Remains of the Day: A very Apple Christmas

28.12.2010
Apple sold a ton of iOS devices, one iPhone caught a thief, Verizon's on the horizon, and Kindles are doing okay, too. The remainders for December 27, 2010 aren’t under the tree, but you can find them right where you left them.

(AllFacebook)

As points out, the Facebook app for iPhone gained another million users on Christmas day, suggesting that St. Nick left a lot of iOS devices under trees this year. Would it kill all of you to write a thank-you note before you start poking your friends from high school?

(9 to 5 Mac)

When some coal-in-the-stocking-worthy thieves stole a Texas man’s Land Rover, he remembered the iPhone he’d left between the seats. Using the Find My iPhone feature, the man directed officers to the stolen car, and then helped again when one of the cuffed suspects escaped, and drove off again in the stolen car—running over an officer in the process. Guiding police to your stolen car and then to the escaping perp? There’s an app for that.

(Loop Insight)