Friday, September 14, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // September 14, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Sep 14, 2012

iPhone 5 Pre-Order Sells Out 20X Faster Than 4 And 4S, Further Highlighting Apple's Dominance

Pre-orders for the iPhone 5 went live at midnight and, true to form, they went like hotcakes. You may remember that it took 22 hours for the iPhone 4S and about... read more

You Can Now Pre-Order The iPhone 5

Pre-orders for the iPhone 5 are now live via Apple's website. We've found that the fastest way to order one is through the Apple Store App. As a reminder, the... read more

Learn To Code, Get A Job: Treehouse Offers Free Courses To 2,500 College Students

Treehouse launched last November with an admirable (or terrifying) goal: To teach the world how to design and develop for the Web, iOS and now Android.... read more

Apple Maps In iOS 6: What Happens When You Take A Step Back With User Experience?

Apple's iOS 6 will be available for users to download and install on September 19, two days before the iPhone 5 is set to hit shelves. As per usual, the update... read more

Dropbox Rewrote Its Entire Browser-Side Codebase In 1 Week

The engineering team at Dropbox re-wrote its browser-side codebase one week last July, according to a post on the Dropbox tech blog. The rewrite was done to... read more

Developers On iPhone 5: Redesigning Apps Not Hard, But Also Not Trivial

The new iPhone 5 has a new screen with new dimensions, and this time, making existing apps fill that space and look good isn't just a matter of doubling... read more

AT&T Is In Event Mode, Replaces Site With iPhone 5 Pre-order Countdown

Despite my not-so-great experiences with AT&T today, the company is getting the iPhone 5 party started early and drumming up excitement, as a timer has... read more

Look Inside Apple's First Swedish Retail Store, Opening Tomorrow

Apple's bringing its brick-and-mortar retail operations to Sweden for the first time tomorrow, with a new flagship location at Täby Centrum in the city... read more

Accessory Manufacturers Aren't Sure (Or Aren't Saying) If Apple's Adapter Will Allow Audio And Video Dock Output

One of the biggest concerns I've had about Apple's new Lightning port is the perceived (or real) obsolescence of a whole constellation of iPod 30-pin compatible... read more

Taiwan: How About A Taipei Mini-Meetup?

I'm going to be heading over to Taipei next week and I'd love to connect with entrepreneurs, programmers, nerds, hackers, fun people, and/or sourpusses. To that... read more

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