Both Jim Headline of the day is from Consumer Reports:
John Gruber said:
Their headline, not mine.
Jim Dalrymple said:
That’s quite a headline from Consumer Reports. And the FTC goes after Apple.
Apple Seeds the Third OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 to Developers
As many sites has reported, with no regards to Apple Developer NDA, the third OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 seed with build number 13C39 has been released.
The 621 MB update is delivered through Mac App Store Software Update.
It is a nice Summer-Like Day in January, in California.
The Weather forecast for Long Beach, California was high at 84ºF and low at 50ºF.
At one time it hits 90ºF.
Mozilla Firefox 27.0 Beta 6
Mozilla Firefox 27.0 Beta 6 is now available.
Google to acquire Nest Labs
Google to acquire Nest Labs as revealed in their press release earlier today.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – JANUARY 13, 2014 — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to buy Nest Labs, Inc. for $3.2 billion in cash.
Oh wait, there’s already a company named Nestlé. Probably you’ve heard of it.
From Nest Labs blog post:
Will Nest customer data be shared with Google?
Our privacy policy clearly limits the use of customer information to providing and improving Nest’s products and services. We’ve always taken privacy seriously and this will not change.
John Gruber asked a good question regarding Google’s acquisition of Nest Labs:
Does Google acquiring Nest change Apple’s mind about selling Nest products in Apple Stores?
For sure this would be an interesting turn of event.
Angry Birds Toons: Hambo
“Hambo” is the forty-fourth episode of Angry Birds Toons. It is now playing at Toons.tv and Angry Birds Apps nearest you. In case you don’t know, it is a parody of Rambo (Wikipedia)
Next week episode is titled “Bird Flu”.
Bird flu is real and it became a pandemic threat in 2008.
Family Guy – “Grimm Job”
New episode of Family Guy titled “Grimm Job” is scheduled to air on Sunday, January 12, 2014. The episode is based on three stories by Brothers Grimm:
- Cinderella
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Little Red Riding Hood
Yep, that’s a photo of an actual cover of Family Guy script, taken using an iPhone.
By the way, whoever thought that Brian Griffin was killed off for good must be feeling really stupid right now.