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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Gartner Says Sales of Tablets Will Represent Less Than 10 Percent of All Devices in 2014" ["Apple's new devices, which target the premium market, will continue to help drive iOS volumes. These devices will benefit from a controlled and integrated ecosystem, a focus on the user experience and a leading enterprise tablet position."]  Gartner 8:32 AM
  • "Tablet Sales Growth Plummets In 2014 As Android Smartphones Continue To Soar: Gartner" TechCrunch 8:31 AM
  • "Tablet sales growth to tap the brakes this year, says Gartner" CNET 8:39 AM
  • "Perk Up: Facebook and Apple Now Pay for Women to Freeze Eggs" NBC News 8:26 AM
  • "Facebook and Apple to pay for female employees to freeze their eggs: Technology companies offer generous maternity benefits as part of attempt to make Silicon Valley friendlier to top female talent" The Guardian 8:53 AM
  • "Facebook, Apple pay for egg freezing, sperm donors" Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 8:59 AM
  • "Facebook and Apple offer to pay for female employees' eggs to be frozen" ITProPortal 8:59 AM
  • "Apple and Facebook will cover the cost of freezing employees' eggs" Engadget 9:20 AM
  • "Internal Panera Bread memo claims Apple Pay will launch on October 20" 9to5Mac 6:00 PM
  • "Apple Plans to Stop Selling Fitbit Devices in Stores" Re/code 12:08 PM
  • "iOS 8 Still Powers Less Than 50% of iDevices" Statista 4:54 PM
  • "Apple and Samsung to drive fingerprint sensor market growth 4-fold by 2020, says IHS" DigiTimes 9:11 AM
  • "U2's Bono Apologizes for Forced 'Songs of Innocence' Album Downloads" DailyTech 8:59 AM
  • "Bono apologises for U2's iTunes album release" BBC 9:31 AM
  • "U2's Bono says 'Oops, sorry' for iTunes album download" Reuters 12:34 PM
  • "ESPN: NFL's highest-paid player describes Surface as an iPad knockoff/Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler says, despite Microsoft's NFL sponsorship, that he has no idea who makes the Surface tablets or what they're called, ESPN reports."  CNET 8:50 AM
  • "Bookatable Tests Foodies' Appetite For iBeacons In UK, Shopkick Passes 7,500 Beacons" TechCrunch 8:49 AM
  • "New apps for U.S. renters may keep lax landlords in line" Reuters 8:37 AM
  • "Check out this amazing 'working' iPhone in MinecraftCult of Mac 9:09 AM
  • "YouTube Find: History of Apple's brand in under three minutes" TUAW 10:30 AM
  • "Live blog: Apple's October 2014 iPad event" Macworld 4:58 PM
  • "Liveblog: Apple's new iPads, Yosemite, and more, tomorrow at 10am PT" Ars Technica 10:31 AM
  • "Oscar winner Christian Bale to play Steve Jobs in upcoming biopic" AppleInsider 5:01 PM
  • "Report: Christian Bale in talks to play Steve Jobs in upcoming Sorkin film" 9to5Mac 4:58 PM
  • "Gazelle paying up to $355 for iPad Airs, $305 for iPad minis ahead of Apple's special event" AppleInsider 12:09 PM
  • "Beats Music subscription through AT&T no longer available for new customers" 9to5Mac 4:56 PM
  • "AT&T stops selling Beats Music subscriptions to wireless customers" AppleInsider 5:25 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Will.i.am debuts 'Puls' smartwatch with built-in 3G connection and voice-controlled interface" 9to5Mac 9:20 PM
  • "A Threat Stills a Voice Against Video Game Sexism: Anita Sarkeesian, Video Game Critic, Cancels Speech After Threats of Massacre" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 5:05 PM
  • "The $99 Nexus Player Is Google's Answer To The Apple TV" TechCrunch 12:07 PM
  • "Google Glass 'addict' wore device for 18 hours a day" BBC 9:30 AM
  • "Google Glass wearer is first to be diagnosed with Internet Addiction Disorder" The Inquirer 9:29 AM
  • "Gaming's Smaller Studios Feel Candy Crushed: Old Games Titles, Many Released Several Years Ago, Dominate Charts" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:29 AM
  • "Samsung's 5G is now 25 times faster than 4G" BetaNews 9:07 AM
  • "Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Unboxing: The Next Big Thing?" TechnoBuffalo 8:58 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Dr. Biplab Sarkar Talks to Architosh About Nemetschek Vectorworks 2015" Architosh 12:36 PM
  • "MacVoices #14206: Ted Landau on the Macworld|iWorld Hiatus, The Apple Event and iPhone 6 Size Choices" MacVoices 10:12 AM
  • "Vector 62: Live from Çingleton, with Vicki Murley" iMore 9:37 AM