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A Minor Stumble…
Although their unabashed fan-boys will no doubt circle the wagons, Apple has had their share of snafus as the firm winds down their first post-Jobs year…
(Source) Computer World: http://goo.gl/FbT4L
Shut Down…
Despite a perception that’s sometimes to the contrary, Apple does not win every verdict (as some of their legal claims… including this one against their main rival) are not always successful.
(Source) SF Gate: http://goo.gl/nz9Rn
Man Machine.
The mind is indeed a powerful thing as evidenced by a woman who used hers in order to command a robotic arm (completely at her disposal)… which could be another step towards more fully utilizing technology to assist humans with physical disabilities.
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/DZwdj
Ending Misery.
If you think (that) your shopping habits are supporting sustainable causes… perhaps you just might have to reconsider…
(Source) MIAFW: http://goo.gl/20QXC
How Soon IS When?
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.
A Chart Topper!
Within a few hours of being (technically) re-released, Google Maps is #1 in iTunes (with over 8,000 nearly 5-star reviews)… both of which come as no real surprise.
CNET: http://goo.gl/PwkoQ
Greater ‘Surface’ Area.
Although Redmond announced it’ll expand distribution of their Surface Tablet beyond Microsoft’s retail stores (how many consumers really even know that these exist) it still does not guarantee that Microsoft will actually sell that many more…
(Source) NY Times: http://goo.gl/pG5Z4