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It’s always the company that steals shit that thinks everyone should share.

And what the hell is this answer from Page:

I mean, obviously we talk to Apple. We have a big search relationship with Apple, and so on, and we talk to them and so on.

He sounds like Miss South Carolina Teen USA Caitlin Upton talking about “the Iraq.”

Under the whistleblower law, the government can intervene in Mr. Landis’s suit, essentially pursuing the case on its own behalf. According to people with knowledge of the case, the Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Justice have been investigating Mr. Landis’s allegations and continue to weigh whether to join the case.

It’s been a tough year for Lance.

You have to love Field Notes.

Jason Cartwright from Australian site TechAU on people using Apple Maps.

A primate sanctuary in Canada?

The Oatmeal and BuzzFeed are having somewhat of a tussle.

NPR:

It may have something to do with all those Brontosaurus burgers everyone’s favorite modern stone-age family ate, but when you think of a giant dinosaur with a tiny head and long, swooping tail, the Brontosaurus is probably what you’re seeing in your mind.

Well hold on: Scientifically speaking, there’s no such thing as a Brontosaurus.

Why can’t these damn scientists leave our childhoods alone!? Columbus didn’t discover America, Pluto isn’t a planet and now this!

Brian Lam demonstrates how to own your mistake and move on.

Much respect Brian.

We discussed a variety of topics, but the conversation kicked off with our growing disgust with the un-customer centric approach of social networks.

Silverlight.net now redirects to a page on MSDN. Some but not all of the content has been migrated to MSDN, but Microsoft has not bothered to redirect the URLs, so most of the links out there to resources and discussions on Silverlight will dump you to the aforementioned generic page.

That’s one way to end a technology.

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The two companies, competing for dominance of the smartphone market, have partnered after leading two separate groups this summer to buy some of Kodak’s 1,100 imaging patents, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the process is private.

I’d like to thank Anytune for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop. I’ve tried this app myself and really like it.

Musicians of all kinds use Anytune to learn, transcribe and practice their favorite songs!

Check out Jim’s guitar stylings in a rare solo version of a theme that fans of The Loop should recognize. Something unexpected happened when tuning the track that hints at the source of Jim’s power… You’ll have to watch the video on this page to find out what it might be.

Music Practice Perfected.

The Verge:

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels are a cornerstone of science fiction, but getting into a vast series about, among other things, mathematically predicting the rise and fall of entire civilizations isn’t always easy. In 1973, however, the BBC adapted Foundation into a serial radio drama, capturing the original trilogy in eight hour-long episodes. These are available on the Internet Archive, which means that you can listen to them online or download them in all their slightly scratchy glory.

I first read The Foundation Trilogy as a young teenager and loved them. I come back to re-read them about every decade. I’ve been thinking it’s about time to read them again but maybe I’ll just let the folks at the BBC entertain me this time.

Esquire:

Ever wonder what whiskey-industry insiders are drinking around the holidays? Us, too. Eat Like a Man’s 12 Days of Whiskey asks the craft’s most respected master distillers what bottles are on their holiday wish lists.

One of the great parts of the turning of summer into Fall/Winter is indulging in delicious and warming bourbons and whiskeys. They always seem perfect on a chill evening. In honor of the anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment earlier this week, enjoy the “The 12 Days of Whiskey”.

An analysis of broadband availability in the US reveals that two factors are keeping the cost of broadband high: scarcity of competition and increased consumer dependence.

Writing on Horace Dediu’s Asymco blog, James Allworth sketches out how Apple is victim of its own success by relying so much on Samsung for parts.

This looks fantastic. The app replaces the deck of cards and deals to the player’s iPhones.

Twitterrific developer Craig Hockenberry posted an interesting behind the scenes look at the app.

Foxconn said it plans to expand U.S. manufacturing operations.

Jim and Dan discuss Microsoft’s failure to solve a problem with the Surface, Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, BBEdit 10.5, the Das Keyboard, the shuttering of The Daily, The Flashback X4 Delay, and more.

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Tap! Magazine editor Chris Phin is taking a crack at a podcast of his own with Scotch, in which he talks about (and drinks) whiskey. Or whisky, depending on the day.