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Friday Highlights:Fortune, The Register recap Apple vs. Android in 2011, Chloe Albanesius of PC Magazine rewinds 2011 looking at Apple's highs, lows, Steve Jobs' passing; customer satisfaction is why Apple's iPad leads; when it comes to online shoppers/traffic, Apple outguns giants like Walmart, the NY Times, even eBay; a Fortune slideshow highlights how Steve Jobs changed the world; iTunes Match now available in 17 countries; bring back the OS 9 sliding folder tabs in OS X with Tab Launcher; UK's Telegraph tech prediction for 2012 include a real Apple TV; beware, hackers can intercept crash reports when your iPhone sends them in; 90% of mobile purchases were made on iPhones, iPads; 500 iPads to become "official instrument of lawmaking" in Poland; back in 2010, Steve Jobs spelled out reasons for Apple to not build a TV set; how long will MAME, a new arcade emulator last on the App Store?; new stat shows Apple sells 925 iPhones every 60 seconds; MacRumors offers some PDF printouts of exactly what a 7.85" iPad would look/feel like; rumor mill a-churnin' with iPhone 5 arriving in May with iOS 6, A6 chip, and another analyst splashes cold water on 7" iPads in 2012; Macworld reviews Find My Friends iApp, says it does what it says; you can recalibrate the home button on your iDevice; PC Magazine tips for keeping your iPhone safe amidst holiday distractions; The Next Web urges Nintendo to develop games for iOS.
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"Remains of the Day: The future is hazy"?Macworld?9:15 PM
"Apple's TV spots featuring Santa Claus using his iPhone's Siri is named the No.1 holiday ad for 2011"?New York Daily News?4:11 PM
"Apple's Santa TV spot deemed best ad of holiday season"?AppleInsider?7:06 PM
"Technology predictions for 2012: The birth of Apple TV and failure of Google+ are among the technology team's predictions for 2012"?Telegraph?7:56 AM
"Hackers intercept iPhone crash Reports"?GMA News?7:50 AM
"Study: Apple's iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases"?GigaOM?10:48 AM
"Apple's iPad still beating Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet in sales"?Washington Post [Free Registration Required]?11:43 AM
"Apple Flexes Bargaining Power With Carriers For Fat iPhone Margins"?Forbes?10:40 AM
"Apple iPad and ebook readers again define the year on The Mobile Gadgeteer"?ZDNet?7:51 AM
"Sejm wants to buy 500 tablets. The savings: Seimas closed the tender for the purchase of tablets for Members. Poland is one of the first countries in Europe, where the iPad will be the official instrument of lawmaking."?Google Polish-to-English: wyborcza?10:03 AM
"Video: Steve Jobs on TV's go-to-market problem/He laid out the reasons NOT to build an Apple television at All Things D in 2010"?Fortune?10:18 AM
"Peek Into Store's Wi-Fi Network Finds 335 Devices"?ifoAppleStore?8:11 AM
"Arcade emulator MAME slips under Apple radar"?The Register?8:02 AM
"Lost iPhone? iMessages might be sent to new 'owner'"?CBS?10:18 AM
"Every 60 seconds: Apple sells 925 iPhones, 2 million people watch online porn, more"?BGR?10:17 AM
"iPhone Case Gift Guide: A Case to Suit Any Personality" [Slideshow]?Techland?8:19 AM
"NORAD brings Santa -- and elf tossing -- to iPads, iPhones, Android devices"?Network World?11:06 AM
Non-Apple News
"GoDaddy Drops SOPA Support, But Not As Such"?TidBITS?3:23 PM
"Vietnam store makes Christmas tree from cellphones"?Associated Press?11:16 AM
"The CIO's lament: 20-something techies who quit after 1 year/Harry Fox Agency's IT chief discusses how hard it is to retain younger IT professionals, especially Java programmers"?Network World?11:04 AM
"Razer Delays Gaming Laptop -- But Sweetens Release"?PCWorld?11:02 AM
"No Ice Cream Sandwich For Galaxy S And Galaxy Tab, Says Samsung"?TechCrunch?11:25 AM
"Republic Wireless Scraps Data Restrictions"?PCWorld?11:02 AM
"RIM Counters Charge of 'Lying' About BlackBerry 10 Delay"?PC Magazine?11:00 AM
"Insurance Against Cyber Attacks Expected to Boom"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?10:45 AM
"Facebook fails to deliver on 'social shopping' this holiday season"?Financial Times [Free Registration Required]?10:44 AM
"With Home Entertainment Sales Spiraling Downward, Movie Studios Turn to UltraViolet"?Forbes?10:39 AM
"Raspberry Pi ?16 computer project nears lift-off"?ZDNet UK?11:43 AM
"Bare bones Raspberry Pi PC gets ready to launch"?BBC?10:07 AM
"In Japan, seat sensors that can recognize you"?CNET News?9:54 AM
"AU Optronics taps display chief Peng president"?MarketWatch?9:41 AM
"Say goodbye to Google's App Inventor: Google has reminded its users that the flagship platform to allow anyone to create an Android app will permanently shut down at the end of the year."?TG Daily?11:29 AM
"Here Comes Google's Christmas (Er, Holiday) Greetings"?AllThingsD?9:41 AM
"Retailers Try to Thwart Price Apps"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:36 AM
"Face.com: Facial recognition for the masses"?CNNMoney?9:31 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"Gene Steinberg meets cutting-edge commentator Daniel Eran Dilger and Laptop magazine's Avram Piltch this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?1:40 PM
"Selena Gomez talks tech with TUAW"?TUAW?10:08 AM
Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Apple Deals: Order online and Pickup in Store in Time for Christmas
"iOS, Android reach 55% penetration with US installed base of 109M"?AppleInsider?9:15 PM
"iOS dominates mobile shopping with 92% of market"?AppleInsider?9:07 PM
"Steve Jobs riffs on the Library of Congress, education and 'bicycle for our mind"?FairerPlatform?7:34 PM
"Steve Jobs Rendered on an Apple IIC (Video)"?MacTrast?4:07 PM
"Apple at the retail crossroads: Question now is about growth in the store business"?MarketWatch?4:07 PM
"Here's Why The Apple TV Might Be Awesome And Google TV Will Continue To Suck..."?Business Insider?12:40 PM
"Mozilla Firefox, Apple: Hot Trends" [Video Report]?TheStreet?10:23 AM
"Did Smartphones kill the Point-and-Shoot?"?PCWorld?10:08 AM
"The Macalope Daily: The ghost of Apple future"?Macworld [Insider Content]?10:08 AM
"How U.S. Carriers Fool You Into Thinking Your iPhone 4S Is Unlocked"?The Motley Fool?8:23 AM
Non-Apple
"Louis CK makes million, gives it away"?Tech.Blorge?7:09 PM
"Programming resources for kids 101"?ZDNet?11:42 AM
"No real surprise, Samsung not upgrading Galaxy S to Ice Cream Sandwich"?ZDNet?11:42 AM
"Dropbox 2.0: Still the best choice for students?"?ZDNet?11:41 AM
"Last Minute Geek Gift Ideas"?Wired?11:40 AM
"Top 10 tech shocks of 2011"?V3?11:35 AM
"At CES, Everyone's a Keynoter"?Techland?11:33 AM
"Make room, internet, there's another 5 million domains to fit in: .com and .de top the charts in Q3 figures"?The Register?11:31 AM
"Cheating Spreads Like Infections In Online Mulitplayer Games: If you have friends who cheat, you are more likely to become a cheater, according to computer scientists who say this can be used to label you as a potential cheater"?Technology Review?11:26 AM
"Have a White Christmas With Google Maps, YouTube"?PC Magazine?11:01 AM
"Best gameplay of 2011" [Video Report]?MSNBC?10:55 AM
"10 nightmares traveling with tech -- and how to prevent them"?InfoWorld?10:46 AM
"Mozilla's 3 bold bets to keep the Web open: Google's latest agreement with Mozilla will ironically fund three new areas of competition between Google and Mozilla"?InfoWorld?10:46 AM
"Why Deus Ex: Human Revolution is My Game of the Year"?Forbes?10:40 AM
"BlackBerry Bold 9900: The swan song of a standard/The last BlackBerry using the historic OS adds touch, but otherwise is the BlackBerry you've long known and perhaps loved"?InfoWorld?10:15 AM
"Holiday Fun With Personal Collaboration: Use your free time to explore new consumer-driven products--and maybe pick up some valuable IT skills."?InformationWeek?9:57 AM
"Is Yahoo Finally Coming Back To Its Long-Lost Senses?"?Forbes?9:49 AM
"5 reasons to be optimistic about technology innovation in the year ahead"?ZDNet?10:23 AM
"Dear Google: Please, Please, Please Invest More Money In Google Apps..."?Business Insider?8:20 AM
"FAQ: So What's Up With These 'White Spaces,' Anyway?"?AllThingsD?7:57 AM
Humor/Cartoons
"If Car Companies Were Run Like Tech Companies ..."?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?10:29 AM
"Intel's Dimmer PC View Darkens Outlook For Dell, H-P"?Forbes?10:39 AM
"HP Plugs Security Hole With LaserJet Firmware Update, Says No Record Of Printers Set Ablaze By Hackers"?TechCrunch?11:26 AM
"HP firmware to 'mitigate' LaserJet vulnerability"?CNET News?2:23 PM
"Nokia, Skype, ARM: Microsoft's big year in review/Why 2011 is critical for 2012 at Redmond"?The Register?11:32 AM
"Microsoft Cleaning Up on Patent Licensing Fees"?TheStreet?11:55 AM
"Windows 8 picture security just a toy, claims RSA SecurID inventor: Photo unlock tool is not secure according to expert"?Network World?11:27 AM
"No fix yet for mass Xbox Live error"?TG Daily?11:28 AM
"Oracle, Salesforce Lead CRM Applications Market in 2011: IDC"?eWeek?10:24 AM
"Advanced Micro Devices' New Fusion Processors Are Gaining Ground"?Morningstar?9:44 AM
"Intel's smartphone guru angles for smooth landing"?Reuters?2:19 PM
"Cloud Computing Still Faces Obstacles to Adoption"?eWeek?10:24 AM
"CES 2012: What to expect"?VentureBeat [Free Registration Required]?9:42 AM
"Can you keep your IT staff in 2012? As IT hiring rises, CIOs will find it harder to replace retiring Baby Boomers and retain 20-somethings"?Network World?11:04 AM
"Ahead in 2012: Higher salaries, weaker demand/Commentary: Tech companies face rising costs for skilled workers"?MarketWatch?9:42 AM
"Big Data, analytics get even bigger, hotter in 2012"?IDG News Service?11:05 AM
"For 2012, Power-efficient Servers Could Get a Shot in the ARM"?IDG News Service?11:02 AM
"Tablets: Barclays Cuts PC Numbers on Amazon Success"?Barron's?9:45 AM
"For PCs, Will 2012 Be The Year Without Growth?"?Forbes?9:46 AM
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