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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, May 12, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple Steps Up Effort to Reach Classrooms: At 114 schools nationwide, the tech company is providing devices free as part of its education push"  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:17 PM
  • "Manhattan District Attorney Wants To Put An End To Apple's Default Encryption"  BuzzFeed 4:18 PM
  • "Apple's R&D bill set to top 10 billion in 2016, hinting at 'largest pivot yet'"  ZDNet 7:34 AM
  • "What Apple's R&D Spending Could Tell Us About A Possible Apple Car" Jalopnik 9:41 AM
  • "Apple R&D Spending on Track to Top Record $10 Billion Amid Electric Vehicle Rumors" MacRumors 9:49 AM
  • "Why Apple's R&D spending surge may not result in one more thing" ZDNet 11:00 AM
  • "Apple's automotive 'pivot' and investing in the future" iMore 9:48 AM
  • "Apple vs. Google: enter the mobile machine learning race"  Memeburn 7:10 AM
  • "FBI wasn't able to unlock iPhone, even with a 'fingerprint unlock warrant': A judge recently took the controversial step of letting the FBI force a woman to unlock an iPhone with her fingerprints. But it didn't work." CNNMoney 9:47 AM
  • "Apple: Nikkei Declares iPhone 7 Dead Before Arrival"  Seeking Alpha 8:45 AM
  • "Apple Named World's Most Valuable Brand Despite Recent Slowdown" MacRumors 7:19 AM
OS X
News
  • "Microsoft Readies New Mac Outlook Editor, Expands GigJam Beta" eWeek 7:19 PM
  • "Vectorworks Design Summit 2016—What Was Cool This Year" Architosh 8:29 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How To Do To iTunes What You've Always Hoped You Could Do (say goodbye)" Mac360 7:20 AM
Op/Ed
  • "How FileMaker Database Keeps Up-to-Date in the Mobile Era" eWeek 5:28 PM
  • "WWDC 2016: 9 OS X rumors everyone's talking about"  Computerworld 6:46 AM
Press Releases
  • "Spot Maps 1.3 for Mac: Create an interactive map of Smart Homes" equinux 11:13 AM
  • "Doo's card-based productivity app arrives on Mac to stop your procrastination" The Next Web 10:01 AM
  • "Outlook for Mac will soon let you resize images and try new fonts" Macworld 7:07 AM
  • "NetShade 7.0 Offers Mac OS X Users Complete Proxy and VPN Services" prMac 7:07 AM
  • "Ditching Chrome for Opera can increase your laptop battery life by 50%" BGR 7:19 AM
  • "Opera Web Browser for OS X Gains New Power Saving Mode" MacRumors 7:02 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Shortens App Review Times in Push to Boost Service Sales" Bloomberg 8:18 AM
  • "App Store shuffle brings long-awaited speed boost for developers" AppleInsider 8:18 AM
  • "Report: Apple is approving apps more quickly to increase Services revenue" Ars Technica 7:30 PM
  • "Apple unable to recover data from iPhone belonging to boys lost at sea, but says others might" 9to5Mac 7:09 AM
  • "Apple fails to save iPhone belonging to missing teen" Cult of Mac 7:34 AM
  • "Apple (AAPL) says 'It's not true' it's killing iTunes — Quartz" Quartz 2:37 PM
  • "Not waving but paying: Apple Pay and train journeys boost contactless payments" ZDNet 10:01 AM
  • "Taylor Swift Dances Like No One's Watching in Newest Apple Music Ad" MacRumors 8:22 AM
  • "Taylor Swift and Apple are back at it again with the '00s rock" The Verge 8:37 AM
  • "Taylor Swift channels her inner Tom Cruise in the latest Apple Music TV ad" iMore 8:36 AM
  • "Check the back of your drawers – your old iPod could be worth big bucks to a collector" 9to5Mac 7:09 AM
  • "Larry Ellison is donating $200 million to Steve Jobs' former doctor for a new kind of cancer treatment institute" Business Insider 11:32 AM
  • "iPhone photography is cool, eyeball photography is cooler" CNNMoney 8:21 AM
  • "Sorry selfie lovers, the first-gen iPhone was not made for you" Mashable 7:19 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Google open sources its English language parser, Parsey McParseface" ZDNet 4:28 PM
  • "Facebook relies on editors' judgment for trending news feed, documents show/Exclusive: Leaked internal guidelines show human intervention at almost every stage of its news operation, akin to a traditional media organization"  The Guardian 1:14 PM
  • "Leaked documents show how Facebook editors were told to run Trending Topics" The Verge 1:14 PM
  • "Another Phone Bites the Pentalobe Bullet" iFixit 1:14 PM
  • "Google is delaying support for an Android rival to Apple's 3D Touch" Recode 9:48 AM
  • "This is what Doom looks like running on Nvidia's insane new graphics card" BGR 9:47 AM
  • "Ransomware: How high will the demands go?" ZDNet 8:36 AM
  • "Western Digital officially closes SanDisk acquisition" The Verge 8:21 AM
  • "Get Ready To Change The Way You Type With This Amazing Wearable Keyboard" Digital Trends 7:19 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Judy Chen and John Wilker Preview AltConf 2016 in San Francisco" MacVoices 4:14 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-05-12: Apple and the End of Music Download Sales" The Mac Observer 1:09 PM
  • "Rebound 85: Mornin' Drinkin'" Six Colors 9:56 AM
  • "Introducing Apple Talk, a new, in-depth industry analysis podcast from iMore!" iMore 8:18 AM
  • "The Committed Podcast Discusses Family Tech Support and What Apple Can Disrupt." Kirkville 7:12 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple patent filing hints at how HomeKit and your car could soon become smarter" 9to5Mac 7:29 PM
  • "Apple suppliers face bleak year as demand for iPhone 7 weak" Nikkei 9:56 AM
  • "Foxconn, Sharp and Other Apple Suppliers See Earnings Take Hits: As smartphone growth slows, electronics companies don't see another major growth driver on horizon" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:48 AM
  • "iPhone decline hits Apple suppliers, say they see no upside in immediate sight" 9to5Mac 9:48 AM
  • "The Apple Inc. iPhone 7 Plus Will Come in Only 1 Flavor: Dual lenses for all iPhone 7 Plus buyers." The Motley Fool 9:47 AM
  • "These 3D models likely show us exactly what the iPhone 7 will look like" BGR 11:32 AM
  • "iOS 9 adoption is stalling amid slowing iPhone sales" iDownload Blog 4:21 PM
Apple Patent Applications
  • "Apple smart home invention uses pattern recognition to solve multi-user dwelling issues" AppleInsider 7:04 AM
  • "Future Apple Devices will Automate Home Automation Processes According to User Behavior Patterns" Patently Apple 8:45 AM
  • "Two Apple Patent Filings illustrate their Fanatical Attention to Detail in making iDevices Just Right" Patently Apple 7:10 AM
  • "Patent report: an iPad dock that provides more processing power, HomeKit improvements" Apple World Today 8:21 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Can't authorize your computer in iTunes? Here's a fix" iMore 10:36 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "12" iPad Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:50 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:50 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "2016 MacBook review: A laptop with a point of view" Six Colors 7:48 PM
  • "The iPad Pro is a better iPad than a laptop: The Logi Create is a solid laptop-style keyboard, but the iPad Pro isn't a laptop and shouldn't try to be one." Macworld 8:22 AM
  • "Will the 'early 2016' MacBook run Pro Apps as well as other Apple laptops?" Bare Feats 10:49 AM
  • "12-Inch MacBook vs. Dell XPS 13: Ultraportable Face-Off" LAPTOP Magazine 4:21 PM
  • "Fender's new in-ear headphones aren't just for stage musicians" The Verge 8:18 AM
  • "Fender FXA6 Pro in-ear monitors review: These are something special" TechHive 8:17 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Review: Gboard Adds Google's Search Box to iPhone Keyboards" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:05 AM
  • "DeskConnect 1.2 review: File transfer app rises from the digital scrapheap better than ever" Macworld 8:36 AM
  • "A quick overview of the new System and Security Info app" iDownload Blog 7:11 AM
  • "Angry Birds Action! delivers little Angry Birds satisfaction" Macworld 11:33 AM
  • "'Pilots of the Dawn' Review – Soaring... with Potential" Touch Arcade 11:32 AM
  • "'Amidakuji Knight' Review - Choose a Path" Touch Arcade 10:36 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How To Search Google From Your Keyboard [iOS] AddictiveTips 4:21 PM
  • "Disabling Safari Suggestions in iOS" OS X Daily 4:21 PM
  • "How to make Android and iOS play nicely together" Greenbot 1:11 PM
  • "6 Great Apple TV Apps To Help You Stay Well" About 10:24 AM
  • "How-To: Create a video record of a fun activity in the laziest possible way" 9to5Mac 8:19 AM
  • "How to stop your iPhone or iPad from deleting old calendar events" iDownload Blog 7:12 AM
  • "How to delete recent Apple Music searches from your iPhone" iDownload Blog 7:11 AM
  • "How to stop your iPhone from vibrating when your alarm rings" iDownload Blog 7:11 AM
  • "How to make Android and iOS play nicely together" Greenbot 6:57 AM
  • "How to Film a Movie on Your iPhone" Wired 6:57 AM
Tips
  • "Retrain Siri to make better sense of what you say" Cult of Mac 7:34 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Gboard: My first thought, of course, was 'Sounds like a privacy disaster — Google will see and log everything people type with this keyboard.' But that doesn't seem to be the case. "  Daring Fireball 8:50 PM
  • "Gen. Hayden to FBI: Stop Obsessing on Content and Focus on Metadata" The Mac Observer 7:11 PM
  • "Don't be fooled — the iPhone SE is not a budget smartphone" Tech Insider 4:25 PM
  • "Is the End Near for Apple?" Estimize 4:24 PM
  • "How Apple's iPhone slump could cause more problems in the future" BGR 4:23 PM
  • "The old standards: Still playing those hated hits" Macworld 4:18 PM
  • "What headphones will Apple bundle w/ iPhone 7? Wireless AirPods? Lightning EarPods? Beats?" 9to5Mac 1:11 PM
  • "Apple: Is A Major iPhone Split Coming?" Seeking Alpha 11:58 AM
  • "Don't Count On Apple's Board To Act On Its Plummeting Share Price" Forbes 11:31 AM
  • "An iTunes bug, not Apple Music, may be to blame for disappearing music libraries" iMore 11:31 AM
  • "Walter Isaacson: Apple CEO Tim Cook great but ...'What may be missing is the unbelievable visionary like a Steve Jobs,' says the author of the best-selling biography of the co-founder of the tech giant."  CNBC Videos 10:05 AM
  • "Should Apple Buy Tesla And Elon Musk? Ex-CEO John Sculley Weighs In"  TheStreet 10:04 AM
  • "The hottest iPhone you've ever seen will never exist" BGR 9:48 AM
  • "Comment: It would be more suprising if Apple had not discussed a post-iTunes world" 9to5Mac 8:46 AM
  • "Apple is doomed, alright. Doomed for growth" Apple Must 8:31 AM
  • "Apple Will Never Add This To An iPhone (hint: it's new from Samsung)" McSolo 8:31 AM
  • "How We Went From Customer To User To Product And Back To Target" Mac360 8:30 AM
  • "Apple, Facebook, And The News (move along, there's nothing to see here)" PixoBebo 8:30 AM
  • "On Apple, Android, Science, And Numbers" Mac360 8:29 AM
  • "6 ways Apple can improve Apple Music" Macworld 7:08 AM
  • "Where Apple went wrong with Apple Watch or something" MacDailyNews 8:29 AM
  • "The Blessing of Failure: Last month marked the first year anniversary of the Apple Watch." Medium: James Allworth 7:02 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Is technology becoming less disruptive?" BBC 7:30 PM
  • "The future of sound and thought at Moogfest 2016" ExtremeTech 5:27 PM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Kayak founder launches Lola, an iOS travel app backed by $20 million" VentureBeat 10:36 AM
  • "Bots and Crawlers May Represent up to 50% of Web Traffic" ["Other key findings include: Apple and Samsung devices are dominating mobile web browsing; iPhone 6 grew at the expense of iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 models"] Business Wire 8:48 AM
  • "HEAT Software Provides Support for Apple's New Education Technology" Business Wire 8:48 AM
  • "Google launches feature-packed 'Gboard' keyboard for iPhone w/ search, GIFs, gesture typing, more" 9to5Mac 8:37 AM
  • "Google's Gboard lets you launch a search right from your iPhone keyboard" iMore 8:37 AM
  • "Google launches Gboard, an iOS keyboard that lets you search without a browser" TechCrunch 8:37 AM
  • "Roger app puts Amazon Alexa in your phone for free" Engadget 8:18 AM
  • "Youtube In-App Messaging Coming To iOS And Android" Digital Trends 7:19 AM
  • "Google adds streamlined features to Translate app for Android and iOS" V3 7:08 AM
  • "Kannada Keyboard for iPad and iPhone 1.0" prMac 1:11 PM
  • "Pointgenie 1.0 released for iOS - Innovative Social Networking App" prMac 7:07 AM
  • "Letter Soup Cafe is the Freshest and Tastiest New Word Game for iOS" prMac 7:07 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Facebook, Microsoft Give Clean Energy a Boost With Buyer's Group" Bloomberg 1:46 PM
  • "Microsoft Azure Expands Into Canada, South Korea: Microsoft is investing $15 billion to establish the Azure Cloud as a worldwide presence. Canada and South Korea are part of its expansion roadmap." InformationWeek 4:43 PM
  • "Windows 10 will finally stop sharing Wi-Fi passwords after public backlash" BGR 6:31 AM
  • "Microsoft Windows zero-day exposes companies to credit card data theft" ZDNet 7:05 AM
  • "Bing bans tech support ads—because they're mostly scams" Ars Technica 9:22 PM
  • "Dell and Aerohive launch co-branded networking solution" ChannelLife 6:53 AM
  • "Partners reveal Michael Dell's mid-July target for EMC deal close" Channelnomics 6:53 AM
  • "HP Unit to Invest in IoT, Immersive Computing, 3D Printing Startups" eWeek 7:08 AM
  • "The biggest problem for the Oracle v. Google retrial: Judge Alsup's reality distortion field" Foss Patents 6:48 AM
  • "Oracle's Larry Ellison donates $200 million to fund cancer research center" Neowin 6:42 AM
  • "New Google Chromebook UK release date, price, features and specification: HP and Google announce the new Chromebook 13 at half the price of Chromebook Pixel/HP has announced a brand-new 13in Chromebook with high end looks and a pocket friendly price. We tell you everything you need to know, including the new Google Chromebook UK release date, price, features and specifications." PC Advisor 7:02 AM
  • "Upgrades And Downgrades For Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)" Risers & Fallers 6:54 AM
  • "3 Things That Will Save Intel's Future" Seeking Alpha 11:54 AM
  • "Intel sees mobile future in atomic research" Computerworld 7:00 AM
  • "After smashing two Atoms, Intel sees mobile future in atomic research" Network World 7:00 AM
  • "Intel: 5G End-To-End Worldwide, Seamlessly" Seeking Alpha 10:16 AM
  • "AMD Names John Caldwell Chairman" Nasdaq 5:27 PM
  • "AMD Radeon Software 16.5.2 Beta launched in time for DOOM" Hexus 7:01 AM
  • "Increased Earnings Estimates Seen for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): Can It Move Higher?" Zacks 10:14 AM
  • "IBM helped develop a 'magic bullet' that might kill Zika, Ebola and other viruses" BGR 6:58 PM
  • "IBM developed a 'magic bullet' to combat viral infections: A new chemical could eventually be used to fight off everything from Zika to the flu." Engadget 7:00 PM
  • "IBM Researcher: Fears Over Artificial Intelligence Are 'Overblown'" Time 7:07 AM
  • "IBM Updates Watson Analytics With New UI, Features" eWeek 7:19 PM
  • "Cisco urges organisations to secure DNS" MIS Asia 7:01 AM
  • "Larry Ellison Gives $200 Million to USC for Cancer Research" Bloomberg 10:15 AM
  • "Lenovo Australia launches PC-as-a-Service" ZDNet 6:38 AM
  • "Businesses Lack Confidence in Data Anayltics" eWeek 7:08 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple quickly retakes 'Most Valuable Company' crown" MacDailyNews 4:19 PM
  • "Apple just sent up another red flag for stocks" CNBC 4:23 PM
  • "Apple stock has now erased all its gains from the last two years" Business Insider 1:14 PM
  • "Apple dips below $90, hits near 2-year low" CNBC 11:01 AM
  • "Apple Being Pressured By Nikkei Reports On The iPhone 7" Forbes 1:11 PM
  • "Apple Sinks to Another 52-Week Low" Investopedia 11:00 AM
  • "Google Passed Apple As The World's Most Valuable Company (Again)" Forbes 10:37 AM
  • "Why Alphabet is more valuable than Apple: Google parent is growing faster and seems to have better odds for more growth" MarketWatch 11:01 AM
  • "Alphabet again briefly overtakes Apple as America's most valuable company" AppleInsider 10:37 AM
  • "Apple stock is down suddenly on a report of a drop in iPhone chip shipments" Business Insider 9:56 AM
Industry News
  • "Stocks Dip as Apple Falls to Two-Year Low" TheStreet 4:46 PM
  • "Kohl's Reports First Drop in Net Sales in Six Quarters" FOXBusiness 4:47 PM
  • "Market Snapshot: Nasdaq, S&P Dragged Lower By Apple; Dow Industrials End In The Green" Nasdaq 4:47 PM
  • "Stocks mixed in volatile trading amid ongoing concerns about consumers" USA Today 4:48 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Recover as Energy" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:49 PM
  • "Kuroda says BOJ could ease policy 'substantially'" MarketWatch 7:13 AM
  • "European stocks pare losses as oil swings higher" MarketWatch 7:13 AM

 
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