makers turn into yesterday’s tobacco companies.

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Read The Full Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html

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