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Patrick Rhone:

That 2013 will be the year of opt-out. That disconnection will become hipster cool. More and more people will be replacing smart phones with dumb ones, digital with analog, social with solitude, sharing with journaling, etc.

Nick Heer, in response:

Technology is like food: have everything in moderation, and don’t go overboard too often. Fad diets don’t work, and neither will unplugging. When Paul Miller of The Verge comes back to the internet, and when Stephen Hackett gets his iPhone back, both will probably resume their usual habits. There’s nothing wrong with that, provided that you moderate your own usage.

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Christopher MacManus at CNET:

A wee bit of bad news for Apple’s jailbreak community right on the eve of the New Year: Installous, a major portal for pirated paid apps from Apple’s App Store, won’t be around anymore.

I’m already weeping. Those poor jailbreakers!

In my personal experiences with the app, I could often download the latest iOS applications and games for free from a variety of sources within mere seconds. After downloading, you could then install the app on your iDevice as if you purchased it from Apple’s App Store. Additionally, during its prime, it wasn’t unrealistic to expect expensive App Store apps hitting Installous mere hours after release.

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This past week marked a very unusual anniversary in my life.

It was just three years ago, which is hard to believe. I was sitting at home with my wife and son, when my iPhone starts going crazy. I walk over to the desk to pick it up, assuming that some client was having an emergency, as help tickets usually would spawn several emails in just a few moments.

At that time, I was working as the Service Manager for an Apple-Authorized Service Provider here in Memphis. I helped start the Apple business, and we ran in parallel to the company’s other departments, which handled everything from VOIP services to banking network security.

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Steve Jobs, on the eMate 300, in September 1997:

The Emate has a bright future - and it is for this reason that I am pulling it back into Apple - which has the resources to market and sell it much more broadly. You can imagine that a small spin-off company would not have such a large sales force or marketing budget. With the appropriate investments in sales and marketing, we hope that the Emate can become a great success.

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Boris at The Next Web:

We tried an Android magazine, and found out it just isn’t worth the effort. Does that mean that Android sucks? Ehm, no, and there is no reason to tell us how cool Android is in the comments, because we understand it is. It just means that with the current state of technology and the way the market is divided we can’t afford to invest in it anymore.

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While Apple’s iPod line is world-famous, the company has had a couple of audio products that weren’t such stars. One is much more recent than the other, but both hold a unique place in Apple history.

Apple PowerCD

image via Wikipedia

In mid–1992, riding a high from the Newton, Apple’s Industrial Design Group started a sub-group named “Mac Like Things.” The only project to ever come out of the group was the PowerCD, which Apple released in 1993.

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Another gem from Benj Edwards over on Macworld.

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Man, Mac OS X 10.0.3 sure was stripey.

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Hartmut Esslinger worked at frog design when the group was working with Apple in the 1980s. He’s opened up the vault to share some early Apple prototypes. There is pretty wild stuff in here.

via The Verge

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On this holiday episode, Myke provides an update on his Lego Death Star. Then, he and I reflect on the news and apps that made 2012 unique.

• Lego Death Star

• Death Star Images: <a href=“http://d.pr/i/de0O” mce_href=“http://d.pr/i/de0O” title="“ class=”“>One | <a href=”http://d.pr/i/GB5X“ mce_href=”http://d.pr/i/GB5X“ title=”“ class=”“>Two | <a href=”http://d.pr/i/KF1N“ mce_href=”http://d.pr/i/KF1N“ title=”“ class=”“>Three

• <a href=”http://www.dinosaurlive.com/uk/“ mce_href=”http://www.dinosaurlive.com/uk/“ title=”“ class=”“>Walking With Dinosaurs

• <a href=”http://instagram.com/p/Tv9lrknWjI/“ mce_href=”http://instagram.com/p/Tv9lrknWjI/“ title=”“ class=”“>Myke’s Dinosaur Cup

• <a href=”http://news.techmeme.com/121223/2012–20-terms“ mce_href=”http://news.techmeme.com/121223/2012–20-terms“ title=”“ class=”“>Techmeme’s Top 20 Terms of 2012

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I didn’t study broadcast journalism in school, but I sure hope they show these kinds of videos to students.

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Robin Wauters at The Next Web:

I genuinely dislike writing up Apple-related rumors, but allow me to write up this one, if only because I think wearable computers will finally stop being regarded as a fad in 2013. Only time will tell (pun intended).

Sigh…

Two sources from the ‘supply chain’ told Chinese tech blog TGbus.com (relayed by the usually reliable Netease / Tech.163) that Apple and Intel are jointly building a Bluetooth-equipped smart wristwatch that can connect to other iOS devices, most notably iPhone and iPod devices.

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