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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, June 2, 2019
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple Car Dreams: How could Apple not make an autonomous electric car someday? It has the money, the patience and a huge number of potential customers who would love to own something like the iPhone of automobiles. Easier said than done."  Monday Note 10:33 AM
  • "WWDC 2019: Apple plans updates to a slew of apps for iOS 13 as competition with developers grows" Telegraph 8:07 AM
  • "Apple has cleared out its Facebook and Instagram pages for iTunes: Another sign that iTunes' days are numbered" The Verge 7:59 AM
  • "Ahead of WWDC, the death of iTunes looms" 9to5Mac 10:07 AM
  • "Apple will probably kill off iTunes. But don't worry, it's for the best"  Digital Trends 8:29 AM
  • "Apple to kill off iTunes as it embraces streaming music with replacement app"  The Independent 6/1
  • "Apple will shut down iTunes, ending the download era, report says" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 6/1
  • "Apple Is Reportedly Putting A Bullet In Its Bloated iTunes App With macOS 10.15" HotHardware 6/1
  • "Apple Wipes iTunes Pages on Facebook and Instagram Ahead of WWDC" MacRumors 6/1
  • "At WWDC19, Apple charts the future of private, premium tech—alone"  Roughly Drafted 6/1
  • "What to expect from Apple's WWDC announcements" CNN 6/1
  • "The Tricky Shenanigans Behind a Stealthy Apple Keychain Attack" ["Dubbed KeySteal, the attack called attention to the fact that the macOS keychain makes a very attractive target for hackers. Apple patched the flaw that KeySteal was exploiting at the end of March."]  Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/1
OS X
News
  • "Apple Just Patched a Modem Bug That's Been in Macs Since 1999" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:44 AM
  • "AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.9.1" TidBITS 5/31
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "How to transition from Back to My Mac [Previously, 'Prepare for changes to Back to My Mac'] Apple Support 5/31
  • "Apple Eliminating Back to My Mac Service in All Versions of macOS in July" MacRumors 5/31
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Where'd That Sound ComeFrom?" YMP Now 6:27 PM
  • "How to Reset Chrome Browser to Default Settings on Mac, Windows, Linux" OS X Daily 10:33 AM
  • "How to create custom dynamic wallpapers for macOS Mojave" AddictiveTips 6/1
  • "Why is there no Time Machine in iCloud?" 9to5Mac 6/1
  • "VirtualBox 6.0.8: On macOS 10.14.5. A story in pictures." Rixstep 6/1
  • "Macs have evolved, but it took third parties to innovate the clipboard" Houston Chronicle 5/31
  • "What Are HEIC Files?" MacMost 5/31
Op/Ed
  • "The End of iTunes" [Premium] Thurrott 10:06 AM
  • "But is Apple really 'killing' iTunes at WWDC 2019?" iMore 8:00 AM
  • "Developers Workshop: $429 Million" Rixstep 7:32 AM
  • "Uh, Those 'Death of iTunes' Rumors Are Starting to Look More Real" Gizmodo 6/1
  • "macOS 10.15 Will Kill 32-Bit Apps: What You Should Do" LAPTOP Magazine 6/1
  • "Apple Marzipan will bring iPhone apps to your Mac: Everything you should know" CNET 6/1
  • "Bye bye, iTunes — we never really loved you anyway" BetaNews 6/1
Press Releases
  • "Tropical Software Releases TopXNotes 2" prMac 5/31
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "iPhone cases are only for poor people: A consumer psychologist believes those who keep their iPhones naked are merely showing how rich they are. Is that what it is?"  ZDNet 8:09 AM
  • "US blacklisting Huawei could boost Samsung and Apple, top analyst says" CNBC 7:56 AM
WWDC Keynote Liveblogs
  • "WWDC News Hub – Live coverage from San Jose" 9to5Mac 3:37 PM
  • "WWDC 2019 keynote will be livestreamed in select Apple Stores" 9to5Mac 10:05 AM
  • "The WWDC Liveblog: All the OS details from Apple's annual keynote" Ars Technica 7:57 AM
  • "WWDC 2019 Swag Includes Jacket, Magnetic Pins, Special T-Shirt for Scholarship Winners, and More" MacRumors 11:29 AM
  • "Apple gifts WWDC 2019 attendees swag bag with reversible jacket, magnetic pins, more" 9to5Mac 3:19 PM
  • "Apple & Samsung expected to benefit most from US Huawei ban, says Ming-Chi Kuo" AppleInsider 6/1
  • "Everything you need to know about WebAssembly, the technology that fills such a vital need, Apple, Amazon, and other tech giants are racing to support it" [BI Prime] Business Insider 6/1
  • "Apple Leads The Wearables Market With 26% Share, 12.8M Devices Sold" Redmond Pie 6/1
  • "How to Watch Apple's WWDC 2019 Keynote" PC Magazine 6/1
  • "Shot on iPhone XS — Las Cholitas Voladoras — Apple" YouTube 6/1
  • "Shot on iPhone XS — The Making of Las Cholitas Voladoras — Apple" YouTube 6/1
  • "WWDC 2019: How to watch Apple's keynote and what to expect" ZDNet 5/31
  • "Tune in Monday to The Mac Observer's Live WWDC 2019 Blog" The Mac Observer 5/31
Non-Apple News
  • "Wave of SIM swapping attacks hit US cryptocurrency users: Something strange happened last week, with tens of US-based cryptocurrency users seeing SIM swapping attacks." ZDNet 8:48 PM
  • "GandCrab Ransomware Crew To Retire After $2 Billion Shakedown Of Victims" HotHardware 5:47 PM
  • "Schumer calls on FCC to review New York's 'horrible' internet speeds" New York Post 5:26 PM
  • "Google says it resolves issues affecting YouTube, Gmail, Google Cloud in U.S." Reuters 8:45 PM
  • "Google's Cloud outage is resolved, but it reveals the holes in cloud computing's atmosphere" TechCrunch 8:33 PM
  • "Google cloud is down, affecting numerous applications and services" TechCrunch 5:13 PM
  • "Networking issues take down Google Cloud in parts of the U.S. and Europe, YouTube and Snapchat also affected" GeekWire 4:14 PM
  • "Google outage takes down YouTube, Gmail, and Snapchat in parts of US" The Verge 3:16 PM
  • "To Catch a Fake: Machine learning sniffs out its own machine-written propaganda/Researchers at Allen Institute and the Paul Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington have tuned the 'GPT-2' neural network to create 'Grover,' a program that both creates convincing fake articles but also is able to detect those fakes, pointing to a way to combat propaganda." ZDNet 11:31 AM
  • "What is Wi-Fi Direct? Here's everything you need to know" Digital Trends 10:04 AM
  • "Twitter apologises for suspending accounts critical of China" AFP 8:49 AM
  • "Here's a state-by-state look at the fastest mobile network speeds in the US" BGR 8:07 AM
  • "'Tetris' turns 35 this week. It's still the best puzzle game of all timeOnly 'Minecraft' has sold more copies." Engadget 7:56 AM
  • "Facebook has made 'material missteps' in the past 18 months, according to a close ally of Sheryl Sandberg" [BI Prime] Business Insider 7:46 AM
  • "Much @Stake: The Band of Hackers That Defined an Era" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:45 AM
  • "Huawei has reportedly stopped its smartphone production after US blacklist amid trade war" Business Insider 6/1
  • "DeepMind's AI Beats Humans At Quake III Arena" Slashdot 6/1
  • "Rise of the Machines: AI beats humans in multiplayer shooter" AFP 6/1
  • "FCC filing reveals mysterious new Google device, but no one knows what it's for" Digital Trends 6/1
  • "Huawei's effort to establish its own operating system could be an impossible task, say people who know from experience" [BI Prime] Business Insider 6/1
  • "Facebook lawyer argues social media users 'have no expectation of privacy'" Metro UK 6/1
  • "New attack creates ghost taps on modern Android smartphones: Academics abuse NFC-enabled devices with capacitive touchscreens to induce fake screen taps." ZDNet 6/1
  • "Why Net Neutrality Advocates Remain Optimistic" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/1
Publications/Podcasts
  • "XXL Makeup Episode Show Episode #401" Touch Arcade 6:58 PM
  • "WWDC preview, ZenFone 6, Pixel Slate sale, iPod Touch (MobileTechRoundup show #471)" ZDNet 3:15 PM
  • "Geared Up: Huge Apple leaks, Tesla Model 3, new MacBook Pros, and more" [Podcast] GeekWire 11:29 AM
  • "Above Avalon Podcast Episode 148: Apple's Billion Users" Above Avalon 7:59 AM
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 227: iOS 13 screenshot leaks and WWDC expectations" 9to5Mac 7:57 AM
  • "iOS 13 wish list: Giving health & fitness a workout [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 299] Cult of Mac 6/1
  • "Apple Card vs. All the Cards and What Is Apple Becoming, with Jeff Gamet -ACM 514" The Mac Observer 6/1
  • "People profiles immigrant iOS app developer ahead of WWDC" AppleInsider 5/31
  • "iMore show 659: MacOS Double Entendre/The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac, and Apple!" iMore 5/31
  • "AirPort Updates, WWDC Plans – TMO Daily Observations 2019-05-31" The Mac Observer 5/31
  • "The Dalrymple Report: iPod Touch, bats, and another disagreement" The Loop 5/31
  • "Vergecast: the weird laptops of Computex, new Intel and AMD chips, and a WWDC preview" The Verge 5/31
  • "One more thing? Catch our WWDC hardware predictions, this week on The CultCastCult of Mac 5/31
  • "WWDC is coming & a new iPod touch is here on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 5/31
Hardware/Software
  • "Alleged 2019 Apple iPhone Prototype Cases Seemingly Confirm Key Design Change" HotHardware 5:47 PM
  • "Leaked image claims to show one design Apple considered for iOS 13"s new volume indicator" 9to5Mac 3:37 PM
  • "While you're sleeping, your iPhone stays busy. Here's what is happening and how to limit app tracking." Washington Post 6/1
  • "Redditor claims MacBook Pro exploded during 'normal use'" Mashable 6/1
  • "Apple to Discontinue Our Favorite iPhone Feature - 3D Touch" iDrop News 6/1
  • "Apple 'building a folding iPhone' as patent shows gadget that folds twice to rival Samsung and Huawei" The Sun 6/1
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Newly Setup iPad Pro Battery Draining Rapidly? 'Ongoing Restore' Might Be Why!" OS X Daily 5/31
  • "What Should I Do If My iPhone SE Doesn't Get iOS 13?" Lifehacker 5/31
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 5/31
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices Prices & Sales" MacPrices 5/31
  • "13" MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 5/31

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Review: 2019 15-inch 8-core MacBook Pro - Refinement before redesign" AppleInsider 6:26 PM
  • "HP Spectre x360 OLED vs. Apple MacBook Pro: Which 15-Inch Laptop Wins?" LAPTOP Magazine 7:59 AM
  • "I used a third-party iPhone camera for my vacation and it shows how badly Apple needs to add a wide-angle lens to the next iPhone" Business Insider 7:39 AM
  • "Jabra Elite Active 45e review: Keeping outdoor athletes safe" Android Authority 7:49 AM
  • "Are the Powerbeats Pro better than AirPods? [Review] Cult of Mac 6/1
  • "Hands-on with new 2019 iPhone 11 cases with square camera housing [Video] 9to5Mac 6/1
  • "Speck Presidio Pro Folio 12.9-inch iPad Pro Case (2018) review" The Gadgeteer 6/1
  • "1More Stylish True Wireless review: A very good-sounding true wireless headphone for less than $100" CNET 6/1
iOS Apps
  • "Coda turns desktop documents into apps for your phone: There's a neat little app recently been released that could improve your productivity and turn a document into an app: but only if you have an iPhone or iPad." ZDNet 5/31
  • "'Kids' is a mesmerizing iOS art game about the human collective" Mashable 5/31
  • "Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Review – What Is the Secret of Your Power?" Touch Arcade 5/31
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to Secretly Screenshot Snapchat Stories on iPhone" iPhone Hacks 9:58 AM
  • "How to Open Spotify Links Directly in Apple Music" iPhone Hacks 6/1
  • "How To Make Your Own AirPods for $4: 'A 15-year-old made a working pair of DIY AirPods using an old pair of headphones and a soldering iron.'" Vice 5/31
  • "How to change the language on your iPhone, and separately change the language that Siri speaks and understands" Business Insider 5/31
  • "How to forget a Wi-Fi network on iPhone, iPad and Mac" iDownload Blog 5/31
Tips
  • "Ask Engadget: What are the best language learning apps?" Engadget 6/1
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Trash can redux: Reexamining the legacy of the 2013 Apple Mac Pro/It was the revolutionary desktop that turned heads but failed to win hearts and minds, leaving its successor a steep task." CNET 8:46 PM
  • "iOS 13 hopes: 6 small tweaks that would bring big improvements [Opinion] Cult of Mac 3:22 PM
  • "Opinion: It's time for a podcast creation tool from Apple" 9to5Mac 10:05 AM
  • "Cassandra -Weekend Review: With WWDC Round the Corner is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?" eXtensions 9:58 AM
  • "Your iPhone Is Spying On You — Here's How To Stop It" Forbes 7:49 AM
  • "Do doctors even want the Apple Watch's health features?"  Mashable 7:46 AM
  • "iPad Mini 5 Review: The iPad Mini 5 looks exactly like the brand's original 7.9-inch slate from 2012, yet it packs the same internals as the latest iPhone XS." TrustedReviews 6/1
  • "WWDC 2019: What to expect from Apple and what really matters" ZDNet 6/1
  • "iPhone Killer? Is Samsung's Galaxy Fold Smartphone the Future? Can we really 'bend it'?" National Interest 6/1
  • "Ten things outdoor enthusiasts loves about Apple Watch and iPhone" iMore 6/1
  • "iOS 13 on the iPhone: Here's what Apple needs to fix urgently" ZDNet 6/1
  • "A rotten Apple standard: Apple has a long track-record of seeking to disrupt SEP licensing practices for its own ends, argues Kidon IP's David Cohen in this opinion piece" IAM media 6/1
  • "Apple is expected to announce new features for the iPhone, Apple Watch, and more next week — here's everything we might see" Business Insider 6/1
  • "iOS 13 on iPad, macOS at WWDC 2019: 5 Huge Changes We Expect" LAPTOP Magazine 6/1
  • "iOS 13 dark mode leaks and more WWDC 2019 predictions" CNET 6/1
Non-Apple
  • "How Amazon Became Agile" Forbes 6:52 PM
  • "Side-mounted fingerprint sensors are completely underrated: After trying it on the side, I can't go back"  The Verge 10:09 AM
  • "Password expiration is dead, long live your passwords" TechCrunch 8:07 AM
  • "How Ransomware and AI Are Making Tape Backup More Viable" ITPro Today 8:00 AM
  • "Software developers need an independent ethics body" VentureBeat 6/1
  • "How Blockchain Can Put an End to Conflict Minerals" ReadWrite 6/1
  • "The Pixel 3a does one more thing nobody is talking about: kills the market for a Pixel 4" Android Central 6/1
  • "Our first look at Playdate, the world's cutest game console" The Verge 6/1
  • "Five reasons why smart glasses mean business: Sorry, consumers. Smart glasses are for professional use only for the foreseeable future. Don't try this at home." Computerworld 6/1
  • "Why Google's Hopes for Cheap Pixel May Falter" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 5/31
  • "First impressions: The OnePlus 7 is a 'flagship' for people who can resist the Pro" The Next Web 5/31
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "New piQtility 6.2.0 tips, tutorials online now" MoonApp 3:05 PM
  • "Pwn20wnd updates unc0ver jailbreak to version 3.2.1 with more bug fixes" iDownload Blog 10:06 AM
  • "Niantic Labs will soon drop support for Pokémon Go on Apple Watch" Digital Trends 7:59 AM
  • "Madonna's new Today at Apple Music Lab teaches the art of the remix" 9to5Mac 7:57 AM
  • "Unc0ver v3.2.0 released with redesigned UI, dark mode support, & improved reliability" iDownload Blog 6/1
  • "Unc0ver Jailbreak Updated With Redesigned User Interface, Dark Mode, More" iClarified 6/1
  • "Niantic says it's ending support for Pokémon GO on the Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 6/1
  • "TBWA\Media Arts Lab Announces Two New ECDs" PRNewswire 5/31
  • "Other World Computing CEO Larry O'Connor Issues Statement on Impact of Trump Administration Plan to Impose Escalating Tariffs on Mexican Imports" PRNewswire 5/31
  • "Glancy Prongay & Murray Reminds Investors of Looming Deadline in the Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple Inc." GlobeNewswire 5/31
  • "Finally, I can use my iPhone to ride the NYC subway" Engadget 5/31
  • "Dropbox ups the storage of its paid plans, gets smarter about cleaning up old files" The Verge 5/31
  • "Google Docs finally lets you adjust margins per section and add page breaks" Android Police 5/31
  • "Powerbeats Pro Now Available to Order in UK, France and Germany" MacRumors 5/31
Computer Industry
  • "Intel's Ice Lake chips are the newest attempt to make Thunderbolt relevant" CNET 7:45 AM
  • "AMD Promises Ryzen 3000 Zen 2 CPU Performance Parity Across X570, X470, And B450 Motherboards" HotHardware 5:47 PM
  • "Dell Australia's full-year profit drops to AU$34m: Nearly AU$260 million of its AU$293 million revenue total came from other Dell Technologies entities." ZDNet 8:34 PM
  • "What happens to companies that defy the Huawei ban? So far, Microsoft hasn't said how it will respond" The Verge 11:11 AM
  • "Amazon could face heightened antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between US regulators" Washington Post 8:31 AM
  • "U.S. regulators divide scrutiny of Amazon and Google: Washington Post" Reuters 8:09 AM
  • "Google, Amazon to face Justice Department, FTC oversight — report" Axios 7:59 AM
  • "US regulators carve up oversight of Amazon and Google: It could lead to tighter scrutiny of both tech companies." Engadget 3:21 PM
  • "Explainer: Why Google has a target on its back in Washington" Reuters 10:07 AM
  • "Microsoft Issues 'Update Now' Warning To Windows Users" Forbes 6/1
  • "Microsoft implores Windows users to install patch for wormable BlueKeep Remote Code Execution vulnerability" BetaNews 6/1
  • "Older versions of Windows have critical vulnerability, should be updated ASAP" Digital Trends 6/1
  • "Why Microsoft Wants to Understand Your Voice" Motley Fool 6/1
  • "Microsoft releases first preview of PowerShell 7 and sets out feature roadmap" BetaNews 6/1
  • "As China Takes Aim, Silicon Valley Braces for Pain: Microsoft's research lab in Beijing is its largest outside the United States." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/1
  • "Intel Bites Back At AMD For Misleading Rome EPYC Zen 2 Benchmarks Vs Xeon 8280" HotHardware 6/1
  • "U.S. Justice Department prepares Google antitrust probe: sources" Reuters 6/1
  • "Google facing US antitrust investigation" Telegraph 6/1
  • "Google Should Be Afraid. Very Afraid. This is the moment the U.S. technology superpowers surely knew was coming: The U.S. government is preparing to crawl all over Google to figure out whether it is an abusive monopolist. Google parent company Alphabet Inc. and the other tech giants should be quaking in their fleece vests." Bloomberg Opinion 6/1
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Goldman-Apple Deal Has Card Giant's CEO Questioning Payoff" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/1
  • "Is Apple A Good Stock To Buy According To Hedge Funds?" Insider Money 6/1
Industry News
  • "Stocks suffer worst May since 2010 as Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico: Auto shares slide as tariff threat poses supply-chain risks" MarketWatch 5/31
  • "Stocks close at 3 month low, bond yields tumble, after Trump hits Mexico with tariffs" FOXBusiness 5/31
  • "Stocks Close Lower as Trump's Mexico Tariff Threat Rattles Markets: Dow falls more than 300 points; Yield on 10-year U.S. Treasurys hits a fresh 20-month low" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/31
  • "Nikkei tumbles, other Asian markets mixed after Trump's tarrifs against Mexico: Nikkei weighed by falling auto makers; China stocks stable" MarketWatch 5/31

 
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