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How to Have a Crappy Time with Wine

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The world of wine is unnecessarily complicated. Bottles are identified by exact percentages of specific grape varietals except for when they’re labeled according to where the grapes were grown regardless of where the winery is, or by the village name within the wine region of origin, or by how long the wine was cellared before its release… you get the point. It’s no wonder some people give it all up and just drink Heineken… Jim.

This issue’s free article from The Loop Magazine.

FBI can turn on Android phone’s mic remotely

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The FBI develops some hacking tools internally and purchases others from the private sector. With such technology, the bureau can remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google Inc.’s Android software to record conversations, one former U.S. official said. It can do the same to microphones in laptops without the user knowing, the person said. Google declined to comment.

Thanks Google.

Samsung TV cameras hacked

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The flaws in Samsung Smart TVs, which have now been patched, enabled hackers to remotely turn on the TVs’ built-in cameras without leaving any trace of it on the screen. While you’re watching TV, a hacker anywhere around the world could have been watching you. Hackers also could have easily rerouted an unsuspecting user to a malicious website to steal bank account information.

I don’t even know how to express how creepy this is and how thank I am that I’m not using a Samsung TV.

Feds propose remedy for Apple e-book price fixing

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Apple Inc deserves a five-year ban from entering anticompetitive e-book distribution contracts, and should also end its business arrangements with five major publishers with which it conspired to raise e-book prices, federal and state regulators said on Friday.

WSJ’s ridiculous claims about Apple retail

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The Wall Street Journal has proven it can find fault with just about anything—this time it’s Apple’s retail operation. WSJ says that Apple retail—one of the most successful and different operations in the world—is suffering.

But then they have lines like this:

Sales at Apple Stores in the recently reported third quarter slipped to $4 billion, down slightly from a year earlier…

Most retailers would love to “slip” to that.

It [Apple] raked in $5,971 per square foot in 2012, up 17% from the $5,098 per square foot the year before, according to retail consultancy Customer Growth Partners. By comparison, Tiffany & Co. had sales of $3,453 per square foot in 2012, and popular yoga-clothes retailer Lululemon Athletica Inc. pulled in $2,464 per square foot last year.

Why not worry about Tiffany?

I wonder how much Microsoft makes per square foot? I know that’s a silly question for WSJ to ask.

Samsung oozes slime

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Samsung’s marketing company is trying to buy off StackOverflow forum posters.

Waiting to bash Apple

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John Gruber had a great post today about how the media jumps on stories that reflect poorly on Apple. I agree wholeheartedly with his points. It’s like the mainstream media are waiting with bated breath for the slightest mishap so they can bash Apple. A lot of times, they are just plain wrong.

Meanwhile Google left an I/O problem in its Nexus tablet for a year and nary a mention from the press.

The Loop Magazine Issue 7: Why I Buy Vinyl

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In this issue, Michael Dalrymple talks about why he collects vinyl albums instead of buying music from iTunes; Brenda Singer shows you the ways to ruin a perfectly good bottle of wine; Chris Domico’s kid came up with the perfect game idea; Bill Lonero counters arguments that music should be free; and as a developer, what Kevin Hoctor does means something, as it should for all of us.

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You can get a free preview of all the articles online and subscribe to the magazine for iPhone and iPad from the App Store. You also get a free seven-day trial when you download the app.

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Matthew Modine offers free chapter from the Full Metal Jacket Diary iPad app

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Matthew Modine is now offering a FREE download of the COMPLETE FIRST CHAPTER of his award-winning “appumentary!” This preview immerses you in Matthew’s private life as he first learns about the film, receives the script in the mail, and meets Stanley Kubrick for the first time.

I have this app and it’s amazing. If you want more from Matthew, you can also check out his Web TV channel.

Google’s Nexus 7 battery claims are shit

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Katherine Boehret for WSJ:

Another drawback: In my test, the new Nexus 7’s battery life was underwhelming. Compared with the same battery test of the iPad Mini and first Nexus 7, it fell short at just six hours; the others clocked in at 10 hours and 27 minutes and 10 hours and 44 minutes, respectively. Google claims the battery life can last over nine hours, but the company tests it in Airplane mode (Internet connection off), with screen brightness set to 44% while playing video. I keep Wi-Fi on in the background and screen brightness at 75% while playing video.

Seriously Google? Who would use a tablet without Internet turned on? I understand that companies do things to make battery tests look better for them, but this borders on outright lying. Apple usually underreports its battery life, leaving its customers pleasantly surprised.

Amplified: Six Hours and It’s Dead

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Jim and Dan discuss the relationship between consumer and content, the Chromecast, the rumored September 6 iPhone announcement, new Nexus 7, waterproof Samsung phones, why Bob Mansfield left the Apple Executive Team, and Microsoft’s 900 million dollar Surface RT loss.

Sponsored by Shopify and Shutterstock (use code DANSENTME7 for 30% off).

Obama should veto the ITC iPhone, iPad ban

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We have less than a week before an order from the International Trade Commission takes effect, banning the sale of iPhone 4 and iPad 2 in the United States. President Obama can veto the order, but he has to do so this week, before the August 5 ban begins. […]

Zynga sues “Bang with Friends”

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The company “selected the name ‘Bang With Friends’ for its casual sex matchmaking app with Zynga’s game trademarks fully in mind,” according to the complaint. The application’s name infringes Zynga’s trademark covering games such as “Words With Friends” and “Chess With Friends,” according to the filing.

I do not think of Zynga when I see “Bang with Friends.” Case dismissed.

MIT could have done more to help Aaron Swartz

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Reviewers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said on Tuesday the school could have taken steps that would have reduced pressure on Internet activist Aaron Swartz such as taking a public stand against his controversial prosecution.

It’s too bad it takes such a tragedy for people to realize that.

Nexus 7 did not outsell the iPad in Japan

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Using BCN’s bogus research, Google claimed the Nexus 7 took a higher percentage of the Japanese market than the iPad. Except BCN forgot to count one important source—it’s too good for me to ruin the surprise.

Video ads coming to Facebook

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Zuckerberg said last week that he’s sensitive to how users react to advertising in general. He plans to limit the amount of ads people see to about one for every 20 updates. That would comprise about 5 percent of a user’s news feed.

Why do I think people won’t like these.

And this is what’s wrong with Forbes

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“The fact is that Forbes, as a corporate communication enterprise, is now consumed by a mathematical game of just generating ‘hits,’ he writes. His base pay of $200 month worked out to less than $3 an hour for the 40 hours he spent on writing his agreed-upon four posts, Monagan says.

Clearly the writer made a mistake in this case, but the way Forbes and others do business is leading to more of this happening.