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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple's Activation Lock drives iPhone thefts down 40% in San Francisco, 25% in New York" AppleInsider 8:54 AM
  • "Activation Lock has reduced iPhone theft by 25% in NY, 40% in SF, 50% in London" 9to5Mac 8:54 AM
  • "Cell Phone Kill Switches Prompt 'Dramatic' Drop in Thefts" PC Magazine 10:43 AM
  • "Love it or hate it, that kill switch is reducing phone theft" Gigaom 10:40 AM
  • "iPhone Kill Switch Works, iCrime Down Double Digits" Tapscape 10:40 AM
  • "Samsung leading smart band market; Apple expected to catch up soon: Canalys" ZDNet 1:01 PM
  • "Most mobile email users prefer iOS over Android" BetaNews 9:11 AM
  • "Historic Genius Bar Logos Are Being Removed" ifoAppleStore 9:18 AM
  • "Apple Expanding Green Energy To More Stores" ifoAppleStore 9:27 AM
  • "As Apple Payments Strategy Takes Shape, Google and Square Respond" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:34 AM
  • "iPhone and Galaxy smartphones more reliable than current wearable fitness devices at measuring activity, finds study" 9to5Mac 8:54 AM
  • "Smartphone Apps Just as Accurate as Wearable Devices for Tracking Physical Activity, According to Penn Researchers: JAMA Paper Among the First to Compare Smartphone App vs. Wearable Device Accuracy" Penn Medicine 9:17 AM
  • "iPhone better than wearables at tracking your fitness levels" Cult of Mac 9:17 AM
  • "iPhone 6/6 Plus come to Ting as Sprint MVNOs no longer required to wait for new devices" 9to5Mac 8:55 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "A company is making an insanely slim smartphone, and it isn't Apple or Samsung" BGR 5:50 PM
  • "This New Technology Will Make Fonts Look Great on Small Screens" Wired 2:48 PM
  • "Experts warn 2015 could be 'Year of the Healthcare Hack'" Reuters 2:14 PM
  • "720,000 Android Wear smartwatches shipped in second half of 2014" Gigaom 12:59 PM
  • "Samsung investigates why its TVs put ads in others' apps" BBC 10:43 AM
  • "More evidence that Samsung's next Galaxy phone may look a lot like the iPhone 6" Business Insider 9:09 AM
  • "As new law comes into effect, your cell carrier will now unlock phones for free" ZDNet 9:02 AM
  • "Kill switches 'cut thefts' in London, New York and San Francisco" BBC 9:06 AM
  • "Smartphone thefts plummet after kill-switch introduction" Macworld 8:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Happy Hour Podcast 001 | New iOS 9 details, Apple Watch launch, and Apple's new Beats-based streaming service" 9to5Mac 5:24 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-02-11: Apple's Environmental Push and Car Plans" The Mac Observer 12:49 PM