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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, November 12, 2014
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Researchers Shine Spotlight on OS X/iOS Masque Attack: The Masque Attack tricks victims into installing malicious apps from third-party app stores. Masque is especially dangerous in enterprises that have BYOD policies; IT cannot distinguish fake apps from original ones: both use the same bundle identifier. Further, attackers can use Masque Attacks to bypass the app sandbox and get root privileges by attacking known iOS vulnerabilities." TechNewsWorld 10:03 AM
  • "Flagship Apple Store and office space rumored for Broadway Trade Center in downtown Los Angeles" 9to5Mac 8:14 AM
  • "Apple rumored to turn huge downtown LA building into flagship store, office space" AppleInsider 8:17 AM
  • "Flagship Apple Store Coming to Downtown LA" Tapscape 8:17 AM
  • "The last PC replacement cycle is about to start turning: When even senior sysadmins work on an iPhone connected to an Apple TV, the end is nigh" The Register 9:17 AM
  • "Sculley's Revenge: The $25 iPhone of the Future/A lot of people blame Apple's 1990s doldrums on former CEO John Sculley. But his new smartphone company will get the last laugh. Apple's only hope: Buy Sculley and bring him home." PC Magazine 8:49 AM
  • "Photographer Who Spent Three Years With Steve Jobs Explains How The Apple Founder Changed His Life" Business Insider 12:52 PM
  • "Staples rolls out Apple Pay support to 1,400 stores, mobile app" iMore 3:20 PM
  • "Apple Pay Arrives at Staples" Modmyi 3:21 PM
  • "Forget iOS 8, a hacker gets Windows 98 running on iPhone 6 Plus" BetaNews 8:20 AM
  • "New AT&T ad shows how you can get the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus for $0 down" iMore 8:44 AM
  • "Verizon, Amazon, Apple hand out tech freebies ahead of Black Friday" ZDNet 9:55 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Microsoft: Xbox One nearing ten million shipments worldwide/Recent drop to $349 has tripled weekly sales in the US, console maker says." Ars Technica 6:23 PM
  • "Busy Samsung stirs many pots, from smart home to VR to health tech" CNET 2:34 PM
  • "YouTube Unveils Music Streaming Service, Challenging Apple" Bloomberg 1:06 PM
  • "T-Mobile CEO John Legere unleashes 11-part 'Tweetstorm' regarding net neutrality" GeekWire 12:54 PM
  • "Americans Say They Want Privacy, but Act as if They Don't" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:39 AM
  • "Survey Finds Parents Mostly OK With Kids' Use of Tech" Forbes 8:47 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Ted Landau on Malware Concerns, Mac Maintenance and More on Yosemite" MacVoices 3:07 PM