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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, August 14, 2014
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Sprint CEO: Price Cuts First, Best Network Next" ["So this was day four on the job for Claure. Want to know what he did on day one? Meet with Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, he said, because 'Apple will become a crucial part of Sprint.'"]  Light Reading 5:55 PM
  • "Sprint will introduce 'disruptive' prices next week: new CEO" ["Claure spent his first day on the job meeting Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, and said 'Apple will become a crucial part of Sprint,' the website reported."]  Associated Press 5:52 PM
  • "Apple's iPhone Is at the Center of Another Major Revolution: The most essential app Aimee Copeland has downloaded for her iPhone isn't Facebook, Candy Crush Saga or Evernote. It's 'my i-limb,' an app that allows her to easily change the gestures her two prosthetic hands can make while on the go."  Time 8:24 AM
  • "Apple makes key Maps hire from Nokia HERE as it fixes past leadership's mistakes" 9to5Mac 1:47 PM
  • "Plenty of people around the world want a new iPhone" Yahoo Finance 3:54 PM
  • "Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Edge Past 300 Million Units in the Second Quarter; Android and iOS Devices Account for 96% of the Global Market, According to IDC" IDC 10:38 AM
  • "Apple's iOS, Google's Android grow to 96.4% of smartphone market as competitors shrink, IDC says" AppleInsider 10:37 AM
  • "Hopes Fade for a Third Smartphone Ecosystem: Google, Apple Extend Their Dominance; Microsoft Hobbles" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:07 PM
  • "Apple's diversity video overstates its diversity: The company's transparency is sufficiently impressive. There's no need to hype it."  Fortune 8:24 AM
  • "Apple starts using China Telecom's data centers to store iCloud data for China users, rather than US locations" 9to5Mac 8:09 AM
  • "Report shows iBeacon battery drain is worse on iOS than Android" 9to5Mac 10:56 AM
  • "Samsung Gets More Aggressive, Takes Potshots at Apple IRL" Apple Gazette 8:36 AM
  • "Samsung's Latest Wall Hugger Campaign Shows It Has No Respect For iPhone Users" Redmond Pie 9:53 AM
  • "Tim Cook just did the ice bucket challenge with Michael Fronti. Wow!"  9to5Mac 8:06 PM
  • "Watch Apple CEO Tim Cook take the ice bucket challenge" The Verge 8:11 PM
  • "Phil Schiller joins the ranks of tech execs taking the Ice Bucket Challenge" 9to5Mac 8:08 AM
  • "Apple's Phil Schiller dumps a bucket of ice cold water on his head" Cult of Mac 8:36 AM
  • "Teen's iPhone photos put vibrant face on homeless population" Cult of Mac 8:37 AM
  • "Siri? How can I dispose of a corpse? US murder case hears of gruesome request put to Apple's digital assistant" The Register 8:25 AM
  • "A Guy Used The iPhone He Stole To Post A Selfie To His Victim's Facebook Profile: It's another cautionary tale in selfies gone wrong." Business Insider 9:54 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Harvard provides a glimpse at how the robot plague will overrun us all" Engadget 9:08 PM
  • "How some lucky people are about to get the gorgeous Moto 360 for free" BGR 9:07 PM
  • "PlayStation and Xbox Twitch accounts compromised, offensive highlights posted" Polygon 9:07 PM
  • "Here's what it looks like to make music on a giant touchscreen for thousands of people" The Verge 8:35 PM
  • "The FDA wants to use Minecraft to keep people from smoking" The Verge 4:16 PM
  • "Bitcoin gives Overstock's bottom line a boost" CNET 4:06 PM
  • "Low-cost smartphones boost Android" AFP 1:50 PM
  • "Facebook knows when you see a product on your phone, buy it on a PC" Ars Technica 11:49 AM
  • "The company behind Tinder acquires controversial Q&A site Ask.fm" The Verge 10:35 AM
  • "Why spammers persist despite filters and well-informed users" PCWorld 10:35 AM
  • "Meet Samsung's new smartphone chip that consumes 25% less power" Gigaom 9:55 AM
  • "'PC Plus' company Lenovo now sells more phones and tablets than computers" Gigaom 8:38 AM
  • "Future Wearables Could Communicate Using Reflected Wi-Fi" Gizmodo 8:26 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Crew From Command-Control-Power Discuss Apple Consulting from All Sides" MacVoices 12:47 PM