When I first heard the name “Safari”: Don Melton with a wonderful story on the naming of Apple's browser. One thing that has been consistently great about Apple over the last 15 years is naming. I can't imagine Safari being called anything else.
Fortune Exclusive: Larry Page on Google: I liked this long, wide-ranging interview with Larry Page. I think that Google is largely in good hans with Larry as CEO.
Why you're right to be obsessed with Apple stock - Term Sheet: Love this story of people sticking with Apple's stock, even in the face of overwhelming advice that they shouldn't. (via Michael Tsai)
Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks: Love this interview with Tim Cook, particularily his viewpoint on supplier responsibility:
"Our transparency in supplier responsibility is an example of recognizing that the more transparent we are, the bigger difference we would make. We want to be as innovative with supply responsibility as we are with our products. That’s a high bar. The more transparent we are, the more it’s in the public space. The more it’s in the public space, the more other companies will decide to do something similar. And the more everybody does it, the better everything gets."
I love apple being transparent for things that they want other companies to copy.Apple Could Power the Web: Kevin Lawler has some interesting ideas about Apple's Objective C language spreading beyond client software, but I think there are a number of obstacles. There are currently a shortage of Objective C programmers, and if isn't possible to learn Objective C on a complete free and open stack (having to buy a Mac doesn't count), then the programmer shortage is going to persist for awhile.
Is there some secret iMac assembly plant in the U.S.?: Some good reporting from 9to5mac. I don't think that Mac assembly every completely left the US (my 2010 Mac Pro has an "assembled in the USA label on it"), but I'm excited for even more assembly and manufacturing to come to the US.
How Amazon Followed Google Into the World of Secret Servers: Great article from Wired, giving some insights into Google and Amazon's server operations. Google buys so many CPUs from Intel that they are in a group of 8 that is consuming 75% of Intel's server CPUs. That's amazing.
Behold, Some of the First Apple Computer Photos Ever: Amazing early photos of Apple's first computer.
Links for Sunday December 23th, 2012