Microsoft ’s much - abused media player rides into the sunset , the iPad 2 goes under the knife ( with its little cover , too ! ) , and one rocker says Steve Jobs consecrate the medicine industry a uncollectible name . The remainders for Monday , March 14 , 2011 are living on a prayer .
The Zune Is Finally Dead(Business Insider )
It ’s prescribed : the Microsoft Zune has gone the way of the Kin , the Courier , andBob . While Microsoft will not be putting any further juice into developing the portable media player , it will continue to extend the existing versions for sales agreement — which , at the rate they ’ve been sell , should take them well into the next decade without own to build any more .
iPad 2 Wi - Fi Teardown(iFixit )
If there ’s a Modern Apple appliance out , then it ’s a comely stake that iFixit will take the chump apart . While the iPad 2 did n’t yield much in the way of surprise ( deplorably , no unicorn on tread-wheel were found powering this pill ) , iFixit did n’t stop there . The audacious crew moved on todisassembling one of Apple ’s Smart Covers , which they hear contains an astounding 21 attractive feature ( plus 10 in the iPad itself ) . I speculate it ’s only a topic of time before Motorola feel the demand to one up Apple by turning the Xoom into a giant refrigerator magnet .
Apple scorn ‘ wave and pay ’ for new iPhone(The Independent )
According to a rumor in British paperThe Independent , Apple wo n’t be place Near Field Communication ( NFC ) chip into its next iPhone . NFC organise the basis of system that grant the great unwashed to use their phone as virtual wallets , paying for goods by waving the phones over sensing element put in at retail locations . I ’d be happy if they held off , because the last thing I need is a wallet with a built - in computer chip telling me that I should n’t be purchase that boxful of cooky .
Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs kill the euphony industry(The A.V. Club )
In an interview withThe Sunday Times Magazine , rocker Jon Bon Jovi has blamed the death of the medicine industry on Steve Jobs , saying the Apple CEO “ is personally responsible for killing the euphony line of work . ” honestly , the way the music business was going , I ’m not certain we wanted it , deadoralive .
Phil Schiller confirms white iPhone come ‘ this spring’(Twitter )
We ’ve long known about Apple senior vice President of the United States Phil Schiller’snot - so - secret Twitter account , but it ’s rarified that the executive director says anything work - related . However , he took a abbreviated detour over the weekend to post a response to one user , saying that the blank iPhone will be available this spring . Granted , that ’s nothing young , but itdoesgive us an opportunity to really think about Schiller ’s fascinating selection inavatar images .
