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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, April 13, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "ec-o-sys-tem: The key to Apple's success" ["The key to understanding Apple's ecosystem is this: The company focuses on innovating a few great things that work together to change markets. Apple's goal is not necessarily to be first, but always best. The areas of Apple innovation are then linked together to create a holistic experience."]  iMore 11:56 AM
  • "Apple is facing three existential threats"  Yahoo! Finance 2:00 PM
  • "U.S. Senate panel releases draft of controversial encryption bill: Two U.S. senators on Wednesday issued a formal draft of a controversial bill that would give courts the power to order technology companies like Apple to help authorities break into encrypted devices or communications for law enforcement or intelligence purposes." ["Companies must ensure their products 'be capable of complying,' the bill states. Critics say that amounts to a ban on strong encryption. The latest version of the bill narrows the scope of cases where a court can issue an order. Those include crimes that caused or could cause death or serious injury or that involve drug offenses or child victims, in addition to foreign intelligence operations, according to the text."]  Reuters 3:17 PM
  • "Senators Issue Encryption Proposal That Requires Firms to Comply With Court Orders" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:25 PM
  • "FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone" ["The bureau in this case did not need the services of the Israeli firm Cellebrite, as some earlier reports had suggested, people familiar with the matter said. The U.S. government now has to weigh whether to disclose the flaws to Apple, a decision that probably will be made by a White House-led group."]  Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 6:55 AM
  • "FBI Paid Hackers To Help Crack San Bernardino iPhone: Report" Fortune 6:56 AM
  • "Did the FBI pay hackers to break into that iPhone?" Quartz 12:07 PM
  • "How a Japanese Pinball Maker Helped the FBI Crack the San Bernardino iPhone" Bloomberg 7:46 AM
  • "California phone decryption bill defeated: A national debate over smartphone encryption arrived in Sacramento on Tuesday as legislators defeated a bill penalizing companies that don't work with courts to break into phones, siding with technology industry representatives who called the bill a dangerous affront to privacy." Sacramento Bee 8:47 AM
  • "Apple-FBI row is just one example of 'hourly friction' between digital world and law, says Box CEO: Box chief exec Aaron Levie says the case of the encrypted iPhone shows that 'a much broader conversation' is required surrounding outdated government legislation around the digital economy." ZDNet 7:45 AM
  • "Employee Choice Program: Surveying the prevalence and importance of offering employees technology choice" ["Consistent with the 2015 JAMF Software Apple Trends Survey, employees choose Mac because it is easier to use, offers the applications they want and need to be productive, and is the more secure computer for protecting personal and professional data."]  JAMF Software 8:55 AM
  • "Apple wins the battle for enterprise hearts and minds"  Computerworld 8:33 AM
  • "Employees opt for Apple when given a technology choice" BetaNews 8:57 AM
OS X
News
  • "Chrome 50 arrives with push notification improvements and declarative preload" VentureBeat 2:40 PM
  • "Apple pushes first update to Safari Technology Preview" 9to5Mac 2:01 PM
  • "First Safari Technology Preview update drops" iDownload Blog 2:40 PM
  • "Apple is rolling WebRTC video-chat into Safari iOS, OS X browsers: WebKit could soon get support for open conferencing standard" The Register 4:11 PM
  • "Apple Has The Second Most Popular Web Browser In The World" Mac360 8:33 AM
  • "Apple's Swift programming language grew swiftly in 2015" Apple World Today 3:19 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "How to get rid of an iSpy warning: iSpy with my little eye, software called Espionage. It's not malware." Macworld 7:24 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "8 easy ways to speed up your Mac" Cult of Mac 8:37 AM
  • "iTunes: How to Show and Hide Columns in List Views" Kirkville 8:24 AM
  • "Building 3D robots with Motion plugins for Final Cut Pro X" fcp.co 7:12 AM
  • "How to Remove a Disk from Time Machine on Mac" OS X Daily 2:01 PM
  • "Get Free Maintenance For Your Mac" Mac360 7:48 AM
  • "Why Your Mac Needs An Intercom" Mac360 7:48 AM
Op/Ed
  • "El Capitan discussion talks about Safari problems (and an update bug); Apple Mail issues; SSD TRIM support; Mac Clipboard operation and more." MacInTouch 11:43 AM
  • "Feature Request: Apple's Calendar should borrow the personal goals feature Google just released" 9to5Mac 9:08 AM
  • "The New Old TextExpander [Link] Macdrifter 7:20 AM
Press Releases
  • "Microsoft Office 2011 14.6.3 Patches Serious Office for Mac Flaws" Intego 3:17 PM
  • "Bluebeam Revu now out for Apple's Mac Platform—Big win for Mac in AEC" Architosh 2:13 PM
  • "Chelsio Announces Full Support For Apple's OS X El Capitan" PRNewswire 12:05 PM
  • "USB Network Gate: Share USB devices over Ethernet on Mac" Eltima 8:52 AM
  • "New VR workflow for Adobe Premiere Pro highlights a slate of new updates to its video toolset" Macworld 8:09 AM
  • "Immersive VR and 360 Video Editing Tools Coming to Adobe CC for Mac This Summer" MacRumors 8:08 AM
  • "Adobe Unveils Breakthroughs in Video and Film Production: Virtual Reality, Character Animation, Sound Innovation Comes To Creative Cloud" Business Wire 8:08 AM
  • "Tension Software announces Password Creator 1.3 for OS X" Tension Software 7:14 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "iPhone dominating Android more than ever among teens/Technically Incorrect: The latest Piper Jaffray Taking Stock With Teens survey shows an even greater enthusiasm from teens that their next phone be an iPhone." CNET 6:53 AM
  • "75 percent of teens say their next phone will be an iPhone" Cult of Mac 7:13 AM
  • "iPhones are more popular with teenagers than ever" Business Insider 11:53 AM
  • "Apple: Facebook's 'Bots' Could Erode 'App Economy,' Says UBS" Barron's 12:06 PM
  • "Apple Designer Jumps to GoPro: A member of Apple's elite industrial design team, Danny Coster, is jumping ship, joining GoPro to head up a new hardware design group there." The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 11:20 AM
  • "GoPro Names Apple Designer Daniel Coster to Design Team: Daniel Coster will start as vice president of design at April's end" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:58 PM
  • "GoPro hires longtime Apple industrial design team member for VP role" 9to5Mac 11:35 AM
  • "GoPro hires designer away from Apple; shares spike" CNBC 3:23 PM
  • "GoPro poaches member of Sir Jonathan Ive's design team at Apple" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:12 PM
  • "Shoppers Flock to Apps, Shaking Up Retail: Mobile sales spike as 'snacking' turns phone into all-day impulse aisle" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:12 AM
  • "You Might Need To Send In Your Phone For Testing After An Accident In The Future" Coolest Gadgets 7:18 AM
  • "For The First Time In 20 Years, The Global Music Industry Gained Ground in 2015" Forbes 7:17 AM
  • "Apple targets Indian corporate market with iPhone, iPad lease plans" MacNN 7:25 AM
  • "Apple rolls out 24-month corporate iPhone & iPad lease plans in India" AppleInsider 8:09 AM
  • "Sketchy Japanese Stats suggest majority of early adopters of iPhone SE buying on price" 9to5Mac 8:18 AM
  • "Online scams 'target Apple customers for richer pickings'" BBC 7:18 AM
  • "Marimba Gets the Heavy Metal Treatment" Apple Gazette 7:27 AM
  • "In this game, Steve Jobs was North Korean and started APeX Computers out of a garage" iDownload Blog 8:23 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Email privacy bill finally moves forward" Engadget 8:57 PM
  • "Meizu's 10-core phone gets a 10-LED camera flash: It's also cloned Apple's 3D Touch." Engadget 11:21 AM
  • "Sprint calls T-Mobile 'ghetto' in exceptionally tasteless ad" The Verge 9:08 AM
  • "Homeless, not phoneless: The app saving society's forgotten tech users" CNET 8:31 AM
  • "Forbes unveils list of global game changers" CBS News 8:06 AM
  • "End to rogue USB-C and fried devices: New spec pulls plug on bogus chargers, malicious USBs/USB-IF wants to introduce cryptographic authentication to stop USB Type-C supported devices being harmed by shoddy cables and chargers." ZDNet 7:59 AM
  • "Say goodbye to faulty USB-C cables once and for all" The Next Web 7:10 AM
  • "A Strike at Verizon: More than 40,000 workers on the East Coast walked off the job at 6 a.m." The Atlantic 7:00 AM
  • "Facebook's quest for Internet is coming back to Earth with two wireless projects" IDG News Service 2:40 PM
  • "Facebook's New Master Plan: Kill Other Apps" NPR 6:57 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Happy Hour Podcast 062 | Final thoughts on iPhone SE and iOS design, Apple Watch upgrade cycle & more" 9to5Mac 3:45 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-04-13: FBI's Emotional Encryption Debate, 3D Touch" The Mac Observer 1:16 PM
Hardware/Software
  • "Variation on 1970 date bug can be used to remotely brick pre-iOS 9.3.1 devices via WiFi hotspots" 9to5Mac 7:45 AM
  • "'Evil' Wi-Fi networks could remotely brick your iPhone or iPad" The Next Web 7:54 AM
  • "Reliable Japanese blog reaffirms Smart Connector, no headphone jack and other iPhone 7 rumors"  iDownload Blog 3:20 PM
  • "The iPad Pro's Killer Display Proves Pixels Ain't Everything" Wired 3:22 PM
  • "Next Apple Watch Will Be More 'S' Than 2" TechNewsWorld 7:51 AM
  • "iOS 9.3.2 To Fix Game Center Bug" AppleBlend 9:28 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "iOS 'date bug' can be exploited over Wi-Fi using NTP: Party like it's 1970" The Register 9:04 PM
  • "Here's how to prevent laptop power cords from fraying" ZDNet 2:08 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "12" iPad Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:51 AM
  • "9" iPad Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:51 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:51 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Review: Asus ZenWatch 2 Is the Most Affordable Android Wear Watch" TG Daily 2:39 PM
  • "Review: Pelican Marine Waterproof Case for iPhone 6 Plus and 6s Plus" Run Around Tech 8:25 AM
  • "Review: Incipio Stashback for iPhone 6/6s" iLounge 3:20 PM
  • "Review: Kuke – A Low-Profile Battery & Storage Case for iPhone 6 Plus/6S Plus" MacTrast 7:51 AM
  • "Hands On: Clic 360-degree iPhone 6/6s Case" MacNN 7:25 AM
  • "Fugoo Sport XL Bluetooth speaker review" The Gadgeteer 8:32 AM
  • "MU-MIMO Router Head-to-Head: Linksys EA7500 vs. Netgear Nighthawk X4S" HotHardware 12:39 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Mossberg: Slack beats email, but still needs to get better" The Verge 8:46 AM
  • "Futurama: Game of Drones is a familiar, yet fun (and funny) puzzler" Macworld 8:48 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to use Calendar for iPhone and iPad: The ultimate guide" iMore 2:39 PM
  • "Bypass Autocorrect To Type Anything in iOS" MacMost 8:52 AM
  • "How to make Night Shift act more like True Tone: Only the 9.7-inch iPad Pro has an auto-adjusting True Tone screen. But you can mimic the effect on any iOS 9.3 device, with Night Shift." Macworld 7:24 AM
  • "How to improve iOS 8 performance on your iPhone or iPad" Apple Must 6:58 AM
Tips
  • "Get Rid of the Microphone Button on the iPhone Keyboard You Keep Accidentally Tapping" Lifehacker 3:22 PM
  • "Save An Image From Google Image Search Results To Your Google Account" AddictiveTips 2:00 PM
  • "This tweak keeps music from resuming after hanging up a call on your iPhone" iDownload Blog 8:22 AM
  • "Opt For the Larger SSD Capacity to Also Get a Speed Boost" Lifehacker 7:53 AM
  • "Top 19 WhatsApp Tricks and Tips for iPhone" iPhone Hacks 6:58 AM
  • "Drop Google Drive files and GIFs into your Yahoo emails" Engadget 7:00 PM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "The iPhone travelled 500,000 miles before reaching your pocket" BGR 8:59 PM
  • "Report: Nothing significant has been found on the San Bernardino iPhone yet" 9to5Mac 8:57 PM
  • "What will the Apple Car look like? Motor Trend teases that it may know the answer" BGR 7:52 PM
  • "I Worked On An Old iMac With A 56k Modem And It Was A Nostalgic Hell" BuzzFeed 3:44 PM
  • "Will Zero-Travel Virtual Keys Be The Next Phase In Apple's Laptop Keyboard Evolution? – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 1:16 PM
  • "Nine notebooks worth remembering" iMore 11:51 AM
  • "The Guardian's jarring iPhone SE review" The Loop 11:37 AM
  • "Emoji Have Different Meanings Across Different Platforms" Redmond Pie 11:36 AM
  • "Apple Goes 'Tick Tock' On Watch" NoodleMac 8:32 AM
  • "Google vs. Apple And The Self-driving Car" Mac360 8:32 AM
  • "Hey Siri, take a selfie. No, selfie!" iMore 8:24 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Hacker Lexicon: What Are White Hat, Gray Hat and Black Hat Hackers?" Wired 4:24 PM
  • "0-day exploits more than double as attackers prevail in security arms race" Ars Technica 3:44 PM
  • "The secret rules of the internet: The murky history of moderation, and how it's shaping the future of free speech" The Verge 11:38 AM
  • "There is A Revolution Ahead and It Has A Voice" Tech.pinions 11:37 AM
  • "Super Computers and Autonomous Vehicles" Tech.pinions 11:37 AM
  • "Ask Matt: Are falling PC sales a problem for tech?" USA Today 9:02 AM
  • "Amazon's New Kindle Oasis Is the Fanciest-Pantsiest E-Reader Ever" Wired 8:47 AM
  • "Amazon's $289 crazy thin Kindle Oasis has a battery cover that adds months of charge" The Next Web 8:38 AM
  • "Amazon's high-end Kindle Oasis is sleek, sharp and pricey: If the Kindle Voyage is a Rolls-Royce, the Oasis is a Lambo." Engadget 8:37 AM
  • "Oculus Rift Launch Disaster - Delays, Customer Anger" Tapscape 8:23 AM
  • "Mossberg: How to make Slack better" Re/code 8:23 AM
  • "The Growing Threat of Ransomware" PC Magazine 8:00 AM
  • "Facebook's bots are already revolting/Op-Ed: The social network is betting billions on users talking to bots instead of people." Ars Technica 3:20 PM
  • "Making sense of Facebook's moves to speed up the mobile Internet" Re/code 2:02 PM
  • "Did Facebook's F8 just seal the fate of humanity?"  TechRadar UK 9:25 AM
  • "The 10 Year Plan: Is Facebook Building Skynet?"  RazorianFly 8:24 AM
  • "How Facebook Live Video Might Kill Talk Radio" PC Magazine 8:00 AM
  • "How Older And Younger Millennials Differ In Their Approach To Online Privacy And Security" Forbes 7:09 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Minecraft 'Realms' paid online gameplay coming to Pocket Edition iOS app" 9to5Mac 4:12 PM
  • "You can now attach Google Drive/Dropbox files and GIFs from Tumblr to emails in Yahoo Mail" iDownload Blog 3:45 PM
  • "Must-have iPhone accessories (April 2016)" ZDNet 11:41 AM
  • "Images of Microsoft's Word Flow keyboard for iPhone reveal customizable themes" Neowin 9:17 AM
  • "You can now stream Sling on multiple devices at once" The Next Web 9:09 AM
  • "Sling TV launches new $20 package with Fox channels, but no Disney or ESPN" The Verge 8:46 AM
  • "Dee-fense! CBS Sports' app and mobile site get a fix after leaving users unprotected: Unencrypted names, passwords and other info passed freely over the Web before CBS fixed the flaw." CNET 8:31 AM
  • "Kounta for iOS is a Great POS SolutionTapscape" Tapscape 8:23 AM
  • "LastThink releases Online Uganda TV 3.5 for iOS" prMac 8:09 AM
  • "Toby: The Secret Mine launches tomorrow on iOS / Android mobile, along with Apple TV and Android TV." Headup Games 8:01 AM
  • "Micron unveils super-fast, high-capacity PCIe enterprise SSDs" ZDNet 7:59 AM
  • "Accusys announce the A12T3-Share a 4 Thunderbolt 3 port shared storage system" fcp.co 7:43 AM
  • "Logitech set to acquire Jaybird, maker of sport headphones, trackers" MacNN 7:25 AM
  • "Kanex MultiSync Bluetooth Keyboard lets you easily connect up to four OS X, iOS devices" Apple World Today 7:17 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft Windows Revenue Expected to Slow: Research firm Gartner Inc. says Windows revenue should decline this year, by 7.5% to $13.5 billion in constant currency, hit by global economic uncertainties, tough foreign exchange rates and tightening IT spending." WSJ Blogs 9:26 AM
  • "Windows Revenue Likely to Drop Significantly This Year" Softpedia 9:27 AM
  • "Microsoft takes wraps off its 'Madeira' SMB business-management service" ZDNet 9:16 AM
  • "Microsoft Is Not the Only Player Focused on Blockchain Technology" Market Realist 8:34 AM
  • "Microsoft Patch Tuesday Tackles Tame Badlock Flaw" TechWeekEurope 9:20 AM
  • "Is Microsoft plotting new Xbox console for E3 launch?" TrustedReviews 9:17 AM
  • "Microsoft will add QR codes to Windows 10 crashes" Network World 9:17 AM
  • "Microsoft is adding Universal Windows Platform support to Facebook's React Native framework" ZDNet 5:51 PM
  • "IBM's Watson to Assist Cancer Patients: IBM and the American Cancer Society have joined hands to launch a virtual advisor that will help cancer patients fight against their illness. IBM is planning to introduce its Watson technology in cancer research and medication. The virtual adviser will use machine information to provide customized details and suggestions to patients." Maine News Online 9:14 AM
  • "New IBM partnership will create the ultimate Cancer Advisor" Sourcing Focus 9:15 AM
  • "IBM wants Watson to ask us questions" CNNMoney 11:20 AM
  • "OpenPOWER Foundation At Two - IBM-Lead Ecosystem Is Moving Fast" Forbes 8:34 AM
  • "HP And NVIDIA Partner With Avid As Founding Sponsors Of Avid Connect 2016" Public. 2:41 PM
  • "Intel's 2016 Line-up Includes Fastest Ever 10-Core Monster Processor" Forbes 7:09 AM
  • "Intel's new hardware kits make it easier to build robots and drones" IDG News Service 8:06 AM
  • "Storage on steroids: Intel bets on PCIe SSDs, and Optane storage as fast as RAM" PCWorld 8:06 AM
  • "AMD announce next-generation of APUs" My Gaming 9:13 AM
  • "Oracle is donating $200 million to Obama's program to teach kids computer science" Business Insider 11:36 AM
  • "Why Cisco's Software and Services Business Is Growing in Value" Market Realist 8:34 AM
  • "Confirmed: Cisco did invest in SpringPath" The Register 7:11 AM
  • "After EMC, Dell Buyouts, Spanning Focused on Data Backup, Ransomware" Xconomy 9:11 AM
  • "Three Challenges the Hardware Industry Faces in 2016" Gigaom 7:28 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Should You Invest In Apple's Disappointing iPhone, Watch Forecasts?" Forbes 12:06 PM
  • "What Investors Should Expect From Apple Inc's Next Smartwatch: Apple's next smartwatch should arrive soon, but it could be less impressive than you think." The Motley Fool 7:17 AM
Industry News
  • "Dow notches largest one-day gain in nearly a month as banks soar: Goldman, American Express, J.P. Morgan lead the way for blue-chip stocks" MarketWatch 4:14 PM
  • "JPMorgan Leads Wall Street in Day Two of Rally" TheStreet 4:14 PM
  • "Stock rally gains speed as J.P. Morgan tops profit bar" USA Today 4:13 PM
  • "Stocks Hit 2016 Highs, Fueled By Financial-Sector Momentum" FOXBusiness 4:13 PM
  • "Banks Lead Rally in Stocks: Better-than-expected J.P. Morgan earnings ignite gains in financial shares" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:13 PM
  • "Asian stocks end sharply higher in oil-inspired rally: Hang Seng finishes up 3.2%" MarketWatch 8:50 AM
  • "European stocks rise a fourth day as Chinese export growth excites bulls: Italian bank shares stretch out their run" MarketWatch 8:49 AM

 
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