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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, February 8, 2015
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple highlights artists making music with iPad apps in new video ad" 9to5Mac 2:42 PM
  • "A pilot and his wife used their iPads to crash land a plane after their navigation systems failed" Associated Press 10:14 AM
  • "With employee help, ID theft ring allegedly stole $700,000 in Apple gift cards" IDG News Service 2/6
  • "Store Employees Indicted, Gift Card Fraud Ring" ifoAppleStore 2/6
  • "Apple Store employees stole $700K in gift cards" Cult of Mac 2/6
  • "Universities Are Banning All Watches From Exams Because Of The Apple Watch"  BuzzFeed 2/6
  • "How Steve Jobs almost leaked the original iPhone's existence to a FedEx worker" Business Insider 2/6
  • "Did Obama Predict the iPhone's Success? An early look at Apple's first smartphone convinced Obama it would be a hit, according to David Axelrod." PC Magazine 2/6
  • "Thanks Obama! Prez predicted iPhone mania back in 2007" The Register 2/6
  • "People don't trust mobile wallets and apps" Computerworld 2/6
  • "iOS spyware steals texts, photos, contacts, switches on voice recorder" ZDNet 2/6
  • "Twitter Says iOS 8 Bug Cost It 4M Users" PC Magazine 2/6
  • "Twitter blames iOS 8 bug for loss of four million users" The Inquirer 2/6
  • "New iOS spy app listens in to conversations: A new front has opened up in the Operation Pawn Storm cyber-espionage operation: an iOS app that spies on users, up to and including secretly turning on the phone's microphone to listen in to meetings and conversations." CSO 2/6
  • "Zero Day Weekly: Anthem hack controversy, iOS espionage app, Obama's cyber unit" ZDNet 2/6
  • "How a Swedish soup experiment points to a better use of iBeacons" VentureBeat 2/6
  • "Samsung: The Apple Watch doesn't worry us" CNBC 2/6
  • "The Apple Watch Just Got a Huge New Competitor" Time 2/6
  • "This Man Bought A MacBook Off eBay, Look What He Got Delivered In Mail" Redmond Pie 2/6
  • "Fake university uses Apple Store pics to lure unsuspecting students" Cult of Mac 2/6
Non-Apple News
  • "RadioShack Suffered as Free Time Evaporated: Chain Built Itself as Hub of Leisure Activities Enjoyed to a Degree Now Hard to Fathom" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:15 PM
  • "Your Samsung TV hears—and shares—everything you say" The Daily Dot 2/7
  • "UK Universities ban watches in exam halls ahead of Apple Watch release" Neowin 2/7
  • "Lawmakers want US Congress to be able to (finally) deliberate online" Ars Technica 2/7
  • "Number of mobile market devices sold in Japan down 19.9% year-over-year" AppleDailyReport 2/7
  • "Oh Hey, An Ubuntu Phone Is Actually Happening" Gizmodo 2/6
Publications/Podcasts
  • "MacNN Podcast: Net Neutrality, Radio Shack, Silk Road, Typo, and more" Electronista 2/7
  • "The TouchArcade Show - 192 - Just Make Crossy Road, JEEZ" Touch Arcade 2/6
  • "iMore show 442: Photos for Mac beta!" iMore 2/6
  • "The MacVoices Briefing on Downcast, The Podcatcher for Mac and iOS" MacVoices 2/6
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-02-06: Mac Photos Beta, Apple Watch Ban" The Mac Observer 2/6
  • "AppleInsider podcast discusses OS X Photos, Apple Watch news & net neutrality" AppleInsider 2/6
  • "Podcast: Super Bowl, Apple Photos, New Verizon Rates, Plane Crash App" Insanely Great Mac 2/6