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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "The iPhone is about to surpass the iPad as Apple's fastest-selling product"  Quartz 7:49 AM
  • "Analyst: Apple Watch to be Apple's Best Selling New Product" The Mac Observer 10:24 AM
  • "China Mobile Is a Game Changer for Apple" ["Relying on data from Apple's 2Q15 earnings report and 10-Q, I estimate Apple earned $2 billion of operating income from selling 10 million iPhones to China Mobile customers last quarter."]  Above Avalon 12:43 PM
  • "Apple Makes More Money From Chinese iPhone Sales Than The Entire Recorded Music Industry Did In 2014"  Forbes 8:28 AM
  • "Apple's Mac is selling strong, iPad not so" AAP 8:17 AM
  • "Apple makes ethics board approval mandatory for all medical research apps: The change comes two weeks after making ResearchKit available to researchers everywhere" The Verge 9:47 AM
  • "Apple Warns EC Investigation Could Result in Back Tax Payments: Company said it may need to pay a 'material' amount if EC rules against Ireland" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:09 PM
  • "Apple warns of 'material' financial damage from European tax probe" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:56 PM
  • "Voices: It's Apple's world. We just live in it." USA Today 12:49 PM
OS X
News
  • "Apple devices may soon shine a Spotlight on tweets" IDG News Service 8:13 AM
  • "Twitter CEO highlights Apple Spotlight partnership during earnings call" 9to5Mac 10:16 AM
  • "Twitter Searches May be Coming to Apple's Spotlight" The Mac Observer 9:34 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Duet Display Review" Mac|Life 1:53 PM
  • "How to Configure Gmail with OS X Yosemite Mail" MacStories 10:56 AM
  • "Editing With the Photos App" MacMost 10:24 AM
  • "5 surprising tips for Apple's new Photos app" Macworld 8:13 AM
  • "Pro Tip: How to make the most of Safari in OS X Yosemite" TechRepublic 8:02 AM
  • "Caddy is a hassle-free web server" BetaNews 8:45 AM
  • "How to take screenshots on any supported Apple device" MacIssues 9:02 AM
  • "The Oldest Utility On My Mac" Mac 360 7:48 AM
  • "Mactracker: It's All You Ever Wanted To Know About Any Apple Product" BohemianBoomer 7:48 AM
  • "A Cheaper Way To Optimize Your Mac" Mac 360 7:48 AM
  • "How To Kill Photo Dupes In Photos" TeraTalks 7:48 AM
  • "This Mac Music Player Is Just Plain Goopy" NoodleMac 7:48 AM
Op/Ed
  • "The Feature Thief, part three: iWeb" MacNN 12:51 PM
  • "Vectorworks Design Summit: Initial Thoughts" Architosh 12:33 PM
  • "OS X 10.11 wish list: Better Instant Hotspot support" iMore 8:37 AM
Press Releases
  • "Heavens! Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code for Linux and Mac OS X (and Windows)" BetaNews 12:59 PM
  • "Microsoft brings Visual Studio Code to Mac, Linux" MacNN 12:51 PM
  • "Microsoft unveils Visual Studio Code For Mac, a cross-platform code editor for developers" 9to5Mac 12:44 PM
  • "Paragon Software Releases Paragon Hard Disk Manager for Mac Beta" Paragon Software [2-page PDF] 9:08 AM
  • "Scan your Mac for malware with KnockKnock UI" BetaNews 8:44 AM
  • "Pixelmator 3.3.2 adds support for Apple's new Force Touch trackpad, gains improved repair tool" AppleInsider 7:59 AM
  • "Pixelmator for Mac adds Force Touch pressure-sensitive painting, even better Repair Tool, more" 9to5Mac 7:59 AM
  • "PDF Studio 10 - Powerful PDF Editor for Mac OS X - Now Available" prMac 7:47 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple reportedly poaches more BBC Radio 1 staff for streaming music project" AppleInsider 9:26 PM
  • "Apple TV service coming? Time Warner's CEO is betting on it/The chief executive of HBO-parent Time Warner says he's 'pretty confident' Apple will launch its own streaming TV offering soon. Also: HBO chief says HBO Now will soon be available through more ISPs." CNET 12:57 PM
  • "Apple Gains on Samsung in Smartphone Shipments: Samsung maintained lead, but Apple's shipment volumes surged 40% in the first quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:43 PM
  • "Samsung regains smartphone sales crown from Apple" CNET 8:09 AM
  • "Samsung wrestles smartphone lead back from Apple" ZDNet 8:03 AM
  • "Samsung Handily Reclaims Smartphone Crown From Apple" InformationWeek 10:23 AM
  • "Android beats Apple on revenue, but with a catch" Fin24 9:44 AM
  • "Android Beats iPhone (Kind of)!" Tapscape 9:52 AM
  • "iPhone 6 success sees Samsung mobile profits plunge 57 percent" The Inquirer 7:51 AM
  • "Surprisingly, Samsung Leads Global Mobile Phone Market, but Apple Surges" 24/7 Wall St. 7:49 AM
  • "Fashion industry gets its revenge as Donna Karan hires away Apple creative director" AppleInsider 12:46 PM
  • "Apple Faces Luxury Competition with TAG Heuer Smartwatch Coming In November" Forbes 12:52 PM
  • "LVMH to Begin Selling $1,400 TAG Heuer Smartwatch by November" Bloomberg 12:52 PM
  • "An iPad glitch grounded several dozen American Airlines planes" Quartz 8:57 AM
  • "American Airlines planes grounded by iPad app error" BBC 7:51 AM
  • "iPad glitch grounds American Airlines flights" CNNMoney 8:01 AM
  • "American Airlines delays flight over iPad, Boeing unit software glitch" ZDNet 8:08 AM
  • "iPad system glitch causes American Airlines delays" Mashable 7:55 AM
  • "iPad Prototype Stolen During Cupertino Robbery: At this point, it's unclear whether this is a current prototype or an old version." PC Magazine 3:15 PM
  • "Apple employee safe after kidnapping, missing iPad not newsworthy" iMore 8:37 AM
  • "Apple Bans Watch Apps From the Apple Watch" Time 8:55 AM
  • "Siri says the darnedest things: 50 questions for Apple's virtual assistant" Macworld 8:12 AM
  • "Watch What Happens When You Put Apple Watch in a Blender" PC Magazine 9:40 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Toddlers swipe and scroll before learning to walk" [Video Report] CBS News 12:48 PM
  • "Teens are going crazy for YouNow, a livestreaming app with 100 million monthly user sessions" Business Insider 9:50 AM
  • "This code can hack nearly every credit card machine in the country/Get ready for a facepalm: 90% of credit card readers currently use the same password." CNNMoney 8:53 AM
  • "More wearable device vendors looking to in-house developed platforms for smartwatches" DigiTimes 8:16 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "#85: Squeals of Joy and Pain" Six Colors 1:17 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-04-29: CurrentC Loses Best Buy, Apple Robots" The Mac Observer 12:33 PM
  • "Episode 78: 'Watch This'/After spending some time on Apple's financials, Ian talks about his first few days with the Apple Watch." The Committed 8:40 AM
  • "iMore show 454: Apple Watch first impressions" iMore 8:40 AM
  • "Let's Talk Jailbreak 105: Our most wanted Apple Watch tweaks" iDownload Blog 8:34 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple Watch: Faulty Taptic Engine Slows Roll Out/Supplies crimped after testing found problems with Chinese-made component that creates gentle tapping sensation" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:44 PM
  • "Apple finds defects with Apple watch: WSJ" Reuters 4:29 PM
  • "WSJ: Taptic Engine component responsible for limited Apple Watch supplies/Only one of Apple's two suppliers is reportedly making usable Taptic Engines." Ars Technica 6:48 PM
  • "Apple will soon let you shop the Apple Store from your Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 10:29 AM
  • "iOS 8 adoption cracks 80% mark in latest App Store data" AppleInsider 12:47 PM
  • "Tattoogate: Apple Watch won't work properly on inked wrists" The Inquirer 7:50 AM
  • "Attention Apple Watch fans: It may be time for that tattoo to go" MarketWatch 1:47 PM
  • "Tattoos may stop Apple Watch from working" CNNMoney 8:01 AM
  • "Redditors and Twitter users report problems with Apple Watch on (some) tattooed wrists" 9to5Mac 7:58 AM
  • "Apple Watch has its 'gate' -- 'tattoogate'" AppAdvice 9:02 AM
  • "Inky Stink: Rinky dink Apple Watch fails on two tattooed arms" The Register 8:30 AM
  • "iOS 8 adoption bumps up to 81% with help of Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 9:11 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Intel-based Mac: Startup sequence errors, behaviors, and symbols" Apple Support 9:24 PM
  • "Get help with Spotlight on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch" Apple Support 1:55 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Happy Hour Podcast 012 | Apple Watch first impressions" 9to5Mac 12:46 PM
  • "Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" Apple Sliced 10:57 AM
  • "Lane Splitter For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" Apple Sliced 10:57 AM
  • "Swordigo For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 10:57 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:49 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 4/28
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 4/27

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Review: Apple Watch is beautiful, but rough around the edges" AppleInsider 8:35 AM
  • "Hands-on first impressions: Three days with the Apple Watch Sport edition" ZDNet 8:36 AM
  • "The 12-inch MacBook: A Different Mac for a Particular User" TidBITS 12:44 PM
  • "The best Mac and iPad keyboards" 9to5Mac 9:39 AM
  • "iBattz Mojo Refuel Invictus Battery Case for the iPhone 6" Run Around Tech 8:41 AM
  • "The Travel Express is a great traveling companion for the MacBook (and accessories)" Apple Daily Report 7:49 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "On the Apple Watch, the Best DJ Is an AI" Wired 1:57 PM
  • "Hands On: The Walk 1.2 (iOS)" MacNN 8:35 AM
  • "This app proves just how personal and helpful Apple Watch can be" MacDailyNews 10:46 AM
  • "Review: 'Does not Commute' for iPhone & iPad is a novel driving game with character (Video)" 9to5Mac 9:20 AM
  • "Singularity review: a singularly enjoyable puzzler" iDownload Blog 8:34 AM
  • "'Heavy Rockets' Preview - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Rocket" Touch Arcade 1:54 PM
  • "'Does Not Commute' Review - A Sweet Ride" Touch Arcade 12:46 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "Pointers: Creating a podcast, part four" MacNN 12:45 PM
  • "How to increase notification privacy on Apple Watch" iMore 10:16 AM
  • "How, Why, and Why Not to Use the iPhone Medical ID" TekRevue 10:13 AM
  • "How to set up a passcode on iOS and Android" BetaNews 8:44 AM
  • "How to make Apple Watch sketches that don't suck" iMore 9:36 AM
  • "How to track a workout session with Apple Watch" iMore 8:37 AM
Tips
  • "10 killer tips to get your Apple Watch set up just right" Macworld 8:13 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Moving averages and the iPad"  Dr. Drang 7:18 PM
  • "Living with: the iMac" MacNN 12:46 PM
  • "Sex and the Apple Watch" CIO 12:33 PM
  • "Things you won't truly appreciate about the Apple Watch until you start wearing it" BGR 9:11 AM
  • "The absolute worst thing about the Apple Watch" BGR 9:11 AM
  • "The Unintended Consequence of Apple Watch Success: If Apple Watch Edition is successful, say good-bye to one-third of the gold on planet Earth." PC Magazine 8:34 AM
  • "For buyers of multiple Apple devices it's all about added value"  ZDNet 8:03 AM
  • "Cook: 'Major Major Changes' Coming" Mac 360 7:48 AM
  • "Apple Watch Has A Quiet Killer Feature That You Cannot See" Mac 360 7:48 AM
  • "iPad mini: Still My Favorite Apple Device I've Never Owned – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 7:47 AM
Non-Apple
  • "A day in the life of wearable technology" BetaNews 8:45 AM
  • "Afraid of spiders? Try virtual reality" CNNMoney 8:01 AM
  • "First Click: the Sony we loved is gone" The Verge 7:49 AM
Humor/Cartoons
  • "Native ads... putting the con in content!" The Joy of Tech [cartoon] 7:47 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "World's first Gold-plated Apple Watch looks just like a real Edition" Cult of Mac 1:45 PM
  • "Microsoft announces new tool for effortlessly porting iOS apps to Windows 10" 9to5Mac 1:17 PM
  • "Instagram for Apple Watch app is now available" VentureBeat 12:59 PM
  • "Office for iPhone & iPad will soon support cross-platform add-ins from services like Uber and LinkedIn" 9to5Mac 12:48 PM
  • "Manfrotto Digital Director Turns Your iPad Into a Live Preview Monitor for Your Camera" iClarified 12:48 PM
  • "'Bobine' Flexible iPhone Charging Dock: Good for Selfies Too" Apple Gazette 8:36 AM
  • "Star Wars Pinball: Star Wars Rebels awakens this week" TechnologyTell 8:35 AM
  • "5 Apple Watch stands wothy of cradling your beautiful device" Cult of Mac 8:34 AM
  • "Proloquo2go 4.0 Takes Augmentative Communication To The Next Level" prMac 12:46 PM
  • "Zyrexa Games introduces Cross Lands 1.0 for iOS - New RPG Adventure" prMac 12:43 PM
  • "WEB To PDF 3.0 Brings Web Extension, Integrates VPN Security" prMac 8:15 AM
  • "Fish Face 1.0: Crop Face Into Photos and be the next Fisher Legend" prMac 7:47 AM
  • "StretchLink expands and cleans URLs automatically" prMac 7:47 AM
  • "Cow Tipper! App for iOS and Apple Watch - Tipping is Not Just for Cows" prMac 7:47 AM
  • "Audio Notebook Pocket - Sound Recorder for iPhone and iPod touch" prMac 7:47 AM
  • "Izotx introduces Just a tip 1.0 for iOS and Apple Watch" prMac 7:19 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft sets commercial cloud goal of $20 billion run rate by 2018" ZDNet 6:48 PM
  • "Microsoft Just Showed Off the Insanely Weird Future of Computing" Time 3:08 PM
  • "Microsoft just showed off the future of the PC" CNNMoney 4:23 PM
  • "Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Aero Glass, Cortana redesign, and fresh sounds" VentureBeat 6:01 PM
  • "Microsoft Targets All Developers With Windows 10" eWeek 8:14 PM
  • "How Microsoft Is Going to Port Everything to Windows" Gizmodo 6:02 PM
  • "Microsoft Reaches Out to Android, Apple App Developers: Microsoft plans to make it easier for developers to modify apps for Windows devices" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:51 PM
  • "Microsoft details four new Windows Store app types: Web, desktop, Android, and iOS" VentureBeat 12:58 PM
  • "Developers can reuse their Android code to bring their apps to Windows 10" The Next Web 12:51 PM
  • "Microsoft is aiming to have 1 billion devices running Windows 10" Mashable 12:49 PM
  • "Microsoft sets goal for 1B devices running Windows 10 'in two to three years'" VentureBeat 12:48 PM
  • "Microsoft Expects 1 Billion Windows 10 Devices In 2-3 Years" TechCrunch 12:58 PM
  • "Microsoft's new browser: It's 'Edge'" ZDNet 3:14 PM
  • "Microsoft Is Making Major Announcements Today" Time 8:34 AM
  • "Microsoft shows off Windows Holographic running Windows 10 apps" Engadget 1:48 PM
  • "Unity Will Be Able To Build Games For Microsoft's HoloLens" TechCrunch 3:19 PM
  • "Windows XP support deal not renewed by government, leaves PCs open to attack" V3 8:34 AM
  • "Adobe, Microsoft Partner To Transform Marketing, Sales & Customer Service" Benzinga 8:46 AM
  • "Microsoft and Adobe team up to offer integrated marketing solution" BetaNews 8:44 AM
  • "ITC finds that Microsoft mobile handsets infringe on InterDigital patents" V3 8:34 AM
  • "Microsoft cracks down on misleading (and frequently malicious) advertisements" IDG News Service 8:46 AM
  • "Microsoft refines Azure management portal preview to give IT pros more control" IDG News Service 10:18 AM
  • "IBM claims another step toward quantum computing" ["The two breakthroughs for IBM include detection of two types of quantum errors at the same time. These errors---bit-flip and phase-flip---set the stage for actually correcting the problems. Until now, researchers could only find one error at a time."] ZDNet 7:57 AM
  • "IBM advances bring quantum computing closer to reality" Computerworld 1:46 PM
  • "IBM Brings Quantum Computing a Step Closer" WSJ Blogs 7:57 AM
  • "IBM boosts error detection and scalability in quantum computing" V3 10:47 AM
  • "IBM Researchers Can Now Spot Errors In Quantum Calculations" TechCrunch 7:59 AM
  • "How Caroline Tsay transformed HP Software's online channel" VentureBeat 8:41 AM
  • "Intel: Computers will do this in 10 years" Yahoo Finance 12:53 PM
  • "Intel creates New Tech Group in shakeup" SiliconBeat 12:53 PM
  • "Intel Restructures New Technology Efforts: Move seen changing role of prominent exec Mike Bell" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:57 AM
  • "Dell to create Big Data skills in Brazil" ZDNet 3:15 PM
  • "Oracle-Salesforce combo makes sense: Pro" CNBC Videos 3:09 PM
  • "Salesforce working to field takeover offers: Bloomberg" Reuters 3:15 PM
  • "Salesforce as takeover target: Here's a look at the potential buyers" ZDNet 3:15 PM
  • "U.S. Tech Firms Increase EU Lobbying Efforts: Lined up against the U.S. firms are a powerful array of European interest groups" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:52 AM
  • "Birth of an Internet independence movement: A group of tech leaders has joined forces to urge Congress to undo the regulatory overreach recently employed by the FCC" Computerworld 8:05 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple's bear-killing magic fizzles out" USA Today 4:26 PM
  • "Apple, Goldman and the Fear of Falling" Bloomberg 12:54 PM
Industry News
  • "Stocks close lower amid weak GDP, Fed statement" USA Today 4:25 PM
  • "Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Choppy Session as Wall Street Debates Fed Statement" TheStreet 4:25 PM
  • "Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks Slump As FOMC Opens Door To Rate Hike" MarketWatch 4:24 PM
  • "A weak open for US stocks following weak growth and disappointing company earnings" Associated Press 10:19 AM
  • "Stocks Drop as U.S. Growth Slows Sharply: Data shows U.S. economy slowed to a crawl at the start of the year" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:24 PM
  • "Asia Markets: Indonesia shares slide for third straight day/Rallies cool in Hong Kong, Shanghai" MarketWatch 8:50 AM
  • "Europe Markets: European stocks waver as corporate results roll in; Fed in focus/Volkswagen profit rises; Greek banks get more support" MarketWatch 8:50 AM
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4:23 PM
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:02 PM
  • "Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at 1 p.m." Associated Press 4:23 PM

 
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