Lex Friedman for Macworld:
Depending upon whom you ask, Friday, June 1 is the best or worst thing to come to the Mac App Store since it opened its doors in 2011. As of now, new and significantly updated apps submitted to Apple’s Mac App Store must implement sandboxing.
Graham Spencer for MacStories:
In-App Purchases for iOS games. It’s a bit of a sensitive topic really, not many people like them at all, and quite a few people hate them and the impact they have had on the iOS games market. But today I want to explore the reason for their prevalence and explain why it has become an important part of the market for developers. I also want to reframe the discussion from one of “In-App Purchases are a problem” to one where we consider how they are being used and what developers could do to improve their implementation.
MG Siegler for TechCrunch:
After much speculation, Facebook integration will indeed be baked into the latest version of iOS, we’ve learned.
As ever, there is a caveat:
It’s important to note that Apple being Apple, something could change in the next week and a half (see again: Facebook/Ping). But as of right now, Facebook is a go in iOS “Sundance”.
The New Scientist:
People over the age of 55 pick passwords double the strength of those chosen by people under 25 years old. That’s according to the largest ever study of password security, which also found that most of us choose passwords that are less secure than security experts recommend.
If you’re serious about security, I highly recommend you check out 1Password by AgileBits. I couldn’t do without it.
[via BGR]
Google today announced that it will hold a special Maps event on June 6th, one week before Apple is expected to reveal its own map service.
The New York Times on the creation of the Stuxnet virus, its spread, and the future of cyberwarfare.
The New York Times on one of Facebook’s not-so-secret secrets:
Amazon is one of many companies that pay Facebook to generate […] automated ads when a user clicks to “like” their brands or references them in some other way. Facebook users agree to participate in the ads halfway through the site’s 4,000-word terms of service, which they consent to when they sign up.
With heightened pressure to step up profits and live up to the promise of its gigantic public offering, Facebook is increasingly banking on this approach to generate more ad revenue. The company said it does not break down how much revenue comes from such ads. Its early stock market performance — down 22 percent from its offering price — is likely to increase the urgency.
I quit Facebook last winter. I don’t miss it.
Rene Ritchie for iMore:
[A]s we approach iOS 6, Apple might have already reached feature parity, and it might be hard to look at other platforms and see what else needs to be matched — that there’s no longer any low hanging fruit.
But what about the (slightly) higher hanging fruit?
Get it while it’s hot.
Michal Lev-Ram for Fortune:
RIM’s woebegone story is the stuff of science-fiction epic. A technology juggernaut that emerged from a sleepy Canadian backwater, RIM came to dominate the smartphone industry in a few years. Its BlackBerry managed to become an indispensable tool of the global elite in Davos and Washington D.C. as well as a status symbol to tweens shopping Tokyo’s Ginza and San Francisco hipsters alike. Just three years ago, Fortune named RIM the world’s fastest growing company, as it expanded profits at a monster rate of 84%. But after months of increasingly dire struggle, RIM announced this week that it had engaged JPMorgan (JPM) and RBC Capital to “review” its strategic options, all but confirming that the end of RIM as we know it is finally at hand. The behemoth appears to be wasting away at time-lapse speed. What happened?
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