Apple ’s looking to make a new supporter in China , someone decides to process Cupertino over something that’snotthe iPhone , and Yahoo attempt to essay an old adage . The remainders for Thursday , August 18 , 2011 will take you around the world in 80 seconds ( or however long it takes you to read this ) .
China Mobile talking to Apple on iPhones(Reuters )
I mean , they ’re not talkingoniPhones , because Apple ’s phone still wo n’t run on China Mobile ’s specialised TDSCDMA meshing , but Good Book is that Apple is in discussions to bring the iPhone to China ’s prominent attack aircraft carrier . Apple already has one spouse in the country — China Unicom , whose net endure on a much simpler three - varsity letter acronym .
Apple Glass House Approved … In Blink(Santa Monica Dispatch )
How hard is it to get an Apple Store invention approved these days ? Not very hard . That glass - roof Santa Monica computer storage we mentioned earlier this week received the go - ahead on Wednesday night , without even any discussion . I approximate it ’s usher in a raw age of transparency .
letters patent trolling targets Apple ’s Disk Utility over alleged patent violation(Ars Technica )
The smartphone field is a morass of patent litigation , so really , it’srefreshingto see somebody sue Apple for a ripe , onetime - fashioned piece of Mac software . Software Restore Solutions of Illinois has filed suit claiming that Mac OS X ’s Disk Utility violates a claim on “ A method of information processing system management automatically resetting a reckoner to a pet constellation by executing organisation configuration instructions in addiction upon a comparability of prior computer status to the current condition of the computer … . ”
Geez , guys , if this is what your company ’s unforced to go to motor hotel for , at least seek to inject a littlepassioninto it , fine ?
Small World Experiment(Yahoo )
Yahoo is try on to show the “ six point of separation ” theory via societal networking . you may sign up to participate , at which point you ’ll be given a object person . devolve a message to a friend , and see how many whole tone it takes to get to that quarry . I say this plan is understandably doom to bankruptcy — unless , of course of action , they ’ve recruit Kevin Bacon .
Rain or radiance , see the weather in Google Maps(Google Lat Long Blog )
It just got a bit easy to find out how thing are in Glocca Mora . Google Maps now sports a weather condition level , allowing you to promptly see what the weather condition conditions are in urban center around the globe . So now you could know at a glimpse whether or not the eatage is dark-green sky is sunnier on the other side of the fence country .
