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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, December 27, 2013
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Apple" [Statement on Carl Icahn is Proposal No. 10, page 62]  Securities and Exchange Commission 7:50 PM
  • "Apple Explains Why Icahn's Buyback Proposal Should Be Shot Down"  AllThingsD 7:50 PM
  • "Apple to shareholders: Vote against Icahn's stock proposal/Shareholders will vote in February on investor Carl Icahn's 'non-binding' proposal to increase Apple's stock buyback program to $50 billion." CNET News 9:00 PM
  • "Preliminary Apple proxy filing details Carl Icahn's $50B stock buyback plan up for shareholder vote" AppleInsider 9:40 PM
  • "Highlights from Apple's Preliminary Proxy Statement, 2014 Shareholders Meeting Proposals" MacRumors 9:45 PM
  • "No big raise for Tim Cook: Apple pays CEO $4.25 million in 2013/With the help of a $2.8 million bonus, the power tech company's CEO pulls in slightly more in total compensation this year compared to 2012." CNET News 9:00 PM
  • "Apple CEO's 2013 pay steady but sees part of stock award shrink" Reuters 9:00 PM
  • "Impact assessment of Apple's renewed motion for U.S. permanent injunction against Samsung"  Foss Patents 7:45 AM
  • "Apple Renews Motion Calling for U.S. Ban on Samsung Products" MacRumors 7:45 AM
  • "Apple renews bid for U.S. ban on Samsung products" AppleInsider 8:08 AM
OS X
News
  • "iTunes Connect is back for developers today (like Apple said it would be)" 9to5Mac 9:38 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Fixing 'There is no connected camera' Error with a Mac FaceTime Camera" OS X Daily 2:54 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to find your Mac's serial number: There are several approaches you can take to find your Mac's serial number." CNET Reviews 9:00 PM
  • "How to assign applications to desktops in OS X: Separate desktops in OS X can be useful for grouping applications by type or function." CNET Reviews 9:00 PM
  • "How to create a photo book with Lightroom 5" Macworld 9:44 PM
  • "How To Get Started With Lightroom 5 – 10 Things Beginners Want To Know How To Do" Terry White's Tech Blog 7:32 AM
  • "NewsBar Raises the Bar for RSS Readers" TechNewsWorld 9:09 AM
  • "Best Mac Gems of the year" Macworld 8:17 AM
  • "40 More Essential Keyboard Shortcuts to Improve Your Workflow – Mac Computer Skills" Tuts+ 8:16 AM
  • "Final Cut Pro X 10.1 - What Went Where" FCPXtv 9:53 AM
  • "Easily rearrange mail accounts in Mavericks Mail.app" Mac OS X Hints 8:16 AM
  • "Yes, Virginia, There's A Better Way To Check The Calendar On A Mac" BohemianBoomer 7:33 AM
  • "The Easiest Way Yet To Capture And Annotate Anything On Your Mac's Screen" Mac 360 7:33 AM
  • "Buckets: The 99-cent Mac App That Thinks Different About Online Backup And Storage" NoodleMac 7:33 AM
  • "Try The Mac Video And Music App That Google Doesn't Want You To Use" Mac 360 7:33 AM
  • "OK, You've Got Holiday Photos. Now What? Aquarella" TeraTalks 7:33 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Intellectual Property Brouhaha" Pixel Envy 8:04 PM
Press Releases
  • "OpenEmu rethinks emulator gaming for OS X" iMore 9:42 PM
  • "Tweetbot for Mac updated with several much-needed bug fixes" 9to5Mac 9:38 PM
  • "Tic Tac Toe World Championship for iOS and OS X Packs Multiplayer Punch" prMac 2:54 PM
  • "Macgamestore.com Announces Indie Mac Bundle" prMac 12:41 PM
  • "Mavericks Server - Foundation Services, Exclusively in the iBooks Store" prMac 8:07 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple's 2013 in review – July: iWatch trademark, iOS 7 betas, court cases and Logic Pro X"  Macworld UK 8:17 AM
  • "Best Computing Product Of 2013: 13-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display"  Digital Trends 7:49 AM
  • "Top vendors like Google, Apple hope to take smartwatches mainstream in 2014: Smartwatch developers must focus on cutting prices, adding more apps, and improving the look to attract broad consumer interest"  Computerworld 8:17 AM
  • "U.S. Christmas Shoppers Bought More on iOS Than Android" AllThingsD 8:26 AM
  • "iOS five times as popular as Android for Christmas shopping on mobile" iDownload Blog 8:27 AM
  • "Christmas Online Stats are in: Apple's iOS Obliterated Android" Patently Apple 8:26 AM
  • "Apple Is No Longer The English-Speaking World's Most Talked About Company" Business Insider 9:55 AM
  • "Glass Door Is Unhinged At Store, Injures Man" ifoAppleStore 8:20 AM
  • "San Diego Target Stores Sold iPod Boxes Filled with Erasers and Index Cards" The Mac Observer 6:54 PM
  • "Nokia yanks Here Maps from the App Store, iOS 7 'harms the user experience'" iMore 8:23 AM
  • "Nokia purges Here Maps from App Store over iOS 7 issues: The navigation app is no longer available for iOS users, a move that Nokia blamed on recent changes to iOS 7 that 'harm the user experience.'" CNET News 8:18 AM
  • "Nokia Removes Here Maps from App Store, Cites iOS 7 Issues" LAPTOP Magazine 8:46 AM
  • "Nokia Yanks HERE Maps From App Store, Cites iOS 7 Issues" PC Magazine 11:54 AM
  • "Get lost, fanbois: Nokia pulls Here Maps from Apple's App Store" The Register 8:11 AM
  • "AppleCare employees get windbreakers, (paper) notebooks, and pens for the holidays" 9to5Mac 3:00 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Rdio shutters Vdio service, as it should" Macworld 9:44 PM
  • "Flagship failures haunt struggling smartphone vendors" BGR 2:55 PM
  • "Snapchat API and exploits published by hacker group, could allow users' names and phone numbers to be connected" iMore 2:54 PM
  • "NSA mass collection of phone data is legal, federal judge rules" The Guardian 12:00 PM
  • "Target Says PIN Numbers Among Data Stolen in Breach" AllThingsD 12:41 PM
  • "Target confirms debit card PIN info stolen in massive breach, but says data is 'safe and secure'" The Next Web 12:41 PM
  • "Target confirms encrypted debit PIN data was stolen during hack" The Verge 11:59 AM
  • "Facebook's 2013 shows how it will take over the rest of the world in 2014" VentureBeat 12:00 PM
  • "Facebook? What's that, granddad? Teenagers fall out of love with Zuckerberg's social network" BetaNews 12:40 PM
  • "Young users see Facebook as 'dead and buried'"  Telegraph 8:28 AM
  • "Play vintage console games in your browser courtesy of the Internet Archive" BetaNews 8:20 AM
  • "These Glitches From Google Maps Are Worthy of an Art Gallery" Wired 8:14 AM
  • "Revealed! The best, and worst, 802.11ac Wi-Fi routers of 2013" PCWorld 8:11 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Rethinking Retina: Apple's 13-inch iPad Pro Is Rumored To Have A 4K Display"  Forbes 8:42 AM
  • "Teardown of new Mac Pro reveals upgradeable CPU" 9to5Mac 9:38 PM
  • "Teardown Shows Apple's New Mac Pro Has Socketed (Replaceable) CPU" The Mac Observer 6:54 PM
  • "Teardown of Apple's new Mac Pro reveals socketed, removable Intel CPU" AppleInsider 9:40 PM
  • "Apple wants your Mac to be able to automatically identify languages" Apple Daily Report 7:36 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Cassandra: Indications of a Potential Battery Problem with the new 13" MacBook Pro" eXtensions 8:57 AM
  • "There are couple of things that dual ethernet ports can accomplish. If you're on a network with virtual LANs, your Mac can have a 'foot' on each one. This is mainly useful if you're running Server and want/need services on both VLANS. You can combine both ports into one virtual Ethernet port. This is called 'link aggregation'. You end up with a 2-gigabyte ethernet port for faster network transfers. Your network electronics also have to support this. Apple's KB article on this is here:" MacInTouch 8:58 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:45 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:45 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:45 AM
  • "PadGadget Daily App Deal – 50 iPad Apps on Sale" PadGadget 8:07 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "2013 Mac Pro Review: Apple's New Desktop Boasts Dramatic Redesign, Dramatic Performance" TechCrunch 3:27 PM
  • "Fitbit One Review" Mac|Life 10:37 AM
  • "Asus RT-AC68U review: The best router on the market, priced accordingly" PCWorld 8:12 AM
  • "D-Link DIR-868L 802.11ac Wi-Fi router review: Fast and surprisingly inexpensive" PCWorld 8:12 AM
  • "Trendnet TEW-812DRU V2 router review: Barely the basics" PCWorld 8:12 AM
  • "Buffalo WZR-1750DHP 802.11ac Wi-Fi router review: Respectable feature set, mediocre performance" PCWorld 8:12 AM
  • "Linksys EA6900 802.11ac Wi-Fi router review: Too expensive for what's delivered" PCWorld 8:12 AM
  • "Review: iDevices iGrillmini" iLounge 9:55 AM
  • "Review: Satechi X-Presenter SMART" iSource 9:45 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Appidemic: ProCamera 7 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch" TechnologyTell 9:09 AM
  • "MailDeck Is An iPad Email Client With A Colorful, Flat Interface & Unified Inbox Support" AddictiveTips 7:43 AM
  • "Once Upon a Light review: save the light of your life" iDownload Blog 8:21 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to check your iPhone call history using Siri on iOS 7" iMore 9:42 PM
  • "Kids Get New Tablets Over the Holidays? Here's How to Lock 'Em Down." AllThingsD 8:17 AM
  • "Wirelessly syncing from iOS 7 to iTunes: Cut the cord between your iPad/iPhone and computer" Macworld UK 8:17 AM
  • "How To Jailbreak Your IOS 7 iPhone Or iPad" Forbes 7:45 AM
Tips
  • "Adjust Volume Level of Turn-By-Turn Directions in Maps for iPhone" OS X Daily 9:45 PM
  • "Reminder: Today Might Be the Last Day of iOS Holiday Sales" Touch Arcade 11:12 AM
  • "Warning: Stay Away From Unofficial MobileSubstrate Patches" iClarified 8:20 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Check Out This Exploded View of the iOS 7 SpringBoard [Photo] iClarified 2:54 PM
  • "The Macalope: Jerkwatch" Macworld 12:00 PM
  • "Apple files another request to ban older Samsung phones and tablets" The Verge 12:02 PM
  • "Apple still wants to ban Samsung phones that aren't even for sale anymore" BGR 12:00 PM
  • "Apple's TV Set Conceptualized With A Curved Display, Runs iOS 7 [Photos] Redmond Pie 2:54 PM
  • "I would totally buy this awesome Apple curved HDTV" Gizmodo 11:13 AM
  • "Need More Screen Space? New Mac Pro Can Drive Six 27-Inch Displays" Cult of Mac 9:41 PM
  • "How Much Would a DIY PC Cost to Match Apple's $9599 Top Mac Pro? $11,503" The Mac Observer 6:54 PM
  • "Think A $9,599 Mac Pro Is Expensive? Building A Windows-Based Equivalent Costs Even More" Digital Trends 11:13 AM
  • "Positioning-Apple is A Products Company, Google Is A Service" VoIP Watch 7:45 AM
  • "2013 Mac Pro Reviews: 'Ridiculously Fast and Powerful" Tapscape 7:34 AM
  • "Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Feature Creep" Mac 360 7:33 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Why Your Android Phone Will Always Be Out Of Date" Business Insider 11:55 AM
  • "Mobile Is The Future Of Payments — Here's How Much Runway There Is For Growth" Business Insider 11:54 AM
  • "Will Android TV be the next big thing for Google?" BGR 8:20 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "New Website Allows Users to Estimate Apps Data Usage" MacTrast 9:45 PM
  • "Awesome Deals On Retro Games For iOS" Cult of Mac 9:41 PM
  • "Cassandra: Apple's 12 Days of Xmas Day 3 -Halftone 2" eXtensions 8:04 PM
  • "5 Free Business Centric Apps To Start The New Year Off Right" The Mac Observer 6:55 PM
  • "Coming December 28: Gene Steinberg meets tech commentator Dann Berg and AppleInsider's Daniel Eran Dilger, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:54 PM
  • "Here's what biteSMS running on iOS 7 looks like on video" iDownload Blog 3:00 PM
  • "My Mountain of Debt, an app that merges debt reduction and video games to help users see their debt reduction progress in a new and exciting way. To make paying off debt fun, users watch an animated story unfold depending on how much debt they pay off. Video games are fun and entertaining. My Mountain of Debt uses video game elements to help users stick to their goal of becoming debt free by making it visually rewarding." My Mountain of Debt 2:31 PM
  • "Top 10 Must-Have Games for Your New iPad" PadGadget 12:40 PM
  • "Mnemonizer - PIN code and password keeper for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch" Happymagenta 9:28 AM
  • "Sell Those Old iOS Devices Now, They Will Never Be Worth More (148Apps Readers Get 10% Bonus)" 148Apps 9:18 AM
  • "Trade In Your Old iPods At NextWorth And Receive A 25 Percent Bonus" AppAdvice 9:09 AM
  • "The Week in iPhone Cases: Pop the champagne" [Slideshow] Macworld 8:27 AM
  • "Tydlig Calculator Is Like Scrawling Numbers On Paper, Only Smarter" Cult of Mac 8:07 AM
  • "Enjoy creating mind maps of any size with Dream X" prMac 11:12 AM
  • "Think you could save the world using a Museums app for iPhone and iPad?" prMac 8:42 AM
  • "Alternative iOS music player receives major usability update" prMac 8:28 AM
  • "4 New Rhymes Added in Nursery Rhymes App for Kids for iPad, iPhone" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "David Zacik Releases Fun New Christmas Apps" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "My iStory mobile app debuts significant iOS update" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "Answers to the big questions - in 140 characters" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "Padgram - Popular Instagram Viewer Now Available for iPhone" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "8 Moons Media introduces 99 Stamps 1.0 for iPad - New Year Edition" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "ES Business Card - Promote Your Business Creatively" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "Numtris - The mix of Tetris with numbers hits the App Store" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "Tiny Utopia Launches New Obama Game On Mobile" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "plasq Introduces Comic Touch 2" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "New Concentration Game for iOS Will Challenge Your Brain" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "Beat Boss - The electronic dance music sampler app with the most samples" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "Tipitap launches Slides & Ladders app with an Apple iTunes feature" prMac 8:07 AM
  • "dB Meter is the best software for sound level measurements at the time. It has very clear and simple interface in iOS 7 style with amazing animations. It calibrated with professional high-precision sound level meter, therefore it much more precise than any other app of such kind." dBMeterPro 7:34 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft 2014: Another exciting year ahead" Neowin 8:12 AM
  • "Microsoft In 2014: Big Changes Ahead" ValueWalk 12:03 PM
  • "This Year's Christmas Grudge: Microsoft" The VAR Guy 10:04 AM
  • "Microsoft Corporation Drops Windows XP But Will Hang On To Xbox" Financial Trend 7:56 AM
  • "How Microsoft's 1 Percenters Balance Basic Research with Short-Term Success" Scientific American 7:59 AM
  • "Microsoft's 2014 makeover: It's all up to the next boss" CNET News 7:57 AM
  • "China might block Microsoft purchase of Nokia's assets unless patent fees are reduced" Women Citizen 8:10 AM
  • "PC makers plan rebellion against Windows at 2014 CES, analysts say" FOXNews 10:08 AM
  • "Is Hewlett-Packard Reentering the Smartphone Market?" The Motley Fool 7:36 AM
  • "(Video) Will 2014 Be a Transitional Year for Intel?" Bloomberg TV 12:14 PM
  • "The great x86 pivot: Intel and AMD break for new markets in 2014" ExtremeTech 12:13 PM
  • "Intel opens up processor architecture" BusinessLine 10:22 AM
  • "Intel ends 2013 with a bang" CIOL 8:24 AM
  • "Shout out to Intel for Bay Trail" ZDNet 8:22 AM
  • "Intel SOC May Power Upcoming Nexus 7" WCCFtech 12:16 PM
  • "Intel invests in Taiwan's SanJet Technology to develop wearable and car devices" Venture Capital Post 8:26 AM
  • "Oracle And IBM - Dynamic Growth Vs. Brand Power" Seeking Alpha 11:58 AM
  • "Oracle to Compete with Amazon, Microsoft in IaaS in 2014?" Talkin' Cloud 7:54 AM
  • "Oracle to introduce cloud IaaS in 2014" CIOL 8:06 AM
  • "Here's what to expect from augmented reality in 2014" VentureBeat 9:25 AM
  • "New U.S. sales figures show the changing face of PC and tablet markets in 2013" ZDNet 9:35 AM
  • "4 tech innovations that improve data center scalability" InfoWorld 9:42 AM
  • "CryptoLocker ransomware gains an increasing hold" Myce 12:29 PM
  • "China Unicom enters the cloud computing fray with Wo-Cloud" VentureBeat 12:38 PM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple to $1,000 in 2014" TheStreet 8:28 AM
Industry News
  • "Tech Stocks: Twitter tumbles in biggest one-day drop/Twitter downgraded to sell by Macquarie; Apple, Facebook also fall" MarketWatch 4:36 PM
  • "Stocks pause at end of strong week" CNNMoney 4:36 PM
  • "Stocks Pause as Markets Sit at Record Highs" TheStreet 11:48 AM
  • "Wall Street Looks to Extend Winning Streak" FOXBusiness 9:17 AM
  • "Stocks Little Changed But End Week Higher: Trading Light in Holiday-Shortened Week" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:37 PM
  • "Asia Markets: Asian stocks close mixed, but China outperforms/Chinese shares outperformed the region, as a week-long spike in interbank lending rates settled Friday, easing concerns about the health of China's financial system." MarketWatch 7:29 AM
  • "Europe Markets: Europe stocks charge higher as euro soars/European investors returned from a two-day Christmas break to push stocks higher on Friday, playing catch-up with U.S. markets as the euro soared to a two-year high versus the dollar." MarketWatch 11:47 AM
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:54 PM
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 6:53 PM

 
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