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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, April 17, 2015
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple's Tim Cook Is a Steal at $65 Million in Pay: Apple Inc.'s Tim Cook has the best pay-for-performance rating of any chief executive officer on the Bloomberg Pay Index, the first daily ranking of the highest-paid U.S. executives."  Bloomberg 8:27 AM
  • "Apple Polishes China Image With Solar Farms: Apple's new solar power initiative in China is a highly symbolic move to curry favor with local officials, and should win the company positive public relations points at very little cost."  Forbes 8:24 AM
  • "Nosebleed territory: Apple gets its second $1 trillion valuation/Initiating coverage, FBR Capital sets a new market-high price target of $185 per share." Fortune 8:33 AM
  • "Apple's $1 trillion dream slips away: Remember all the talk about Apple racing to be the first company worth $1 trillion? Looks like the party will have to wait." USA Today 6:15 PM
  • "Apple's Watch Strategy Embraces the 80-20 Rule" Above Avalon 10:48 AM
  • "This time iPhone 6 is 'fundamentally different' to anything we've seen before"  Business Insider 11:09 AM
  • "iPhone sales expected to show hefty gain in past quarter: analyst: Apple may have sold as many as 57 million iPhones last quarter, according to analyst Gene Munster. That would be a sharp jump from 43.7 million from a year ago. But would that make Wall Street happy?" CNET 11:43 AM
  • "Apple following anti-trust orders" CNBC Videos 8:51 AM
  • "US schools seek refund over $1.3bn iPad project: Schools in Los Angeles are seeking compensation from Apple over a $1.3bn (£870m) iPad-based education project that has gone awry." BBC 8:27 AM
  • "L.A. District Seeks Refund From Apple Amid Investigations: The Los Angeles Unified School District's ambitious plan to provide an iPad for every student has been derailed by questions about the contract bidding process and dissatisfaction with the software." InformationWeek 6:20 PM
  • "Schools Demand Huge Refund From Apple For Educational iPads Deemed Unusable" Digital Trends 8:34 AM
  • "SEC probes bond disclosure in L.A. school district's failed iPad program - report" AppleInsider 8:58 AM
OS X
News
  • "WWDC 2015 Lottery Ends, Winners Begin Receiving Confirmation Emails" MacRumors 4:18 PM
  • "Apple starts sending out tickets to WWDC 2015 lottery winners" iMore 4:18 PM
  • "OS X 10.10.4 14E7f Seeded to Devs, Details Few" FairerPlatform 7:50 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Can't update Office 2011 on your Mac? Here's the fix!" iMore 4:18 PM
  • "Enable a power charging indicator sound on your MacBook when plugged in" MacIssues 10:23 AM
  • "Boot Camp: About keyboards and key assignment for Microsoft Windows" Apple Support 9:07 PM
  • "Aperture 3.3.2 or later: Best results with automatic white balance when adjusting photos of people" Apple Support 9:07 PM
  • "Hide and unhide purchases in the Mac App Store" Apple Support 9:07 PM
  • "If you see the message, 'this user account already exists' when you set up your Mac" Apple Support 9:07 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "OS X Yosemite review: 6 months later" iMore 2:23 PM
  • "Mac Printing Scripts Mashup" Amsys 8:00 AM
  • "OS X Yosemite Photos: Showing Your Recently Deleted Items" The Mac Observer 8:21 AM
  • "How to Move an iPhoto Library into Photos for Mac" OS X Daily 4:18 PM
  • "How To Add iOS Like Charging Chime To Mac OS X" Redmond Pie 9:08 PM
  • "How to password-protect your Mac--and keep other people from using it" Macworld 8:30 AM
  • "Chrominator handy for sprucing up logos, text in Final Cut Pro X" Apple Daily Report 8:22 AM
  • "How to Mass-Delete Tags in iTunes 12 When iTunes Won't Let You" Kirkville 8:39 AM
  • "How to Back Up Your iTunes Library and Other Media Files" Kirkville 8:39 AM
  • "60-Second Tips: Using Photos for OS X to quickly fix a tarnished photo" Apple World Today 9:04 AM
  • "How to enable iPhone's power-charging chime on your Mac" iDownload Blog 4:18 PM
  • "A Professional Way To Browse Photos And Images On Your Mac" BohemianBoomer 7:56 AM
  • "How To Remove The Background From A Photo Or Image On Your Mac" McSolo 7:57 AM
  • "How To Control Your Mac's Sleep Habits On The Cheap" TeraTalks 7:56 AM
  • "Color Mac Folders Like It's 1999" Mac 360 8:00 AM
  • "Simple, Cheap: Audio Notes On A Mac" Mac 360 7:57 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Opinion: Can an Aperture user be happy with Apple's new 'Photos' software? Digital Photography Review" Digital Photography Review 11:42 AM
  • "The 10 Best Mac First Person Shooters" Mac Gamer HQ 9:48 AM
Press Releases
  • "VLC Player 2.2.1 Offers UI Fix + Codec, Demuxer Updates" FairerPlatform 7:21 PM
  • "Cocktail 8.3 (Yosemite Edition) has been released" Maintain 9:28 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Report: Apple improves revenue for devs over Android in 2015" Electronista 6:45 PM
  • "Apple Pay Plans to Launch in Canada This Fall: Apple is in talks with six Canadian banks for mobile payment service's first venture outside the U.S." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:45 AM
  • "Report: Apple planning Apple Pay launch in Canada for November" 9to5Mac 9:49 AM
  • "Apple Pay Is Reportedly Launching in Canada this Fall" The Next Web 10:24 AM
  • "Report: Apple Pay Headed to Canada" PC Magazine 11:43 AM
  • "Canadian Bankers Balk at 'Onerous' Apple Pay Terms" The Mac Observer 6:17 PM
  • "Apple Grows Its Own Solar Farms in China" WSJ Blogs 8:55 AM
  • "Want to go green like Apple, but don't have billions in the bank? Cooling data centres without landing in hot water" The Register 8:25 AM
  • "6 Percent of Adults Want Apple Watch: Men are more than twice as likely than women to purchase Cupertino's new smartwatch, according to a recent poll." PC Magazine 11:10 AM
  • "Apple's Jony Ive reveals Apple Watch w/ exclusive collection of Sport band colors at Milan Design Week" 9to5Mac 7:00 PM
  • "Jony Ive and Marc Newson reveal special Apple Watch Sport Band colors at Milan gala" AppleInsider 9:09 PM
  • "Steve Wozniak didn't have time to buy an Apple Watch" Mashable 8:29 AM
  • "Snapchat paid ex-iOS chief 0.11pc to be an advisor, leaked Sony email reveals: Scott Forstall, formerly senior vice president of iOS at Apple, was awarded a 0.11pc stake in Snapchat last year, leaked emails reveal" Telegraph 8:37 AM
  • "Ex-Apple SVP Scott Forstall is now a producer on a Broadway musical" 9to5Mac 2:24 PM
  • "Smartphone Debate Ends With Stabbings: Apple vs. Android argument turned violent, police report" The Smoking Gun 7:26 PM
  • "Two roommates stab each other in iPhone vs. Android debate" Business Insider 2:24 PM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-04-17: Don't Hold Your Breath for In-store Apple Watch Sales" The Mac Observer 12:31 PM
  • "The Vergecast 149: gold MacBook, Surface 3, Star Wars trailer, and Ryan Gosling" The Verge 11:43 AM
  • "AppleInsider podcast discusses Apple Watch try-ons, WWDC 2015, iOS 9 hopes & more" AppleInsider 8:32 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Developers are pretty excited about Apple Watch" Computerworld 7:58 AM
  • "Apple Watch Goes on Display in Milan, Phil Schiller and Marc Newson on Hand" MacRumors 9:15 AM
  • "Apple Watch With Custom Red Sport Band, Folding UK Plug Spotted in New Photos" MacRumors 9:15 AM
  • "Apple to offer 'Apple Watch Basics' Workshops at retail stores starting April 24" AppleInsider 8:32 AM
  • "Apple Watch user-interface still seems confusing? There's a workshop for that ..." 9to5Mac 8:32 AM
  • "Apple suppliers extend Lightning cable production to Brazil and Vietnam" AppleInsider 4:19 PM
  • "Apple's 12-inch MacBook can use third-party USB Type-C cables" IDG News Service 4:18 PM
  • "Apple's Retina MacBook bears first fruits of Anobit acquisition with new in-house SSD controller" AppleInsider 8:39 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" Apple Sliced 10:21 AM
  • "Nun Attack For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 10:21 AM
  • "Ready Steady Play For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 10:21 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:59 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:59 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:59 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Murphy's Law and the new MacBook: We had setup hassles, migrating or not" Macworld 8:30 AM
  • "Trying on the Apple Watch Edition in Hong Kong" TechnologyTell 8:39 AM
  • "External Storage Options for the 12" Retina MacBook" Bare Feats 4:10 PM
  • "IPhone 6 Vs Galaxy S6 Edge Camera Comparison" [Slideshow] IndiaTimes 9:49 AM
  • "Zagg Folio review: iPad Air 2 keyboard case can boost your productivity" Macworld 2:24 PM
  • "Matias Ergo Pro review: Even adjustable keyboards aren't one size fits all" Macworld 9:58 AM
  • "Review: Soen Audio Transit XS Wireless Speaker" iLounge 11:09 AM
  • "Review: Aircharge Qi wireless charging case for iPhone 6 (and 5/5S)" 9to5Mac 9:35 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "How to receive alerts for almost anything using Hooks" AppAdvice 4:19 PM
  • "You should play: Naught Reawakening spins the platforming genre upside-down with this riveting sequel" Macworld 8:29 AM
  • "'Halo: Spartan Assault' Review - The Covenant Invade iOS" Touch Arcade 7:27 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "Ask: How to Disable Continuity Call Forwarding from an iPhone" Mac|Life 2:23 PM
  • "How to change the order of widgets in Notification Center for iPhone and iPad" iMore 11:43 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Understand What Apple is Achieving or Get Left Behind" The Mac Observer 4:10 PM
  • "Nick Cannon tweets his love of Samsung Galaxy S6 camera – from his Apple iPhone" MacDailyNews 4:09 PM
  • "Six surprising things I learned at the Apple Store...and one thing that was not a surprise at all" Ted Landau 2:16 PM
  • "Too Embarrassed to Ask: Early Apple Watch Questions" Re/code 10:47 AM
  • "Apple watch try-ons: Delight and accessibility" iMore 10:44 AM
  • "Why I regret not getting LTE on the iPad Air 2" ZDNet 10:24 AM
  • "New retina MacBook gets terrible iFixit score for repairability: Apple's new 2015 MacBook is thin, light and has a new keyboard. But don't expect to repair it yourself. It may be Apple's worst MacBook ever for repairability. But does that really matter to most users?" CIO 9:56 AM
  • "Magid: Apple Watch's competition has some advantages (mostly price)" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 9:16 AM
  • "Apple Watch: Why Apple shouldn't have released its debut wearable yet" The Inquirer 9:15 AM
  • "Apple has Totally Botched the Apple Watch Launch" Apple Gazette 9:12 AM
  • "Five things you should do now to prepare for the Apple Watch" Apple World Today 9:05 AM
  • "Spent 15 minutes with five Apple Watch bands, left Apple Store and ordered a Garmin Vivoactive" ZDNet 8:58 AM
  • "Why I'm going with the 38mm Apple Watch" iMore 8:41 AM
  • "Just when you thought the failed LA schools iPad program couldn't get any messier, it did ..." 9to5Mac 8:32 AM
  • "4 lessons the iPhone should learn from the Apple Watch" Macworld 8:30 AM
  • "Cloud shopping: Is iCloud Photo Library the best value for your dollar?" Macworld 8:30 AM
  • "The iPhone 6 Plus Home Screen Rotation Problem" TekRevue 7:57 AM
  • "Why Samsung Can't Beat iPhone 6" Mac 360 7:57 AM
  • "Apple's Growing List Of Strange Bedfellows" PixoBebo 7:57 AM
Non-Apple
  • "How The Facebook Bubble Is Driving Online Startups Into The Arms Of Offline Advertising" TechCrunch 7:08 PM
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Green Riding Hood is a cheerful fairy tale coming to the iPad" TechnologyTell 9:08 PM
  • "App Of The Day: ZenDots - Relaxing At The App Store Arcade" Apple'n'Apps 9:08 PM
  • "Coming April 18: Gene Steinberg meets John Martellaro from The Mac Observer, and Kyle Wiens and Andrew Goldberg from iFixit, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 2:17 PM
  • "These incredibly simple Apple Watch apps will control the world around you" Quartz 10:48 AM
  • "Best photo editing apps for iPad" iMore 9:49 AM
  • "Smell-o-phone creator attaches scents to eBooks and songs" Engadget 9:05 AM
  • "Bing for iPhone gets a Private Search mode in latest update" VentureBeat 9:04 AM
  • "Preview new apps for Apple Watch" [Video Report] USA Today 8:58 AM
  • "Thousands of apps for Apple Watch" USA Today 8:57 AM
  • "Chrome On iOS Updates With Today View Widget" RazorianFly 8:39 AM
  • "Office 365 Video facilitates corporate communications, iOS app now available" iMore 8:38 AM
  • "Halo Comes To The iPhone & iPad, But Don't Get Too Excited Yet" Digital Trends 8:34 AM
  • "widget weather updated to support Apple Watch" prMac 8:28 AM
  • "Rantable 2.0 for iOS and Android - Social Sharing App just for Ranting" prMac 8:28 AM
  • "Now you can use DataMan on your Apple Watch. Instantly check your data usage with just a glance of your wrist. " XVision 8:21 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft Tops 20 Percent of Desktop Search Market for First Time" Maximum PC 12:17 PM
  • "Microsoft Open Technologies To Rejoin Microsoft" Microoft Newss 12:14 PM
  • "How Google Could Win in Cyanogen's Deal With Microsoft" PC Magazine 4:08 PM
  • "Microsoft Joins Plot To Steal Android From Google" Forbes 10:04 AM
  • "Microsoft's week: Project Spartan on phones, Skype for Business, Patch Tuesday fixes" V3 12:13 PM
  • "Microsoft Takes Partnership with Dropbox a Notch Higher" Market Realist 10:05 AM
  • "Yahoo! Renegotiation of Microsoft Agreement Not a Big Deal" TheStreet 10:04 AM
  • "What if Microsoft really did open-source Windows?" InfoWorld 8:48 AM
  • "Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure Lead IaaS Market" TechWeekEurope 12:16 PM
  • "Azure Premium Storage released by Microsoft, now generally available" WinBeta 12:15 PM
  • "Amazon and Microsoft take aim at new workloads with souped up cloud offerings" PCWorld 12:15 PM
  • "IBM's Plan to Reinvent Itself Isn't Going to Happen Overnight" TheStreet 12:50 PM
  • "Video - IBM CEO Ginni Rometty on Cloud-Based Watson Health" Bloomberg 12:47 PM
  • "IBM and Apple health partnership, AWS boasts and Box's buy: the week in cloud computing" V3 12:46 PM
  • "IBM opens up threat data in new security intel sharing platform" Tech Central 12:47 PM
  • "IBM unveils cyber threat intelligence sharing platform" Help Net Security 12:46 PM
  • "IBM opens up threat data in new security intel sharing platform" Tech Central 12:37 PM
  • "What Surprises Dell Research Has in Its Five-Year Product Plan" eWeek 12:39 PM
  • "Review: Dell Venue 11 Pro Tablet is a laptop in disguise" PCWorld 8:18 AM
  • "Is Intel Stock Worth Considering Right Now?" Seeking Alpha 12:37 PM
  • "Moore's Law at 50: Defining the Speed of Change" PC Magazine 12:38 PM
  • "Is Intel Stock Worth Considering Right Now?" Seeking Alpha 12:37 PM
  • "Moore's Law turns 50 this week- but is it coming to an end?" Information Age 12:36 PM
  • "Moore's Law: Dead or Alive/The Busters and Boosters determining its future" EE Times 12:36 PM
  • "'Connected Home' Key to Intel's Lantiq Deal" EE Times 12:35 PM
  • "Highlights for Investors: Intel's 1Q15 earnings" Market Realist 10:16 AM
  • "Intel's Client Computing Group Declined in 1Q15" Market Realist 10:17 AM
  • "Opinion: Intel may keep an eye on Altera and other deals" MarketWatch 10:16 AM
  • "AMD Plunges 13%: Model Near Broken, Says Bernstein; Wells, Jefferies Defend" Barron's 12:32 PM
  • "AMD is treading water: will it sink or float?" MarketWatch 12:32 PM
  • "Analyst Says AMD Driving Close To Cliff After Weaker Than Expected Q1 Results" TheStreet 12:32 PM
  • "AMD Drops Most Since July After Revenue Outlook Misses Estimates" Bloomberg 12:31 PM
  • "Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices falls as demand for PCs weakens" Associated Press 12:31 PM
  • "AMD throws SeaMicro x86 micro-server business overboard" Computing 12:32 PM
  • "AMD takes a beating in Q1, abandons SeaMicro, dense server business" ExtremeTech 12:30 PM
  • "AMD posts terrible quarterly results, exiting micro server market" Electronista 12:30 PM
  • "AMD Suffers £120 Million Loss, Dumps SeaMicro Server Business" TechWeekEurope 12:29 PM
  • "AMD withdraws from high-density server business" Tech Cental 12:28 PM
  • "AMD loses $75 million as it quits microserver business" PCR 12:28 PM
  • "AMD lost $180 million and GPU market share in Q1" GamesIndustry 12:28 PM
  • "Advanced Micro Devices Stock Lower Today on Weak Earnings Results" TheStreet 10:10 AM
  • "Shares of chipmaker AMD fall as demand for PCs weakens" Associated Press 10:10 AM
  • "Analyst: PC Weakness Too Much For Advanced Micro Devices" Benzinga 10:09 AM
  • "Advanced Micro's Q1 Loss Wider than Expected, Guides Low - Analyst Blog" Zacks 10:09 AM
  • "Zero Day Weekly: Active Microsoft zero-day, Oracle kills Java, D-Link snafu, more DHS cyber-negligence" ZDNet 12:23 PM
  • "Oracle Is Hiring in Asia Pacific Region Amid Tech Sector Layoffs" Market Realist 7:37 AM
  • "Cisco Systems Rating Lowered to Hold at Vetr Inc. (CSCO)" Ticker Report 12:20 PM
  • "Smaller Businesses Drive Big Data's Growth: Next-generation point-solution providers lead the pack, but legacy vendors could turn to M&A to catch up in analytics." Morningstar 10:07 AM
  • "Industry Reports: Next-generation point-solution providers lead the pack, but legacy vendors could turn to M&A to catch up in analytics." Morningstar 10:06 AM
  • "IT's cloud security concerns do not correlate to actual failures" InfoWorld 8:47 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "What's Up With Apple? Pros See Stock Climbing Towards $200" Forbes 8:27 AM
Industry News
  • "Dow drops 280, barely in black for '15" USA Today 6:18 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Tank on China and Greece Worries; Dow Gives Up Year's Gains" TheStreet 6:18 PM
  • "Market Snapshot: U.S. Stock Rout On Friday Helps Drive Weekly Loss" MarketWatch 6:18 PM
  • "European stock slump, disappointing earnings drive US market lower in broad sell-off" Associated Press 6:18 PM
  • "Global Stock Markets Sell Off: Greece debt worries, weak quarterly earnings in focus" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:18 PM
  • "Asia Markets: China shares rise as investors hunt large caps/China shares finished the week on a volatile note, with Shanghai jumping more than 2% for the second day in a row, while Japan hit a two-week low amid concerns about earnings results." MarketWatch 7:18 AM
  • "Europe Markets: European stocks mauled by China, Greek worries; DAX logs worst week in 3 years/European stocks dropped sharply Friday, pulling lower along with other global markets, with traders attributing the moves to changes in Chinese trading rules." MarketWatch 12:53 PM
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:18 PM
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:18 PM
  • "Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:52 PM

 
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