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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple Music Considering a Serious Price Drop, Sources Say"  Digital Music News 7:25 AM
  • "Apple is reportedly making Apple Music a little cheaper" The Next Web 7:27 AM
  • "Apple said to be considering lowering Apple Music price" iDownload Blog 7:27 AM
  • "Apple Music's Rumored Price Cut Suggests Music Labels Are Finally Changing Their Tune: With streaming services helping the music industry deliver its best growth in decades, labels might now be willing to cut royalty rates to keep the momentum going." TheStreet 4:18 PM
  • "KGI: Apple to drop MacBook Pro prices, introduce new 32GB RAM option in 2017"  9to5Mac 7:07 AM
  • "Kuo: Demand for new MacBook Pro models tepid due to high prices, disappointing specs" AppleInsider 7:06 AM
  • "Latest MacBook Pro price reset resembles shift to Retina in 2012: Sticker shock stems from jump after three years of stable prices" Computerworld 12:43 PM
  • "Could AR Be Apple's Next Big Thing? Rumors suggest Apple will tackle AR/VR on the iPhone, perhaps via a special strip on the bottom of the screen,"  PC Magazine 7:32 AM
  • "Apple seeks to fast-track challenge to €850m Galway data centre: Tech giant wants to avoid delay of up to 18 months over objections to Athenry facility" Irish Times 10:39 AM
  • "Chicago's new riverfront Apple store costs $62 million" Chicago Tribune [Free Registration Required] 2:42 PM
  • "What Happened to Apple, Inc.'s Installed Base Purchases Metric? It's probably the SEC's fault." The Motley Fool 4:38 PM
OS X
News
  • "AdWords malvertising targets macOS users" BetaNews 12:43 PM
  • "Apple fans using Chrome on alert for Mac malware: Google AdWords has been spewing software nasties" The Register 11:33 AM
  • "Apple iTunes 12.5.3 Update Released, Contents Remain a Mystery" The Mac Observer 5:16 PM
  • "NetMarketShare: macOS and iOS are both down in October" Apple World Today 8:32 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Yes, if you delete your photos from iCloud Photo Library, they're deleted everywhere" Macworld 7:34 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to use Apple Pay on the MacBook Pro with Touch ID" iMore 7:33 AM
  • "How to activate live editing of docs in Pages/Keynote/Numbers" Mac Kung Fu 4:25 PM
  • "Convert Standard User Account to Administrator Account from Command Line of Mac OS" OS X Daily 12:43 PM
  • "How to Re-enable the Startup Chime on Late 2016 MacBook Pro Models" The Mac Observer 2:28 PM
  • "How to use the Menu bar on your Mac" iMore 12:48 PM
  • "Reassign the Caps Lock Key" MacMost 10:05 AM
  • "A Free Menubar Calendar For The Mac" Mac360 7:40 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Why Web Pages Are So Slow To Load And What Safari Can Do To Help" PixoBebo 8:32 AM
Press Releases
  • "AIA California Council Partners with GRAPHISOFT for BIM" Architosh 1:00 PM
  • "Classroom-Focused 'Minecraft: Education Edition' Launches on macOS and Windows" MacRumors 11:44 AM
  • "The 10 Mac games you need to play from October 2016" Macworld 7:11 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple hires Duke's Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, a HealthKit and ResearchKit pioneer" MobileHealthNews 10:19 AM
  • "Apple hires Duke doctor known as early pioneer of HealthKit & ResearchKit" AppleInsider 10:19 AM
  • "Apple hires doctor with HealthKit and ResearchKit expertise" Cult of Mac 10:38 AM
  • "Is that a PC on your desk? Windows hybrids, Macs and iPads struggle for share: As the lines between tablets and laptops continue to blur, it gets harder to tell what's a PC and what isn't. Even the two biggest research firms can't agree. No wonder the rest of us are confused." ZDNet 7:47 AM
  • "Apple and Samsung drag tablet market down 15 per cent: IDC data shows race to the bottom putting off buyers" V3 7:34 AM
  • "Survey suggests iPhone 7 more popular than Apple's 6s, not as big as 6" AppleInsider 2:41 PM
  • "Apple picks Blackberry talent for driverless car OS" ReadWrite 7:33 AM
  • "Apple fitness head Jay Blahnik to hold talk w/ Joan Benoit Samuelson & Jeanette Jenkins at NYC Apple Store" 9to5Mac 8:54 PM
  • "Mliunovich: iPhone 7 strong in U.S., soft in China" Apple 3.0 1:27 PM
  • "The iPhone is finally getting a facepalm emoji" Telegraph 7:32 AM
  • "Apple adds Alipay as a payment method for iTunes purchases" Mashable 7:47 AM
  • "No Apple, this iPhone 7 owner is not Saddam Hussein" Memeburn 7:21 AM
  • "Today in Apple history: Phone declared 2007's 'invention of the year'" Cult of Mac 9:01 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Report: Nintendo will finally kill the Wii U" BGR 9:11 PM
  • "Should children ban their parents from social media?" BBC 7:32 PM
  • "YouTube Agrees to Pay Royalties, Ending German Music Dispute" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5:28 PM
  • "Hulu Adds ESPN, ABC and Fox News to Streaming Service" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:44 PM
  • "Hulu lands deals to bring FOX, ABC, Disney, ESPN & more to upcoming live TV streaming service" 9to5Mac 2:42 PM
  • "Berners-Lee: Right to worry about cybersecurity" BBC 7:21 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-11-01: Apple's HomeKit and Internet of Things Security" The Mac Observer 12:27 PM
  • "Let's Talk iOS 159: Thoughts on the new MacBook Pro" iDownload Blog 7:27 AM
  • "Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro. How do you decide what Mac laptop to buy?" The MT Show 6:59 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Inventec expected to achieve 7% on-year revenue growth in 2017 thanks to AirPods orders, says paper" ["Apple originally planned to release the AirPods at the end of October, but has postponed release. Inventec is expected to begin shipping AirPods in January 2017, the paper noted."]  DigiTimes 11:32 AM
  • "AirPods Might Not Launch Until January 2017"  MacRumors 11:32 AM
  • "Reports seemingly clarify Phil Schiller's explanation of why there's no 32GB MacBook Pro"  9to5Mac 7:11 AM
  • "Apple's new MacBook Pro may be the world's fastest stock laptop: New PCIe solid-state drives could double the read/write performance of last year's model." Computerworld 11:05 AM
  • "The Late 2016 entry-level 13" MacBook Pro has a ridiculously fast SSD" 9to5Mac 12:40 PM
  • "Intel briefly reveals data on potential 2017 iMac, Mac Pro Kaby Lake processors" AppleInsider 10:16 AM
  • "Samsung Display Supplies OLED Panel for Apple's New MacBook Pro" Korea IT News 8:40 AM
  • "New 15-inch MacBook Pro appears to offer fastest SSD performance on the market" 9to5Mac 10:38 AM
  • "MacBook Pro teardown reveals why you can forget about upgrading" Cult of Mac 10:17 AM
  • "iOS 10.2 Public Beta Download Released for iPhone and iPad" BGR 12:05 PM
  • "Apple Releases First iOS 10.2 Beta to Public Beta Testers With New Emoji, Wallpapers and More" MacRumors 12:22 PM
  • "Here's everything that's new in iOS 10.2 beta 1 [Video] 9to5Mac 5:17 PM
  • "iOS 10.2 Beta Brings Back Star Ratings In Apple Music App" Redmond Pie 7:11 PM
  • "Apple Wins Surprising Patent for a Future Bendable or Foldable iPhone using Advanced Carbon Nanotube Structures" Patently Apple 7:47 AM
  • "Apple Wins Patent for a Video Headset System that Supports Touch Controls & Prescription Lenses" Patently Apple 7:47 AM
  • "Apple patent involves VR googles that connect to an iPhone" Apple World Today 8:32 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Apple Confirms iOS 10 Serious Problem" Forbes 1:28 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Apple cuts storage upgrade prices on build-to-order last-gen Mac models" 9to5Mac 7:24 PM
  • "Apple cuts SSD upgrade costs on some Macs" VentureBeat 7:37 PM
  • "12" iPad Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:15 AM
  • "9" iPad Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:15 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:15 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Apple MacBook Pro 13-Inch (2016)" PC Magazine 12:05 PM
  • "Even without a Touch Bar, the new MacBook Pro is still great" Mashable 2:38 PM
  • "Performance Analysis of the 'late 2016' Retina MacBook Pro 15 inch" Bare Feats 8:32 AM
  • "BTS Pro review: Bluetooth headphones let you tweak the sound with an app" Macworld 11:31 AM
  • "Review: Can the Erato Apollo 7 fill the wireless earbud void before Apple's AirPods?" 9to5Mac 2:42 PM
  • "Speck's Presidio Grip iPhone 7 cases handle everyday clumsiness with ease" iDownload Blog 7:27 AM
  • "'To Pixar and Beyond' paints intimate portrait of Steve Jobs at work" Cult of Mac 9:01 AM
  • "How Pixar saved Steve Jobs and Apple" CNNMoney 2:39 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "PinOut! For iOS and Android Is a Unique Infinite Pinball Game" Wired 7:22 AM
  • "'Moveless Chess' Review - Checkmate in Zero Moves" Touch Arcade 11:44 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "MacBook Pro 13" Function Keys Late 2016 Teardown"  iFixit 7:45 AM
Tips
  • "Announcing Incoming Calls in iOS 10 Tips" iLounge 4:19 PM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
2016 MacBook Pro
  • "The MacBook Pro's new Touch Bar brings macros to the masses: It's an important evolution of Apple's contribution to user interface design." Recode 2:45 PM
  • "Suck this! Razer cuts Apple with below-the-belt MacBook Pro attack" BetaNews 2:45 PM
  • "Corporate trash talk reaches new low with this tweet targeted at Apple" Mashable 2:41 PM
  • "Kuo: It's Intel's fault that Apple's MacBook Pro is underpowered" Apple 3.0 10:40 AM
  • "Why Apple needs to design its own MacBook chips" Cult of Mac 10:38 AM
  • "13 things you didn't know about Apple's new MacBook Pro" Apple Must 9:27 AM
  • "Touchscreen Computers Are Very Out of Touch" AppleBlend 8:58 AM
  • "Craig Federighi on Why There Is No Touchscreen Mac" MacStories 8:34 AM
  • "Why did Apple take the 'ding' out the universe?" ["It's all about hearing the chime. You see, once the magical appeal of the new Touch Bar waned, many committed Mac users eventually found they felt a little deflated. It's no surprise, because Apple's top brass gave us no insight into the future the company's desktop products. This has left pro users feeling ignored by the company. You can't really blame them for feeling this way, some key Macs haven't been updated for years. This undermines Tim Cook's September promise, 'I love the Mac and we are very committed to it.'"]  Computerworld 8:31 AM
  • "Apple's New Bite Is Missing Some Teeth" Mac360 7:48 AM
  • "Teardown: What Apple Didn't Tell You About the New MacBook Pro" iFixit 7:45 AM
  • "81 reasons (and counting) to hate the new MacBooks: Those who love Apple most complain most bitterly." ["Tim Cook, are you listening?"] Apple 3.0 7:35 AM
  • "Have Apple Execs Been too Preoccupied to Focus on the Mac?" Kirkville 7:34 AM
  • "Apple has priced the new MacBooks out of reach of many in the disabled community" Apple World Today 7:28 AM
  • "I'm going to say no to the new MacBook Pro: Many of the design choices are likely to add up to user frustration"  Computerworld 7:21 AM
  • "Stuck between a rock and a hard place: An explanation of the disappointment of Apple's new MacBook Pro"  MacDaddy 7:00 AM
Apple Op/Ed
  • "The Trouble With Apple's AirPods" Forbes 8:42 PM
  • "Apple Watch and Recent Events (Bangkok Post, Life)" eXtensions 7:48 PM
  • "Comment: Six weeks after iPhone 7's release, let's take a look at life without the headphone jack" 9to5Mac 6:06 PM
  • "Apple, give me back my emoji" TechCrunch 4:18 PM
  • "Behold: The all-screen iPhone 8 of your dreams" BGR 10:40 AM
  • "Don't Dismiss Apple Inc.'s China Troubles: Apple doesn't seem willing to admit that its wounds in China are self-inflicted." The Motley Fool 8:41 AM
  • "Apple Is A Grown Up, And I Don't Like It" Mac360 8:33 AM
  • "Comment: Does Apple have a plan for an external keyboard with the Touch Bar?" 9to5Mac 8:02 AM
  • "Apple Didn't Learn From The iPhone Antennagate Scandal" ["'Ever since, the iPhone has been worse,' says Professor Gert Frølund Pederson, an expert in antenna performance at Aalborg University in Denmark, who recently tested iPhone 7. 'I'm shocked — I was hoping that would be so much better, but it's not.'"]  Forbes 7:52 AM
  • "Can You Go Completely 'Google Free' And Still Be A Good Apple Customer?" McSolo 7:40 AM
  • "Here's why Apple removed the iPhone Headphone Jack" DailyTech 7:33 AM
  • "No company is perfect, but did Apple stop trying to be?"  iDownload Blog 7:27 AM
  • "Half listening: A one-sided evaluation of AirPods" Macworld 7:11 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Wii U: Figuring out the dying console's legacy" VentureBeat 8:08 PM
  • "Google's 5-inch Pixel maxes out at 15W charging, only the XL hits advertised 18W" 9to5Google 9:00 PM
  • "The Google Pixel has an excellent camera, but not much else" Quartz 4:18 PM
  • "Alienware 13 R3 With GeForce 10 And OLED Eats MacBook Pros For Lunch (Hands-On)" HotHardware 3:59 PM
  • "Coding will win you the election, narcissistic techies boasted to Hillary" The Register 12:22 PM
  • "The Financial Impact of the Note7 Recall" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:34 AM
Humor/Cartoons
  • "Comic: Macbook Pro(crastination)" iMore 8:34 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Thunderbolt 3/USB-C Adapters, Cables, and Hubs for New MacBook Pro" MacRumors 4:19 PM
  • "Apple adds First National Bank of Texas, 22 other US banks & credit unions to Apple Pay" AppleInsider 4:05 PM
  • "Russian Apple Pay expands with nine more financial institutions" AppleInsider 11:34 AM
  • "How to get MagSafe on your new MacBook Pro" iMore 10:40 AM
  • "Apple's Eddy Cue to attend Code Media conference in February" 9to5Mac 10:17 AM
  • "Korg brings the iconic ARP Odyssey synth to iOS" Engadget 7:22 AM
  • "Arkansas First to Launch Official Government App for Apple TV" Business Wire 7:14 AM
  • "Accountee - Easy-to-use Finance App for Cheque and Finance Management" prMac 10:17 AM
  • "Ukraine Radio Live 1.5 for iOS - Release Info" prMac 7:11 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Google clashes with Microsoft over Windows flaw disclosure: Microsoft argues that Google isn't cooperating on vulnerability disclosure" Computerworld New Zealand 5:32 AM
  • "Google goes public on unpatched Windows zero-day flaw: You're really not helping, says Redmond" The Inquirer 5:37 AM
  • "Microsoft and Google are squabbling over this major security hole: Break it up, guys. " Digital Spy 12:26 PM
  • "Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Exploited Flaw in Windows: Hacking group cited by Microsoft linked to attack on Democratic National Committee" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:42 PM
  • "Google reveals unpatched Windows bug that hackers are exploiting: And it may have done so a bit too soon." Engadget 5:37 AM
  • "Microsoft hits at Google for revealing flaw exploited by hackers" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:25 PM
  • "Windows 10 - One of Microsoft's biggest rivals just pointed out a MAJOR BUG: GOOGLE has pointed out a critical vulnerability in Windows – that is actively being exploited by hackers to attack users." Express UK 7:04 AM
  • "Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Exploited Flaw in Windows: Hacking group cited by Microsoft linked to attack on Democratic National Committee" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:06 PM
  • "Microsoft's beautiful Surface Studio ad was shot with an industrial robot and Xbox" The Verge 6:00 AM
  • "How the Surface Studio's best feature is inspired by much older technology" BGR 5:32 AM
  • "First Click: Microsoft is delivering on its vision of the future" The Verge 6:39 AM
  • "Microsoft Surface Studio: BIG, Bold & HUGELY Innovative" Know Your Mobile 10:59 AM
  • "Microsoft leads a tranformation in tablet market with 25% growth" WinBeta 10:59 AM
  • "Tablets are evolving, and surprisingly it's thanks to Microsoft" telecoms.com 6:39 AM
  • "Xbox Project Scorpio: Microsoft's Plan To Reinvent The Console. AGAIN..." Know Your Mobile 10:58 AM
  • "PC Users Failing to Patch Non-Microsoft Apps" Info Security 6:46 AM
  • "Microsoft's Really Having a Hard Time Moving Users from Chrome to Edge Browser: Stats show that Edge is growing at a terribly slow pace" Softpedia 6:47 AM
  • "Windows VR Release Date, News & Update: Here Is The Dell-HP-ASUS-Acer-Lenovo Hybrid At $299" GameNGuide 6:16 AM
  • "Will Dell Technologies succeed in competing with Lenovo and HPE" Infotechlead 6:16 AM
  • "Dell's Black Friday deals are already available beginning today" BGR 8:38 AM
  • "SonicWall goes it alone as Elliott and pal swallow Dell/Quest Software: Rumours abound of product lines ending – and layoffs too" The Register 9:51 AM
  • "Hewlett Packard Enterprise finalizes SGI buyout" Seeking Alpha 9:06 AM
  • "Samsung-backed start-up making chips for AI uses raises US$30 million to take on Intel: British firm says its processors will be up to 100 times better than those on the market" South China Morning Post 7:00 AM
  • "Intel reveals desktop Kaby Lake processor lineup" Hexus 9:06 AM
  • "3 Possible Reasons for Intel Corporation's Increased Data-Center Spending: Investments in complementary platform technologies, customized chips for major customers, and specialized workload accelerators all potentially contribute to the company's increased spending in its data-center biz." The Motley Fool 9:07 AM
  • "AMD Reveals Radeon Pro 400 Mobile GPU Series Specs" Techno Aisle 6:17 AM
  • "IBM Buys Watson-Based Expert Personal Shopper" eWeek 9:11 PM
  • "OnStar Go is the new AI from General Motors and IBM" InAutoNews 6:18 AM
  • "Conde Nast partners with Influential to integrate IBM Watson-enabled influencer marketing platform" ZDNet 12:22 PM
  • "Cisco launches storage optimized UCS server" ZDNet 4:19 PM
  • "Cisco launches AMP for Endpoint to streamline shift from legacy systems" ZDNet 4:19 PM
  • "Node.js Is Helping Developers Get the Most Out of JavaScript" eWeek 5:31 AM
  • "Overclocked crystal could make 3D printing 1,000 times faster" SiliconRepublic 8:07 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple enters correction territory as stocks slide" CNBC 4:18 PM
Industry News
  • "Stocks end at nearly 4-month low as election race tightens: The Fed is expected to keep interest rates unchanged" MarketWatch 4:26 PM
  • "Stocks Suffer Bad Start to November as Election Uncertainty Overwhelms: Wall Street suffered a dismal start to the month on Tuesday as conflicting polls bred uncertainty over the upcoming presidential election." TheStreet 4:26 PM
  • "Stocks Kick Off November With Declines: Treasurys and gold rally as investors broadly retreat from risk" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:26 PM
  • "Asian stocks mostly up after upbeat manufacturing data from China" MarketWatch 6:26 AM
  • "Earnings gloom swings European stocks lower" MarketWatch 6:26 AM

 
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