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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, October 9, 2015
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Opinion: Tim Cook is better for Apple than Steve Jobs would be/He's a better executive at a more complex and diverse Apple 2.0"  MarketWatch 7:07 AM
  • "How Might Apple Manufacture a Car? Apple could subcontract the manufacturing required to produce a car and focus on the software, which is becoming ever more important."  Technology Review 2:55 PM
  • "Apple Mac sales down, but the broader PC market is even worse off: Apple is selling fewer MacBooks and iMacs, according to analyst IDC, but declining PC sales across the board means the company actually occupies a larger slice of the market."  CNET 7:02 AM
  • "Mac sales slowest in two years, say researchers, but still well ahead of the rest of the PC industry" 9to5Mac 7:10 AM
  • "Apple removes some apps from online store over security concerns" Reuters 7:04 AM
  • "Apple removes apps from store that could spy on data traffic: The company recommends deleting the apps but oddly didn't name them" IDG News Service 6:57 AM
  • "Apple pulls adblocker that worked on mobile apps such as Facebook" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:49 AM
  • "Apple borks Apple News ad-blocking app due to 'privacy concerns': Cupertino claims it is working with the developers to get the apps back in the App Store" The Register 6:59 AM
OS X
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Fix iBooks missing after upgrading to OS X El Capitan" MacIssues 11:03 AM
  • "El Capitan discussion talks about Apple Mail problems, Adobe issues, Apple Photos problems, photo import options, fonts and graphics, iCloud calendar problems, a Brother printer driver update, other compatibility issues, update experiences and more." MacInTouch 11:56 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Wolverton: New version of Mac OS X offers welcome tweaks" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 2:59 PM
  • "Create Smart Playlists to find which of your songs are Apple Music, in the cloud, and more" Macworld 7:34 AM
  • "Final Cut Pro X Custom Length Hold Segment" FCPXtv 7:36 AM
  • "Pointers: how and why to use aliases in iTunes (OS X)" MacNN 8:21 AM
  • "Deskscribble lets you easily scribble on your Mac OS Desktop" Apple World Today 6:54 AM
  • "Stop Browsing The Web Apple's Way" Mac 360 6:52 AM
Press Releases
  • "Watch Heroes of the Storm running on Mac OS X" Mac Gamer HQ 1:04 PM
  • "TextExpander 5 Updated to Fix Crashing on OS X El Capitan and Other Bugs" MacRumors 11:15 AM
  • "Noteboom Productions Introduces Tutor for Mac OS X El Capitan" prMac 7:23 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "iPhone 6s/Plus goes on sale in 36 more countries today, with a further 6 tomorrow" 9to5Mac 7:10 AM
  • "Apple now sells SIM-free unlocked iPhone 6s, 6s Plus in U.S." ZDNet 4:26 PM
  • "Using Apple Pay at Starbucks, KFC and Chili's" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:12 AM
  • "Why The Steve Jobs In Aaron Sorkin's Movie Could Never Have Saved Apple"  Fast Company 3:39 PM
  • "What Everyone Is Missing About Elon Musk's Swipes at Apple: The most important thing Elon Musk said about Apple has been buried." The Motley Fool 11:44 AM
  • "Tesla vs Apple: Talent war or sour grapes? Silicon Valley recruiters reveal which jobs elite engineers really crave" CNBC 3:45 PM
  • "Elon Musk: Here's why we call Apple the 'Tesla graveyard'/Apple hires engineers Tesla has fired, Musk tells German newspaper" MarketWatch 7:07 AM
  • "Elon Musk: 'If you don't make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple'" Mashable 7:09 AM
  • "Panic over: iOS adblockers fail to trigger the 'adblockolypse'" BetaNews 8:24 AM
  • "Apple search partner DuckDuckGo takes shots at Google, says tracking isn't needed to profit" AppleInsider 11:06 AM
  • "The big Hollywood movie 'Steve Jobs' is out today and the critics are loving it" GeekWire 11:15 AM
  • "How did Steve Jobs' biographer like the new movie?" Fortune 11:44 AM
  • "Former Apple CEO on making of Steve Jobs movie: Former Apple CEO John Sculley is a long-time fan of Aaron Sorkin. So when the legendary screenwriter approached him for script research on 'Steve Jobs,' Sculley was very happy to help." CNNMoney 7:03 AM
  • "Aaron Sorkin tells Conan O'Brien he understands why Tim Cook called his movie 'opportunistic' [Videos] 9to5Mac 7:35 AM
  • "Watch this 2:20-minute scene from the new 'Steve Jobs'" Fortune 7:07 AM
  • "Apple expands localized YouTube channels to France, Germany, Italy, & Spain" 9to5Mac 2:59 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Twitter Shares Slip on Report of Impending Job Cuts" Bloomberg 9:24 PM
  • "Amazon wants to know why many of its employees are desperately miserable" BGR 9:08 PM
  • "Meet the virtual woman who may take your job: Cognitive systems are becoming a part of the workforce" Computerworld 3:09 PM
  • "Obama administration opts not to force firms to decrypt data — for now" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 11:03 AM
  • "Pepsi Getting Ready To Release Its Own Smartphone?" G for Games 7:24 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Two Minute Clip from Steve Jobs Film where Woz Asks Steve What He Does (Video)" The Mac Observer 6:22 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-10-09: Tesla Bags on Apple, AT&T's Wi-Fi Calling" The Mac Observer 12:55 PM
  • "James Lee of Tropical Software Kickstarts TopXNotes 2" MacVoices 12:55 PM
  • "The Vergecast 174: Microsoft, Twitter Moments, and Steve Jobs" The Verge 11:15 AM
  • "AppleInsider podcast goes to the movies, talks Steve Jobs, iMac rumors, Microsoft & more" AppleInsider 7:35 AM
  • "The 404 Show 1,633: New York Comic-Con, BTTF month, Microsoft event, has Apple Music failed? (podcast)" CNET 7:27 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Analyzing Apple's Statement on TSMC and Samsung A9 SoCs"  AnandTech 7:17 AM
  • "Apple shoots down 'Chipgate' claims that its new iPhones have huge differences in battery life" Business Insider 7:27 AM
  • "iPhone 6s chips from TSMC and Samsung have similar battery life, says Apple" Macworld 11:06 AM
  • "iPhone 6S chip controversy over battery life" CNET 3:41 PM
  • "iPhone 6s battery life varies by just 2 to 3 per cent, Apple says" Telegraph 7:21 AM
  • "Battery life differences observed between iPhone A9 chip makers" Insanely Great Mac 2:42 PM
  • "Apple adds Bluetooth 4.2 to iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air 2" 9to5Mac 3:00 PM
  • "Apple iOS 9.0.2 Has Three New Nasty Surprises" Forbes 11:02 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "About Wi-Fi Assist: With iOS 9, you can use Wi-Fi Assist to automatically switch to cellular when you have poor a Wi-Fi connection." Apple Support 8:36 PM
  • "iOS 9 Users Having Issues With POP Email Accounts and Attachments" MacRumors 3:10 PM
  • "iOS 9 Users Getting 'Message Not Yet Downloaded' Error For POP Mail Accounts" Redmond Pie 8:11 PM
  • "Fix a Missing Camera Icon on iPhone After iOS Update" OS X Daily 3:09 PM
  • "iPhone/iOS discussion includes obscure settings to control unwanted ringing on non-phone devices, a Recent Calls bug, activation problems, call blocking, unlocked iPhone 6s availability and camera questions." MacInTouch 11:56 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:53 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:53 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:53 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Sorkin's 'Steve Jobs' Is a Tart Apple: This caffeinated quasi-biopic casts Apple's co-founder more as one-dimensional perfectionist than nimble genius." PC Magazine 3:46 PM
  • "In 'Steve Jobs,' Tolerating Tech's Unpleasant Visionaries" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:28 PM
  • "'Steve Jobs' Review: Good Apple, Slightly Mushy Core" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:28 AM
  • "'Steve Jobs': As Ambitious As Its Title Character" NPR 3:44 PM
  • "'Steve Jobs' review: Unconventional, entertaining, but incomplete" Macworld 7:18 AM
  • "iPad mini 4 review: Finally, the update that you've been waiting for" Macworld 7:18 AM
  • "iPad mini 2 vs iPad mini 4 comparison: which small screen iPad is the best buy?" Macworld UK 7:27 AM
  • "Review: AliveCor Mobile ECG lets an iPhone monitor your heartbeat, share with doctors" 9to5Mac 9:06 AM
  • "Review: Native Union's Anchor is a simple dock for the Apple Watch" AppAdvice 7:25 AM
  • "Western Digital My Cloud Mirror Gen 2 Review" AnandTech 7:35 AM
  • "Get more out of your iPhone photos with the Imvio Camera Lens Kit" iDownload Blog 7:21 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "The Home app is the program Apple should have shipped with HomeKit" iMore 7:25 AM
  • "My favorite smartphone keyboard just got smarter... a lot smarter" BGR 8:13 PM
  • "Piece together the clues in this choose-your-own-adventure mystery Her Story" Macworld 11:06 AM
  • "Hands On: Flash Gordon 1.0 (iOS)" MacNN 8:21 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to use the new back button in iOS 9" AppleInsider 3:46 PM
  • "How to Create a Checklist in iOS 9 Notes" Tom's Guide 3:46 PM
  • "How to mute Activity reminders on Apple Watch for the rest of your day" iDownload Blog 11:15 AM
  • "Find out if your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus has a TSMC or Samsung chip" CIO 11:07 AM
  • "How to remove root certificates from your iPhone or iPad: Root certificates, when not required, can jeopardize your security and expose your private information." iMore 7:22 AM
Tips
  • "Why force quitting apps to save battery life is a terrible idea" iDownload Blog 11:44 AM
  • "iOS 9's 'back to' button helps you master multitasking" Macworld 11:07 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "All together now: Would Apple ever go for Microsoft-style convergence? One device to rule them all, or a different tool for every job?" Macworld 3:41 PM
  • "Tesla's Elon Musk Rant at Apple Means He's on to Something Scary" The Mac Observer 4:31 PM
  • "Apple iPhone 6s Plus innovation and ecosystem keep it in my pocket (Return date decision)" ZDNet 11:15 AM
  • "iPad Pro: The high price of LTE" ZDNet 11:03 AM
  • "Maybe Apple should bring multiple colors back to the iMac line" Apple World Today 11:00 AM
  • "Op-Ed: I watched the Steve Jobs movie 5 times and here's why you'll want to too" 9to5Mac 11:06 AM
  • "Bloomberg on Apple's Utter Dominance of Phone Market" Daring Fireball 7:18 AM
  • "How Much Of The Tech Industry Does Apple Control?" NoodleMac 6:52 AM
  • "Apple, Behind The Curve Again" Mac 360 6:51 AM
Non-Apple
  • "No, Your Children Aren't Becoming Digital Zombies: Should parents be worried about smartphones and social media? A new survey of research provides encouraging news" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:09 PM
  • "Why Microsoft is Getting into Hardware" Tech.pinions 7:27 AM
  • "Galaxy Note 5 review: The finest phablet money can buy" Cult of Android 7:21 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Google's app indexing links coming to Safari on iOS by end of month" 9to5Mac 3:00 PM
  • "Google enables app indexing with deep linking for Safari in iOS 9" AppleInsider 5:08 PM
  • "iOS Podcast App Overcast Adds Streaming, Drops Price To Free" TechCrunch 11:07 AM
  • "Overcast 2.0 adds streaming, podcast chapter marks, Split View, more" 9to5Mac 11:06 AM
  • "Introducing Relay FM for iOS" 512 Pixels 8:24 AM
  • "Fantastical 2 for iOS gets multitasking, better Apple Watch support" ZDNet 8:24 AM
  • "3D Touch Control Center concept reminds Apple of what it can do" Pocketnow 9:31 PM
  • "LOONCUP – The world's first SMART menstrual cup" Apple Gazette 7:35 AM
  • "Venezuela Online Radio (Live) 1.0 Customized For iOS" prMac 8:24 AM
  • "picQuote 1.0 for iOS - Transform Words into Beautifully Designed Artwork" prMac 7:33 AM
  • "Infrastructure Upgrade - The Number #1 Global Infrastructure Platform" prMac 7:23 AM
  • "Real-Time Sci-Fi Strategy Game: Big Bang Galaxy Launches Globally" prMac 7:23 AM
  • "Milton's Tale Beautifully Mixes Puzzles and Paper Craft" prMac 7:23 AM
  • "Full Fat announces the release of Flick Quarterback for iOS" prMac 7:23 AM
  • "Apple Watch owners can use Facebook Messenger on their wrists" Engadget 7:07 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft's strategy for the PC hardware business may finally be working" The Economic Times 8:43 AM
  • "Microsoft to PC Partners: We Still Love You" Re/code 9:18 PM
  • "Windows 10 Beats Windows 7 in Two-Month Adoption Race" Softpedia 8:42 AM
  • "Microsoft's Windows 10 giveaway fails to spark a spike in PC sales" Computing 8:38 AM
  • "The man behind the Microsoft Surface admits he made one big mistake when revealing it" Business Insider 8:37 AM
  • "Microsoft Devices: PC Potential, Mobile Struggle" InformationWeek 7:11 AM
  • "Finnair selects IBM for cloud transformation" ComputerWeekly 8:16 AM
  • "How IBM Watson Taps Into Today's World of Cognitive Computing" eWeek 6:33 PM
  • "IBM Power-based Linux servers to be sold over the Web" Tech Central 7:54 AM
  • "HP split causing 'no drama' for partners" CRN UK 8:10 AM
  • "HP, SanDisk partner to bring storage-class memory to cloud" InfoWorld 8:11 AM
  • "HP, SanDisk partner on memristor, ReRAM technology" bit-tech 8:10 AM
  • "HP and SanDisk partner to develop Storage Class Memory" Hexus 8:10 AM
  • "Dell Files Confidentially for IPO of Cybersecurity Unit SecureWorks: SecureWorks could begin trading by year-end and may be worth as much as $2 billion" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:10 PM
  • "Dell Files IPO for Cybersecurity Unit" TechCrunch 3:10 PM
  • "Dell to use VMware to help pay for EMC deal: sources" Reuters 8:58 PM
  • "Dell offering EMC $27.25/share and special VMware stock: Re/code" Reuters 4:27 PM
  • "Succession for EMC Chief Joe Tucci in Focus Amid Dell Talks: The 68-year-old has flirted with giving up the CEO spot for several years, but stayed at the helm" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:03 PM
  • "PC giant Dell seeks to raise $40 billion to buy EMC" Irish Times 8:00 AM
  • "Dell Is in Talks With EMC Over Possible Merger" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:59 AM
  • "EMC-Dell talks highlight Elliott's clout across tech sector" The Star: Malaysia 7:58 AM
  • "Dell looks to EMC deal to boost corporate presence" Reuters 7:19 AM
  • "EMC-Dell talks highlight Elliott's clout across tech sector" Reuters 7:18 AM
  • "Dell's rumoured EMC interest affects 6,000 Irish jobs" SiliconRepublic 8:05 AM
  • "Morning Agenda: EMC Takeover Depends on Dell Debt Deal" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:04 AM
  • "Dell's big merger ambitions headed for debt-market reality check" Times of Oman 8:04 AM
  • "Dell hooking up with EMC and going public again? Come off it" The Register 8:03 AM
  • "Lenovo, HP and Dell tighten grip as PC market shrinks" CRN UK 8:02 AM
  • "Intel to secure EU okay for $16.7 billion Altera deal: sources" Reuters 10:45 AM
  • "Intel to set up 100 Internet of Things (IoT) centres in India" Financial Express 7:52 AM
  • "Intel Broadwell and Skylake release dates, price and specs: next-gen laptop CPU for overclocked business apps revealed at IFA 2015" IT PRO 7:51 AM
  • "Intel IFA 2015 Press Conference: Core M, RealSense, Gaming and Project Tango" TrustedReviews 7:49 AM
  • "Oracle, SAP, IBM: They're rubbish and charge you billions for Excel, says man" The Register 7:42 AM
  • "Cisco VPN vulnerability could let enterprise passwords out the door" The Inquirer 7:39 AM
  • "Attackers compromise Cisco Web VPNs to steal login credentials, backdoor target networks" Help Net Security 7:38 AM
  • "Backdoor in Cisco's WebVPN Service Allows Hackers to Steal Corporate Passwords" Softpedia 7:37 AM
  • "PC Shipments Continue to Fall, But Hope Remains" eWeek 6:24 PM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Industry News
  • "S&P 500 notches best weekly gain for 2015 as stocks rise for 2nd week: Gap slumps on weak sales; Alcoa drops after downbeat results" MarketWatch 4:30 PM
  • "Stocks Crawl Into the Weekend as More Earnings Loom" TheStreet 4:30 PM
  • "Stocks end higher, Dow notches 6-day win streak" USA Today 4:29 PM
  • "Wall Street Mixed, Looks to Book Solid Weekly Gains" FOXBusiness 1:05 PM
  • "Global Stocks Rise as Fed Appears Cautious: Major indexes notch best weekly performance in months" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:29 PM
  • "Asia Markets: Asian markets rise after Fed minutes cast doubt on rate hike/Markets across Asia rallied Friday after details from the U.S. central bank's latest meeting cast further doubt on the prospect of higher interest rates this year." MarketWatch 6:59 AM
  • "Europe Markets: European stocks log longest win streak since July - MarketWatch" MarketWatch 12:48 PM

 
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