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Software
New For iPhone: 2 Balls 1 Cup
2:00PM Adam Frucci | Presented for your approval without comment. [iTunes Link via The Awl]
Software
This Week’s Best iPhone Apps
10:20AM John Herrman | In this week’s never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Aeroplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more! More »
Business
Steve Jobs And Sarah Jessica Parker Are Being Sued
9:45AM Rosa Golijan | In 1989, Franz Wakefield invented the iPod, iPhone and iTunes. Then the FBI stole his trade secrets and he confided in Sarah Jessica Parker and now he’s suing her and Apple…and my head’s spinning. More »
Software
7:40AM Matt Buchanan | You’ve had it. Maybe with your mobile phone service provider. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know. More »
The iPhone-to-Android Switch: What You Need To Know
7:40AM Matt Buchanan | You’ve had it. Maybe with your mobile phone service provider. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know. More »
Phones
$US99 8GB iPhone 3GS For Christmas?
9:43PM Danny Allen | It’s hearsay at this point, but Boy Genius Report’s sources claim the 8GB 3G will be swapped with a 3GS. They’ve had a decent-enough record with rumours lately, and it makes sense against the $US99 Droid Eris. We’ll see. [BGR]
Random Stuff
Twentysomething Steve Jobs Was A Total Twunt
9:42AM Jesus Diaz | I thought I knew all the anecdotes about Steve Jobs back when he was the hottest rock star in the Valley. I was wrong. How did I miss this great scolding by former Intel chairman and CEO Andy Grove? More »
Business
Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Take Over Apple Back In 1997
7:59AM Jesus Diaz | Back in 1997, Larry Ellison was on a beach in Hawaii. After sipping his second Margarita that evening, he turned to his pal Steve Jobs who was listening to Bob Dylan in his Sony Walkman. “Steve…Steve…STEVE! Hey, let’s buy Apple.” More »
Software
OS X 10.6.2 Does Not Ditch Atom Support, Hackintosh Safe
8:30AM Sean Fallon | It appears that Atom support has resurfaced in the latest developer build (10C535), so users running OS X on Atom netbooks are safe for now. Although, anything can happen between now and the final build. [Stell via 9to5Mac via Crunchgear]
QOTD
Steve Jobs’ “Blood-Curling” Name for the iMac: What’s Your Guess?
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | The guy who came up with the name iMac said that Steve Jobs had a terrible first name for it. So bad it would “curdle your blood.” However, he won’t say what it was. What could it be? I’ll start… More »
Computers
