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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, May 17, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook to visit India and meet PM Narendra Modi: The company, like other smartphone vendors around the world, has been paying more attention to India in recent months."  CNET 7:05 AM
  • "Apple Looks to India for Growth: Smartphone maker hopes the country will become its next China" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:14 PM
  • "Tim Cook to visit India for the first time as Apple CEO" CNNMoney 7:00 AM
  • "Apple's Tim Cook reportedly planning India visit" The Next Web 7:10 AM
  • "Apple boss Cook to tap Indian software talent during maiden visit"  Reuters 9:43 AM
  • "Apple to expand Indian development center, announce accelerator program for startups" AppleInsider 9:43 AM
  • "Apple's Tim Cook upbeat on visit to China: Apple CEO meets with Didi Chuxing president"  Wall Street Journal 7:36 AM
OS X
News
  • "Apple patches 67 bugs in OS El Capitan, refreshes Safari and iTunes" Computerworld 7:05 AM
  • "Apple's OS X 10.11.5 El Capitan update: No new features - but 67 security bug fixes" ZDNet 9:39 AM
  • "Apple's iTunes 12.4 update provides unexpected speed boost, fixes deletion bug" AppleInsider 3:38 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "El Capitan discussion digs into issues with VPN and Apple networking details, along with Dashboard widgets, performance problems, and auto-save/versions." MacInTouch 2:39 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "12 things Apple just changed in iTunes 12.4" Computerworld 6:53 AM
  • "How-To: Launch apps on Mac using a simple trackpad gesture [Video] 9to5Mac 11:49 AM
  • "How to manually check for Flash updates on your Mac" iDownload Blog 7:26 AM
  • "How to Select an iPhone or iPad in iTunes 12.4" OS X Daily 12:16 PM
  • "Tip: this secret Safari shortcut quickly loads your last search results" iDownload Blog 11:54 AM
  • "My Favorite Mac Calculator" Mac360 7:44 AM
  • "Unclutter The Cluttered Mac With Unclutter" Mac360 7:27 AM
Op/Ed
  • "iTunes is Still Apple's Worst Software, But Now It's Much Better" The Mac Observer 4:48 PM
  • "Inflection Point: Disruptions, Platforms and Growth with Rhino + Grasshopper (Part 1)" Architosh 2:23 PM
  • "A Thought: Linking Apple Music to the iTunes Store" The Mac Observer 12:28 PM
  • "The 9 Lives Of Flash" Mac360 8:49 AM
  • "A Few Words On Color Pickers" McSolo 7:26 AM
Press Releases
  • "Rollercoaster Tycoon World confirmed for Mac" Mac Gamer HQ 3:16 PM
  • "We have released a new and exciting motorcycle game for Mac called Extreme Bike Trials. The game is completely free, without ads or in-game purchase options." Game Top 9:33 AM
  • "Cocktail 9.3 (El Capitan Edition) has been released." Maintain 8:52 AM
  • "Noteboom Productions Introduces Tutor for Microsoft Excel" prMac 7:01 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Android roars back in strongest growth in two years, as iOS shrinks"  Telegraph 7:06 AM
  • "Apple adds Chinese instruments to GarageBand amid campaign to reverse falling sales" VentureBeat 7:05 AM
  • "GarageBand adds Chinese instruments following Tim Cook's Beijing visit" CNET 7:05 AM
  • "The iPad Has Arrived To (Someday) Change Baseball Forever" Wired 6:59 AM
  • "Apple Pulls Security Diagnostic And Jailbreak Detection App From The App Store" Redmond Pie 7:32 AM
  • "Apple just banned an iPhone app that could protect you from hackers" BGR 8:56 AM
  • "Not Just For Apple Pay: The iPhone's Wallet App Is Getting More Useful" Digital Trends 6:58 AM
  • "Snips' New Mobile AI Platform Is Private By Design" Digital Trends 7:35 AM
  • "The new rules for navigating 'that damn App Store'" VentureBeat 7:07 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Silicon Valley mocks Trump over his tech bubble warning" Reuters 9:45 PM
  • "Largest shareholder urges struggling Pandora to sell itself to the highest bidder" AppleInsider 2:32 PM
  • "Google's Robotic Camera Invades Art Museums" PC Magazine 9:45 PM
  • "Google's gigapixel Art Camera captures the subtle details" Engadget 11:48 AM
  • "Disk drive reliability: What we've learned from a billion hours" ZDNet 7:41 AM
  • "Apple Pay rival MCX finally throwing in the towel, 'postponing' nationwide rollout" 9to5Mac 7:00 AM
  • "Apple Pay rival CurrentC has been delayed yet again" Cult of Mac 6:58 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Road to Macstock -Mike Schmitz" MacVoices 2:32 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-05-17: iTunes 12.4, 'System and Security Info' App Store Rejection" The Mac Observer 2:23 PM
  • "Apple Talk 02: Betting against Apple Pay" iMore 9:40 AM
  • "Why the iPhone needs a 'panic button' now more than ever" Macworld 7:00 AM
  • "Is CurrentC still a thing now that Walmart has dropped out?" The MT Show 6:52 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Purported iPhone 7 images show new tapered antenna design, possible laser auto-focus feature"  9to5Mac 12:17 PM
  • "Apple Is Making iPhone 7 The Next Killer Device" Seeking Alpha 1:00 PM
  • "Apple staffing up on wireless charging experts, including former uBeam engineers"  The Verge 10:38 AM
  • "Apple hires wireless charging experts, hinting at tech for 2017 iPhones & iPads" AppleInsider 11:51 AM
  • "Apple Hires Pair of Engineers From Wireless Charging Startup uBeam" MacRumors 11:54 AM
  • "Apple's new hires point to iPhone wireless charging" Cult of Mac 12:17 PM
  • "Apple Quietly Staffing Up on Wireless Charging Engineers" The Mac Observer 8:15 PM
  • "Apple TV sales surge with hardware refresh, but still rank 4th in US streaming device market" AppleInsider 2:59 PM
  • "New Apple TV loses to Roku in U.S." Cult of Mac 5:00 PM
  • "Apple's iOS updates brick iPads: Update crushes low-level lockscreen hole ... then wreaks havoc" The Register 7:00 AM
  • "Apple's latest iOS is crashing people's new iPads" Telegraph 7:07 AM
  • "iOS 9.3.2 update 'bricking' some Apple iPad Pros, complaints say" AppleInsider 12:30 PM
  • "Apple's latest iOS update is bricking the iPad Pro" ZDNet 2:59 PM
  • "Intel obtains up to 50% of modem chip orders for upcoming iPhone" DigiTimes 7:31 AM
  • "Apple suppliers ramp up hiring in preparation for iPhone 7: Report" CNBC 7:29 AM
  • "Report: Apple suppliers ramp hiring earlier than usual, assembling 'more complex' iPhone 7 design" 9to5Mac 7:28 AM
  • "Supply chain to start shipping new iPhones at the end of 3Q16" DigiTimes 7:28 AM
  • "Suppliers gearing up to ship Apple's 'iPhone 7' by end of September" AppleInsider 7:28 AM
  • "Apple may offer three versions of iPhone 7: The company could end up adding an iPhone 7 Pro or Plus Premium to the mix, says blog site Mobipicker." CNET 10:38 AM
  • "Apple's iPhone 7 leads to buying pause, says analyst" ZDNet 10:39 AM
  • "iPhone SE's Bluetooth Issues Fixed in iOS 9.3.2" Modmyi 7:32 AM
  • "Apple Fixes TVOS Ahead Of Potential Big Changes Next Month" Forbes 9:39 AM
  • "Tweaked Apple Music app with 'Browse' spotted on Apple TV" 9to5Mac 2:26 PM
Granted Apple Patents
  • "Apple imagines citywide ground-based navigation infrastructure to augment, replace GPS" AppleInsider 6:59 AM
  • "Apple Wins Patent for Controlling a Display or Television by Mere Pointing Gestures" Patently Apple 7:00 AM
  • "Patent Report: authorizing use of a Mac with an iOS device, more" Apple World Today 7:51 AM
  • "Apple Granted 47 Patents Today Covering Free Fall Device Protection and Possibly a Pre-iPad Pro Design" Patently Apple 9:55 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:27 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:27 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "MacBook 12-inch rose gold review: Apple's latest is pink, portable, powerful" Telegraph 7:06 AM
  • "Review: Eero is the new king of WiFi routers" Cult of Mac 9:39 AM
  • "Review: Logitech Logi BASE Charging Stand for iPad Pro" iLounge 10:39 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "iOS 9.3.2 Vs iOS 9.3.1 Speed And Performance Comparison [Video] Redmond Pie 8:09 PM
  • "Paris Photo Pro: Vintage Camera Effects for iOS Devices" eXtensions 9:33 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How To Schedule iMessage / SMS In Stock iOS Messages App With Ease" Redmond Pie 8:26 PM
  • "How to Downgrade iOS 9.3.2 to iOS 9.3.1" OS X Daily 3:38 PM
  • "How to use the Smart Search bar in Safari on iPhone and iPad" iMore 2:26 PM
  • "Apple World Today 60-second Video Tip: Turning off Reachability" Apple World Today 12:55 PM
  • "How to set wallpaper, brightness, nightshift, display zoom, and more on iPhone and iPad" iMore 6:59 AM
Tips
  • "10 Cool Things to Know About Gboard, Google's New Custom Keyboard for iPhone and iPad" iPhone Hacks 8:41 PM
  • "This hidden iPhone trick just became my new favorite feature" BGR 9:55 AM
  • "Can an iPad connect to a 30-inch Apple Cinema Display? You can connect an iOS device to some of Apple's older displays, but only at 1080p." Macworld 7:29 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple sent senior engineers to customer's house to investigate music deletion issue" AppleInsider 8:10 PM
  • "Apple Sent Two Men to My House. No, They Weren't Assassins." Vellum 8:10 PM
  • "Looking Forward to WWDC in June; and an Apple Acquisition (Bangkok Post, Life)" eXtensions 7:56 PM
  • "What's Tim Cook Doing In India And How Will It Help Apple?" Benzinga 12:30 PM
  • "Overcoming bias in tech reviews" iMore 12:20 PM
  • "The iPhone 7 Is More Complex Than Previous Models" Fortune 9:57 AM
  • "Opinion: Do services really have the kind of potential Apple would like us to believe?" 9to5Mac 9:42 AM
  • "Putting Recent App Review Time Improvements in Visual Context" MacStories 8:58 AM
  • "Previewing Apple's WWDC 2016: Big news for iOS 10, iPhone 7, new iPad Pro" AppleInsider 8:56 AM
  • "Why Tim Cook Can't Make Buffett's $1.1 Billion Apple Bet Pay Off" Forbes 8:56 AM
  • "If Apple Ran The TSA" Mac360 8:49 AM
  • "Finally, Apple Watch Has A Killer App" PixoBebo 8:49 AM
  • "Apple iOS 9.3.2: Should You Upgrade?" Forbes 7:41 AM
  • "Is China Really Attempting to Extract Trade Secrets from Apple in Exchange for Market Access?" Patently Apple 7:35 AM
  • "The Big iPhone Debate" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:31 AM
  • "How Intel missed the iPhone revolution" TechCrunch 7:00 AM
  • "Car trouble: The Apple car deemed a non-starter" Macworld 6:59 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Dell's 43' Wonder: Are 43' Monitors Too Big? Hell No!" TG Daily 8:46 PM
  • "Every time a photo of Samsung's Galaxy S7 Active leaks it gets uglier" The Verge 3:38 PM
  • "Here's how Amazon could bring smartphone enthusiasm back with Alexa" ZDNet 12:18 PM
  • "Virtual Reality Brings New Life...to Desktops?" Tech.pinions 7:31 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "YouTube Update Finally Brings Virtual Reality Videos To iOS" Digital Trends 8:15 PM
  • "Soar with the Blue Angels in this upcoming iOS, Android flight sim" VentureBeat 8:09 PM
  • "This $150 device lets you send smells to friends through an iPhone — like a scented text" Tech Insider 4:46 PM
  • "New iPad App Aims to 'Demystify' Shakespeare" PC Magazine 4:42 PM
  • "Google Search App for iOS Adds Keyboard Shortcuts on iPad" MacStories 2:26 PM
  • "Apple Pay adds more than two dozen additional banks across the United States" 9to5Mac 2:26 PM
  • "Textkraft For iPad Becomes A Mobile Production Studio For Self-Publishers" MacPrices 2:23 PM
  • "Apple updates TestFlight for iOS with 'more robust support' for watchOS beta apps" 9to5Mac 12:52 PM
  • "Associate, a simple iOS app for Amazon links" Six Colors 11:50 AM
  • "Grovemade Keyboard and Trackpad Trays + Mac" iLounge 11:49 AM
  • "Remotix VNC & RDP 6.0 for iOS is out with more than a dozen new features" prMac 10:38 AM
  • "Doodletime Gets Your Creative Juices Flowing Each Morning" prMac 9:40 AM
  • "Kurdish Keyboard for Kurds 2.0 for iOS Offers Customizable Kurdish Entry" prMac 9:40 AM
  • "Volt Athletics unveils 'intelligent strength training' app for athletes, expands beyond teams" GeekWire 9:39 AM
  • "SoundHound Inc. Integrates Houndify Speech-to-Meaning™ Technology Into SoundHound Music App to Enable Hands-Free Search, Discovery and Play Experience" Business Wire 7:42 AM
  • "SoundHound adds powerful voice control for hands-free music listening" The Verge 7:26 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Say U.K. Should Avoid Brexit" Bloomberg 12:25 PM
  • "Microsoft says UK staying in EU important for investment" Reuters 12:30 PM
  • "Microsoft and SAP love grows stronger in the cloud" TechCrunch 10:51 AM
  • "Windows 10's next update will double the number of Start menu ads: It's the feature update no user asked for." Engadget 6:19 AM
  • "Updategate: Microsoft to double the number of ads in Windows 10 Start menu/Yes. They're adverts. 'Promoted ad' is like saying 'digging implement'" The Inquirer 6:24 AM
  • "Microsoft Partners: Some Customers Already Peeved Over Increase In Windows 10 Advertising" CRN 9:51 AM
  • "Here's a look at the new Windows Store UI that came with today's Windows 10 Mobile build" Neowin 6:23 AM
  • "Microsoft Delivers Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 14342" Thurrott 6:30 AM
  • "AMD Appoints Swetang Vin As Corporate VP And Regional CFO" TeleAnalysis 7:01 AM
  • "How Intel missed the iPhone revolution" TechCrunch 6:46 AM
  • "Intel Intensifies Focus On Indian Cloud, E-Com Markets" CXO Today 7:00 AM
  • "Intel Targets a Clean Swipe in Indian Storage Market" Silicon India 7:00 AM
  • "Intel bets big on the cloud and e-commerce sectors in India" India Info Online 7:06 AM
  • "Virtual Reality Brings New Life... To Desktops?" Seeking Alpha 12:17 PM
  • "Intel, Dell Join To Strengthen Cloud, E-Commerce In India" Silicon India 7:01 AM
  • "Intel, Dell join to strengthen cloud, e-commerce in India: For fast and reliable data access to the cloud, Intel also unveiled new solid state drives (SSDs)" Business Standard 7:06 AM
  • "The Strange Relationship Between Intel Corporation and Micron Technologies, Inc.: Some additional clarity on the relationship between processor giant Intel and memory maker Micron would be nice." The Motley Fool 9:50 AM
  • "Dell Sells $20 Billion of Secured Bonds: Sale brings computer company a step toward funding its acquisition of EMC Corp." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:53 PM
  • "Dell bonds draw $85bn in investor orders" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 2:34 PM
  • "Dell Sells $20 Billion of Secured Bonds" Nasdaq 12:34 PM
  • "Dell Sells $20B in Bonds" Barron's 3:38 PM
  • "Dell partners with SAP on new datacenter architectures for cloud, IoT deployments" ZDNet 12:29 PM
  • "Hewlett Packard Enterprise hiring temps to cover for redundancies - sources: And dozens of staff directed to exit told 'we were hasty, can you hang on for longer?'" The Register 7:02 AM
  • "HP's first 3-D printers are finally here: With a starting price of $130,000, they're not for hobbyists." Recode 12:19 PM
  • "HP reveals high-speed 3D printers with jet fusion tech" BBC 12:19 PM
  • "HP details its first 3D printers; 3D Systems and Stratasys rise" Seeking Alpha 12:18 PM
  • "IBM Shutters Somers, New York, Campus: Complex employs 2,000 employees and will transfer them to nearby facility" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:14 PM
  • "IBM's latest move may have cracked the code on a cheaper DRAM alternative: IBM's new version of PCM is more dense so it costs less per byte" IDG News Service 6:15 AM
  • "IBM's optical storage is 50 times faster than flash: The phase-change memory is now cheaper than RAM, too." Engadget 9:49 AM
  • "IBM Teases Storage Memory Breakthrough" PC Magazine 4:43 PM
  • "IBM's phase-change memory breakthrough brings DRAM speed at lower costs" ZDNet 2:33 PM
  • "IBM Demonstrates 3-Bits Per Cell Phase-Change Memory" EE Times 9:49 AM
  • "IBM Develops New Approach in Dealing with Zika, Flu, Other Viral Infections" Nature World News 9:49 AM
  • "How IBM's cloud and cognitive computing tools help deliver personalized customer experiences" TechRepublic 3:20 PM
  • "IBM bolsters Commerce platform with more cognitive muscle" ZDNet 2:33 PM
  • "This professor's teaching assistant was a bot" ITProPortal 9:50 AM
  • "Oracle vs. Google Copyright Trial Heads into Second Week" eWeek 6:17 AM
  • "Roku, Cisco partner on video security for Charter Spectrum and beyond" Rapid TV News 7:03 AM
  • "SAP to double down on cybersecurity strategy" ZDNet 2:33 PM
  • "High-conductive thermoplastic mat'l advances 3D printing" EE Times Asia 6:07 AM
  • "Layoffs loom at Sharp as Foxconn vows to turn company around" EE Times Asia 6:07 AM
  • "Disk drive reliability: What we've learned from a billion hours" ZDNet 7:18 AM
  • "Backblaze releases billion-hour hard drive reliability report" ExtremeTech 12:19 PM
  • "Silicon Valley Mansions Linger on Market in Real Estate Slowdown" Bloomberg 7:18 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Investor George Soros latest to snap up Apple stock as prices reach trough" AppleInsider 4:46 PM
  • "How Big Is Berkshire Hathaway's New Stake in Apple?" Market Realist 7:32 AM
  • "After Berkshire announcement, AAPL once more takes back its market cap crown from GOOG" 9to5Mac 6:57 AM
  • "Bullish Buffett and bearish Soros can both be right" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:36 AM
  • "Buffett Hangs Up on AT&T, Bites Into Apple" Investopedia 6:57 AM
  • "How Did Suppliers Hold Up After Apple's iPhone Sales Decline? A look at three major iPhone suppliers and how their reliance on Apple impacted results." The Motley Fool 7:37 AM
  • "How Are Apple's Slowing iPhone Sales Impacting Skyworks?" Market Realist 7:37 AM
Industry News
  • "U.S. stocks tumble as specter of early rate hike spooks: Consumer prices rise at fastest pace in more than 3 years" MarketWatch 4:44 PM
  • "Stocks Slump Amid Higher Odds of June Rate Hike" TheStreet 4:44 PM
  • "Stocks fall as inflation hits 3-year high" USA Today 4:44 PM
  • "Rate Hike Fear Drags Down Stocks" Reuters 4:44 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Drop on Expectations for Higher Interest Rates: Consumer staples and utilities, known for their steady dividends, led the S&P 500 lower" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:44 PM
  • "Asian markets get boost from rising oil prices" MarketWatch 7:12 AM
  • "European stocks head for another winning day, with banks leading the way" MarketWatch 7:12 AM

 
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