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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, August 27, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Free iPads for nearly 50,000 school pupils in Glasgow: The project will see every pupil from P6 to S6 given their own device to keep, while all other pupils will have shared access to the Apple tablet."  BBC 11:31 AM
  • "MacBooks banned from checked baggage on Virgin Australia" 9to5Mac 7:27 AM
  • "Virgin Australia bans all MacBook, MacBook Pro models from checked bags" AppleInsider 7:39 AM
  • "The Early '90s Internet Belongs in a Museum: Preserving digital worlds that might otherwise be lost is about more than nostalgia or amusement." Slate 7:59 AM
  • "Apple to Donate Money to 'Help Preserve and Restore' Amazon Rainforest" MacTrast 7:54 AM
  • "Tim Cook acquires $115M in vested Apple stock: Apple CEO Tim Cook last week saw 560,000 restricted stock units vest on schedule, half of which were comprised of performance-based incentives earned for successfully leading the company to significant profit over the past three years." AppleInsider 7:44 PM
  • "Tim Cook makes massive donation to charity" Cult of Mac 8:02 AM
  • "Apple's comedy series 'Dickinson' gets its first trailer: The show based on Emily Dickinson's life will drop on Apple TV+ this fall." Engadget 7:42 AM
  • "Huami puts Apple Watch Series 4 through the photocopier in China" 9to5Mac 9:00 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Ireland faces new 'tax haven' charge weeks before Apple appeal" Irish Independent 8:58 PM
  • "Disney+ will not make R-rated content available to subscribers" BGR 8:44 PM
  • "Netflix Falls Short in Big Screen Debut of 'The Irishman'" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:32 PM
  • "College Board pulls back from plan to score individual socioeconomic challenges: After complaints about a plan to score students on their socioeconomic challenges or privilege, College Board revamps its data strategy with a tool called Landscape that will offer context on high schools and neighborhoods." ZDNet 4:12 PM
  • "6K Panasonic Lumix DC-S1H Targets Cinematographers" PC Magazine 4:18 PM
  • "These headphones are made entirely out of fungus and other microbes — here's how fungus could become a plastic and leather alternative" Business Insider 3:40 PM
  • "Former Google Engineer Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:59 PM
  • "Former Star Google and Uber Engineer Charged With Theft of Trade Secrets" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:59 PM
  • "Google Maps will now let users combine transit directions with biking and ride-sharing" The Verge 11:18 AM
  • "Verizon to enable spam call filtering by default on select Android phones: Available on select Android handsets at first" ["Users with iOS devices will still be able to access the service, but they'll have to download Verizon's Call Filter app manually."] The Verge 11:04 AM
  • "UEFA Expands eSports Ambitions With eEuro 2020 Tournament" Forbes 10:31 AM
  • "Inside your wireless carrier's plan to stop robocalls: Carriers are adopting SHAKEN/STIR tech—caller ID on steroids—to put an end to robocalls." CNET 7:59 AM
  • "This is the first phone with a 64-megapixel camera" The Verge 7:34 AM
  • "'Dangerous' AI offers to write fake news" BBC 7:33 AM
  • "Facebook is reportedly building a new messaging app for Instagram in its latest assault on Snapchat" Business Insider 7:28 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "A Tour of The Tools and Resources Created by Brett Terpstra" MacVoices 2:45 PM
  • "Apple Card Privacy, App Store Download Stats – TMO Daily Observations 2019-08-27" The Mac Observer 1:48 PM
  • "9to5Mac Daily: August 27, 2019 – iPhone walkie-talkie feature, Mario Kart for iOS" 9to5Mac 11:20 AM
  • "Let's Talk iOS 306: The right cable in the right plug" iDownload Blog 7:47 AM
  • "AppStories, Episode 126 – Sidecar" MacStories 7:47 AM
  • "We're back on the air and ready to talk about the latest Apple gadget, the Apple Card." The MT Show 7:14 AM