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★ Miscellaneous Thoughts and Observations on iTunes 11 30 Nov 2012 | 03:57 am
There are redesigns and there are redesigns. This one’s the real deal.
DigiTimes: Microsoft Halves Surface RT Component Orders 30 Nov 2012 | 12:26 am
Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai, reporting for DigiTimes: The upstream supply chain of Microsoft’s Surface RT has recently seen the tablet’s orders reduced by half, and with other Windows RT-based tablet...
iTunes 11 30 Nov 2012 | 12:16 am
November it is. ★
The Strategy Behind Those Obama Campaign Emails 29 Nov 2012 | 11:53 pm
Joshua Green, Businessweek: One fascination in a presidential race mostly bereft of intrigue was the strange, incessant, and weirdly overfamiliar e-mails that emanated from the Obama campaign. Anyone...
WSJ: ‘Eddy Cue: Apple’s Rising Mr. Fix-It’ 29 Nov 2012 | 09:39 am
Jessica E. Lessin, in a piece for the WSJ: The ascent solidifies Mr. Cue’s role as one of the chief deputies to Mr. Cook, who has surrounded himself with several close advisers without elevating one ...
Ericsson, Doing Just Fine 29 Nov 2012 | 03:02 am
Re: my “Ericsson is still in business?” quip yesterday: as dozens of DF readers have kindly pointed out, they are most definitely still in business. Billions in quarterly profits from telecom equipmen...
Which Bond Villains’ Plan Would Have Worked? 29 Nov 2012 | 02:47 am
Screw it, let’s go for the Bond five-fecta. (Via Chris Pepper.) ★
LACMA Kubrick App 29 Nov 2012 | 02:32 am
Speaking of Kubrick museum exhibitions, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art commissioned this neat (and free) iOS app to go along with theirs. ★
‘And They Took His Balls With Them’ 29 Nov 2012 | 02:28 am
Speaking of good movies (and also via Coudal), BFI archivist Richard Daniels introduces pieces from The Shining exhibit at the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts London: The Archiv...
‘Skyfall’ Visual Effects 29 Nov 2012 | 02:17 am
One more for the Bond quadruple play: a copiously illustrated piece by Ian Failes for FX Guide on the effects in Skyfall. Chock full of major spoilers — bookmark it to read later if you haven’t seen t...