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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple Looks to India for Growth: Smartphone maker hopes the country will become its next China"  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:43 AM
  • "Apple boss Cook to tap Indian software talent during maiden visit"  Reuters 7:17 AM
  • "Tim Cook begins maiden India trip with visit to Siddhivinayak temple" PTI 7:46 AM
  • "Apple's Tim Cook's Trip To India" Forbes 7:43 AM
  • "Apple's Cook Visits India as a Billion Smartphones Beckon" Bloomberg Video 7:45 AM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook set to confer with Bharti Airtel on device distribution, meet business leaders" The Economic Times 7:51 AM
  • "Didi President talks 'clicking with Apple': CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports on the new relationship between Apple and Didi Chuxing." CNBC Videos 11:29 AM
  • "Why Apple Is Spending Crazy Amounts of Money On New Ideas: To the tune of $10 billion"  Time 10:42 AM
  • "A secret Apple warehouse is on land the government wants for a new Silicon Valley train station" Business Insider 2:24 PM
OS X
News
  • "Apple reminds developers of impending iAd App Network shutdown, APIs to be deprecated" AppleInsider 9:18 PM
  • "Siri for Mac's Colorful Waveform Dock Icon Revealed Ahead of OS X 10.12 Unveiling"  MacRumors 11:37 AM
  • "Leaked screens show Siri in Apple's upcoming OS X 10.12 with always-on 'Hey Siri'" AppleInsider 1:28 PM
  • "Apple iTunes 12.4 Update Addresses A Controversial Music Problem" Forbes 7:44 AM
  • "Latest iTunes update includes 'safeguards' against music deletion" The Verge 7:43 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Adobe Flash Player updates available for OS X on May 18, 2016: Adobe Flash Player updates address a recently identified Adobe Flash Player web plug-in vulnerability." Apple Support 8:39 PM
  • "Dos and Donts for managing data on external hard drives" MacIssues 10:31 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to Work with the Sidebar in iTunes 12.4" Kirkville 7:07 AM
  • "Reset Play Counts in iTunes 12.4" Kirkville 8:06 AM
  • "How to Disable 'Connect' Tabs and Apple Music in iTunes" OS X Daily 2:45 PM
  • "Choosing Sidebar Categories in iTunes 12.4 Tips" iLounge 3:21 PM
  • "iTunes Tip: see Apple Music songs in your library that are no longer available for streaming" iDownload Blog 11:29 AM
  • "How to Show Password Hints at Login in Mac OS X" OS X Daily 4:58 PM
  • "Manually checking for Java updates for your Mac or PC" iDownload Blog 7:12 AM
  • "New Mac extension simplifies opening and switching Terminal to the current folder" iDownload Blog 10:32 AM
  • "Changing a Wi-Fi Network's Name" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:31 AM
  • "5 ways to search Gmail that everyone should know about" PCWorld 6:54 AM
  • "Choosing Photos To Upload" MacMost 10:08 AM
  • "It's Official: The Mac's Menubar Is Broken (and how to fix it)" TeraTalks 7:57 AM
  • "This Is The Mac Road Less Traveled" Mac360 7:44 AM
  • "This Mac App Does A Little Of What I Want Siri To Do More Of" BohemianBoomer 7:44 AM
Op/Ed
  • "0.0001% of the Way to Core Data" inessential 3:36 PM
Press Releases
  • "Equinux Spot Maps + Mac" iLounge 10:45 AM
  • "Private Contact 3.3.1 is an application to manage on Mac an always encrypted address book" Tension Software 6:55 AM
  • "Emojis for Apple Mail: Now Available on MailButler" prMac 10:44 AM
  • "Databuzz Releases fmAccounting Link (MYOB Essentials Edition)" prMac 10:19 AM
  • "UnDistracted - The Distraction Killing Tool for OS X - Free Download" prMac 8:42 AM
  • "Mapdiva Releases Artboard 2.0 Drawing Software on the Mac App Store" prMac 6:53 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Announces New iOS App Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru" Apple 7:03 AM
  • "Apple Announces New iOS App Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru" Business Wire 7:43 AM
  • "Apple plans iOS development accelerator program in India: Company will offer expert reviews to developers in India, a growing market for the iPhone maker." CNET 6:53 AM
  • "Apple is opening an app design and development accelerator in India" TechCrunch 6:53 AM
  • "Apple to open iOS app design and development accelerator in India in 2017" AppleInsider 6:54 AM
  • "Apple Eyes India Expansion With iOS Development Center" PC Magazine 10:48 AM
  • "Apple mulls permanent expansion of Fifth Avenue store, feels 'entitled' to cut-rate FAO Schwarz lease" AppleInsider 5:51 PM
  • "Apple engineers visit iTunes user to troubleshoot issues" Cult of Mac 7:07 AM
  • "Apple sent engineers to a customer's house after iTunes deleted a load of his music" Business Insider 7:20 AM
  • "How many Apple engineers does it take to fix iTunes?" The Verge 7:43 AM
  • "So, two Apple engineers walk into a man's house..." Mashable 7:05 AM
  • "1,887 developers make more than $1M annually from the mobile app markets" VentureBeat 7:18 AM
  • "It's all in the fingers for this 'sick' iPad drummer" Cult of Mac 11:37 AM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook Jams on GarageBand with Asian Superstar JJ Lin" The Mac Observer 4:51 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "LinkedIn Says Hackers Are Trying to Sell Fruits of Huge 2012 Data Breach" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:40 PM
  • "Smile! The Polaroid-Style Instant Camera Is Back: Instant cameras and printers from Fujifilm and Polaroid are making a comeback; these are the best ones you can buy" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:24 PM
  • "Google Home: A Smart Speaker With a Search Giant for a Brain" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:40 PM
  • "Google's New Products Reflect Push Into Machine Learning: At developers conference, Alphabet unit updates devices for home, phone and body" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:21 PM
  • "Google's next big move against Microsoft Office: Get help and get big"  Business Insider 2:26 PM
  • "The 8 most important announcements from Google I/O 2016" BGR 2:08 PM
  • "Google I/O 2016: Assistant, Home, Allo, Duo, Android N, and More" MacRumors 1:55 PM
  • "Google announces Universal App Campaigns for iOS and 2 billion app installs via ads, just like Facebook" VentureBeat 1:42 PM
  • "Google unveils its Amazon Echo competitor, a smart speaker called Google Home" TechCrunch 1:28 PM
  • "Google unveils Google Assistant, a virtual assistant that's a big upgrade to Google Now" TechCrunch 1:28 PM
  • "Google launches conversation-based Assistant" BBC 1:26 PM
  • "Google's New Allo Messaging App Gets Its Edge From AI" Wired 1:24 PM
  • "Google Is Going to War With Facebook Messenger" Time 1:19 PM
  • "Google unveils Google Home, looks to compete with Amazon's Echo" Reuters 1:19 PM
  • "Google's new Allo and Duo chat apps: Google just announced that it will be releasing two new apps this summer. Allo is a messaging app that lets you do Google searches in your chats. Duo is a fast video chat app." The Verge 1:19 PM
  • "Google and Facebook still dominate tracking on the web" The Verge 11:25 AM
  • "Peephole attack could leave more than a billion Android devices open to clickjacking" BetaNews 7:12 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "ACM 360: Apple Learning to Go Native, iTunes Downloads Will End, Wireless Charging" The Mac Observer 6:42 PM
  • "Ortwin Gentz Takes Us To Streets 3, A Google Street View Visualizer" MacVoices 4:52 PM
  • "Ortwin Gentz Takes Us To Streets 3, A Google Street View Visualizer" MacVoices 2:54 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-05-18: CurrentC's Slow, Painful Death" The Mac Observer 1:33 PM
Hardware/Software
  • "Exclusive: This is what the Apple iPhone 7 Plus will look like/New video leak shows off Smart Connector and dual-lens camera - but where's the headphone jack?" Stuff Magazine 10:24 AM
  • "New leak of alleged iPhone 6s successor shows refinement" Neowin 6:53 AM
  • "Apple adds second supplier for iPhone 7 Plus" Cult of Mac 7:07 AM
  • "8 images show why iPhone 7 will be 'complex" Apple Must 10:40 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 10:23 AM
  • "Bezel-free iPhone a step closer as third Apple patent published for Touch ID sensor embedded in display" 9to5Mac 7:10 AM
  • "Apple Inc. Still Hasn't Caught Up with iPhone SE Demand: The iDevice maker is still seemingly working to bring supply and demand for its latest iPhone into balance." The Motley Fool 10:19 AM
  • "Apple comments on 'Error 56', looking into reports of affected iPads" iMore 7:18 AM
  • "Apple is 'looking' into reports of iOS 9.3.2 bricking some 9.7-inch iPad Pros" iDownload Blog 8:01 AM
  • "Apple working on a fix for iPad Pros bricked by iOS 9.3.2" Macworld 11:04 AM
  • "Apple looking into iOS glitch that clobbers iPad Pro tablets" CNET 10:42 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "New Touch ID rules: Why you have to enter your passcode when you wake up/If you haven't used your passcode to unlock your iPhone or iPad for six days, an iOS 9 restriction disables Touch ID if you don't unlock with a fingerprint within eight hours." Macworld 4:58 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:58 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:58 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:58 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "The Tiny Hands Review of the iPhone SE" Motherboard 8:02 AM
  • "Tablet shootout: iPad Air 2 vs. Fire 10 HD" ZDNet 10:47 AM
  • "Fiio X7 review: A portable digital audio player designed for high-resolution sound" TechHive 6:54 AM
  • "Plugged Crown Headphones: A Fresh Look and Terrific Sound" AppAdvice 10:45 AM
  • "Review: Naim mu-so Qb, the AirPlay speaker with design borrowed from a $150,000 amp" 9to5Mac 10:32 AM
  • "If iPhone 7 ditches the audio jack, these three DACs will keep the music spinning" TechRadar UK 10:23 AM
  • "Twelve South TimePorter for Apple Watch Requires Too Much Fussing" The Mac Observer 6:23 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "FileMaker 15 review: Evolutionary release with a new licensing program/Coming soon to an Android screen near you." Macworld 7:05 AM
  • "The Roll helps you organize and find your best shots" iDownload Blog 7:12 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "Game of Thrones - Theme Song Created in GarageBand (4K Video)" The Mac Observer 8:21 PM
  • "How to use Voice Memos for iPhone: The ultimate guide" iMore 2:08 PM
  • "How to stop your iPhone from counting your steps and tracking fitness activity" iDownload Blog 7:13 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple and Google: Two developer conferences, one matters"  BetaNews 3:20 PM
  • "Why do iOS updates keep wrecking iPhones and iPads?"  ZDNet 1:52 PM
  • "Why the iPhone is better than the LG G5: here's a few reasons why you should get the iPhone 6s over the LG G5" Macworld UK 1:19 PM
  • "How I (almost) screwed up my interview with ex-Apple CEO John Sculley" The Next Web 11:04 AM
  • "How Reliable Is Your Mac Or iPhone?" Mac360 8:40 AM
  • "Why Apple Won't Unlock The FM Radio Already In Your iPhone" NoodleMac 8:40 AM
  • "Here Comes Apple's Big Pause" Mac360 8:39 AM
  • "Why Apple Music Is So Bad When the iPhone Is So Good" The New Yorker 8:01 AM
  • "7 good reasons Apple's iOS in India plans makes utter sense"  Computerworld 7:44 AM
  • "The Missing Link in the Voice AI/UI Experience" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:09 AM
  • "Hardware Upgrades Offer New Opportunities" Tech.pinions 7:09 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Why Google won't kill its other messaging app, Hangouts" Business Insider 4:57 PM
  • "Hands on with Android Wear 2.0" The Verge 3:25 PM
  • "Android Instant Apps Sounds Insanely Useful" Gizmodo 2:26 PM
  • "How unsafe is the Internet of Things?" BetaNews 10:32 AM
  • "117 Million Emails and Passwords and LinkedIn Still Hasn't Deleted My Account [Link] Macdrifter 10:26 AM
  • "Google Spaces Is a Pointless Exercise: The latest 'social' experiment by Google is another item for the company to throw on the failure pile." PC Magazine 7:53 AM
  • "What if Facebook Gave Us an Opposing-Viewpoints Button?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:51 AM
  • "As the phish, we all need to recognize the baited hook: Phishing scams aren't going away, and the scammers are in fact getting more sophisticated. That means users have to be more cautious than ever." Computerworld 7:44 AM
  • "How I Learned to Love Snapchat" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:25 AM
  • "Essay: Future of Internet Startups" TG Daily 7:11 AM
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Control your Bentley's seat massagers from your wrist with new Apple Watch app" AppleInsider 7:21 PM
  • "The Never-ending Story: Gifts for Dads & Grads 2016 (Part II)" The Mac Observer 1:33 PM
  • "Belarusian Keyboard 2.0 Brings Customizable Belarusian Text Entry to iOS" prMac 10:32 AM
  • "MCE Reduces Price on PCIe-Based Flash Storage Drives for MacBook Pro/Air" prMac 10:19 AM
  • "Vyu360™ Upgrades Your Smartphone to Easily Capture and Share 360° Media" PRNewswire 8:09 AM
  • "New Holding Pattern App for Pilots Is the First of Its Kind to Include Wind Computations" PRNewswire 8:09 AM
  • "iOS Uber app now offers Find My Friends-style tracking of family members" 9to5Mac 7:10 AM
  • "10 classic early iPhone games still worth playing today" Macworld 6:54 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft sells Nokia feature phone unit to Foxconn for $350m" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:59 AM
  • "Microsoft to sell feature phone business to Foxconn subsidiary, HMD Global" Reuters 7:17 AM
  • "Nokia phones are back after Microsoft sells mobile assets for $350M to Foxconn, HMD" CNBC 6:56 AM
  • "Microsoft is selling its feature phone business for $350m" ZDNet 7:23 AM
  • "Foxconn's FIH to Buy Microsoft Feature Phones for $350 Million" Bloomberg 6:57 AM
  • "Microsoft Steps Back From Feature-Phone Business: The software giant sells assets to a new entity affiliated with Nokia and a unit of Taiwan's Foxconn." TheStreet 6:58 AM
  • "Microsoft sells feature phone unit for $350 million" MarketWatch 6:56 AM
  • "Microsoft offloads Nokia feature phone business to Foxconn for $350M" TechCrunch 6:53 AM
  • "Nokia announces return to mobile phones and tablets, as Microsoft sells feature-phone unit for $350M" VentureBeat 7:16 AM
  • "Nokia says will re-enter mobile, tablet markets" AFP 6:57 AM
  • "Brexit: Microsoft supports Britain remaining in the EU/Company invests in the UK because it's part of the European community" V3 7:16 AM
  • "Microsoft Is Poised to Plummet: Microsoft looks ready to break below its 200-day moving average and possibly take out a long-term support level." TheStreet 6:57 AM
  • "Microsoft Beefs Up Office 365 E-Discovery" eWeek 6:06 PM
  • "EMC to leave Microsoft beef behind after Dell merger" ZDNet 7:23 AM
  • "Dell seeks Brazilian ISVs and integrators for IoT projects" ZDNet 1:52 PM
  • "IBM Watson's Data-Crunching Gains Traction with Marketing Firms: Advertising group Havas launches Havas Cognitive division; Startup Equals 3 unveils Lucy marketing tool" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:57 AM
  • "IBM touts 'breakthrough' storage memory technology" V3 10:31 AM
  • "IBM Storage Breakthrough May Speed Up Smartphones, Apps" InformationWeek 10:48 AM
  • "Lenovo launches xClarity to unify control of IBM System and ThinkServer products" DigiTimes 7:21 AM
  • "India market: Lenovo beats other China vendors, takes third position in handset market in 2015, says report" DigiTimes 7:22 AM
  • "Hewlett Packard Enterprise Makes a $100 Million Bet on Startups" Bloomberg 6:56 AM
  • "Oracle co-CEO says Google caused Oracle revenue to plummet" Reuters 6:59 AM
  • "Intel's Big iPhone Win: Reportedly Supplying 50% of Modem Chips for iPhone7; Some Skeptical of Report" Barron's 10:57 AM
  • "Intel Corporation To Supply Half The Chips For iPhone 7 [Report] ValueWalk 10:57 AM
  • "Intel to close Jerusalem plant; most workers safe but transferred" Times of Israel 10:56 AM
  • "AMD's Bet on Mainstream Graphics Could Backfire: The company's Polaris graphics cards won't be focused on the fast-growing high end of the market." The Motley Fool 10:55 AM
  • "Apache e-mails, shown in court, say Android 'ripped off' Oracle IP: Is the Mazzocchi e-mail a 'smoking gun,' or just a guy shooting his mouth off?" Ars Technica 5:48 PM
  • "Oracle says Google generated more than $42 billion from Android" Business Insider 3:36 PM
  • "Oracle moves for judgment as a matter of law against Google's 'fair use' defense to Java copyright infringement" Foss Patents 7:04 AM
  • "Oracle claims Android crashed its Java revenues: Why licence Java, when you can use Android for free?" V3 7:16 AM
  • "Cisco Gives Solid Outlook, Though Profit Edges Lower" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:58 PM
  • "Cisco earnings: 57 cents per share, vs expected EPS of 55 cents" CNBC 3:21 PM
  • "Cisco gains as results, forecast beat expectations" MarketWatch 3:21 PM
  • "Cisco's Q3, outlook better than expected" ZDNet 4:54 PM
  • "How Cisco Managed to Surprise to the Upside" 24/7 Wall St. 3:36 PM
  • "Cisco Q3 estimates: $11.97B in revenues" CNBC Videos 6:56 AM
  • "Cisco Systems Earnings: What to Watch/Equipment maker's report expected to show that overall tech demand remains tepid" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:49 AM
  • "Cisco Reports Next in Weak Quarter for IT Spending" TheStreet 7:21 AM
  • "Cisco earnings could quell or reignite tech fears" MarketWatch 7:58 AM
  • "Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins is making a big bet on subscriptions: The hope is to smooth out the harsh cycles that come with selling hardware." Recode 7:56 PM
  • "The PC is dead. Gartner wishes you luck, vendors" The Register 11:04 AM
  • "Salesforce Boosts Outlook After Topping 1st-Quarter Expectations: Cloud-computing business continues to grow at a rapid clip" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:07 PM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple's Angela Ahrendts Selling Stock Is Actually Bullish" Forbes 7:52 AM
  • "Apple Stock Rises on Berkshire Hathaway's Investment" Market Realist 10:32 AM
  • "Warren Buffett's Billion Dollar Apple Inc. (AAPL) Investment" Insider Monkey 7:43 AM
Industry News
  • "Stocks erase gains as Fed minutes stoke rate-hike fears: Target shares on track for worst 1-day drop in nearly 8 years" MarketWatch 4:55 PM
  • "Wall Street in Shock as Fed Turns Hawkish" TheStreet 4:55 PM
  • "Nasdaq ends up 0.5%, Dow, S&P 500 finish flat" USA Today 4:55 PM
  • "Fed Flexes Muscle, June Rate Hike Still in Play" FOXBusiness 4:55 PM
  • "Financial Stocks Climb on Fed Minutes: Broader indexes end near flat as Fed officials suggest they are keeping open the possibility of a June rate increase" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:54 PM
  • "China, Hong Kong stocks fall after silence on expected trading link: Suzuki shares tumble" MarketWatch 7:59 AM
  • "European stocks waver as miners slump: Eurozone slips back into deflation" MarketWatch 7:59 AM

 
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