{"id":1801,"date":"2011-12-12T21:47:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T05:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2023-10-31T15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T23:29:51","slug":"week-of-12511-tech-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/week-of-12511-tech-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of 12\/5\/11 &#8211; Flipboard for iPhone, Siri backlash, Twitter has a new HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Flipboard for iPhone was released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/inside.flipboard.com\/2011\/12\/07\/the-power-of-flipboard-in-your-pocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Power of Flipboard In Your Pocket<\/a> (Official Flipboard blog)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-francisco\/2011\/12\/07\/inside-flipboards-project-to-rethink-its-ipad-app-for-the-iphone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Flipboard&#8217;s Project to Rethink Its iPad App for the iPhone<\/a> (Xconomy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people are losing patience with Siri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5864293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siri is Apple&#8217;s Broken Promise<\/a> (Mat Honan \/ Gizmodo)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chron.com\/techblog\/2011\/12\/the-siri-backlash-threatens-apples-future-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Siri backlash threaten&#8217;s Apple&#8217;s future magic<\/a> (Dwight Silverman \/ Houston Chronicle)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;&#8230;the whole thing still isn\u2019t up to Apple\u2019s usual level of fit and finish, not by a long shot&#8221; (John Gruber \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2011\/12\/05\/honan-siri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daring Fireball<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div>Apple TV rumors continue. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appleinsider.com\/articles\/11\/12\/05\/apple_television_rumored_to_come_in_3_sizes_including_32_and_55.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple television rumored to come in 3 sizes, including 32&#8243; and 55&#8243;<\/a> (AppleInsider)<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>Jawbone is offering refunds on their UP health\/fitness device. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jawbone.com\/up\/guarantee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter from the CEO: The Up No Questions Guarantee<\/a> (Jawbone)<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>HP will open source WebOS and announces that they might make WebOS devices in 2013.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hp.com\/hpinfo\/newsroom\/press\/2011\/111209xa.html?mtxs=rss-corp-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HP to Contribute webOS \u00c2&nbsp;to Open Source<\/a> (HP press release)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/12\/09\/hps-whitman-well-make-webos-powered-tablets-in-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HP&#8217;s Whitman: We&#8217;ll Make WebOS-Powered Tablets In 2013<\/a> (TechCrunch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>Twitter launched a new version of their web site and showcased their new location on Market Street.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/2011\/12\/lets-fly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let&#8217;s Fly<\/a> (Twitter Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/08\/a-twitter-for-my-sister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Twitter for My Sister <\/a>(Nik Bilton \/ New York Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2011\/12\/08\/twitter-new-hq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter hits the big time with their new Art Deco headquarters<\/a> (VentureBeat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flipboard for iPhone was released. Some people are losing patience with Siri. Apple TV rumors continue. Apple television rumored to come in 3 sizes, including 32&#8243; and 55&#8243; (AppleInsider) Jawbone is offering refunds on their UP health\/fitness device. Letter from the CEO: The Up No Questions Guarantee (Jawbone) HP will open source WebOS and announces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,62],"tags":[165,167,93],"class_list":["post-1801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-news","category-weekly-roundup","tag-apple","tag-siri","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4476,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions\/4476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}