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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, August 29, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple's decision to 'break' FaceTime in iOS 6 injured owners of older iPhones, class action claims: Apple is facing another class action lawsuit over its supposed decision to render FaceTime inoperable in iOS 6 as part of efforts to save money on a data services. The strategy allegedly forced users who relied on the video conferencing product little choice but to update to iOS 7, including iPhone 4 series owners whose older handsets strained to run the latest operating system." AppleInsider 7:41 PM
  • "India Offers a Bargain: Our Consumers, Your Jobs/Biggest liberalization for retail in years could woo firms like Apple and Ikea to do more business."  Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:13 AM
  • "Apple says first retail store in India 'will take us some time'" 9to5Mac 7:17 AM
  • "Apple is reportedly opening its own online store in India soon" The Next Web 7:33 AM
  • "Garmin's Edge in the Wearables Fight With Apple? Fighter Jets"  Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:50 AM
  • "Study: Apple Pay at 9% adoption in US, lags far behind PayPal and traditional payment methods/A new study finds Apple Pay adoption is rapidly growing in a number of major international markets including China, but it and other mobile payments services continue to languish in the U.S." AppleInsider 8:24 PM
  • "Why France's Antitrust Cop Is Wary of Apple Pay and Deadly Deals"  Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:13 AM
  • "Apple has been sued by a Customer demanding $250,000+ for not being refunded for Devices that were 'Hacked' and more" Patently Apple 7:07 AM
  • "MacBook Pro Flight Restrictions Are Spreading: Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways all impose restrictions while Virgin Australia has banned all Apple laptops from check-in luggage." PC Magazine 7:57 AM
  • "Airlines are banning MacBooks from checked baggage, even non-recalled models" Mashable 7:17 AM
  • "Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure/Today, Unix powers iOS and Android—its legend begins with a gator and a trio of researchers."  Ars Technica 9:00 AM
  • "Shot on iPhone challenge winner dishes on Apple in new podcast" Cult of Mac 12:56 PM
  • "Steve Jobs Look-Alike Becomes An Internet Sensation" Redmond Pie 1:07 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Plex to offer free, ad-supported content from Warner Bros." AppleInsider 9:14 PM
  • "OnePlus 7T Pro Beefy Specs Reportedly Revealed In This New Leak" HotHardware 3:50 PM
  • "Microsoft helps make the Galaxy Note 10 Plus a compelling business phone" ZDNet 8:17 AM
  • "Samsung Patent Could Show a Prospective Galaxy Fold Tablet" Digital Trends 8:08 AM
  • "Best Buy signals 'uncertainty' over tariffs and consumer behaviour" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:00 AM
  • "Google's Pixel smartphone production to leave China: Report/The search giant will make Vietnam its new home for smartphone production." ZDNet 7:34 AM
  • "Google's been thinking about a watch with a hole-punch camera" The Verge 7:19 AM
  • "YouTube terminates an Infowars account — again: More questions pop up about YouTube's moderation practices" The Verge 1:25 PM
  • "YouTube Kids is getting its own website" Engadget 7:14 AM
  • "Fairphone 3: Now with more Hemp!" BetaNews 7:11 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Apple Repair Program Expansion, iPhone Event Invites – TMO Daily Observations 2019-08-29" The Mac Observer 12:51 PM
  • "Joe Kissell Takes Control of Upgrading to macOS Catalina" MacVoices 11:18 AM
  • "1 Year, 30,000 km - On the road with FCPX Part 1" fcp.co 9:20 AM
  • "Siri improvements, a look at Apple's upcoming operating systems, your hot takes, and more: Macworld Podcast episode 665" Macworld 7:08 AM