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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Exclusive: Inside the eerie deserted dorms where Apple iPhone workers lived eight to a room, showered in groups of 20 and even PAID for the privilege"  Daily Mail (UK) 3:07 PM
  • "Apple again rumored to turn LA landmark into retail store" AppleInsider 8:27 PM
  • "Android Share Growth is Highest in EU5 in Over Two Years" ["In the EU5, iOS share declined from 20.2% to 18.9% in the three months ending March 2016. Windows phone sales dropped five percentage points to become 4.9% of overall smartphone sales in the region. Nearly 7% (6.6%) of new Android customers came from Windows, vs. just 3.3% from iOS. Among new iOS buyers, 2.6% migrated from Windows."]  Kantar Worldpanel 7:28 AM
  • "Android is eating Apple's iOS market share everywhere" VentureBeat 7:29 AM
  • "Android Device Performance Lags Behind iOS, With Samsung S6, Samsung Galaxy S5 and Lenovo K3 Note at Head of Failing Class" Blancco Technology Group 10:21 AM
  • "iPhone vs. Android: Which phones are more likely to fail?" BGR 8:41 AM
  • "Android remains king of crashes, once again seeing more device failures than Apple's iPhone" AppleInsider 10:21 AM
  • "Apple Unable to Access Data on iPhone Belonging to Missing Teen Fisherman" MacTrast 2:49 PM
  • "Report: Apple to open new retail location at historic Tower Theatre in Los Angeles" 9to5Mac 3:48 PM
  • "New Siri sibling Viv may be next step in A.I. evolution" Computerworld 2:58 PM
  • "Early Siri Engineer Departs Apple for GE" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 2:14 PM
  • "Original Siri Team Member Leaves Apple for General Electric" MacRumors 2:14 PM
  • "DIUx gets a new reserve unit led by Apple VP for North America and Northeast Asia" Apple World Today 1:43 PM
  • "John Sculley isn't a believer in the Apple Watch just yet" Cult of Mac 7:35 AM
  • "Former Apple CEO John Sculley not sold on Apple Watch" CNET 12:40 PM
  • "Ex-Apple CEO, Who Tried To Sell People the Newton, Thinks the Apple Watch Sucks" Gizmodo 2:13 PM
  • "The $20,000 iPod: vintage Apple products net the big bucks on eBay" The Guardian 9:32 AM
  • "How to Make $20,000 Off Your Old iPod" Fortune 10:22 AM
  • "Nintendo to Make Next Two Mobile Games Free" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:05 AM
  • "Nintendo will make Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem free-to-play" Cult of Mac 9:30 AM
  • "Teenager's 200-Strong Apple Computer Collection Is Impressive" Apple Gazette 9:09 AM
  • "Steve Jobs left an imprint on the skin of some devoted fans" Cult of Mac 12:49 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Asian Startups Hit by Venture-Capital Slowdown: Entrepreneurs report growing investor scrutiny, protracted fundraising talks and falling valuations" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:25 PM
  • "FBI director says debate over encryption is far from over, expects more litigation to come" 9to5Mac 8:32 PM
  • "Disney's Retreat From 'Infinity' Games Leaves More Room for Competitors: Company lacks confidence in the genre's future amid declining sales and mounting competition" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:08 PM
  • "Pinterest Names First Female Director: Michelle Wilson is both the first female and first independent director for Pinterest" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:23 PM
  • "No more get-out-of-jail-free card for CryptXXX ransomware victims: Victims have few options for recovering data other than paying $500 fee." Ars Technica 10:38 AM
  • "Here's the real story about Facebook's influence on which stories you see/Spoiler: It's not a secret." Re/code 10:37 AM
  • "Materiable is a shape-shifting digital interface that can behave like a liquid" BGR 7:30 AM
  • "Microsoft now has more than 100 Apple Store clones, but no customers" 9to5Mac 7:16 AM
  • "YouTube killer? Amazon's latest offering bursts into the market" ZDNet 7:11 AM
  • "Foxconn Electronics reports decreased April revenues" DigiTimes 7:02 AM
  • "Pegatron expects decrease in 2Q16 shipments" DigiTimes 7:02 AM
  • "TSMC board approves US$4.1 billion for capacity expansion" DigiTimes 7:02 AM
  • "Google Fiber is the most audacious part of the whole Alphabet" Re/code 7:35 AM
  • "Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Remembers Silicon Valley 'Coach' Bill Campbell" Forbes 6:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Happy Hour Podcast 066 | iPhone 7 + iOS 10 rumors, Siri vs Viv, and Apple Music changes" 9to5Mac 8:21 PM
  • "ACM 359: General Hayden on Inevitable Encryption, Apple and AI" The Mac Observer 8:13 PM
  • "Podcast 507: The day the iCloud Music Library died" Macworld 3:34 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-05-11: Declining iPhone Parts Orders, Goodbye Disney Infinity" The Mac Observer 1:30 PM
  • "Clockwise #136: A Pox On Both Their Houses" Six Colors 12:50 PM
  • "Interview - Vivaldi browser developer aims to cater for even more demanding users" ZDNet 10:00 AM