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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, April 12, 2015
 

 

Apple/Macintosh
  • "First Apple Watch Data: One Just Isn't Enough" ["Among those buying an Apple Watch, 72 percent purchased an Apple product in the past two years (iPhone, Apple computer or iPad), and 21 percent of them pre-ordered an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus mere months ago. Nearly one-third purchased two Apple products and 11 percent bought all three devices, in addition to their new watch. As expected,  most consumers–62 percent– purchased the less-expensive Sport model. However,  many Apple Watch buyers invested in the pricier case but the cheapest band, with more than one third adding a black or white Sport band."]  Slice Intelligence 8:46 PM
  • "Apple Watch pre-orders were 1 million in the US on its first day, a shopping data firm estimates" Quartz 8:47 PM
  • "IDC's Forecast Brings Good News for Apple Watch"  The Motley Fool 10:26 AM
  • "Apple Pursuing Taylor Swift, Florence and the Machine for Streaming Service: With streaming services stockpiling marquee artists, Apple reportedly recruiting acts before Beats Music relaunches"  Rolling Stone 7:54 AM
  • "Dear Apple, Microsoft and Google, you owe Australia billions! As one watched representatives of the three most important IT companies in the world being grilled by an Australian Senate committee on tax avoidance last week, it soon became obvious that the whole show was a farce. The corporations have been fleecing Australia of billions of dollars in tax revenues for years and successive governments have been either powerless or unwilling to do anything."  iTWire 7:47 AM
  • "Apple puts down roots as SA market matures" ["Apple, it emerged this week, is establishing an office in South Africa. It's the first time it has had a direct presence here since 1999, when it disinvested for financial reasons."] Business Day 7:50 AM
  • "Apple Watch and Selfridges: a timely partnership/Apple's partnership with Selfridges has the potential to alter the face of technology retail forever, says Rhiannon Williams"  Telegraph 4/11
  • "The Apple Watch is a misunderstood bridge to the future"  Business Insider 4/11
  • "The Apple Watch has a unique signalling ability that will ensure it is a massive success"  Business Insider 4/11
  • "Apple Watch Deliveries Stretch Out Despite Scarce Store Crowds" Bloomberg 4/11
  • "Apple Watch Sells Out Quickly: Customers may now try the Apple Watch on in stores, but they will need to place orders online." InformationWeek 4/11
  • "Apple Watch options: 54 combinations of case, band, size" Associated Press 4/11
  • "Apple Watch Edition is totally untouchable in 38 states" Cult of Mac 4/11
  • "HBO Now on Apple TV highlights hypocrisy in Apple's 'no porn' rules"  AppleInsider 4/11
  • "Apple's secret weapon to battle Spotify: Taylor Swift?"  BGR 4/11
  • "Apple Courting Music Artists for Streaming Service Exclusives: Exclusives could certainly get a lot of attention for Apple's streaming service—so long as the company didn't mind a little fan backlash." PC Magazine 4/11
  • "iOS apps aren't secure — what Apple needs to learn from hacking history" VentureBeat 4/11