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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, December 12, 2014
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple doing everything right under Tim Cook?" [Video Report]  FOXBusiness 5:59 PM
  • "Canadian Probe Zeros in on Apple's Contracts With Phone Companies: Watchdog Wants to See if Consumers Forced to Pay More for Wireless Services and Products" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:18 PM
  • "Apple pacts in Canada may have raised prices: court filing" Reuters 5:19 PM
  • "Jony Ive Is the Most Powerful Person at Apple"  Above Avalon 8:41 AM
  • "Why the Apple Watch can afford to cost thousands of dollars: Apple could learn a lot from Vertu's hyper-expensive phones"  The Verge 9:26 AM
  • "More Evidence That Apple's iPad Woes Are Just a Speed Bump" The Motley Fool 8:57 AM
  • "Whoa, Maybe Apple Really Is Serious About Enterprise IT"  TechNewsWorld 5:57 PM
  • "214 In Review: 10 things we learned about Apple this year"  Quartz 8:12 AM
  • "Apple's sprawling, back-loaded 2014, and what to expect in 2015: Hardware pays the bills, but everything from payments to health is on the table." Ars Technica 9:26 AM
  • "Five challenges facing Apple in 2015/Summary: Apple has had a cracking year, with stellar sales and sky-high revenues. But despite billions in the bank and products flying off the shelves in record numbers, the Cupertino giant has challenges to face over the coming year." ZDNet 9:34 AM
  • "Former iTunes Engineer Tells Court He Worked to Block Competitors: A former iTunes engineer testified in a federal antitrust case against Apple Friday that he worked on a project 'intended to block 100% of non-iTunes clients' and 'keep out third-party players' that competed with Apple's iPod."  WSJ Blogs 6:56 PM
  • "Apple ends its arguments in the DRM trial, but it's far from over: Questions remain about who will represent 8 million iPod buyers" The Verge 7:37 PM
  • "2 Economists Better Than 1 Is Apple IPod Trial Strategy" Bloomberg 9:24 AM
  • "Class-action lawsuit over 2011 MacBook Pro GPU issues extended to Canada" 9to5Mac 12:04 PM
OS X
News
  • "Apple Seeds OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Build 14C81f to Developers" MacRumors 12:43 PM
  • "Apple releases third beta of OS X 10.10.2 with focuses on Wi-Fi, Mail & VoiceOver" AppleInsider 12:43 PM
  • "New in Safari 8.0.2: Improved iCloud, WebGL, Keychain Support" FairerPlatform 7:57 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Reports: Yosemite Mail causing intermittent typing lag for some users" MacNN 9:00 PM
  • "Kernel Panic Restore: Macbook Pro Time Machine Backup onto a Spare iMac" eXtensions 10:44 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Hands On: Altunenator (OS X)" MacNN 12:43 PM
  • "Hands-on: Dashlane's awesome new feature changes all your passwords with one click" Macworld 9:36 AM
  • "How To Manage And Play Music On A Mac Better Than iTunes" Mac 360 7:58 AM
  • "How To Set Sound Volume For Each App" Mac 360 7:57 AM
  • "Free: How To Complicate The Cloud With Convenience" TeraTalks 7:51 AM
  • "Finally, Something Good Comes To Email" NoodleMac 7:58 AM
  • "I Like This Mac Alarm Clock Exactly The Way I Like My Women" BohemianBoomer 7:58 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Continuity: Where it is now, and our hopes and dreams for the future" iMore 12:04 PM
Press Releases
  • "CodeRunner 2 for Mac Available" Macdrifter 8:39 AM
  • "Precise Screenshot 1.3 - Get screenshots on Mac as never before" Tension Software 7:50 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Jesse Jackson Calls For Better Wages for Contract Workers on Apple's Campus" Wired 9:33 AM
  • "Protesters storm Apple campus urging better working conditions for service workers" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 8:52 AM
  • "Protesters stage brief but noisy demonstration at Apple Campus in support of contract workers" 9to5Mac 8:06 AM
  • "Occupy Apple! Anti-Poverty Protesters Briefly Stormed Into Apple's HQ Last Night" Business Insider 8:51 AM
  • "Protesters March On Apple Campus To Demand Better Working Conditions For Contractors" TechCrunch 9:27 AM
  • "Jesse Jackson, Tim Cook and the 'storming' of Apple HQ" Fortune 9:17 AM
  • "You can now shop at Apple's online store with PayPal" The Next Web 8:13 AM
  • "You can now purchase things through Apple's online store using PayPal" Cult of Mac 8:15 AM
  • "US/UK Online Apple Store now accepting PayPal" iDownload Blog 8:39 AM
  • "Apple Pay in-app checkout added to MLB Ballpark & Priceline apps" 9to5Mac 9:27 AM
  • "You can now book a hotel room with Apple Pay" SlashGear 9:33 AM
  • "Thanks to Apple, Dr. Dre had the most profitable year of any musician in history" TUAW 5:17 PM
  • "Ford drops Microsoft's Windows Embedded, enabling support for Apple's CarPlay, Android Auto" AppleInsider 8:06 AM
  • "Ford Drops Microsoft, Paving the Way for Apple's CarPlay" Mac|Life 9:15 PM
  • "Apple's Zorlu Store Receives 'Supreme Award' at Structural Awards 2014" MacRumors 8:39 AM
  • "Apple's Zorlu Center store in Istanbul wins design and engineering accolades" TUAW 12:05 PM
  • "1976 Apple-1 sold by Jobs from his garage auctions for $365k" Digital Trends 8:14 AM
  • "Here's Apple's OTHER watch, and it ain't pretty" Digital Trends 8:14 AM
  • "Iowa planning America's first iPhone driver's license, working on privacy concerns" 9to5Mac 10:48 AM
  • "Iowa Ready to turn Your iPhone into Your Driver's License" The Mac Observer 4:21 PM
  • "Wal-Mart slashes iPhone prices" ["But there's a catch, of course. You have to sign a two-year service contract with Verizon, AT&T or Sprint."] CNBC 8:57 AM
  • "Wal-Mart is cutting iPhone 6 prices" Fortune 8:53 AM
  • "eBay Users Blast App Redesign" Re/code 8:56 AM
  • "Apple Co-Founder Traded His Shares for Gold. Why That Was a Horrible Investment, in 1 Chart" Bloomberg 9:27 AM
  • "These jaw-dropping images were captured by a pro photographer using only an iPhone" BGR 8:56 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Facebook unfriends Microsoft's Bing search: The world's largest social network has stopped showing results from the search engine." CNET 9:21 PM
  • "FCC moving closer to Title II?" Gigaom 5:18 PM
  • "Sony hack again reveals corporate vulnerabilities" CBS News 5:20 PM
  • "Sony 'spooked' over possibility of more attacks: government source" Reuters 1:45 PM
  • "Boston Researcher Cynthia Breazeal Is Ready to Bring Robots Into the Home. Are You?"  Re/code 10:55 AM
  • "New 3D models in Google Maps are incredibly detailed" Mashable 8:52 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The TouchArcade Show - 185 - Censored" Touch Arcade 9:22 PM
  • "Michael E. Cohen Takes Full Control of Pages" MacVoices 2:54 PM
  • "App Annie CEO Bertrand Schmitt talks mobile analytics" VentureBeat 8:53 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Production of next year's A9 chip reportedly underway, Samsung may take 100% of orders" 9to5Mac 8:06 AM
  • "Rumor: Samsung begins building first 'A9' chips for Apple with 14nm process" AppleInsider 8:11 AM
  • "When it comes to chips, Apple just can't quit its Samsung habit" The Verge 8:41 AM
  • "Have Samsung and Apple kissed and made up?" ITProPortal 8:56 AM
  • "Cases licensed under Apple's MFi program must survive 1m drops under new standards" TUAW 8:38 AM
  • "New iPhone Cases Must Pass Apple's One-Meter Drop" Modmyi 12:42 PM
  • "Apple Adds 'Anti-Beats' Master & Dynamic Headphones to its Online Store, Proves Open to Competition" MacRumors 12:43 PM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "The case of the mysteriously sleeping MacBook" Macworld 8:06 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Jenga For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 10:42 AM
  • "Dummy Defense For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:42 AM
  • "SimpleRockets For iPhone/iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:42 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:50 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:50 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:50 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Mac mini Shootout: 2012 Quad-Core i7 versus 2014 Dual-Core i5 and i7" Bare Feats 10:43 AM
  • "Review: Elgato's Thunderbolt 2 Dock is a faster, one-cable hub for all your Mac peripherals" 9to5Mac 5:21 PM
  • "Case-Mate Tough Air Case for iPhone 6 Plus review" iMore 2:57 PM
  • "Octa Lynx Grips iPads and Clamps to Just About Anything" The Mac Observer 12:25 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "You Should Play: Challenging platformer Bean Dreams forces you to think strategically" Macworld 8:05 AM
  • "Appidemic: Let Us Prey: Surrender to Hell for iOS" TechnologyTell 8:12 AM
  • "Hands On: Sago Mini Road Trip (iOS)" MacNN 8:39 AM
  • "Hands On: Bit.Trip.Run! (iOS)" MacNN 8:39 AM
  • "Peppa's Paintbox iOS Game Review" Tapscape 8:45 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How To Fix iPhone Is Disabled Error After Incorrect Passcode Entries" Redmond Pie 6:57 PM
  • "Five Minutes Work to Replace Your iPhone 6 plus Broken Screen" ETrade Supply 5:16 PM
  • "How to Build Your Own Apps with Workflow for the iPhone and iPad" The Mac Observer 10:43 AM
  • "iOS 8.1: Why you should update, and how" V3 8:52 AM
Tips
  • "5 Awesome Things You Didn't Realize You Could Do With iPhone's Touch ID" Time 8:51 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple's censorship of immigration game was a 'misunderstanding,' says creator" The Verge 5:19 PM
  • "No Apple Under The Tree This Year" Applepeels 5:19 PM
  • "Why Does My iPhone 6 Plus Freak Out So Many Men?" ReadWrite 4:21 PM
  • "NSFW: Merry Godzillamas, Godzilla phones, and Apple getting the fundamentals right" iMore 12:42 PM
  • "Why Apple's Next Generation TV Project is on Hold"  The Mac Observer 12:28 PM
  • "How Superstar Companies Like Apple Are Killing America's High-Tech Future" INET 9:34 AM
  • "How Apple Made Me a Convert to Large Screened Phones" Apple Gazette 9:27 AM
  • "Why am I still playing Bejeweled? There's something timeless about this game's geometric gymnastics" The Verge 8:55 AM
  • "Why I have (hopefully temporarily) ditched Windows Phone for iOS..." Coolsmartphone 8:55 AM
  • "Feeling generous? The right Mac can be the perfect gift" Macworld 8:05 AM
  • "Apple Watch: 7 Years Beyond 2015" Mac 360 7:56 AM
  • "Apple, Google, Amazon, And Microsoft– The Fallacy Of 'Back to Basics" Mac 360 7:51 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Mega Comcast Opponents Make Strange Bedfellows" FairerPlatform 2:53 PM
  • "TV Networks Divided on Streaming" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:24 AM
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Google introduces Route 85 web series geared towards iOS developers" 9to5Mac 9:00 PM
  • "Elf Help - Elfing Made Easy for the iPhone and iPad" MacTrast 9:00 PM
  • "'Dye' is a Free Way to Tint Your iOS Device With a Color of Your Choice" Modmyi 9:00 PM
  • "Coming December 13: Gene Steinberg meets The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin and Macworld contributor Rob Griffiths, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:22 PM
  • "Satellite photos of deserts and airports make perfect phone wallpapers" The Verge 6:57 PM
  • "Christmas Apple Deals: MacBook Air, $769; iHome Audio, 20%; ClamCase, $30 Off" FairerPlatform 4:32 PM
  • "This tweak will make sure you never accidentally set an alarm for the evening" iDownload Blog 2:57 PM
  • "BBM gets a brand new look on iOS and support for Lollipop on Android" Cult of Android 12:43 PM
  • "Google Maps adds highway lane guidance for several European countries" iMore 12:42 PM
  • "NewerTech Expands Award-winning Line of NuGuard KX Cases with Impact X-Orbing Protective Cases for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus" NewerTechnology 12:25 PM
  • "Nemetschek Group launches new corporate design and website" Architosh 10:43 AM
  • "'Rick Harrison's Trivia Challenge' Hits Social and Mobile Platforms, Incorporating Familiar Faces From The World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop" PRNewswire 9:30 AM
  • "'Jenga' and 'The Journey Down: Chapter One' Go Free" Touch Arcade 8:52 AM
  • "Clip for iOS lets you create and share 20 second videos with a soundtrack and lyrics" The Next Web 8:52 AM
  • "Twelve South Launches new BookBook Cases for iPhone 6/6 Plus, and they look Awesome!" Run Around Tech 8:51 AM
  • "Google's iOS app gets an Android-like makeover" Cult of Mac 8:16 AM
  • "Simultaneous strategy game Frozen Synapse coming to iPhone early next year" AppAdvice 8:11 AM
  • "Shawn Berry introduces Gift Card Calculator 2.0 for iPhone/iPad" prMac 6:56 PM
  • "Anagram Tale - Word Game Story App Released for iPhone and iPad" prMac 8:00 AM
  • "Noda - Unique and smart number puzzle game for iOS" prMac 8:00 AM
  • "IGWidget provides Instagram users with access to likes and comments" prMac 8:00 AM
  • "Convert short iPhone video into photo grid" prMac 8:00 AM
  • "Bring Personal Photos to Life with New iOS App Cam Animate" prMac 8:00 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Xbox head to speak at major Windows 10 event, says it's time to 'talk about gaming'" Polygon 12:34 PM
  • "Microsoft hints at PC gaming news during Windows 10's consumer reveal" PCWorld 11:06 AM
  • "Tech giants including Intel, IBM and Qualcomm come out strongly against Title II net neutrality" TechSpot 10:41 AM
  • "Microsoft makes Azure RemoteApp available globally, offers a number of new features" WinBeta 9:32 AM
  • "Users Want 'Modern Transparency' in Windows 10" Softpedia 9:25 AM
  • "Microsoft antimalware to lock down system settings" ZDNet 9:24 AM
  • "Microsoft Stock Gains Today Following Positive Coverage Initiation" TheStreet 9:17 AM
  • "Windows 10 build 9834 has leaked onto the internet with Remind Me app included" WinBeta 9:28 AM
  • "Microsoft releases 'Silver Bullet' patch KB 3024777 to eliminate KB 3004394" InfoWorld 8:08 AM
  • "The Windows 10 Jan. 21 press event will include Microsoft's future PC gaming plans" Windows Central 9:30 AM
  • "Windows 10 event scheduled for January 21" Phones Review 7:20 AM
  • "Microsoft plans Windows 10 preview upgrade path" bit-tech 7:19 AM
  • "Microsoft Now Accepts Bitcoin For Xbox And Windows Digital Content" Digital Trends 9:29 AM
  • "Microsoft Now Accepts Bitcoin Payment Via BitPay" Zacks 9:18 AM
  • "Microsoft to accept payments made in bitcoins" Business Today 7:18 AM
  • "Microsoft's Xbox starts taking bitcoins: Virtual currency gets physically embraced" The Inquirer 7:16 AM
  • "Royal Caribbean cruise ship deploys 55,000 Windows 8.1 tablets" Techworld 7:15 AM
  • "Microsoft's Xbox One has become the best-selling console in UK and US" ITProPortal 7:14 AM
  • "Microsoft promise Windows 10 preview for the New Year" ITProPortal 7:14 AM
  • "First look: IBM and Apple's new enterprise apps for iOS" InfoWorld 8:06 AM
  • "Apple, IBM roll out first wave of mobile apps for business: Summary:The tech titans chose to tailor their initial batch of apps to enterprise customers in banking, retail, insurance, financial services, transportation and government." ZDNet 7:53 AM
  • "UPDATE: Bank Of America Reinstates Coverage On Hewlett-Packard On Unlocking Value By Splitting Into Two" benzinga 9:19 AM
  • "Why HP's Enterprise segment experienced a decline" Market Realist 7:22 AM
  • "Intel has end-to-end reference model for IoT" PhysOrg 10:45 AM
  • "Stifel Sees Business Trends Largely In-line For Oracle" benzinga 9:20 AM
  • "On Cisco's 30th Birthday, 17,000 Employees Were Handed A New Manifesto" Business Insider 5:18 PM
  • "Cisco Just Turned 30: This Is The Dramatic Story Of How The Founders Were Ousted" Business Insider 2:57 PM
  • "The Morning Download: Cisco Pushing Into Real-Time Data Analytics" WSJ Blogs 7:24 AM
  • "More enterprises are building their own private clouds" InfoWorld 8:07 AM
  • "BlueData EPIC - making Big Data implementations easy" ZDNet 11:14 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Catcher, Simplo see good November results thanks to iPhone orders" DigiTimes 8:17 AM
Industry News
  • "Stocks Have Horrible Week, and Now Have the Fed to Worry About" TheStreet 4:02 PM
  • "Wall Street Sees Red Amid Collapse in Oil Prices" FOXBusiness 4:02 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Tumble; Dow Falls More Than 300 Points: Drop in Oil Prices Revives Growth Concerns" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:01 PM
  • "Asia Markets: Japanese stocks break losing streak as yen softens/Japanese stocks broke their three-day losing streak on Friday, as the yen weakened against the dollar and before the country's general elections this weekend." MarketWatch 7:06 AM
  • "Europe Markets: European stocks, Russian ruble skid as oil prices slump/European stocks sank Friday, driving the Stoxx Europe 600 to its worst week in more than three years, as energy shares continued to take blows from the oil-price slide." MarketWatch 12:08 PM
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:54 PM
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 5:54 PM
  • "Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 5:54 PM

 
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