Linked List: October 25, 2013

Friday, 25 October 2013

Product RED Mac Pro 

One of a kind, estimated price: $40,000 to $60,000. And gorgeous.

(Via Matthew Panzarino.)

Theodolite Goes to the Great Wall of China 

Craig Hunter:

So there I was on Tuesday, sitting on the living room floor with my 7-month-old daughter, watching Apple’s Special Event live stream on my MacBook while we played with some toys. About an hour into the Keynote, Tim Cook put up a “Life on iPad” video to show some amazing things customers have been doing with their iPads.

I imagine every developer sees these videos and hopes their app shows up; I know I always have. But in this case, something felt different. In addition to the usual feel-good stuff Apple always shows, they were demonstrating serious uses of the iPad, in settings ranging from medical to industrial, to hard-core sports and the outdoors. A couple minutes into the video, I was shocked to see my signature app, Theodolite HD, being used atop the Great Wall of China as an iPad user surveys the mountain scenery and architecture around him. Wow!

Bloomberg Estimates Major League Baseball Team Valuations 

Sorting by wins provides an interesting perspective.

Qualcomm Marketing Chief Who Called 64-Bit A7 a ‘Gimmick’ Reassigned 

Brooke Crothers, reporting for CNet:

“Anand Chandrasekher, is moving to a new role leading our exploration of certain enterprise related initiatives…Anand will continue to report to Steve Mollenkopf, COO and President of Qualcomm. This will be effective immediately,” according to a statement Qualcomm sent to CNET.

And he no longer appears on the Qualcomm leadership page.