Links for Saturday June 23^th, 2012

Elizabeth Warren: ‘I Created Occupy Wall Street’: Decent profile of Elizabeth Warren

Up close with iOS 5: Safari: The "Reader" function in Mobile Safari is crazy-good.

Analyzing Apple’s product cycles: Why the iPhone 4S shouldn’t surprise you: Great chart from Dan Frommer. (via Shawn Blanc)

AppleCare+ for iPhone covers accidental damage: This is a pretty interesting addition from Apple, that might actually make AppleCare worth it for some people.

Apple unveils micro USB adapter for iPhones in Europe: I was wondering what Apple was going to do about the EU common cell phone charger law. And now I know.

The FBI again thwarts its own Terror plot: While I realize that catching terrorists in an open society can be difficult, this article makes some interesting points about some despicable behavior on the part of the FBI.

3.5 Inches: A pretty good point about the iPhone's screen size from Dustin Curtis. Apple tends to choose things like display size very carefully. And while I'm not saying that the size of the iPhone's screen will never change, it is pretty unlikely. (via Shawn Blanc)

Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator, Only One Month Late: If you haven't seen this old Apple video, you should watch it. I'm sure the timing with today's Siri announcement is just a coincidence, though.

Best Buy flyer from 1996: The cheapest computer in this Best Buy ad was $1900. We're used to it now, but it's amazing how much the computer industry has been able to lower prices.

October iPhone Event to Be Held On Apple Campus: Apple typically holds smaller events at this venue. So maybe this lines up with my guess that there won't be any big hardware announcements next month?

More Trouble for Groupon IPO: Groupon Restates Revenue, COO Exits: At this point, you'd have to be nutty to buy Groupon stock, assuming that they do eventually IPO.

Samsung Stepping Up Attacks on 'Free Riding' Apple in Patent Dispute: I think that Samsung's newly aggressive stance towards Apple is the strongest indication yet that Apple is pulling their semiconductor (CPU, RAM, Flash storage) business away from Samsung.

What was Joss Whedon's involvement with the original Toy Story script?: A pretty good answer to this question on Quora.

Release day economics: An interesting inside look at how much money indie artists earn from the popular music services of the day.

New York Times: iPhone announcement in weeks. Yes, we have more.: 9to5Mac appears to have a pretty big iPhone scoop. We should know in a few weeks wether or not this is accurate.