Apple CEO Steve Jobs asked technology blog “Gizmodo.com” to return a secret iPhone prototype that Apple says was stolen after a company engineer lost it in a bar, reports “Bloomberg News” (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=axWv500b2PpE&pid=20601087).
Read MoreForty-four workers in Suzhou, China, are planning to sue Taiwan-based Wintek alleging they were poisoned while cleaning iPhone screens with a chemical called n-hexane, according to Stratfor Global Intelligence (http://www.stratfor.com/).
At least 62 Wintek workers have been hospitalized since August 2009 due to n-hexane poisoning, a chemical “which can cause nerve damage and sometimes paralysis, the article adds. The US Department of Labor describes n-hexane this way:
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Well, I’ve had my iPad a week now and I am still struggling with the billion dollar question: what do I do with it? I have an iPad, iPhone and a MacBook Pro, so which device do I use for which tasks? There is redundancy in many functions, such as email, among my multiple devices.
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Apple is allegedly set to announce plans to launch an online music streaming service similar to Spotify soon. How soon? As in next month’s Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several online rumors.
Speculated to debut on June 7, the service — if it is coming — would likely be based on Apple’s purchase of Lala six months ago. A note at the Lala web site (http://www.lala.com) says “The Lala service will be shutting down on May 31” and “unfortunately, we are no longer accepting new users.”
Read MoreThe latest edition of MacNotables (http://www.macnotables.com/wordpress/), a podcast that serves as home to Mac personalities who will comment on the latest news and opinions in the Mac community, is available.
“Macworld” Senior Editor Christopher Breen recently completed an article on his concerns about the privacy issues generated by the latest revisions to Facebook, and proclaiming that he has left the service. He explains exactly why he left, his decision to deactivate his account vs. deleting it, and why he feels this situation represents a disturbing trend for Facebook.
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