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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Does Apple have a Scott Forstall problem? — There's no shortage of embarrassing instances where Apple (AAPL) Maps “fell short” — as Tim Cook's public apology put it — but on Friday Canadian reader John Garner pointed me to a particularly striking one. Jason Matheson, a fellow Canadian … | Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration: |
Apple Drops the “Most Powerful Mapping Service Ever” Claim — Apple's CEO Tim Cook has honestly admitted that Apple Maps isn't as good as competing mapping services but the Apple website made a slightly contradictory claim. It said: … Apple Maps may be beautiful for some regions …
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Sloppy security? Apple and Nokia conceal fewer sensitive sites than Google Maps — iOS 6 Maps is the most transparent of the three — but is that a good thing? — The launch of Apple's new mapping service in iOS 6 has generated a wave of criticism that shows no sign of abating.| Joseph Straw / NY Daily News: |
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she doesn't use email — Napolitano tells cybersecurity conference that she doesn't have accounts. Agency acts as the nation's top cybercop — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she avoids email for “a whole lot of reasons.”
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Simon Cowell And Will.i.am Are Teaming Up To Create An X Factor To Find The Next Mark Zuckerberg — Simon Cowell is on the hunt for the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. According to The Sun, the former American Idol and current X Factor judge is teaming up with Black Eyed Peas rapper …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Jason Calacanis' Next Act, And Another Pivot For Inside.com, As A ‘Knowledge Community’ — Serial entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis appears to be gearing up for the launch of his next venture, which may also signify one more pivot for his information site Mahalo.
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| Chico Harlan / Washington Post: |
As Apple and Samsung dominate, Japan's tech giants are in a free fall — TOKYO — While electronics giants Apple and Samsung fight each other for market dominance, with hotly competitive product releases and tit-for-tat patent lawsuits, Japan's consumer electronics makers find themselves …
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| Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online: |
The Case for Abolishing Patents (Yes, All of Them) — Our patent system is a mess. It's a fount of expensive litigation that allows aging companies to linger around by bullying their more innovative competitors in court. — Critics have suggested plenty of reasonable reforms …
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| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Meg Whitman's Toughest Campaign: Retooling H.P. — IT'S not as easy being Meg Whitman as Meg Whitman might have expected. — At 56, Ms. Whitman, the eBay billionaire who spent a fortune unsuccessfully trying to become the governor of California, has found her Act III.| Rik Myslewski / The Register: |
Microsoft: 'To fill 6,000 jobs, we'll pay $10K per visa' — Plus $15K for green cards - other companies could buy in, as well — Microsoft has entered the US immigration debate with a novel proposal for expanding the number of visas available for foreign techies: have companies pay … | Technology Review: |
PlaceRaider: The Military Smartphone Malware Designed to Steal Your Life — The US Naval Surface Warfare Center has created an Android app that secretly records your environment and reconstructs it as a 3D virtual model for a malicious user to browse — The power of modern smartphones is one of the technological wonders of our age.
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| David Carnoy / CNET: |
Nook GlowLight e-reader price drops to $119 — Just ahead of Amazon shipping out its highly anticipated Kindle Paperwhite, the Nook GlowLight gets a price chop. — As Amazon gets set to ship out the Kindle Paperwhite, its new e-ink e-reader that features an integrated light, its chief rival appears to be getting a price cut.
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PC World, TechCrunch, Liliputing, GeekWire, LAPTOP Magazine, Engadget, The Verge, Pulse2 Technology …, Gizmodo, The Next Web and WebProNews. Tweets: @spencerchen
| John Boudreau / Mercury News: |
Apple taps obscure Asian suppliers to bring the iPhone and other products to the masses — BADE, Taiwan — On a November afternoon two years ago, a taxi pulled up to the gate of Ta Liang Technology, one of countless nondescript companies that make up the global gadget supply chain.
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