MC2 Post 1429 Two Top Executives Leaving Apple

They were shown the door without the aide of  "Google Maps". 

From:  http://www2.wspa.com 



NEW YORK, N.Y. --

Retail head John Browett was the CEO of British electronics chain Dixons before joining Apple.

The stores will report to CEO Tim Cook while the company looks for a replacement, Apple says. Apple says the head of its store operations is leaving after just six months on the job.

In addition, the long-serving head of its iPhone 

software development operations is also exiting.

And Scott Forstall was senior vice president of iOS software and joined Apple in 1997 with its purchase of Steve Jobs' NeXT startup.

The company credits him as one of the original architects of Mac OS X.

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He may have had something to do with the Google Maps fiasco.

 

Which prompted my latest Yaller Dawg Toon that I posted on Google+.

Wingman.

Yaller Dawg cartoon by Lopez.

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Craig Federighi, who is now in charge of the Mac OS, 

will add iOS to his responsibilities, Apple says.

Link:  http://www2.wspa.com/news/2012/oct/30/4/two-top-apple-executives-shown-door-ar-4853962/ 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/b8fhwxq 

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MC2 Post 1428 Sandy Halts Trains Planes and Cars on the East Coast

Looks like the lights are going to be Off, as people hunker down 

for a few Bad Days.

East Grinds to Halt as Sandy Strengthens

Hurricane Sandy strengthened as it prepared to make landfall near the New Jersey-Delaware border Monday night, unleashing life-threatening storm surges and knocking out power for thousands of people.

Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204840504578086290411855054.html 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/9reebyy

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MC2 Post 1427 Dealing with the Reams of Information that Fill the Political Conversations?

In the words of the winning Robert Redford 
in  "The Candidate" 1972 film):

 "Marvin ... What do we do now?"

 

Link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candidate_%281972_film%29

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John Grisham paints a dire picture 

of Money and Political Corruption 

in  "The Appeal" .

Politics has always been a dirty game.

Now justice is, too.

Carl Trudeau, with judicial elections looming, decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. 

The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a 

billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, 

his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. 

Their Supreme Court justice.

Link:  http://www.jgrisham.com/the-appeal/ 

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Working with Big Datasets...

Here’s an example of D3 in action, 

making President Obama’s 2013

budget proposal understandable, 

and navigable.

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Four Ways to Slice Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal

From:  http://www.nytimes.com

 

Explore Every Nook and Cranny of 

President Obama's Federal Budget Proposal.

 See it in Action Here:

Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/13/us/politics/2013-budget-proposal-graphic.html 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6mu8h63

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See the Tools of  This Big Dataset

Down Below at: 

Big Data Right Now

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The Following was  Pointed to

by  Tim O'Reilly on Google+.     Wingman.

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9:28 AM  -  Public

Where He Says:

There's a slightly updated version of this article by Nobel prize

winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, with a more compelling title,

in today's New York Times.

I find Stiglitz' arguments compelling.  How about you?

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What's At Stake in This Election

Campaign Stops 
October 26, 2012, 12:20 am

Some Are More Unequal Than Others

By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ

Link:  http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/stiglitz-some-are-more-unequal-than-others/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/8orhrug 

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Big Data Right Now: Five Trendy Open Source Technologies

Link:  http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/27/big-data-right-now-five-trendy-open-source-technologies/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/995r6ps 

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MC2 Post 1426 Feeling Ex-TREMELY Twichy Following the Windows 8 Launch---Yawn

The Apple Mini and iMacs Pretty Much Stole 

the Show from Windows 8 "Event".

It appeared very evident that Windows Event Promotion is Also 

Not in their Wheel House.

What did tweak My Interest A Bit was the Windows Surface Tablet--That Windows Keeps saying Is Not A Tablet or a Notebook, but 

"something" in-between. 

Yeah, work with that.

Add a Bit of Interest for ME was the Asus Windows RT Effort.

For Sanity's Sake I went over to Leo's TWICH --  

This Week in Computer Hardware Netcast.

And was able tio glean some Hardware Goodies 

for PC Builders and PC Gamers.

Link:  http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-computer-hardware/192  

 
TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/8o9szou

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PC Perspective  New PC Build with Windows 8 install Video.

About 2 1/2 Hours.

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Letting the Jelly Bean Out of The Adobe Flash BAG

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Flash for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Devices

Still Won't work on Chrome Browser but should be fine with 

Firefox and Opera. 

 Wingman.

Link:  http://www.helloandroid.com/content/flash-android-41-jelly-bean-devices 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/8jujh4k 

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MC2 Post 1425 Fact-Checking Phil Schiller on iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7

Was Apple Exec Phil Schiller correct in his charges against the Android tablet? 

More importantly, was it even fair to compare the two devices? 

Sometimes yes, and sometimes no.

From:  http://reviews.cnet.com 


Apple is growing concerned over 
Android tablets' momentum. 


How do I know? Today, the company's senior vice president of marketing, Phil Schiller, spent a fairly unusual amount of time talking about them.

During the iPad Mini announcement this morning, Schiller got in quite the zinger when he said that "others have tried to make tablets smaller than the iPad, and they've failed." What's more, he claimed that there is a
"gigantic difference" between the iPad Mini and Nexus 7 before leveling a number of charges against the Android device. I'll admit that some of them may have been deserved, but let's take a look at a few of them
to see if they hold water.

glass of water.

Link:  http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57538617-251/fact-checking-phil-schiller-on-ipad-mini-vs-nexus-7/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/9vxrbcr 

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Something For the Way-Back Machine:

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Do you remember when Sony was Apple?

Sony dominated consumer electronics for decades, 

but that was a long time ago.

 There was a time when Sony was the 

first name in consumer electronics.

 The company's Trinitron TVs dominated the TV market for decades. In 1975, Sony's Betamax was the first widely adapted consumer video recorder format. The Walkman hit the market in 1979 and changed the way people listened to music, creating the personal audio market category. In 1982 the CD, which the company developed jointly with

Philips, changed the way we listened to music even more. Sony extended its reach when it purchased CBS Records in 1988 and Columbia Pictures in 1989, and scored a triumph in the home videogame console realm in 1994 with the first PlayStation. More recently, Sony backed Blu-ray and quickly dispatched the only other HD video challenger, HD DVD.

Like Apple, Sony's styling was always ahead of the pack. Sony's market share, products, and technologies were more widespread and influential than Apple's are now, but Sony's luster is fading fast.

The Sony D-50, the first portable CD player.

(Credit: Sony )

Link:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-57522413-47/do-you-remember-when-sony-was-apple/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/94hq6qd 

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I mention Sony because they Seem to be Having 

Security Issues "Again".

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Sony faces setback as Hackers Release PlayStation 3 Decryption Keys

Availability of "LV0" keys allows access to console's most sensitive regions.

Sony faced a setback in its campaign to control what software can run on its PlayStation 3 after hackers published one of the cryptographic keys that forms the core of the security scheme locking down the game console.

Link:  http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/10/sony-faces-setback-as-hackers-release-playstation-3-decryption-keys/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29 

218 Freakin' Characters----ARS!

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/9e4bvpn 

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Also Coming on FRIDAY: in addition to Windows 8...

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Microsoft's First Stab at a Tablet:

Surface Reviewed
 

From:  http://arstechnica.com

Link:  http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/microsofts-first-stab-at-a-pc-surface-reviewed/ 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/8vodmpq

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MC2 Post 1424 Here Comes the iPad Mini --- What Do You Think About the Nexus NOW ???

The iPad Mini Vs. the Competition: Fight!

From:  http://www.engadget.com

The traditional trail of inventory listings, leaked casings and internal components have teased us enough: it's finally time to get down to the nitty gritty specs, and see how Apple's latest (and daintiest) iPad shapes

up to the competition. We've collected a trio of like-sized slabs to pit the device against, just for the fun of it.

Read on to see how it stacks up against its peers.

Link:  http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/the-ipad-mini-vs-the-competition-specs/ 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/9o3m3ny 

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And the New Jaw Dropping iMac.

The New iMac.
 
Performance and Design

Taken Right to the Edge.

 

Link:  http://www.apple.com/imac/?cid=wwa-us-kwg-mac-00023

 

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/8rz79zu 

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MC2 Post 1423 With Open Source and Android You CAN Have it Both Ways

From:  http://www.ekoob.com

How to Stream Music and Photos and Videos from Nexus 7 Tablets  to 

Computer or TV

Nexus 7 does not have any HDMI output. So you can’t connect Nexus 7 to TV directly via HDMI cable. But I will show you how to stream music/videos to computer very easily. 

Link:   http://www.ekoob.com/stream-music-nexus-7-android-computer-tv-wifi-dlna-11442/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/8qwmevg 

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New VLC Streamer Can Do It Too!

VLC Direct Pro FREE

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From:   https://play.google.com

Link:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlcforandroid.vlcdirectprofree&hl=en 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/935phbf 

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MC2 Post 1422 A Very Creepy Re-Invention For Windows 8 on AMCs DEAD

Advertisers Flood the Air-ways on AMC's Hit 

The Walking Dead

Bouncing Apple iPods, Flipping Windows 'Surface" Laptops twirled like cheerleading Tablets Slide in along 

side of Upcoming Blockbuster Movie trailers and Xbox reveals.

It's a Cornicopia of Carnival-styled Big-Top Barkers.

Whew!

  The Silent Hill and 'The Walking Dead' inspired haunted houses open tonight

Link:  http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/9/21/3368894/the-silent-hill-and-the-walking-dead-inspired-haunted-houses-in-action

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/93ct3fe 

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Windows 8 Featured in The Walking Dead Advert, 

Used by a Zombie

Microsoft decided to take advantage of AMC's popular television show The Walking Dead for promotion of its upcoming 

Windows 8 operating system. 

A Windows 8 advertisement was spotted in the season premier,

during a break within the first half hour of the programme.

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Link:  http://www.wpcentral.com/windows-8-featured-walking-dead-advert-used-zombie

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/9dkqlyr 

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MC2 Post 1422 What the Snitch has to Say about the Upcoming Google Event

Upcoming Google Event Revealed:

From:  http://thenextweb.com

Diverting some of the attention away from Apple’s ‘iPad mini’ unveiling on October 23 and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 event on October 29, Google is to unveil a number new devices and software improvements on the same day as Microsoft - and we have all the details.

A source with knowledge of Google’s plans has told The Next Web that the search giant has been distributing a video recorded at one of its weekly all-hands “TGIF” meetings on its internal network, which details the devices that will be unveiled at its hastily arranged October 29 event (which we [TNW] will also be attending).

Link:  http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/10/21/revealed-everything-that-google-will-announce-at-its-android-event-on-october-29/ 

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/8r8aw5r 

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Once You Start Getting Popular, that's when

You've got to start worrying about the "bad guys"

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19 October 2012, 11:55

Encryption Found Insufficient in Many Android Apps

Researchers have discovered catastrophic conditions when analysing Android applications that use encryption: more than 1,000 of the 13,500 most popular Android apps showed signs of a flawed and insecure implementation of the SSL/TLS encryption protocol. Tests performed on 100 selected apps confirmed that 41 of them were vulnerable to known attacks. The researchers harvested users' bank and credit card details as well as the access tokens for their Facebook, Twitter and email accounts, and messaging services.

In a particularly striking test, the researchers injected a bogus virus signature into Zoner AntiVirus for Android that referred to the app itself. The AV app dutifully proceeded to classify itself as a threat and then offered to delete itself.  
See Below.

 
An embarrassing consequence of insufficient encryption: a bogus virus signature prompts the anti-virus software to try and delete itself .

Source: Fahl, Harbach, Muders, Smith, Baumgärtner, Freisleben

Link:  http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Encryption-found-insufficient-in-many-Android-apps-1732847.html 

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/9zduw4b

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MC2 Post 1421 --02 MUB Just Days before the Windows 8 Event Apple Rumors Go Bonkers

Apple will hold the event at the California Theatre in 

          San Jose, Calif., at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern,

according to Jim Dalrymple of The Loop. The venue is a change from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, where Apple announced the iPhone 5 along with its updated iPod lineup last month.

The invitations sent out members of the press feature the top of Apple's iconic logo against a background of colors. 

The tagline is "We've got a little more to show you," 

hinting at the company's so-called "iPad mini."

Earlier Tuesday, AppleInsider was first to report that 24 new, different iPad configurations are set to be released by Apple. Four models ??described as P101, P103, P105 and P107 ? were detailed via stock-keeping units ranked as "good," "better" and "best," each with two color options, presumably black and white.

Link:   http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/153418/apple-to-show-a-little-more-at-oct-23-ipad-mini-event

 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/9o54zpx

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Rumor: Image allegedly Shows 9.7-inch iPad with 

Lightning Port

An image released on Saturday claims to show a slightly modified third-generation iPad with a Lightning connector port, possibly pointing to an imminent release of the rumored device as part of Apple's move to bring parity across its iDevice lineup.


It should be noted that the authenticity of the image cannot be confirmed and is thus provided for purposes of discussion only.

Link:  http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/10/20/rumor-image-allegedly-shows-97-inch-ipad-with-lightning-port 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/982oa9n 

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Friday, October 19, 2012, 10:20 pm

Largest Apple Store in Asia opens to huge crowd

When the Wangfujing Apple Store opened its doors to a crush of customers on Saturday local China time, the third brick-and-mortar Apple retail location in Beijing officially became Asia's largest.

According to on-site reports from The Next Web, throngs of excited Apple fans lined up hours in advance to be one of the first to enter the world's newest Apple Store.

Among the usual features, Apple's Wangfujing location boasts a central winding glass staircase spanning the store's three stories, two 360-degree Genius Bars and a facade dominated by glass. The outlet joins the company's stores in the region, five in China and two in Hong Kong, and adds to the over 390 Apple Stores operating worldwide.

Link:  http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/10/19/largest-apple-store-in-asia-opens-to-huge-crowd 

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/8qv82wa

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