Chester Wisniewski / Chester Wisniewski’s Blog:Apple gets Ping’d with comment spam – They didn’t see this coming? — : As of 18:00 PDT it appears Apple has deleted the spam messages from the popular artists on the Ping service. There are a small number of people still experimenting with spamming on the service at...
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:iOS browsing is bigger than Android (6x) and Linux says NetApps — Apple’s iOS has become the third most popular platform on the Internet with marketshare that’s nealry six times larger than Android. Indeed, iOS is bigger than Linux, says Net Applications.
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:iPod touch Is Close, But Still No Contract-Free iPhone — If you don’t count the ol’ iPod Classic, Apple completely revamped the iPod line yesterday at its annual music event. The Shuffle saw the return of buttons. The Nano is now a miniature multi-touch marvel that can apparently double as...
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:Twitter For iPhone Push Notifications Are Being Internally Tested; Rolling Out Soon — To many users, Twitter for iPhone (the artist formerly known as Tweetie) is perhaps the perfect Twitter client (though I’d argue that the new Twitter for iPad is right there with it).
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:Twitter Now Over 145 Million Users, Almost 300,000 Apps — When I read Twitter CEO Evan Williams post tonight about the state of Twitter from a mobile perspective, the first thing that jumped out at me what that Twitter for Android, an app Twitter worked hard on, isn’t even in the...
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:Kindle Outselling iBooks 60 To 1 — If you follow the ebook market you were likely stunned this June when Steve Jobs claimed to have captured 22% of the electronic book market overnight with the release of iBooks and iPad. Many of us who watch this market with careful...
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:Exclusive: Viacom Digital Boss Greg Clayman Headed to Rupert Murdoch’s iPad Newspaper — Rupert Murdoch’s iPad-friendly digital newspaper doesn’t have a launch date or a name yet, but it is hiring. News Corp. (NWS) has tapped Greg Clayman, who runs digital distribution for Viacom (VIA) …
Paul Carr / TechCrunch:Forget Ads In Books, Lit-Lovers Face An Even More Hideous Prospect — It’s a pity readers don’t want to pay for stories about the death of traditional media, because otherwise journalists and commentators would be riding a big fat cash cow. — In recent months it’s been impossible to open …
Kevin Rose:Why Apple’s iTV Will Change Everything — The rumor: Apple will be releasing a revamped/renamed version of their ‘Apple TV’ set-top box, called ‘iTV’. The box will run the Apple iOS (same as the iPhone/iPad), and be priced around $99. — Why will this change everything?
Adam Jackson / TheAppleBlog:The New Yardstick: If You’re Not Apple, You Lose — For 2009 and 2010, the clear winner in consumer electronics is Apple. Its mindshare among analysts and consumers is far beyond any other company. I’d even go so far as to declare Apple the most successful tech company of this decade.