What's Catching Our Eye

  蘋果亞洲供應商的長期前景不容樂觀
儘管蘋果公司的亞洲供應商正因強勁的iPhone銷量獲得提振，但這些為蘋果的智能手機和平板電腦代工晶片和面板的企業長期前景不容樂觀。

蘋果應該改一改“重質不重量”的理念
相比產品的數量而言，蘋果公司更看重其品質。但蘋果智能手機的市場份額增速已陷入停滯。這提出了一個讓人苦惱的問題：如果iPhone和iPad也走上了Mac的老路呢？

Tech Week That Was: Facebook Triumphs, Chromecast Launches

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July 26, 201311:17 AM

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Each Friday we round up the big conversations in tech and culture during the week that was. We also revisit the work that appeared on this blog, and highlight what we're reading from our fellow technology writers and observers at other organizations.
ICYMI
In case you missed it ... here on All Tech, I the competing notions of noncommitment and yet endless connection in today's digital dating world. Steve Henn explored the science behind how unexpected freebies and rewards offered by apps and services . Tech addiction is so prevalent that millions have from using social media sites while trying to be productive. Our was Uniqul, which is letting shoppers in Finland use their faces for payment transactions.
On our airwaves, All Things Considered featured a chat about . And you could hear Steve and me Friday on Morning Edition — he reported on the big takedown of a global credit card hacking ring, and I took another look at after the "didn't-see-the-email" defense was offered in a high-profile insider-trading case.
The Big Conversations
Facebook's earnings triumph and its subsequent stock surge (it's trading at IPO levels again) dominated headlines, and the ongoing theme of the future of television continued to play out with the launch of Google's Chromecast.
Chromecast is a dongle-like device that plugs into your TV's HDMI jack and lets you cordlessly watch the Web on your TV. Priced at $35, it's significantly less expensive than comparable products — AppleTV and Roku — and you can get it at Best Buy or order online. Time magazine but it doesn't solve "the only problem that matters" — content. Live sports and HBO still can't be easily accessed on a Chrome browser. The Wall Street Journal . The slow slog to mass cord-cutting continues.
What's Catching Our Eye
In no particular order:
The Verge:
A look at why tech giants are making their products in America again. (Hint: "Made in America" sells.)
The New York Times:
This was the link that people sent us the most this week. "Like a station that plays love songs and only love songs," the new network aims to focus on the happy moments in life.
Wall Street Journal:
The densely populated but tiny island of Taiwan is full of tech-obsessed consumers. Those tired eyes need some love, and vendors of eye-massaging goggles say sales have surged this year. But you don't have to be Taiwanese to get a pair. Apparently similar eye massagers are available on SkyMall.

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