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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, August 29, 2014
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Seeing Through the Illusion: Understanding Apple's Mastery of the Media"  9to5Mac 12:59 PM
  • "Apple's New Whiz Kids: Tech Industry on the Hunt for Software Prodigies Producing Apps for Smartphones and Tablets"  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:38 PM
  • "Apple eyes pay-by-touch for next iPhone" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 8:38 AM
  • "iPhone 6: the jolt that mobile payments need: Apple's rumored embrace of true mobile payments may finally shake up how we pay for goods and services after years of empty promises." CNET 8:17 AM
  • "Apple may change how you pay for pizza" MarketWatch 2:45 PM
  • "Why a bigger Apple iPad could counter a potential Microsoft threat" Market Realist 9:17 AM
  • "Larger iPad could target big biz, save Apple from low-end scrum: 12.9-inch iPad to reverse tablet slowdown?" The Register 8:39 AM
  • "Code/red: Apple Wearable Won't Ship Until Next Year"  Re/code 1:00 PM
  • "Apple Bets iPhone Magic Will Spill Over to Wearables" Bloomberg 8:27 AM
  • "Apple keeps fans waiting for wearable device" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 12:58 PM
  • "$120M at stake in RPI v. Apple: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy believes its legal fight with Apple over Siri, the innovative personal assistant and voice-recognition system first used in the iPhone 4S, is potentially worth $120 million."  Albany Times Union 8:01 AM
  • "Apple Appeals Judge's Decision to Deny a Ban on Samsung Products" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:58 PM
  • "Apple appeals judge's denial of Samsung sales ban: Judge Lucy Koh earlier this week ruled not to institute a permanent injunction against Samsung for selling older-model smartphones found to infringe Apple patents." CNET 4:24 PM
  • "Apple will keep pushing for a sales ban on Samsung products" Macworld 4:03 PM
  • "Apple and Samsung may have to settle in patent litigation: Apple and Samsung are reportedly close to reaching an amicable conclusion in a long-winded patent litigation battle after the US firm lost another court case against its rival." BetaNews 10:22 AM
  • "Here's why Apple bought Beats: By 2019, streaming will account for 70 percent of digital music revenue" Gigaom 9:15 AM
OS X
News
  • "Chrome for Mac to desert early Intel Mac owners by October" Computerworld 9:18 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to Use OS X Yosemite's Best New Messages Features" Wired 10:01 AM
  • "How to Install Mac OS X Yosemite on a USB Flash Drive" LAPTOP Magazine 8:37 AM
  • "How to Copy Files Between Mac and iPhone with AirDrop on Mac OS X Yosemite" LAPTOP Magazine 9:13 AM
  • "How to Customize the Dashboard in Mac OS X Yosemite" LAPTOP Magazine 8:38 AM
  • "How to Customize the Mac OS X Yosemite Notification Center" LAPTOP Magazine 8:38 AM
  • "How to Mark Up PDFs in the Mac OS X Yosemite Mail App" LAPTOP Magazine 8:38 AM
  • "How to Use Dictation to Write What You Say on a Mac" LAPTOP Magazine 8:38 AM
  • "FruitJuice review: Practice good battery health with your MacBook" Macworld 8:18 AM
  • "CoverScout helps your Mac find album covers that iTunes can't" iMore 3:08 PM
  • "When search fails in Outlook" Macworld 8:40 AM
  • "Watching Audio EQ in Final Cut Pro X" FCPXtv 8:26 AM
  • "The Yoink 'virtual shelf' helps reduce Mac OS X desktop clutter" Apple Daily Report 8:04 AM
  • "How To Fix Music Collection Problems" Mac 360 7:54 AM
  • "A New Way To Play Music On A Mac" Mac 360 7:54 AM
  • "How To Lock And Unlock A Mac As You Come And Go" TeraTalks 7:55 AM
  • "Got iTunes? Want Lyrics? Get Lyrical" Mac 360 7:55 AM
  • "Put A Clock On Your Mac's Desktop Wallpaper" NoodleMac 7:54 AM
Op/Ed
  • "The Long and Winding Road" Noodlings 5:31 PM
Press Releases
  • "Chrome 38 Beta makes user-switching feature more visible, adds 64-bit support to OS X and Windows" BetaNews 4:30 PM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple bans iOS developers from selling HealthKit data to ad networks" ZDNet 10:30 AM
  • "Apple tightens HealthKit privacy policy to protect users' data" Digital Trends 9:24 AM
  • "4 'iWatch' alternatives Apple could unveil on Sept. 9: Apple may show off a wearable device at its September iPhone event. But don't call it an iWatch just yet. Here's what else Apple watchers say the company could be cooking up." CNET 8:17 AM
  • "Apple is building a huge, mystereous structure for the iPhone 6 event" BGR 10:09 AM
  • "Apple's own security guards stage protest outside San Francisco Apple Store" Cult of Mac 10:21 AM
  • "Smartphone Outlook Remains Strong for 2014, Up 23.8%, Despite Slowing Growth in Mature Markets – IDC" MacPrices 8:03 AM
  • "Tablet shipments forecast slashed by half as Western markets slow" ZDNet 10:30 AM
  • "'Thinner, brighter, lighter' – Samsung attack ads on Apple continue with anti-iPad NYers" 9to5Mac 8:26 AM
  • "Ex-Apple worker Sam Sung's irony nets $2,653 (for charity)" CNBC 2:44 PM
  • "'Brand new mini': Former Apple employee's baby announcement is charming" Today 3:07 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "T-Mobile lays out minimum $35 per share bid for acquisition" Electronista 10:42 AM
  • "Samsung denies child labour at Chinese supplier" AFP 10:12 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Wear next for wearables? in CNET UK podcast 401" CNET 10:00 AM
  • "Podcast: Brown M&M, Apple event, wearable, tattoos, Dropbox vs iCloud + More" Insanely Great Mac 8:04 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "'Silver' enables developers to use Swift to write Android and Windows Phone apps" 9to5Mac 9:23 AM
  • "Apple reportedly working with Dutch company NXP to include NFC in iPhone 6, possibly iWatch" 9to5Mac 8:18 AM
  • "Apple reportedly taps chipmaker NXP for 'iPhone 6' NFC solution" AppleInsider 8:25 AM
  • "Apple taps NXP to develop pay-by-touch tech for next iPhone" ZDNet 10:30 AM
  • "New pictures show off alleged iPhone 6 logic board, A8, and NFC chip" 9to5Mac 12:59 PM
  • "Video Shows Supposedly Assembled iPhone 6 Stuck in Recovery Mode" OS X Daily 3:08 PM
  • "More High-Quality Photos Show 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Rear Shell with Colored Bands" MacRumors 3:08 PM
  • "This is the iPhone 6 component leak you've been waiting for" BGR 12:59 PM
  • "New photos purport to show near-final 'iPhone 6' rear shell, cover glass" AppleInsider 8:08 AM
  • "Claimed production model of iPhone 6 casing shows more subtle Space Gray antenna breaks" 9to5Mac 8:25 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Krashlander -Ski, Jump, Crash! For iPhone And iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" Apple Sliced 9:57 AM
  • "Move The Eggs (Pro) For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:57 AM
  • "Devil Shard For iPhone And iPad Is Free Today (Was $0.99)" Apple Sliced 9:57 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:02 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:02 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 8:02 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Review - Life n Soul BM211 Bluetooth speaker Review" Electronista 10:42 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "TripCast Is A Beautiful Travel Journal For iPhone" TechCrunch 12:58 PM
  • "Epic Eric saves the day with one touch" TUAW 9:23 AM
  • "'The Walking Dead: Season Two' Review - Experience The Apocalypse From A Different Perspective" Touch Arcade 3:09 PM
  • "'Dodo Master' Review - Classic Platforming isn't Extinct" Touch Arcade 4:24 PM
  • "ALONE... Review: Tough yet satisfying, ALONE... is a challenging endless flyer with some suitably sensitive controls." 148Apps 8:08 AM
  • "Qube Kingdom Review: Qube Kingdom has cute visuals, but it's a pretty basic tower defense game at heart." 148Apps 3:07 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to run Flash on your iPad (if you must)" Computerworld 7:56 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Debate: 'Will the IBM/Apple partnership lead to a merger between the two companies?'" TG Daily 10:08 PM
  • "These are the 8 Android and Windows Phone features we want on the iPhone 6: Apple doesn't hold the patent on good ideas. These hardware and software goodies from other phones would make Apple's next iPhone even better." CNET 10:00 PM
  • "The most disappointing rumor about the iPhone 6 may have just been confirmed" BGR 3:08 PM
  • "The bar is high for Apple's Sept. 9 event" Fortune 2:42 PM
  • "iPhone 6 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know (Updated)" Gizmodo 2:42 PM
  • "8 Big Apple iWatch Rumors: Specs, Release Date, and More" Digital Trends 2:42 PM
  • "Apple's iWatch announcement could be big tease, with sales delayed until 2015" Pocketnow 1:01 PM
  • "Apple's iWatch 'Not Shipping Till Early 2015"'" Forbes 1:01 PM
  • "When our wearables talk with our doctors" ZDNet 10:30 AM
  • "Rumors About NFC on iPhone Begin Anew" PC Magazine 10:44 AM
  • "Two reasons now might finally be the right time for iPhone 6 to gain NFC" Gigaom 10:28 AM
  • "Apple's Mobile Payments Are Coming, And They Will Be iPhone 6 And iWatch Exclusive, Says John Gruber" Business Insider 10:22 AM
  • "Paczkowksi: 'Apple Plans to Announce Wearable in September'" Daring Fireball 10:17 AM
  • "10 ways the Internet overanalyzed Apple's invitation" CNET 10:13 AM
  • "Cassandra: Apple's 9 September Event -Speculations and Probabilities" eXtensions 9:57 AM
  • "Bloomberg Backs Up Wearables Announcement at Apple's Sept 9 Event" The Mac Observer 9:29 AM
  • "Apple's September event may be its most significant event in years" TUAW 9:23 AM
  • "Siri: Helpful personal assistant or Serial app killer?" The Register 9:18 AM
  • "iPhone 6: What does Apple's invite mean? A sundial, a sine wave or simply a tease? Matt Warman unpacks Apple's iPhone invite" Telegraph 8:39 AM
  • "If iPad Pro doesn't 'cannibalize' Surface Pro sales, so what?" TechnologyTell 8:39 AM
  • "Apple Could Do Its Launch Without A Phone" Forbes 8:39 AM
  • "Appreciating the Apple TV" Macworld 8:18 AM
  • "iOS vs. Android: Déjà vu All Over Again?" Mac 360 7:55 AM
  • "This Is Broken. Apple Can Fix It" Mac 360 7:55 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Worked things out with The Wirecutter" Marco Arment 5:31 PM
  • "The laptops, tablets, and other gear that keeps me mobile" ZDNet 10:30 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Internet Movie Database for iOS adds features, takes a few away" TUAW 3:08 PM
  • "Coming August 30: Gene Steinberg meets Peter Cohen, from iMore, John Uppendahl, from Parallels, and Josh Centers, from TidBITS, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 2:40 PM
  • "Six Clicks: Top iOS apps of the month, August 2014" ZDNet 10:30 AM
  • "ProCamera HD captures new iOS 7 design and new features with 2.0 update" AppAdvice 10:22 AM
  • "Replay video editor revamped to version 2.0 with new design, universal support and more" AppAdvice 10:22 AM
  • "Official iOS app of so-called 'credit card of the future' Coin out now for beta users" AppAdvice 10:22 AM
  • "Popcorn Time, the Netflix for Bittorrent, is coming to iOS 'within a couple days'" Cult of Mac 10:21 AM
  • "Baidu and Tencent join Dalian Wanda in $814m China ecommerce deal" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:02 AM
  • "Lazy? Stop scrolling for ages to access your best iPhone pictures" prMac 8:16 AM
  • "SnapsShut 2: Don't Stop The Beat - Addictive reaction time game for iOS" prMac 8:16 AM
  • "Two-in-one kid's game Bubble Cat Kids sees release on iOS and Android" prMac 8:16 AM
  • "Pentumble - Challenging Platformer Released for iOS" prMac 8:16 AM
  • "New iOS Children's Reading App Powered by Nuance Voice Recognition" prMac 8:16 AM
  • "Spend Stack - Available Now - Simplifies Spending by Finding Sales Tax" prMac 8:16 AM
  • "Dressed 1.0 for iPhone - Virtual Closet App" prMac 8:15 AM
  • "Baby Shapes: New App For Babies Not Just Another Digital Baby-Sitter" prMac 8:15 AM
  • "Dodgy Dingbat Game Expanded with 2.0 Update" prMac 8:15 AM
  • "Unit Pricer from Glass Bottle Apps Updated to Version 2.0" prMac 8:15 AM
  • "Fundometer Gets an Overhaul with V2.0" prMac 8:15 AM
Computer Industry
  • "PC vendors fear an Osborne Effect from Windows 9: Manufacturers threaten to slow down production in the gap between Windows 7 and 9." Network World 10:33 AM
  • "U.S. judge lifts suspension on Microsoft overseas email seizure" Reuters 4:24 PM
  • "Did Microsoft help seed the market for Windows Store scam apps?" Computerworld 10:32 AM
  • "Microsoft to clamp down on 'misleading' apps" Relaxnews 10:33 AM
  • "Microsoft boots 1,500 apps from its Windows Store" The Inquirer 10:33 AM
  • "Should Microsoft kill Windows Phone? The company is backing away from Android and doubling down on its own smartphone OS just when the smart move seems to be to surrender" Computerworld 10:42 AM
  • "Microsoft signals end of MSN services in China by October/Summary: Ten years after its entrance to Chinese market, Microsoft has decided to terminate MSN messenger services in the country – the last one in the world – by the end of October." ZDNet 10:31 AM
  • "Microsoft offers Azure cloud services upgrade and price cut" ITProPortal 10:32 AM
  • "HP looks to reimagine the server for compute era with ProLiant Gen 9 systems" V3 10:24 AM
  • "HP 'reimagines compute' with new server haul" ComputerWeekly 10:35 AM
  • "HP unveils Intel Xeon E5v3-powered Proliant Gen 9 server systems" The Inquirer 9:25 AM
  • "HP Previews ProLiant Gen9 Data Center Servers" Top Tech News 10:35 AM
  • "This Startup Is Eating Adobe And IBM's Lunch" Benzinga 9:25 AM
  • "Tripping through IBM's astonishingly insane 1937 corporate songbook" Ars Technica 9:23 AM
  • "Exclusive: Intel hires senior Qualcomm exec to boost mobile business" Reuters 5:05 PM
  • "Intel poaches head of Qualcomm's Atheros unit for chip R&D" Seeking Alpha 5:05 PM
  • "Intel Contests $1.4B Antitrust Fine Levied by European Union" Zacks 12:56 PM
  • "Intel Moves to Excite Extreme PC Speed Freaks" WSJ Blogs 12:56 PM
  • "Intel Core i7-5960X CPU Review: Haswell-E Debuts" HotHardware 11:36 AM
  • "Intel launches the Core-i7 5960X: Performance through parallelism..." SemiAccurate 5:04 PM
  • "Intel gives gaming desktops a boost with Haswell-E" CNET 4:24 PM
  • "Intel Launches First 8-Core Desktop CPU" Forbes 12:57 PM
  • "Exclusive: Intel hires senior exec Faintuch from Qualcomm" Reuters 3:38 PM
  • "Are AMD's Latest Kaveri APUs Ready For 1080p Gaming?" Forbes 3:09 PM
  • "Oracle Denied $1.3 Billion Jury Verdict in Long-Running SAP Case: Oracle Can Accept Lower Damages Or Pursue New Trial" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:39 PM
  • "Oracle v. SAP: Appeals court rebuffs Oracle bid to restore record verdict" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 12:56 PM
  • "Oracle loses bid to restore $1.3 billion SAP verdict, could get new trial" Reuters 12:55 PM
  • "Court won't restore Oracle's $1.3B verdict vs. SAP" Associated Press 2:44 PM
  • "Oracle to face new SAP trial if it rejects new damages award" Reuters 10:39 AM
  • "Server sales show signs of slight surge: Hooray for hyperscale, which now outsells Oracle and Cisco" The Register 9:58 AM
  • "Lenovo smartphones launch in 10 EU countries: Here's why western Europe won't get them" ZDNet 10:29 AM
  • "Aiming For New Markets, ARM Reaches Out" Forbes 9:17 AM
  • "Linux Has Run Out of Time: The statute of limitations has expired for there to be a killer app for the open-source operating system." PC Magazine 10:04 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "iWatch Arrives? Apple Hits All-Time High After Cryptic Event Reveal" Forbes 8/28
  • "Why Apple Stock Is Down Today" TheStreet 8/28
Industry News
  • "Apple continues to rise on iPhone hype: Apple Inc. continued to gain more ground Friday, closing near its 52-week high as anticipation swelled over the coming iPhone 6, and business software companies Rally Software Development Corp. and Splunk Inc. also stood out in Friday's market action." MarketWatch 4:29 PM
  • "Stock Market Today: S&P Books Best August Since 2000 Despite Geopolitical Threats" TheStreet 4:28 PM
  • "Market Snapshot: S&P 500 Rises To Record, Nabs Best Month Since February" MarketWatch 4:28 PM
  • "Wall Street Ends the Month on a High Note" Reuters 4:27 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Finish August With Gains: DJIA Ends 3.2% Higher on Month, S&P 500 Rises to All-Time High" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:27 PM
  • "Japan's Nikkei leads Asian stock declines after weak economic data" Associated Press 10:26 AM
  • "Asia Markets: Hong Kong stocks gain slightly; other Asia markets mixed/Hong Kong stocks broke a three-day losing streak on Friday, after swinging between gains and losses as earnings reports came in, and as other regional markets closed mixed." MarketWatch 6:52 AM
  • "Europe Markets: Tesco slides after warning; HSBC climbs: Europe movers" MarketWatch 10:25 AM
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:55 PM
  • "Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12:55 PM
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at the close of trading" Associated Press 9:55 PM

 
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