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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, October 8, 2014
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Invites Media to October 16 Event: 'It's Been Way Too Long'" MacRumors 12:47 PM
  • "Apple Sends Out Media Event Invitations for October 16th" The Mac Observer 12:44 PM
  • "It's been way too long: Apple to hold iPad event Oct. 16" Macworld 12:48 PM
  • "Apple sends out invitations for Oct. 16 iPad event: 'It's been way too long'" AppleInsider 12:47 PM
  • "Apple Sends Out Invites For October 16 iPad And Mac Event" TechCrunch 12:47 PM
  • "Global PC Shipments Exceed Forecast with Mild Improvement in Consumer Demand, While Apple Moves to #5 Spot, According to IDC" ["Apple moved into the number 5 position on a worldwide basis, slightly overtaking ASUS. The company's steady growth, along with recent price cuts and improved demand in mature markets, has helped it to consistently outgrow the market."] Business Wire 4:06 PM
  • "Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in the Third Quarter of 2014 Declined 0.5 Percent" ["HP maintained the No. 1 position in the U.S. market accounting for 27.8 percent of PC shipments in the third quarter of 2014 (see Table 1). Dell increased its share to 24.1 percent, followed by Apple with an estimated 14.3 percent share of PC shipments in the U.S."] Business Wire 4:10 PM
  • "comScore: Apple's iPhone Still King of U.S. Smartphone Sales/Apple holds 42% of the market, while Samsung takes 28.9%" DailyTech 8:13 AM
  • "iPhone 6 users encounter a painful new problem -- hairgate" BetaNews 7:37 AM
  • "Japan's Murata unconcerned about reliance on Apple for sales: CEO" Reuters 8:23 AM
  • "Woz Talks Engineering Passion At Gartner Symposium: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wants to see engineers get more respect, have more fun, and play nice." InformationWeek 10:57 AM
  • "Just for fun: Show us your best QuickType poetry" Macworld 6:55 AM
  • "How Much Is an Apple I Motherboard Worth Today?" Apple Gazette 7:37 AM
  • "Man Tries to Trade Detroit House for iPhone 6" Digital Trends 8:43 AM
  • "Detroit Homeowner Will Trade House for iPhone 6" PC Magazine 9:38 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Google Chromecast Is The Top 'Connected Device' App" TechCrunch 10:23 AM
  • "Samsung Picks Up Share in US Smartphone Market" 24/7 Wall St. 8:44 AM
  • "Meet the 21-year-old YouTuber who made millions playing video games: Olajide Olatunji - better known as KSI - is one of the world's most influential and bankable YouTube stars. Josh Warwick meets him" Telegraph 8:18 AM
  • "The gods of the internet: DDoS is a tool to be wielded to keep corrupt corporations honest, according to an anonymous member of DerpTrolling, who gives us an inside look at the self-proclaimed gods of the internet." CNET 8:03 AM
  • "Rest in Peace, Google Glass: 2012-2014/Glass has disappeared almost overnight, and there's a reason: Google's ham-fisted approach to privacy."  PC Magazine 8:03 AM
  • "Woman sues US government over fake Facebook page: A woman is suing the US government after it created a fake Facebook page containing photos of her, including one that showed her half-clothed." BBC 8:00 AM
  • "Demand for non-Apple notebooks, tablets may remain weak until 2Q15, say Taiwan makers" DigiTimes 7:53 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "ACM 275: Apple's Oct 16 Media Event, GTAT, and Plastc vs Coin vs Apple Pay" The Mac Observer 8:36 PM
  • "Let's Talk Jailbreak 76: The closet connoisseur" iDownload Blog 8:43 AM