How These 5 Dirtbags Radically Advanced Your Digital Rights - Bad facts make bad law, the saying goes. But sometimes, bad people make good law.
(Via Wired Top Stories.)
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Apple Remembers Nelson Mandela on Its Homepage
Apple Remembers Nelson Mandela on Its Homepage - Apple has removed all product placements on its homepage tonight and has instead replaced them with an image of Nelson Mandela, honoring the late South African president's life a day after he passed at the age of 95.
Apple executives had previously commented on Mandela's death on Twitter, with SVP Phil Schiller tweeting a quote from Mandela. CEO Tim Cook also tweeted a quote, but offered thoughts on the passing of Mandela as well:
Amazing human being. Champion of freedom and human dignity. He set an example for all of the world. RIP Nelson Mandela. We miss you already.This is one of the few times Apple has honored someone's life on its homepage, with the others being people such as Rosa Parks, board member Jerry York and Steve Jobs.
More than 1 million apps are now available on the US App Store
More than 1 million apps are now available on the US App Store -
Apple's US App Store now has more than 1 million apps available for download, according to app-discovery platform Appsfire and confirmed by AppShopper (via MacRumors). As of the time of this writing, there are now 1,006,557 iOS apps available for download in the US, with 473,000 of those optimized for the iPad.
Back in October, Apple announced it had more than 1 million apps in its worldwide App Store catalog, but this is the first time the number of apps available in the United States App Store has hit the seven-figure mark. As MacRumors notes, its sister site AppShopper, which tracks all iOS apps, says that there have been a total of 1,439,451 iOS apps approved by Apple since the launch of the App Store back in 2008.
Square credit card reader loses weight, gains accuracy
Square credit card reader loses weight, gains accuracy -
The Square credit card reader is already a huge hit with small businesses, so an upgrade to the hardware is definitely cause for a little early holiday celebration. The company revealed an all-new version of its iconic register peripheral today, showing off a sleeker design that cuts its width by 45 percent. The company also boasts that the new reader is more accurate than any previous model.
As always, small businesses and anyone else that need an easy way to take mobile payments can score a free card reader by signing up with Square online, but the newest model won't be available in retail stores until 2014.
[via Engadget]
Pandora for iOS Gets Alarm Clock Mode, iOS 7 Facelift
Pandora for iOS Gets Alarm Clock Mode, iOS 7 Facelift -
To its great credit, Pandora refuses to go gentle into that good night despite the recent competition from iTunes Radio (not to mention other competitors such as Google Play Music). To that end, the venerable streaming music site updated its iOS app today to support using Pandora stations as alarm clocks rather than the default tones you get with the iPhone.
Numerous apps already support the option to play music from your library as an alarm clock, but this marks the first time that we've seen it through Pandora's own widely used service. For my part, I find that a little bit of unpredictability helps me get up earlier in the morning, and Pandora's new option should allow me to wake with the former ease I once knew from the bygone days when I used a traditional alarm clock with built-in radio to wake up.
(Via Mac|Life all.)
How Apple's Lightning-Plug Guru Reinvented Square's Card Reader
How Apple's Lightning-Plug Guru Reinvented Square's Card Reader - Jesse Dorogusker is used to working tiny.
(Via Wired Top Stories.)
Obama Says Everyone Should Learn How to Hack
Obama Says Everyone Should Learn How to Hack - President Barack Obama kicked off Computer Science Education Week on Monday with a simple message: "Don't just play on your phone. Program it."
(Via Wired Top Stories.)
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