Linked List: August 24, 2009

Monday, 24 August 2009

Phils Beat Mets With Game-Ending Unassisted Triple Play ★

Only the second to end a game in MLB history.

Bloomberg on Apple’s Fifth Avenue Store ★

Bloomberg:

Apple’s Fifth Avenue emporium probably has annual sales of more than $350 million, topping any of the chain’s other outlets, said Jeffrey Roseman, executive vice president of real- estate broker Newmark Knight Frank Retail in New York. The location is 10,000 square feet, putting its sales per square foot at a minimum of $35,000, based on Roseman’s estimate.

That’s the equivalent of selling one Mercedes-Benz C300 sedan per square foot. Apple may be the highest grossing retailer ever on Fifth Avenue, said Faith Hope Consolo, chairman of the retail leasing and sales division at Manhattan-based Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

I walked by the Fifth Avenue store a few weeks ago — just looked in from above outside, on a weekday afternoon — and there’s no way to describe it other than impossibly busy.

Snow Leopard Ships Friday ★

The ship date is old news for DF readers, but it’s worth the excitement. I’ve been running the betas full-time since WWDC and it’s really nice. I can’t think of a single change that isn’t an improvement over 10.5.

Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces ★

From the About page:

In a nutshell, Typedia is a community website to classify typefaces and educate people about them. Think of it like a mix between IMDb and Wikipedia, but just for type.

Do not miss the backstory on the creation of Typedia’s wonderful logo by John Langdon.

RIM Acquires Torch Mobile ★

Torch Mobile PR:

Torch Mobile is excited to announce that our company has been acquired by Research In Motion (RIM), one of the most renowned mobile technology companies in the world. Our team of developers will join RIM’s global organization and will now be focused on utilizing our WebKit-based mobile browser expertise to contribute to the ongoing enhancement of the BlackBerry platform.

Getting harder and harder to find mobile platforms that don’t use WebKit.

Nokia Booklet 3G ★

Nokia announces their entry into the laptop PC market. The OS is Windows.

Real Announces That They’ve Submitted a Rhapsody Client for iPhone ★

It’ll be interesting to see whether Apple accepts it. Assuming it contains its own self-contained audio codecs, it might technically violate the SDK guidelines. But if Apple chooses to block all competing music services from the App Store, it will inevitably raise antitrust concerns.

Unless there are specific technical problems with the app, I think Apple will accept it.