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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, December 14, 2014
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple Should Win Its E-Book Appeal: The antitrust cops favored Amazon, and Judge Cote misinterpreted the law and the business evidence."  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:50 PM
  • "Apple Heads to Court Monday in E-Book Appeal: Tech Giant to Argue That Judge in Price-Fixing Case Penalized Benign Conduct"  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:43 PM
  • "How Google and Apple Make Their Taxes Disappear"  Newsweek 6:52 PM
  • "Former Apple engineer describes 'secret war' with opponents of copy protection" Computerworld 2:52 PM
  • "Apple intended to block third parties from iPods and iTunes" Neowin 8:13 AM
  • "Re-thinking Steve Jobs' Thoughts on Music, 8 years later"  Fortune 6:53 PM
  • "A fruitful relationship with Apple: Its origin and recent growth began with Steve Jobs, iPhone" Albany Times Union 3:08 PM
  • "Apple's iPhone 6 Best Selling Smartphone In Japan But Not Available On Apple's Website" Forbes 6:41 AM
  • "Here's What David Fincher Thought Of The Steve Jobs Movie" Business Insider 7:32 AM
  • "A belief system: Hoping beyond hope for Apple to fail"  Macworld 12/13
  • "Apple worked to block '100 percent' of iTunes competitors from iPods" Engadget 12/13
  • "Protesters Storm Apple's Cupertino Campus" NewsFactor 12/13
  • "Apple's blockbuster winter quarter boosted by cheap oil, dinged by strong dollar"  AppleInsider 12/13
OS X
News
  • "Apple seeds OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 beta 3 with focus on Mail, VoiceOver and Wi-Fi" AppAdvice 12/13
  • "Apple Seeds OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Build 14C81f to Developers" MacRumors 12/12
  • "Apple releases third beta of OS X 10.10.2 with focuses on Wi-Fi, Mail & VoiceOver" AppleInsider 12/12
  • "New in Safari 8.0.2: Improved iCloud, WebGL, Keychain Support" FairerPlatform 12/12
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Reports: Yosemite Mail causing intermittent typing lag for some users" MacNN 12/12
  • "Kernel Panic Restore: Macbook Pro Time Machine Backup onto a Spare iMac" eXtensions 12/12
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Keep an eye on your Mac — and its environment — with Periscope Pro" iMore 8:14 AM
  • "How to Opt Out of OS X Pre-Release Software Updates" TekRevue 12/13
  • "Hands On: Altunenator (OS X)" MacNN 12/12
  • "Hands-on: Dashlane's awesome new feature changes all your passwords with one click" Macworld 12/12
  • "How To Manage And Play Music On A Mac Better Than iTunes" Mac 360 12/12
  • "How To Set Sound Volume For Each App" Mac 360 12/12
  • "Free: How To Complicate The Cloud With Convenience" TeraTalks 12/12
  • "Finally, Something Good Comes To Email" NoodleMac 12/12
  • "I Like This Mac Alarm Clock Exactly The Way I Like My Women" BohemianBoomer 12/12
Op/Ed
  • "Mac Game Top 10 of 2014: Tomb Raider Wins, Transistor Takes 2nd" FairerPlatform 12:54 PM
  • "Markdown 10 Years: The bard wrote a play about it." Rixstep 12/13
  • "OS X 10.10.2 14C81f Seeded, Focus Areas Expanded" FairerPlatform 12/13
  • "Continuity: Where it is now, and our hopes and dreams for the future" iMore 12/12
Press Releases
  • "Google's new Web series 'Route 85' aims to help developers make iOS apps using Google SDKs" AppleInsider 12/13
  • "CodeRunner 2 for Mac Available" Macdrifter 12/12
  • "Precise Screenshot 1.3 - Get screenshots on Mac as never before" Tension Software 12/12
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Releases New Holiday Ad 'The Song'" MacRumors 2:51 PM
  • "Apple airs new ad for the holidays: 'The Song'" 9to5Mac 3:28 PM
  • "Apple's 2014 holiday ad 'The Song' showcases the human side of its ecosystem" AppleInsider 5:02 PM
  • "Art+Tech: Sunday MASS art dance party taps Mac apps for 3D projection mapping" AppleInsider 5:46 PM
  • "Papers, Please regains nudity following 'misunderstanding' on Apple's part" AppAdvice 6:36 AM
  • "Apple's US and UK online retail stores are now accepting PayPal" Neowin 6:41 AM
  • "Jesse Jackson Calls For Better Wages for Contract Workers on Apple's Campus" Wired 12/12
  • "Protesters storm Apple campus urging better working conditions for service workers" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 12/12
  • "Protesters stage brief but noisy demonstration at Apple Campus in support of contract workers" 9to5Mac 12/12
  • "Occupy Apple! Anti-Poverty Protesters Briefly Stormed Into Apple's HQ Last Night" Business Insider 12/12
  • "Protesters March On Apple Campus To Demand Better Working Conditions For Contractors" TechCrunch 12/12
  • "Jesse Jackson, Tim Cook and the 'storming' of Apple HQ" Fortune 12/12
  • "You can now shop at Apple's online store with PayPal" The Next Web 12/12
  • "You can now purchase things through Apple's online store using PayPal" Cult of Mac 12/12
  • "US/UK Online Apple Store now accepting PayPal" iDownload Blog 12/12
  • "Apple Pay in-app checkout added to MLB Ballpark & Priceline apps" 9to5Mac 12/12
  • "You can now book a hotel room with Apple Pay" SlashGear 12/12
  • "Thanks to Apple, Dr. Dre had the most profitable year of any musician in history" TUAW 12/12
  • "Ford drops Microsoft's Windows Embedded, enabling support for Apple's CarPlay, Android Auto" AppleInsider 12/12
  • "Ford Drops Microsoft, Paving the Way for Apple's CarPlay" Mac|Life 12/12
  • "Apple's Zorlu Store Receives 'Supreme Award' at Structural Awards 2014" MacRumors 12/12
  • "Apple's Zorlu Center store in Istanbul wins design and engineering accolades" TUAW 12/12
  • "1976 Apple-1 sold by Jobs from his garage auctions for $365k" Digital Trends 12/12
  • "Here's Apple's OTHER watch, and it ain't pretty" Digital Trends 12/12
  • "Iowa planning America's first iPhone driver's license, working on privacy concerns" 9to5Mac 12/12
  • "Iowa Ready to turn Your iPhone into Your Driver's License" The Mac Observer 12/12
  • "Wal-Mart slashes iPhone prices" ["But there's a catch, of course. You have to sign a two-year service contract with Verizon, AT&T or Sprint."] CNBC 12/12
  • "Wal-Mart is cutting iPhone 6 prices" Fortune 12/12
  • "eBay Users Blast App Redesign" Re/code 12/12
  • "Apple Co-Founder Traded His Shares for Gold. Why That Was a Horrible Investment, in 1 Chart" Bloomberg 12/12
  • "These jaw-dropping images were captured by a pro photographer using only an iPhone" BGR 12/12
Non-Apple News
  • "Sony wants news organizations to delete data leaked after hack: Movie studio calls the leaked documents 'stolen information' and threatens legal action if the files are not ignored and destroyed." CNET 9:19 PM
  • "Google Sets End Date for Google Earth API" PC Magazine 12/13
  • "Facebook unfriends Microsoft's Bing search: The world's largest social network has stopped showing results from the search engine." CNET 12/12
  • "FCC moving closer to Title II?" Gigaom 12/12
  • "Sony hack again reveals corporate vulnerabilities" CBS News 12/12
  • "Sony 'spooked' over possibility of more attacks: government source" Reuters 12/12
  • "Boston Researcher Cynthia Breazeal Is Ready to Bring Robots Into the Home. Are You?"  Re/code 12/12
  • "New 3D models in Google Maps are incredibly detailed" Mashable 12/12
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The TouchArcade Show - 185 - Censored" Touch Arcade 12/12
  • "Michael E. Cohen Takes Full Control of Pages" MacVoices 12/12
  • "App Annie CEO Bertrand Schmitt talks mobile analytics" VentureBeat 12/12
Hardware/Software
  • "New iPhone 6S: iWatch compatibility, 2015 release date, 256GB, colors" Stabley Times 6:19 AM
  • "New A9 Chip Will Be 'Made in America' For The Powerful iPhone 7" Forbes 12/13
  • "Production of next year's A9 chip reportedly underway, Samsung may take 100% of orders" 9to5Mac 12/12
  • "Rumor: Samsung begins building first 'A9' chips for Apple with 14nm process" AppleInsider 12/12
  • "When it comes to chips, Apple just can't quit its Samsung habit" The Verge 12/12
  • "Have Samsung and Apple kissed and made up?" ITProPortal 12/12
  • "Cases licensed under Apple's MFi program must survive 1m drops under new standards" TUAW 12/12
  • "New iPhone Cases Must Pass Apple's One-Meter Drop" Modmyi 12/12
  • "Apple Adds 'Anti-Beats' Master & Dynamic Headphones to its Online Store, Proves Open to Competition" MacRumors 12/12
AppleCare/Helps
  • "The case of the mysteriously sleeping MacBook" Macworld 12/12
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "OLO Game For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 12/13
  • "ComicBook! (Photo) For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" Apple Sliced 12/13
  • "Water Wars For iPhone/iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 12/13
  • "You can now get an iPhone 6 for as low as $129 at Walmart; iPhone 6 Plus also discounted" iMore 12/13
  • "Jenga For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" Apple Sliced 12/12
  • "Dummy Defense For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $1.99)" Apple Sliced 12/12
  • "SimpleRockets For iPhone/iPad Is Free Today (Was $1.99)" Apple Sliced 12/12
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 12/12
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 12/12
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 12/12

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Google Nexus 9 vs Apple iPad Air 2: Two high-end tablet kings from the rival clans of Apple and Google are ready to fight to the death for your cash. Which will you choose?" Stuff Magazine 3:10 PM
  • "Mac mini Shootout: 2012 Quad-Core i7 versus 2014 Dual-Core i5 and i7" Bare Feats 12/12
  • "Review: Elgato's Thunderbolt 2 Dock is a faster, one-cable hub for all your Mac peripherals" 9to5Mac 12/12
  • "Case-Mate Tough Air Case for iPhone 6 Plus review" iMore 12/12
  • "Octa Lynx Grips iPads and Clamps to Just About Anything" The Mac Observer 12/12
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "This Ex-Apple Engineer's New App Turns Your iPad Into A Second Display For Your Mac"  Business Insider 9:25 AM
  • "Hands On: Things to-do list manager (iOS)" MacNN 2:52 PM
  • "Four Noteworthy Additions To The Messages App In iOS 8" AddictiveTips 12/13
  • "You Should Play: Challenging platformer Bean Dreams forces you to think strategically" Macworld 12/12
  • "Appidemic: Let Us Prey: Surrender to Hell for iOS" TechnologyTell 12/12
  • "Hands On: Sago Mini Road Trip (iOS)" MacNN 12/12
  • "Hands On: Bit.Trip.Run! (iOS)" MacNN 12/12
  • "Peppa's Paintbox iOS Game Review" Tapscape 12/12
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to fix your iPhone Home button: The ultimate guide" iMore 12/13
  • "How to enable and manage iCloud Family Sharing on iOS and OS X" AppleInsider 12/13
  • "How To Fix iPhone Is Disabled Error After Incorrect Passcode Entries" Redmond Pie 12/12
  • "Five Minutes Work to Replace Your iPhone 6 plus Broken Screen" ETrade Supply 12/12
  • "How to Build Your Own Apps with Workflow for the iPhone and iPad" The Mac Observer 12/12
  • "iOS 8.1: Why you should update, and how" V3 12/12
Tips
  • "Accessories with magnets/metal might interfere w/ iPhone 6 Plus optical image stabilization, NFC on new iPhones" 9to5Mac 8:49 PM
  • "5 Awesome Things You Didn't Realize You Could Do With iPhone's Touch ID" Time 12/12
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Report: iOS users care more about privacy and data security than Android users" Australian Macworld 8:50 PM
  • "Back to the iMac with a Time Machine Backup -A Quart in a Pint Pot" eXtensions 12/13
  • "Apple's censorship of immigration game was a 'misunderstanding,' says creator" The Verge 12/12
  • "No Apple Under The Tree This Year" Applepeels 12/12
  • "Why Does My iPhone 6 Plus Freak Out So Many Men?" ReadWrite 12/12
  • "NSFW: Merry Godzillamas, Godzilla phones, and Apple getting the fundamentals right" iMore 12/12
  • "How Superstar Companies Like Apple Are Killing America's High-Tech Future" INET 12/12
  • "How Apple Made Me a Convert to Large Screened Phones" Apple Gazette 12/12
  • "Why am I still playing Bejeweled? There's something timeless about this game's geometric gymnastics" The Verge 12/12
  • "Why I have (hopefully temporarily) ditched Windows Phone for iOS..." Coolsmartphone 12/12
  • "Feeling generous? The right Mac can be the perfect gift" Macworld 12/12
  • "Apple Watch: 7 Years Beyond 2015" Mac 360 12/12
  • "Apple, Google, Amazon, And Microsoft– The Fallacy Of 'Back to Basics" Mac 360 12/12
Non-Apple
  • "Sony Hack: Ripping the Veil Off Hollywood's Secrets" Re/code 11:33 AM
  • "What Artificial Intelligence Is Not" TechCrunch 6:43 AM
  • "The simplest way to understand net neutrality" The Daily Dot 12/13
  • "Get Free Bitcoins with 50 Website Faucets that Really Pay [Update] The Mac Observer 12/13
  • "Mega Comcast Opponents Make Strange Bedfellows" FairerPlatform 12/12
  • "TV Networks Divided on Streaming" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 12/12
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Greenlight Technologies Introduces Wireless Charging Products" prMac 12/13
  • "Crypto-Chat Quickly and Securely Encrypts Peer-to-Peer Conversations" prMac 12/13
  • "Nature - The Best Pocket Secure All-in-One Personal Notes 2.0 Touch ID" prMac 12/13
  • "Google introduces Route 85 web series geared towards iOS developers" 9to5Mac 12/12
  • "Elf Help - Elfing Made Easy for the iPhone and iPad" MacTrast 12/12
  • "'Dye' is a Free Way to Tint Your iOS Device With a Color of Your Choice" Modmyi 12/12
  • "Coming December 13: Gene Steinberg meets The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin and Macworld contributor Rob Griffiths, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/12
  • "Satellite photos of deserts and airports make perfect phone wallpapers" The Verge 12/12
  • "Christmas Apple Deals: MacBook Air, $769; iHome Audio, 20%; ClamCase, $30 Off" FairerPlatform 12/12
  • "This tweak will make sure you never accidentally set an alarm for the evening" iDownload Blog 12/12
  • "BBM gets a brand new look on iOS and support for Lollipop on Android" Cult of Android 12/12
  • "Google Maps adds highway lane guidance for several European countries" iMore 12/12
  • "NewerTech Expands Award-winning Line of NuGuard KX Cases with Impact X-Orbing Protective Cases for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus" NewerTechnology 12/12
  • "Nemetschek Group launches new corporate design and website" Architosh 12/12
  • "'Rick Harrison's Trivia Challenge' Hits Social and Mobile Platforms, Incorporating Familiar Faces From The World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop" PRNewswire 12/12
  • "'Jenga' and 'The Journey Down: Chapter One' Go Free" Touch Arcade 12/12
  • "Clip for iOS lets you create and share 20 second videos with a soundtrack and lyrics" The Next Web 12/12
  • "Twelve South Launches new BookBook Cases for iPhone 6/6 Plus, and they look Awesome!" Run Around Tech 12/12
  • "Google's iOS app gets an Android-like makeover" Cult of Mac 12/12
  • "Simultaneous strategy game Frozen Synapse coming to iPhone early next year" AppAdvice 12/12
  • "Shawn Berry introduces Gift Card Calculator 2.0 for iPhone/iPad" prMac 12/12
  • "Anagram Tale - Word Game Story App Released for iPhone and iPad" prMac 12/12
  • "Noda - Unique and smart number puzzle game for iOS" prMac 12/12
  • "IGWidget provides Instagram users with access to likes and comments" prMac 12/12
  • "Convert short iPhone video into photo grid" prMac 12/12
  • "Bring Personal Photos to Life with New iOS App Cam Animate" prMac 12/12
Computer Industry
  • "I Plan To Increase Intel To 15% Of My 2015 Portfolio" Seeking Alpha 3:32 PM
  • "Leaked Windows 10 build reveals new Xbox app and Cortana integration: An early look at consumer features" The Verge 9:28 AM
  • "New leaked video shows more Windows 10 upgrades and enhancements" VentureBeat 2:50 PM
  • "Windows 10: Changes to the Store, including phone apps showing up" Neowin 2:51 PM
  • "Satya Nadella read these 5 books during his first year as Microsoft CEO" GeekWire 6:37 AM
  • "Microsoft: Bitcoin Accepted Here" eWeek 2:42 PM
  • "The ERP monolith begins to unravel, sort of: Summary:Will all-encompassing enterprise application suites survive what the cloud has in store?" ZDNet 6:38 AM
  • "Where Tech Giants Protect Privacy" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:47 AM
  • "The Danger of the $200 PC" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:57 AM
  • "Pumped Up Elves Pitch Acer Iconia Tab 8" PC Magazine 12:19 PM
  • "TSMC's Ho Endured Lewd Jokes on Path to CFO at IPhone Chipmaker" Bloomberg 12:20 PM
  • "Microsoft wants game devs on board this holiday season" Neowin 12/13
  • "Facebook dumps Microsoft Bing results from Graph Search" Neowin 12/13
  • "Facebook drops Microsoft's Bing from Facebook search results: Summary:Facebook is no longer showing Bing Web search results in Facebook search results." ZDNet 12/13
  • "Facebook Dumps Bing, Will Introduce Its Own Search Tool" TechCrunch 12/13
  • "Microsoft Courts Businesses With Enterprise-Grade Azure Cloud Updates" eWeek 12/13
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple Stock Becoming The Ultimate Safe Haven" Seeking Alpha 12/13
  • "Catcher, Simplo see good November results thanks to iPhone orders" DigiTimes 12/12
Industry News
  • "Stocks Have Horrible Week, and Now Have the Fed to Worry About" TheStreet 12/12
  • "Wall Street Sees Red Amid Collapse in Oil Prices" FOXBusiness 12/12
  • "U.S. Stocks Tumble; Dow Falls More Than 300 Points: Drop in Oil Prices Revives Growth Concerns" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/12
  • "Asia Markets: Japanese stocks break losing streak as yen softens/Japanese stocks broke their three-day losing streak on Friday, as the yen weakened against the dollar and before the country's general elections this weekend." MarketWatch 12/12
  • "Europe Markets: European stocks, Russian ruble skid as oil prices slump/European stocks sank Friday, driving the Stoxx Europe 600 to its worst week in more than three years, as energy shares continued to take blows from the oil-price slide." MarketWatch 12/12
  • "Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/12
  • "Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at the close of trading" Associated Press 12/12
  • "Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares down at 1 p.m." Associated Press 12/12

 
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