‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Aug. 28
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Aug 28, 2008 at 5:00pm
“Students Will Help Save Apple: The tech company may look vulnerable to an economic downturn, but back-to-school shoppers should help it keep up a strong financial performance”—BusinessWeek
“Apple’s ‘missing iPhone’ problem: With legions of users abroad ‘unlocking’ the red-hot phones from Apple’s carrier and with a product line vulnerable to a US recession, the electronics innovator is losing out both here and abroad.”—MSN Money
“Why Apple keeps its iPhone 2.0 SDK under NDA: Apple’s insistence on keeping iPhone 2.0 development under strict non disclosure agreements is frustrating efforts in the development community to share ideas, teach classes on iPhone development, and print reference books on the subject.”—AppleInsider
“Report: AT&T Source Explains Exact Technical Details of iPhone 3G Probems: Looking down the rabbit hole at the iPhone 3G’s issues”—Daily Tech
“Why Everyone Is Picking On Apple: It’s been a rough month for Apple. The latest slap: Psystar, a company cranking out Apple clones said Wednesday it will sue the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and gadget maker for anti-competitive practices.”—Forbes
“More Artists Steer Clear of iTunes: Apple’s Online Music Store Sells Lots of Singles, But Labels Seek Higher Profits of Full Album Sales: ITunes has been the runaway hit of the music business, selling more than five billion song downloads since it started five years ago. But a growing number of record companies are trying to steer clear of Apple Inc.’s behemoth music store, because they say selling single songs on iTunes in some cases is crimping overall music sales.”—Wall Street Journal
“Troubles for new iPhone: Poor battery life is proving a bane for iPhone owners. Chris Edwards reports: It took a year for the love affair between fans and the Apple iPhone to sour. The original iPhone was greeted with round-the-block queues and near-universal praise. But its 3G successor has not fared quite so well. Within a short time of going on sale, complaints started to appear online from users who found the handset could not make it through the day without a recharge. The 2G iPhone was designed to last for eight hours of normal use; on anecdotal evidence, the 3G lasts about five.”—Sydney Morning Herald
“The Enterprise Desktop Alliance will host a live web-based demo on September 9, 2008 at 11 am PT (2 pm ET). The subject is deploying and managing Macs using Windows-based management tools.”—MacWindows
“Dell Explains Cloud-Computing Trademark Attempt: Dell (Dell), which recently suffered a setback in trying to get approval for “cloud computing” as a trademark, says its use of the term would be limited only to customized hardware.”—InformationWeek
“America Movil: Latin American iPhone Rollout Should Propel New Highs: Soaring sales of Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 3G in Latin America reveal an investment opportunity with one of the most overlooked telecom providers in the world. America Movil (AMX) already has a waiting list of consumers waiting to buy the Apple iPhone 3G — indicating that strong future sales could propel the Latin American carrier to new highs.”—Seeking Alpha
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
