Consumers dismiss Apple Maps uproar; plan to buy iPhone 5 in record numbers

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	Consumers dismiss Apple Maps uproar; plan to buy iPhone 5 in record numbers The brouhaha over Apple replacing Google Maps in iOS 6 with its own mapping technology has not changed customers' minds about the iPhone 5, according to a ChangeWave Research survey. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue U.S. Mac sales join industry tailspin 5 key forces driving open source today Apple supplier refutes claim of suicide at China factory EPEAT finds thin laptops, including Macbook Air, meet its standard My Passport Edge hard drive complements Mac laptops WEBCAST: IBM Improving Governance, Risk and Compliance In this webcast you'll learn how your organization can become more responsive to financial market challenges while reassuring decision makers the accuracy of execution. Register Now U.S. Mac sales join industry tailspin Even Apple has been hit by the computer sales tailspin in the U.S., research firms IDC and Gartner said yesterday. Read More 5 key forces driving open source today From the rise of foundations to emerging revenue models, the open source movement is primed for even greater impact on tomorrow's technologies Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! Apple supplier refutes claim of suicide at China factory Apple supplier Foxlink, a maker of iPhone cable connectors, disputed claims on Friday that a company worker committed suicide after being denied a leave of absence, instead suggesting that drug use may have played a role in the worker's death. Read More EPEAT finds thin laptops, including Macbook Air, meet its standard An investigation of ultrathin laptops, including Apple's latest Macbook Air, has found they do conform to the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) environmental standard. The investigation, which covered five laptops made by four companies, was started after Apple said in July it was withdrawing from the voluntary certification then reversed its position after an outcry from its customers. Read More My Passport Edge hard drive complements Mac laptops The My Passport Edge for Mac is the newest member of Western Digital's portable hard drive family. It's not wildly different from previous My Passport models, but the Edge does have USB 3.0 connectivity, and has slimmed down to an ultra-thin 4.40 by 0.43 inch enclosure. The My Passport Edge also has many of the features we've come to expect from Western Digital's Mac-centric drives: pre-formatted using HFS+, Time Machine compatibility, WD Security, and WD Drive Utilities. It comes in a 500GB capacity and is backed by WD's three-year warranty. Read More
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