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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, July 31, 2019
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple is not the iPhone company anymore: Apple has finally delivered concrete, positive proof that it has a life beyond the iPhone."  Business Insider 7:31 AM
  • "Apple Finds Life After the iPhone While Still Banking on the iPhone" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:17 AM
  • "Apple proves it can cure its iPhone addiction" CNBC 10:29 AM
  • "Apple Just Announced Something Unthinkable About the iPhone. Here's Why It's Actually Great News: Apple's services and wearable divisions have made up for slowing iPhone sales, and now represent the company's most important product areas for the future." Inc. 10:29 AM
  • "Apple back at $1tn but no longer cash king" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:19 PM
  • "Apple Nears $1 Trillion as Record Q3 Services Revenues Offset iPhone Weakness: Apple shares are set to open at the highest level in nearly nine months Wednesday after the tech giant shrugged off a slide in iPhone sales to produce better-than-expected second quarter earnings and a robust outlook into the final months of its financial year."  TheStreet 6:42 AM
  • "Apple woos investors with China gain, market value nears $1 trillion" Reuters 7:30 AM
  • "Apple is poised to add $40 billion to its market cap and surge past the $1 trillion mark after blowout earnings" Business Insider 7:31 AM
  • "Apple's Underappreciated Resilience: Apple reported June quarter results essentially in line with expectations and guided Sep-19 revenue about 5% ahead of the Street. These results and guidance are impressive given the company's China, macroeconomic, and competitive headwinds."  Loup Ventures 7:18 AM
  • "Apple's services, wearables shore up results as iPhone drops below half of sales"  Reuters 6:40 AM
  • "Apple points to other business lines as iPhone sales fall" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:44 AM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Services, Wearables, and More: Here are some of the catalysts behind the tech giant's return to growth." Motley Fool 4:00 PM
  • "Tim Cook promised a 2019 product blitz: What's coming?" Computerworld 6:49 AM
  • "Apple, Inc. CEO Tim Cook on Q3 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript" Seeking Alpha 7:30 AM
OS X
News
  • "Apple's AWDL protocol plagued by flaws that enable tracking and MitM attacks: Apple patched a bug in May, but academics say the rest of the flaws require a redesign of some Apple services." ZDNet 8:14 AM
  • "Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS Catalina to Developers" MacRumors 12:25 PM
  • "MacOS Catalina 10.15 Beta 5 Download Available" OS X Daily 12:24 PM
  • "Apple releases fifth developer beta for macOS 10.15 Catalina" AppleInsider 1:22 PM
  • "Apple Releases Fifth Developer Beta of macOS 10.15 Catalina" MacTrast 6:45 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Hands-on: Loupedeck + Editing Console for FCP X and Adobe CC [Video] 9to5Mac 3:11 PM
  • "How to use Keynote to add text overlays in your iMovie projects: It's a bit of a workaround, but it's a great help for certain iMovie projects." Macworld 7:17 AM
  • "How To Add Pop-Up Text In iMovie" MacMost 1:15 PM
Press Releases
  • "Jamf acquires Digita Security to gain native Mac security" TechCrunch 10:33 AM
  • "Jamf Acquires Digita Security, Creators of Enterprise Endpoint Protection Built Exclusively for Mac" Jamf 8:13 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple and Samsung earnings show most people don't want $1,000 phones"  CNBC 4:00 PM
  • "AirPods and Apple Watch are now a bigger money-spinner than iPad" Cult of Mac 7:18 AM
  • "Titanium Apple Card could be here in days: CEO Tim Cook finally gives a timeline for Apple's hyped credit card, stating it would launch in August" GearBrain 7:49 AM
  • "Apple Card: The Apple credit card is coming in August" BetaNews 7:50 AM
  • "Emergency texts from Apple Watch set off chain reaction to save mum-of-three's life: Kate Donald could have been dead had it not been for these text messages that helped save her life." News.com.au 12:24 PM
  • "Apple's 'Bug Wrangler' Moves to AR Team" ["Kim Vorrath, who led program management in the software team for more than 15 years, has moved over to the team headed by Mike Rockwell, the vice president of AR and virtual reality at Apple, said a person familiar with the situation."] The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 2:07 PM
  • "Apple Shifts 'Bug Wrangler' to AR Team to 'Bring Some Order' to AR Headset Development" MacRumors 2:07 PM
  • "Apple teams up with Xbox co-creator ahead of Arcade game service launch" 9to5Mac 12:29 PM
  • "Xbox co-creator, Nat Brown, has joined Apple" iDownload Blog 12:29 PM
  • "Apple, Google, and Microsoft partner to provide digital access to patients' health records" The Next Web 7:35 AM
  • "iPhone Bluetooth traffic leaks phone numbers—in certain scenarios: The Apple bug that might accidentally help catch people behind the recent AirDrop dick pic epidemic." ZDNet 10:35 AM
  • "Spotify subscribers, Apple Music's closest competition, hit 108 million: Apple, meanwhile, has 60 million." CNET 7:36 AM
  • "Spotify reports bigger-than-expected loss, paid subscribers disappoint" Reuters 6:40 AM
  • "Spotify hits 108M paying users and 232M overall, but its average revenue per user declines" TechCrunch 7:50 AM
  • "Spotify paying subscribers hit 110M against Apple Music's 60M" 9to5Mac 7:37 AM
  • "Computer festival boasts world's largest gathering of rare Apple 1s" Cult of Mac 12:18 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Verizon adds four US cities to growing 5G network" AppleInsider 6:44 PM
  • "One chip to rule them all: It natively runs all types of AI software/Machine learning and artificial neurons right at home on new chip." Ars Technica 6:11 PM
  • "Qualcomm's Q3 sales fall short as demand for 4G devices slows: Qualcomm says it is well positioned for the 5G ramp to come in early 2020." ZDNet 4:34 PM
  • "Fourth U.S. City Bans Facial Recognition, Citing Threats to Free Speech and Civil Rights" Gizmodo 2:25 PM
  • "Here's how AG Barr is going to get encryption 'backdoors': Here we go again." Engadget 1:21 PM
  • "DeepMind creates algorithm to predict kidney damage in advance" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:17 PM
  • "DeepMind's AI predicts kidney injury up to 48 hours before it happens" VentureBeat 12:17 PM
  • "Here is the teeniest gaming laptop you ever did see: The ThinkTiny is a miniature version of the Lenovo ThinkPad" The Verge 11:21 AM
  • "Samsung targets iPad Pro with the Galaxy Tab S6" TechCrunch 10:33 AM
  • "The Lost Art of Warez: A hacker graffiti scene surfaces in new documentary." Vice 7:49 AM
  • "Face filter bug reveals this young vlogger is actually a middle-aged woman" The Next Web 7:35 AM
  • "Seattle woman charged in Capital One breach may have data from other companies" USA Today 7:31 AM
  • "How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not: From desk to car to pocket."  New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:41 AM
  • "Children Are YouTube's Most Numerous Watchers—and Its Most-Watched: A Pew study arries as the FTC investigates YouTube for violating the privacy of children." PC Magazine 6:40 AM
  • "IoT home security camera allows hackers to listen in over HTTP: Unauthenticated, remote snooping is possible over the Internet." ZDNet 6:39 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "9to5Mac Watch Time podcast episode 3: Apple Watch and managing mental health with Alex Cox" 9to5Mac 4:01 PM
  • "Stock Market School, Data Transfer Project – TMO Daily Observations 2019-07-31" The Mac Observer 1:15 PM
  • "Stacktrace Podcast 047: 'How to fix Siri'" 9to5Mac 12:07 PM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple stops signing iOS 12.3.1, 12.3.2 code following iOS 12.4 debut" AppleInsider 9:08 PM
  • "A new analyst report reveals the features we may see in the next iPhone, and it includes one unexpected capability we haven't heard much about" Business Insider 1:21 PM
  • "Is Apple's 5G iPhone Coming in 2020? This Analyst Thinks So" Market Realist 2:57 PM
  • "This Is Probably Why Your AirPods Keep Losing Connection: Sometimes older, dumber technology is the smarter option." Vice 7:48 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:32 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:32 AM
  • "13" MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:32 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "iMac Pro review: Is this the ultimate all-in-one for professionals?" TechRadar UK 12:28 PM
  • "Hands on: Adding a telephoto lens to the iPhone XR with Moment" AppleInsider 10:35 AM
  • "Sony WF-1000XM3 review: Simply the best true wireless earbuds" Engadget 10:29 AM
  • "Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 review: Bose has a brand-new flagship" TechHive 7:16 AM
  • "Jaybird VISTA Review: Hands-on with the latest AirPods competitor [Video] 9to5Toys 10:59 AM
  • "Jaybird's Vista earbuds overcome the company's true wireless problems: Third time's the charm" The Verge 7:38 AM
  • "Jaybird Vista review: Jaybird's next-gen true wireless headphones are finally ready for prime time" CNET 7:36 AM
  • "Review: Jaybird Vista/Jaybird's latest sweat-proof wirefree earbuds feel almost weightless, and hold an impressive charge." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:10 AM
  • "Jaybird Vista review: A fully wireless sport-focused headset worthy of the brand" ZDNet 6:39 AM
  • "Quick Look: Langogo translator shows we're not quite in Babel Fish territory yet" 9to5Mac 10:34 AM
iOS Apps
  • "Apple Maps in iOS 13: Sights Set on Google" MacStories 10:30 AM
  • "Surfline's Apple Watch app will record your next big wave ride" Engadget 4:00 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to see time-synced lyrics on your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV so you can sing along" iDownload Blog 1:56 PM
  • "Here are five hidden iOS 13 features you should know about" [Video] Mashable 1:55 PM
  • "How to stop Siri logging and sharing recordings" Cult of Mac 1:21 PM
  • "How to enable star ratings for Apple Music on iPhone and iPad" iDownload Blog 12:17 PM
Tips
  • "Back to School Buyers Guide: Which desktop is the best Mac for college?" AppleInsider 2:25 PM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple Is Hard To Grow" Forbes 4:00 PM
  • "China saves Apple's quarter (but will it last?): Apple's Q3 2019 earnings call makes it clear just how reliant Apple is now on growth in China." ZDNet 12:07 PM
  • "What is the Data Transfer Project and why has Apple joined it?" Apple Must 11:31 AM
  • "Don't make this costly mistake before applying for Apple Card" iMore 11:19 AM
  • "When you get your titanium Apple Card next month, try not to use it" MacDailyNews 9:52 AM
  • "Cassandra -Midweek Review: Analysts and Apple on Q3 2019; Ilford emulates Willy Wonka" eXtensions 9:51 AM
  • "Editorial: Apple's Q319 earnings destroy a mountain of fake data and false reporting" AppleInsider 8:20 AM
  • "What's the Impact of Apple's Intel Deal on Its 5G Plan? Apple has investors and analysts looking forward to its the 5G future." RealMoney 8:05 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Microsoft found a man named 'Mac Book' to tout Surface Laptop 2: Apple's MacBook Air is the target of Microsoft's latest ad, which cleverly enlists the help of a man named 'Mac' Book to tout the new Surface Laptop 2." AppleInsider 9:08 PM
  • "How Facebook's brain-machine interface measures up" VentureBeat 3:22 PM
  • "Made By Google Might Finally Mean Business with Pixel 4" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:39 AM
  • "Hands-on Galaxy Tab S6 Review: This iPad Pro Alternative Has a Touchpad" LAPTOP Magazine 10:39 AM
  • "When Open Source Software Comes With a Few Catches" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:51 AM
  • "Getting under the hood of Amazon's auto ambitions" Reuters 6:40 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "CBS All Access debuts on Apple TV Channels" AppleInsider 9:08 PM
  • "CBS All Access now available through Apple TV Channels with free trial, offline downloads" 9to5Mac 5:07 PM
  • "Pretty soon you'll be able to type on the Apple Watch like a pro with the FlickType keyboard: The beta keyboard cranks out quick tests with great accuracy." iMore 2:11 PM
  • "LG's UltraFine 5K Display with USB-C doesn't support 5K resolution on iPad Pro" iDownload Blog 11:41 AM
  • "'Today At Apple' Educational Program Gets New AR Art Sessions" Redmond Pie 8:20 AM
  • "iPhone's global marketshare dips to 10.1% amid rise of Samsung & Chinese brands" AppleInsider 10:00 AM
  • "Counterpoint Research: Combined Global Market Share of Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi and Realme Reaches Highest-Ever Level in Q2 2019" ["Apple iPhone shipments fell 11%, and iPhone revenues fell 12% year-on-year. Despite this decline, iPhone sales trends are improving. Apple's buyback programs and other marketing are dampening growing holding periods."] PRNewswire 8:16 AM
  • "Adopting Apple's Standard iOS Document Browser" The Omni Group 7:55 AM
  • "Apple Watch Activity Challenge celebrates China's National Fitness Day" Cult of Mac 7:50 AM
  • "Bethesda Just Updated 'DOOM' and 'DOOM II' to Make the Bethesda Net Account and Login Optional" Touch Arcade 7:49 AM
  • "Support for Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit Rolling Out Now to VIZIO SmartCastTM TVs" PRNewswire 8:17 AM
  • "Support for Apple's AirPlay 2, HomeKit rolling out to VIZIO SmartCast TVs" Apple World Today 7:55 AM
  • "Vizio Begins Rolling Out AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to 2016 and Newer SmartCast TVs Following Beta Testing" MacRumors 7:37 AM
  • "Pocket Parent launches on iOS and Android, empowers parents to understand their kids better" MythicOwl 6:41 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Cisco Pays $8.6M to Settle Claims it Sold Flawed Software to the US: Cisco's product was designed for use in airports, government buildings, and military bases, among others. But allegedly, the software was also rife with several security vulnerabilities that a hacker could exploit to steal data and enter government networks." PC Magazine 9:03 PM
  • "Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Government Claims of Flawed Tech" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:04 PM
  • "Cisco to pay $8.6 million for selling vulnerable software to US government: Danish contractor gets $1.6 million of the final settlement for reporting Cisco to the US government." ZDNet 9:04 PM
  • "Cisco whistleblower gets first False Claims payout over cybersecurity" Reuters 9:03 PM
  • "Cisco boasts of a vendor first with channel marketing revamp: Cisco launches refreshed Marketing Velocity programme for partners" CRN 7:58 AM
  • "Cisco expands Marketing Velocity brand to help vendor partners" Telecompaper 7:58 AM
  • "Windows 10 Warning: 250M Account Takeover Trojan Disables Windows Defender" Forbes 6:42 AM
  • "Microsoft is finally moving towards cloud-based recovery for Windows 10" The Inquirer 8:08 AM
  • "Microsoft Unveils Its AR/VR Vision for the Future of Work" Engineering 8:08 AM
  • "AMD stock falls amid fears about 'very difficult' fourth quarter: A Susquehanna analyst wonders if AMD is setting itself up for another downward revision to its forecast" MarketWatch 7:40 AM
  • "AMD Shares Slide After Q3 Revenue Forecast as Gaming Chip Demand Wanes: Advanced Micro Devices shares were indicated sharply lower in pre-market trading Wednesday after the chipmaker forecast softer near-term revenues following a second quarter earnings report that was largely in-line with estimates." TheStreet 7:40 AM
  • "AMD revenues rise 20% sequentially in 2Q19" DigiTimes 7:56 AM
  • "AMD Quarterly Earnings Report Q2 FY 2019" AnandTech 7:49 AM
  • "AMD Ends Revenue Decline in Its Second Quarter" Market Realist 2:32 PM
  • "AMD's downbeat outlook has Wall Street wondering if the much-anticipated gains against rival Intel will ever kick in" [BI Prime] Business Insider 11:40 AM
  • "AMD's Epyc Potential Win: Google May Ditch Intel" Tom's Hardware 8:05 AM
  • "Rumor: Google May Use AMD's EPYC Server Chips" Market Realist 7:41 AM
  • "Intel's Sales Jump in Second Quarter as Tariff Threat Looms" Electronic Design 8:05 AM
  • "Dell reveals list of third-party software it will support" CRN 8:02 AM
  • "Dell keen to tap BFSI opportunity, but India's no China for the company yet" The Economic Times 8:02 AM
  • "Dell pushes out BIOS update for XPS 15 7590 to fix GPU throttling issue" NotebookCheck 8:02 AM
  • "HP's YouTube Channel Is Now a Treasure Trove for Tech Support and Tinkering" Lifehacker 8:01 AM
  • "HP's YouTube Channel Is the Stuff of Repair Dreams" iFixit 12:08 PM
  • "Lessons from HP's experiment in 3D printing of spare parts on demand" GreenBiz 8:01 AM
  • "Oracle Building A 'Virtuous Cycle Of Innovation' With Start-ups Through ChainLink and Blockchain" Forbes 7:59 AM
  • "Oracle named a leader in multiexperience development platforms" IT-Online 8:00 AM
  • "IBM using AI to help prevent Australia's beaches from washing away: IBM is helping to preserve Australia's iconic beaches, implementing artificial intelligence to allow scientists to put their time towards addressing coastal erosion, rather than on mapping it." ZDNet 9:04 PM
  • "Global 5G phone shipments may reach 150-200 million units in 2020" DigiTimes 7:56 AM
  • "Western Digital says flash market has hit its trough" ZDNet 3:59 PM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple and Fitbit numbers show smartwatches turning into a winner-take-all market" CNBC 5:08 PM
  • "Apple Climbs Back Near a $1 Trillion Market Cap on Record Quarterly Results" Motley Fool 2:37 PM
  • "Apple market value once again exceeds $1 trillion" MacDailyNews 9:59 AM
  • "Stock surge puts Apple in $1 trillion territory again" Cult of Mac 9:59 AM
  • "Apple Update 'Good Enough for Now,' Giving Wall Street a Sign of Relief" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:17 AM
  • "Google parent Alphabet overtakes Apple to become new king of cash" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:30 AM
  • "Apple reports 1% increase in fiscal 3Q19 sales" DigiTimes 7:55 AM
  • "A less iPhone-reliant Apple has Wall Street hopeful. Here's what 5 analysts said about the tech giant's earnings report." Business Insider 10:02 AM
  • "Exclusive: Best and worst Apple analysts, Q3 2019 edition" Apple 3.0 7:55 AM
Industry News
  • "Stocks close lower after Fed cuts rates but refrained from promising more: Apple's shares up 2% against the trend" MarketWatch 3:59 PM
  • "Dow Tumbles More Than 300 Points as Fed Chair Hints Rate Cut One-Shot Deal: Stocks finish sharply lower after Federal Reserve's Jay Powell says Wednesday's 0.25-point rate cut doesn't necessarily mean the central bank plans a series of rate reductions." TheStreet 3:59 PM
  • "Stocks tumble as Fed's Powell talks rate cut" FOXBusiness 3:59 PM
  • "Stocks Fall as Powell Signals Patience on Rate Cuts: Fed dropped rates Wednesday but indicated this wasn't the beginning of a long cycle of cuts" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
  • "Asian markets fall on diminished hopes of U.S.-China trade deal: Nikkei, Hang Seng slump as investors await possible Fed rate cut" MarketWatch 8:08 AM

 
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