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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, November 20, 2014
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "AppLovin Data Desk: November 2014/iPhone 6 Plus is a hit–especially internationally. iOS 8 adoption continues to lag."  Applovin 1:33 PM
  • "Clear Geographic Split Shows iPhone 6 Plus Especially Popular With Asian Customers" MacRumors 1:33 PM
  • "Apple to push Beats Music to all iPhones and iPads next year" The Inquirer 8:10 AM
  • "Apple To Rebrand Beats Music And Push It To All iOS Devices, Report Says" Digital Trends 8:36 AM
  • "Stratos: 30% of US Smartphone Owners to Use Apple Pay and Google Wallet during the Holidays/17 percent said they would spend more because of mobile payments but majority uncertain which stores will accept these new options" Business Wire 8:40 AM
  • "Corning unveils the 'tougher' Gorilla Glass 4" ["'We study all competitive materials and we've studied Sapphire quite a bit,' said Hund. 'What we find is that when you subject it to abrasion, to naked eye it's incredibly scratch resistant, even beyond Gorilla, but beyond the naked eye, microscopic, abrasion does occur.' When that happens, according to Hund, Sapphire ends being more vulnerable to breakage in a fall. He also claims that Gorilla Glass is lighter, offers better light transmission and takes far less energy to produce."] Mashable 8:13 AM
  • "Apple supplier Corning says new Gorilla Glass 4 twice as shatter-resistant in drop tests (Video)" 9to5Mac 8:26 AM
  • "Corning's tougher Gorilla Glue 4 set for its big reveal" AppAdvice 8:27 AM
  • "Apple Reportedly Plans Cheaper Beats Music in iOS in 2015" The Mac Observer 7:46 PM
  • "Apple to Xiaomi: Easier said than done to become top smartphone vendor" PCWorld 8:10 AM
  • "Apple reportedly opens new development office in Lund, Sweden" 9to5Mac 9:34 AM
  • "How iPads are making airports less terrible: A restaurant company will soon have more customer-facing iPads than Apple itself" The Verge 3:01 PM
  • "The Post-PC CEO: No Desk, No Desktop/Starwood's Frits van Paasschen Turns to Smartphones, Tablets as Primary Work Tools" ["The former Coors Brewing Co. chief relies on his Apple Inc. iPhone and iPad for work at home and the office."] WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:25 AM
  • "Starwood CEO says iPads make CEOs more productive than PCs" 9to5Mac 8:26 AM
  • "Steve Jobs Movie Dead at Sony: Danny Boyle is attached to direct the project, which will now be shopped to other studios as Universal expresses interest" The Hollywood Reporter 8:00 AM
  • "Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic reportedly switches studios from Sony to Universal" AppAdvice 8:00 AM
  • "Best Buy is offering its own slate of deals on Apple products before Black Friday" AppAdvice 2:59 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "The Largest Cyber Attack In History Has Been Hitting Hong Kong Sites" Forbes 11:03 AM
  • "Mythbusters Wants You To Know More About Gorilla Glass" Digital Trends 8:33 AM
  • "Firefox dumps Google for Yahoo as default search engine" CNNMoney 8:13 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "There won't be a net neutrality decision this year" Mashable 9:14 PM
  • "Future Presents: A Tech Gift Guide From the Cutting Edge/The Innovative Gadgets and Electronic Toys to Buy This Holiday Season" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:18 AM
  • "iMore show 431 LIVE at 8am PT, 11am ET — Join us!" iMore 9:34 AM
  • "Your Mac Life Archives #1033 for November 19th, 2014!" Your Mac Life 8:02 AM