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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, February 6, 2020
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Why the N.Y.P.D. Dropped One of Its Oldest Crime-Fighting Tools: Officers' most-used item since the 1800s isn't the gun or handcuffs, but the handwritten activity log. Now an iPhone app is replacing it." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:14 AM
  • "How an Apple Watch made for one man's 'New Year'"  Cult of Mac 11:15 AM
  • "Apple iPhone 9 and Samsung Galaxy S20 Series Preorder Posters Spotted at Korea Telecom Retail Stores"  MySmartPrice 7:05 AM
  • "Epic and about 60 hospital chains come out against rules that would make it easier to share medical info" ["Technology companies like Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft have taken the opposite stance."] CNBC 7:17 AM
  • "Health Records Firm Epic and About 60 Client Hospitals Object to Data Sharing Rules Supported by Apple" MacRumors 7:18 AM
  • "Health records firm Epic worried rules supported by Apple will hurt patients" Cult of Mac 7:17 AM
  • "EU rules limiting contactless payments leave customers baffled" Telegraph 7:16 AM
  • "iPhone 11 — Night mode — Apple" YouTube 4:07 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "US Attorney General says US and allies should invest in Huawei competitors" ZDNet 8:42 PM
  • "Amazon plans to create 15,000 jobs in a suburb of Seattle, as tensions with its home city intensify" Business Insider 6:01 PM
  • "YouTube evades Putin's media chokehold" Axios 5:50 PM
  • "Intelsat, Rivals To Share $14.9 Billion in 5G Airwaves Plan (1)" Bloomberg Law 5:01 PM
  • "T-Mobile posts record $11.9B in Q4 revenue, teases new Un-carrier move as it awaits Spring ruling" GeekWire 4:19 PM
  • "We testified for Right to Repair in Washington—And It Was Easy!" YouTube: iFixit 4:09 PM
  • "FCC reaches deal with satellite industry to free up more 5G spectrum: The C-band spectrum is seen as critical to the deployment of 5G." CNET 2:33 PM
  • "FCC data fails to count 21 million people without broadband, study finds: FCC says 21M Americans lack broadband, but a study found it's actually over 42M." Ars Technica 1:56 PM
  • "TurboTax and other tax-prep companies made an extra $1 billion by charging 14 million Americans for services that should've been free" Business Insider 10:47 AM
  • "This crafty malware makes you retype your passwords so it can steal them: Metamorfo banking trojan has expanded its campaign to target online users' banking services." ZDNet 7:47 AM
  • "EU launches antitrust probe into Qualcomm 5G modem chipset business: If regulators find a violation, Qualcomm could face a fine of up to ten percent of annual revenue." ZDNet 7:16 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "#18: Fixing Multitasking/Multitasking is key to using the iPad as a primary computer, but the current drag and drop-centric system is flawed. Ryan shares his idea for a new approach, then Federico details his email app discoveries." Relay FM: Adapt 4:33 PM
  • "Stacktrace Podcast 069: 'A pro at not being a pro'" 9to5Mac 1:33 PM
  • "Determining Streaming Success – TMO Daily Observations 2020-02-06" The Mac Observer 1:21 PM
  • "Is Apple Maps better? Plus, iPhone rumors, Mac gaming gets a boost, and more: Macworld Podcast episode 684" Macworld 7:45 AM