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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, February 19, 2015
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple's Newest Store Boasts 50-Foot Glass Walls and a Free-Floating Second Floor" Wired 9:37 AM
  • "Secret Apple Watch boutique is under construction at Paris' fanciest store" Cult of Mac 1:43 PM
  • "The Patent Wars May be Cooling, But They're Far From Over" Wired 7:01 AM
  • "Apple Watch lands on its first US magazine cover" The Verge 7:11 AM
  • "Apple Watch To Make U.S Cover Of SELF Magazine, Next Month" RazorianFly 7:30 AM
  • "Apple Watch Is Ready for Its Close-Up" PC Magazine 11:22 AM
  • "iOS Vulnerability Means Copycat Apple Apps Could Spy On iPhone Owners, Claims FireEye" Forbes 1:44 PM
  • "Apple boss Tim Cook wants you to read this book" Computerworld 9:41 AM
  • "iBank: RBS, NatWest first UK banks to allow Apple Touch ID logins" The Register 6:56 AM
  • "RBS and NatWest tap Apple's Touch ID for mobile banking login" ZDNet 7:10 AM
  • "Samsung takes on Apple Pay by snapping up LoopPay: Samsung expects LoopPay to work with 90pc of retailers' existing payment terminals, unlike its main rival Apple Pay" Telegraph 7:11 AM
  • "Samsung challenges Apple Pay with LoopPay purchase" V3 7:10 AM
  • "Motorola president says Apple charges outrageous prices/Technically Incorrect: In a response to a hardly veiled criticism of its phones by Apple's head of design Jony Ive, Motorola President Rick Osterloh suggests Apple's a bit of a gouger." CNET 6:55 AM
  • "Apple prices 'outrageous': Motorola boss" CNBC 7:27 AM
  • "Best Buy bundles free Office 365 subscription with PCs, Macs, iPads and tablets" TechnologyTell 8:57 AM
  • "New David Hockney pieces on show at new Salts Mill exhibition: Salts Mill Two new exhibitions opened at Salts Mill yesterday which showcase new David Hockey pieces the venue has purchased and the history of the building" ["'I realised how fast I can capture it with the iPad, a lot faster than watercolour for example. Simply faster. You can choose a new colour or a new brush more rapidly. You don't have to wait for anything to dry.'"] Telegraph & Argus 8:29 AM
  • "Watch this magician do all his magic tricks on an iPad" Business Insider 8:49 AM
  • "Former Apple CEO: Creating A Billion Dollar Business" Forbes 1:43 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "SIM card makers hacked by NSA and GCHQ leaving cell networks wide open" Ars Technica 8:33 PM
  • "Snowden docs reveal spy agencies' SIM encryption key theft" ZDNet 8:29 PM
  • "Pandora: A Victim of Its Own Success/A Pending Ruling on Artist Rates Could Make Things Worse" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:33 PM
  • "Yahoo Unveils Tools for Improving Mobile Apps" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:27 PM
  • "Yahoo CEO Mayer Unveils Mobile-Application Development Tools" Bloomberg 4:27 PM
  • "Google.org Making Tech for Good a Reality" Forbes 4:14 PM
  • "Startup Takes Aim at Computer-Security Holes: Synack deploys freelance hackers to uncover software flaws; find a bug, claim a bounty" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:14 PM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Next Step for Christopher Breen" MacVoices 1:10 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-02-19: More Apple Car Evidence, Apple Hires some Bloggers" The Mac Observer 1:10 PM
  • "Apple recruits superstar DJ to drop some Beats in CNET UK podcast 422: Zane Lowe is headed for Cupertino, the Samsung Galaxy S6 is set to power up without wires and a $10 chip could give you Terminator vision." CNET 11:23 AM
  • "ACM 294: The Apple Car Story Goes Super Nova and Tim Cook Pushes for Privacy" The Mac Observer 6:51 AM