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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, August 28, 2015
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple Takes Washington: Steve Jobs famously disdained D.C. Tim Cook's quietly taking it on."  Politico Magazine 8:32 AM
  • "Apple Is About To Lay Down Its TV Cards"  TechCrunch 8:09 AM
  • "Can Apple wow Wall Street without one more thing?"  Fortune 8:20 AM
  • "Apple loses key music streaming executive" ["News of his departure caught colleagues off guard. He is leaving the west coast to work for a Europe-based company in an unrelated industry, people familiar with the situation said. Apple confirmed that Mr Rogers was leaving the company but declined to comment further."]  Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:03 AM
  • "Apple Loses Music Executive: Ian Rogers is credited with the creation of Apple's online radio station Beats 1" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:28 PM
  • "Key Apple Music / Beats 1 director Ian Rogers leaves Apple" 9to5Mac 8:07 AM
  • "Apple exec Ian Rogers, the main brain behind Beats1 radio, departs: The tech giant loses the executive who built the Beats1 radio channel, the most lauded feature of the Apple Music subscription streaming-music service." CNET 12:28 PM
  • "Apple Music Exec Ian Rogers is Out" Re/code 8:32 AM
  • "Apple Music exec quits two months after launch" CNNMoney 9:49 AM
  • "Apple, Samsung battle to the end over damages payment: Apple is demanding that over $548 million in damages be paid." IDG News Service 8:07 AM
  • "Apple to help US military build flexible hybrid electronics" Computerworld 7:56 AM
  • "Apple to work with US defense department on developing wearable tech" IDG News Service 10:07 AM
  • "Tim Cook's political savvy profiled as Apple joins Pentagon effort to build military wearables" 9to5Mac 12:35 PM
  • "DoD Announces Award of New Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Hub in Silicon Valley" ["The emerging flexible hybrid electronics sector promises to revolutionize the electronics industry, and the Silicon Valley-based FlexTech Alliance consortium, backed by companies as diverse as Apple and Lockheed Martin and major research universities including Stanford and MIT, represents the next chapter in the long-standing public-private partnerships between the Pentagon and tech community."] U.S. Department of Defense 7:57 AM
OS X
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "How to overcome a 'file can't be deleted' error in OS X" MacIssues 10:22 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Migrating to a New Mac in the Real World" TidBITS 12:34 PM
  • "Setting Up a Table of Contents Automatically in InDesign" Layers Magazine 8:17 AM
  • "Final Cut Pro X Tip - Fit to Fill 'Retime to Fit'" FCPXtv 8:12 AM
  • "Pointers: Getting Things Done with Apple Gear - Conclusion" MacNN 8:35 AM
  • "Setting Wallpaper from the Command Line in Mac OS X" OS X Daily 3:21 PM
  • "Freeway Express 6.1.2 review: Web design program is free, outdated, frustrating" Macworld 8:45 AM
Press Releases
  • "Kaspersky launches improved business security for Macs" BetaNews 9:12 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple's Sept. 9 Event: Expect iPhone 6s, Siri Upgrades/Apple has officially confirmed its Sept. 9 event with a typically mysterious invitation. The company is expected to roll out the iPhone 6s, along with Siri and Apple TV updates." InformationWeek 4:02 PM
  • "Apple prepares huge event for iPhone 6s unveiling" BetaNews 8:32 AM
  • "Apple rolling out, encouraging mobile Apple Watch try-ons across stores" 9to5Mac 12:35 PM
  • "Apple's exemplary customer service takes a dive, report claims" Cult of Mac 8:33 AM
  • "Samsung adds a $1-200 bribe to its test-drive program aimed at converting iPhone users" 9to5Mac 8:10 AM
  • "Currys and PC World Gearing Up to Sell Apple Watch in UK" MacRumors 4:10 PM
  • "That was fast: Apple Watch zooms to lead in 'smart wearables'" BGR 4:42 PM
  • "The iPod Has Been Relegated to the Back of the Apple Store, But with Good Reason" The Mac Observer 9:50 AM
  • "Tablet Screen Sizes Expanding as iPad Pro Approaches – Strategy Analytics" MacPrices 2:35 PM
  • "Rumor: Android Wear will soon work with iOS" Greenbot 2:51 PM
  • "Pulled Huawei Watch listing may back claims of Android Wear coming to iOS" AppleInsider 3:24 PM
  • "Michael Fassbender: I don't need to look like Steve Jobs" Cult of Mac 8:33 AM
  • "Steve Jobs seen as brilliant and brutal in Gibney documentary" Reuters 12:30 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Sprint tempts DirecTV customers from AT&T with free year of service" MacNN 8:33 AM
  • "Coming August 29: Gene Steinberg meets Michael Roy, of VMWare, Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's 'iTunes Guy,' and Peter Cohen of iMore, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 7:29 PM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Dalrymple Report with Merlin Mann: Don't Provoke the Crow" The Loop 4:09 PM
  • "Allison Sheridan Talks About Her Power Tools" MacVoices 2:49 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-08-28: Apple's in-store iPod, um, Shuffle" The Mac Observer 12:26 PM
  • "AppleInsider podcast analyzes what to expect at Apple's Sept. 9 event, Wall Street, 'Apple Car,' more" AppleInsider 8:08 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple TVs (plus iPods & Cinema Displays) hitting obsolete status day before new hardware on Sept 9" 9to5Mac 2:52 PM
  • "More claims of Wii-like motion-sensing Apple TV remote appear ahead of refresh next month" 9to5Mac 2:52 PM
  • "New, polished Apple TV interface said to 'blow away' existing smart TVs" AppleInsider 2:52 PM
  • "iPhone 6S rumors: New packaging leak suggests 16 GB base model will stay around for another product cycle" 9to5Mac 8:12 AM
  • "Purported 'iPhone 6s' box suggests Apple will keep entry-level capacity at 16GB" AppleInsider 8:35 AM
  • "A new revelation from that leaked iPhone 6s box (no, it's not good news)" BGR 8:45 AM
  • "iPhone 6s, 6c, 6, 5s and 5c: Apple's 2015 fall lineup explained" BGR 3:22 PM
  • "Is Apple working on a smaller iPhone 6?" CBS News 4:09 PM
  • "What Apple needs to get right with its new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus"  The Guardian 8:21 AM
  • "Intel's Skylake Processor Lineup for Retina MacBook Revealed" MacRumors 12:29 PM
  • "Google gives developers code to disable iOS 9 app security to continue to serve ads" 9to5Mac 8:10 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 7:56 AM
  • "Reckless Getaway For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $0.99)" App Sliced 7:56 AM
  • "Nighty Night Circus -Bedtime Story & Lullaby For Kids For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" App Sliced 7:56 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:01 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:01 AM
  • "12" MacBook Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:01 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Review: Carved's Slim Wood Case for iPhone is impressive" AppAdvice 8:54 PM
  • "Review: The Premium One W2 dual dock is the best Apple Watch + iPhone companion I've ever used [Video] 9to5Mac 9:04 AM
  • "Charge as you drive -- Inateck USB car chargers [Review] BetaNews 8:32 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "What lies beneath: What you need to know about content blockers in iOS 9 Safari" Macworld 8:05 AM
  • "ReBoard Is An iOS Keyboard With Third Party App Shortcuts" TechCrunch 8:10 AM
  • "Hands On: Workflow 1.3 (iOS)" MacNN 8:33 AM
  • "Instagram is no longer just for squares" Best App Site 8:00 AM
  • "Lara Croft GO – Tomb Raiding In An All New Way" Apple'n'Apps 8:16 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How To Join The Apple Public Beta Program & Try Out iOS 9" AddictiveTips 3:21 PM
  • "How To Use Your iPhone's Barometer to Crowdsource Weather" The Mac Observer 12:25 PM
  • "Viewpoint: Handling BIM on an iPad: OrthoGraph Begins the Process" Architosh 7:58 AM
Tips
  • "6 only-for-iPad gestures you need to know" Macworld 8:04 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple Watch is disrupting the 'Interruption Economy'" VentureBeat 9:16 PM
  • "Why Apple is joining forces with the Pentagon" BGR 6:22 PM
  • "An iPhone 6s That Can Record 4K Video Means a 4K Apple TV" The Mac Observer 5:14 PM
  • "Losing Ian Rogers Sucks for Apple and the Music Industry" The Mac Observer 3:53 PM
  • "Reading The Apple Event Tea Leaves With Actual Witches: We asked soothsayers to predict what's coming from Apple on Sept. 9. (We also put a spell on Eddy Cue.)" BuzzFeed 3:22 PM
  • "Can you believe anybody's still talking about Steve Jobs?" Cult of Mac 3:22 PM
  • "Google Instructs Advertisers on How to Bypass Apple Security -But There's More" The Mac Observer 2:35 PM
  • "If Apple had released the flawed Galaxy Note 5..." BGR 2:35 PM
  • "Why I Ditched My Mac for a Chromebook: My beloved MacBook Air was a perfectly fine device. Until it wasn't." PC Magazine 1:05 PM
  • "Apple Watch is Gaining on Fitbit, but that Doesn't Mean Fitbit is Screwed" The Mac Observer 12:25 PM
  • "What hints are hiding within Apple's September 9 special event invitation?" Two Guys And A Podcast 12:24 PM
  • "Debunking Apple's iPad Troubles: Simply looking at the direction of sales growth can paint an unfairly pessimistic picture." The Motley Fool 9:50 AM
  • "Apple streaming TV service negotiations remain divided over $40-per-month pricing - report" AppleInsider 12:34 PM
  • "Apple, Amazon and the Race for Input Zero/While the tech industry has circled Sept. 9 as the date the new iPhone will be revealed, I am looking forward to it for a different reason: the new Apple TV box." The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 9:49 AM
  • "New rumors hint at an Apple Car unveiling on Sept. 9 (but it's not gonna happen)" Apple World Today 8:35 AM
  • "Here's what will happen when the new iPhone is announced: Apple is too predictable" The Next Web 8:16 AM
  • "My Most Important Apple Watch Feature could be its Killer App" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 8:16 AM
  • "Why I won't be sad to see One to One go away: It's a money-loser for retail stores" iMore 8:16 AM
  • "The Apple Watch should help us get fit together" Macworld 8:07 AM
  • "'Sentinel Command' For iPad Review - Spinning Plates In Outer Space" Touch Arcade 12:33 PM
Non-Apple
  • "Back from the Dead: Using Apple's Abandoned Safari for Windows Today" The Mac Observer 7:52 PM
  • "Ex-Apple engineer wants you to think different about furniture" Cult of Mac 6:22 PM
  • "Phone Cases: The New It Fashion Accessory? Over the past few years, the iPhone case has gone from pragmatic protector to style statement. One writer plays catch up" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:36 PM
  • "Op-Ed: US tech policy needs real tech research behind it, FTC chairwoman says" Ars Technica 8:16 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Konami Killing Off Dozens of Legacy iOS Apps in Japan" Digital Trends 4:10 PM
  • "Babolat and PIQ team up for a pair of wrist-worn tennis wearables" Engadget 3:23 PM
  • "Kahney's Korner: Presenting the Cult of Mac Magazine app" Cult of Mac 3:21 PM
  • "Event News: Guide to using AIA Contract Documents and Software In-Person" Architosh 2:35 PM
  • "YouHue: a colorful social mood tracker for Apple's iOS" AppAdvice 10:02 AM
  • "Best Apple Watch leather bands" [Slideshow] iMore 8:45 AM
  • "Sage Solitaire - New iOS Game from SpellTower / Ridiculous Fishing dev" prMac 9:50 AM
  • "PlayScreen launches Geographical Knowledge Game for iOS" prMac 8:17 AM
  • "PayAnywhere's mobile card reader brings Apple Pay to small businesses" iMore 8:16 AM
  • "I want all my Apple devices to have VIDITY support for 4K streaming" Apple World Today 8:00 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Windows 10 currently has 1.5 million Enterprise SKU installs" Windows Central 12:39 PM
  • "Windows 10 Now on 75 Million Devices, Microsoft Says" Sci-Tech Today 12:38 PM
  • "Microsoft Edge team members talk about their browser work in new recruitment video" Windows Central 12:37 PM
  • "Windows 10 Insiders get updated menus and feedback sharing" V3 9:25 AM
  • "10 surprising facts about Microsoft" InfoWorld 9:06 AM
  • "Microsoft to deliver Windows 10's business update service in stages" Tech Central 9:06 AM
  • "Microsoft Starts Collecting User Data from Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs" Softpedia 8:57 AM
  • "Remembering the Windows 95 launch and overreacting to Apple's event invites" Mashable 8:57 AM
  • "Microsoft Releases Screenshot App for Windows" Softpedia 8:56 AM
  • "Zero Day Weekly: IBM says block Tor, Google undermines ATS, much ado about Windows 10" ZDNet 8:49 AM
  • "International Business Machines Corp. SVP Sells $413,734.50 in Stock" Ticker Report 8:48 AM
  • "IBM makes Docker containers available across clouds with C-ports" First Post 8:47 AM
  • "France Taps IBM OpenPOWER for Supercomputing" eWeek 5:07 PM
  • "EMC mergers ahead: First VMware, then HP Enterprise. Will time run out?" ZDNet 8:46 AM
  • "Mass redundancy marathon nearly over at HP" The Register 8:46 AM
  • "HP cutting another 5% from its workforce, layoffs involve new job offer in lieu of severance" The Economic Times 8:46 AM
  • "HP Pavilion x2 review: Cheap, but sleek - a great budget hybrid" CRN 8:46 AM
  • "Channel Beat: Dell Bashes Cisco, Again" CRN 8:44 AM
  • "Dell enters G-Sync bandwagon with a 27-inch QHD monitor" VR - Zone 8:43 AM
  • "Dell Back-to-School Tech for You and Your Crew" PC Magazine 4:01 PM
  • "Intel will increase focus on local, customized solutions for Indian market: Kumud Srinivasan" The Economic Times 8:41 AM
  • "Intel offering 10 scholarships for female STEM students" SiliconRepublic 8:40 AM
  • "Intel: OpenStack is missing core enterprise features like failover, version control and monitoring" V3 8:39 AM
  • "Intel's First 3D XPoint SSD Will Have 6GB/s Bandwidth" Softpedia 8:39 AM
  • "Alienware X51 R3 PC unleashed with Skylake firepower and liquid cooling" T3 8:41 AM
  • "Alienware X51 R3 brings in Intel Skylake, liquid cooling" SlashGear 8:37 AM
  • "Samsung sets sights on Intel in the semiconductor segment" VR - Zone 8:35 AM
  • "Samsung inches closer to Intel in the semiconductor business" SAMMOBILE 8:34 AM
  • "Intel reveals big data's dirty little secret" ITworld 8:34 AM
  • "iZettle Gets $67M To Expand From Mobile Payments To Small Business Financing" TechCrunch 10:12 AM
  • "Swedish Card-Reader Startup iZettle Raises More Cash" WSJ Blogs 8:40 AM
  • "iZettle moves beyond card payments" FStech 8:37 AM
  • "Square's Swedish Rival Gets $67 Million From Intel, Zouk Capital" Bloomberg 8:34 AM
  • "iZettle just raised €60 million and is getting into shadow banking" Business Insider 8:34 AM
  • "European payments processor iZettle raises $67M and launches a cash advance service for SMBs" VentureBeat 8:30 AM
  • "Intel Investment Spotlights Drones' Opportunity for Chipmakers" EE Times 8:42 AM
  • "Intel invests £39m into drone-makers Yuneec" ITProPortal 8:42 AM
  • "Intel pours $60 million into drone maker" Fortune 8:41 AM
  • "Intel Bets On Drone Development With $60M Investment In Yuneec" Digital Trends 8:38 AM
  • "Intel Invests More than $60 Million in Drone Maker" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:29 AM
  • "A New Way of Thinking with AMD's R9 Fury Nano: To make something small, you have to think big..." Semi Accurate 9:16 PM
  • "AMD Quietly Launches the New Radeon R9 370X Graphics Card" Softpedia 8:24 AM
  • "From AMD Nano to Skylake, 11 reasons why August was awesome for hardware" PCWorld 8:22 AM
  • "AMD unveils smallest graphics card yet" PCR Online 8:22 AM
  • "AMD Quietly Launches the New Radeon R9 370X Graphics Card" Softpedia 8:24 AM
  • "AMD Radeon R9 370X Graphics Card Launched In Asia" CDR Info 8:24 AM
  • "AMD launches the Radeon R9 370X to go up against the GTX 950... in China" VR - Zone 8:23 AM
  • "AMD launches the Radeon R9 370X graphics card" Hexus 8:21 AM
  • "Cisco: Partners to cash in on OpenDNS buy" CRN UK 8:18 AM
  • "Cisco and HP ship Multi-Gigabit Ethernet switches in 2Q15: Dell'Oro Group" First Post 8:17 AM
  • "Cisco Completes OpenDNS Acquisition; Integrates AMP Threat Grid with OpenDNS Services" The Fast Mode 8:17 AM
  • "Cisco: 44% of Organizations Planning Private Clouds" Converge! 8:16 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Industry News
  • "U.S. stocks close with a whimper in roller-coaster week of trade: Oil surge boosts energy shares" MarketWatch 4:04 PM
  • "Stocks End Frantic Week With Only Modest Gains" TheStreet 4:04 PM
  • "Stocks on track to end turbulent week on down note" USA Today 2:38 PM
  • "Asian stocks extend global market rally on US economic report; Shanghai up for 2nd day" Associated Press 2:37 PM
  • "US stocks edge lower in midday trading after two-day surge: U.S. stocks drifted between small gains and losses in midday trading Friday, at the end of a volatile week." Associated Press 12:24 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Cap Volatile Period With Weekly Gains: Shares recover near close to end Friday little changed" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:03 PM
  • "Asia Markets: China stocks surge amid suspected government buying/Chinese stocks surged for two straight trading days amid suspected government buying, but plunges Monday and Tuesday left the market down nearly 8% for the week." MarketWatch 8:01 AM
  • "Europe Markets: Europe's stock benchmark ends higher, books weekly gain; German stocks slump/Europe's stock benchmark stepped higher Friday, closing up for the week, but equities in Germany ended lower in what has been a wild roller-coaster ride for European markets." MarketWatch 12:22 PM

 
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