Mac News: Apple’s MobileMe is dead — but you can still retrieve your files
FORTUNE — “Can anyone tell me what MobileMe is supposed to do?” Steve Jobs asked the team that created it shortly after a disastrous debut in 2008 that nearly ruined the launch of the iPhone 3G. Having finally received a satisfactory answer, Jobs then asked (according to Adam Lashinsky’s 2011 account in Fortune), “So why the fuck doesn’t it do that?” With that, Jobs started a four-year process that led, Saturday at midnight, to MobileMe’s final demise.
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Technology News: ‘Leap Second’ Bug Wreaks Havoc Across Web
An oddity in the world’s atomic clocks caused problems with some big name web operations on Saturday, including Reddit and Mozilla. Reddit, Mozilla, and possibly many other web outfits experienced brief technical problems on Saturday evening, when software unpinning their online operations choked on the “leap second” that was added to the world’s atomic clocks.
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Programming News: What do ScrumMaster’s Do Again?
To be fair, I think the title ‘ScrumMaster’ itself is a little misleading. The word ‘Master’ conjures up images of authority and expertise that I don’t believe are a fair representation of the role. The amount of times I’ve heard ScrumMasters represented as ‘waste’ in agile in scary. Hearing comments such as ‘I would never pay somebody to do this role full time’ just makes me wonder what experiences people have had with ScrumMasters and how much these companies invest in continuous improvement which I hope you’d agree is essential for longevity of any business.
Read full story => Craig Livings
Other News: HP bails on plans for Windows RT consumer tablet
HP is said to be ditching near-future plans for a consumer Windows RT tablet, in a move that some have called a response to competition from Microsoft’s Surface tablet, which was announced last week. Instead, HP will focus on building business tablets on x86 chipsets, as SemiAccurate and The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Read full story => ars technica
