Monday, November 12, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // November 12, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Nov 12, 2012

Apple Rumored To Begin Trial Production Of iPhone 5S Soon: Farewell Yearly Update Cycle?

A new report today claiming Apple is prepping an iPhone 5S for test production in December and volume manufacturing early in 2013 is spreading like wildfire... read more

Apple Stomps On Tapjoy's App Download Circle Jerk (Again)

Memories of Scamville have faded, and we don't see the brazen customer ripoff schemes from the big gaming companies these days.... read more

Apple Reportedly Swallows A 20% Price Hike For Its Samsung-Supplied Mobile Processors

Samsung has reportedly increased the price of the mobile processors it manufactures for Apple's iOS devices by 20 percent, according to South Korean daily... read more

Microsoft Surface Sales "Starting Modestly", Says Ballmer; Won't Give Exact Sales Figures

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has told a French newspaper that sales of Redmond's shiny new Windows 8 tablet PC, Surface, have gotten off to a modest start.... read more

One Year Later, YouTube Pulling The Plug On 60% Of Its Original Content Channels

By a show of hands, who regularly watches content from YouTube's so-called channels? You know, the channels partly funded by YouTube with the goal to make... read more

Who's Vulnerable Among the Internet's 'Fantastic Four'? Techonomy Panelists Say It's Apple And Facebook

Most of the discussion about "the Internet's Fantastic Four" at the Techonomy conference this afternoon focused on the ways Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google... read more

BlackBerry 10 Launch Event On January 30, 2013 To Detail First Two BB10 Smartphones

RIM has announced today that it will be holding a launch event for BlackBerry 10 on January 30, 2013. This will take place simultaneously at multiple locations... read more

The Europas — The European Tech Startup Awards — Is Back. Get Nominating.

Since 2009 I have thrown together a little celebration of the technology startup scene in Europe. It started out very simply as an opportunity to get the best... read more

OMG! Cursive Education On the Chopping Block

Cursive may be going the way of the Dodo bird and newspapers: Kansas is mulling a decision to cut cursive education and prioritize typing skills. "Parents... read more

Photo Sharing App EyeEm Eyes Up Revenue Model After Passing 1M Downloads

Arguably, the boat has already sailed for photo sharing and discovery apps, but that isn't stopping EyeEm from pushing on regardless. The Berlin-based... read more

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