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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, May 5, 2015
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Home Depot to Become Largest Retailer to Accept Apple Pay: Home Depot Inc. plans to enable Apple Inc.'s mobile-payment platform at its more than 2,000 stores, making it the largest retailer to accept Apple Pay."  Bloomberg 4:32 PM
  • "Paypal partner Home Depot quietly drops support for Apple Pay after quietly accepting it" 9to5Mac 8:07 AM
  • "Home Depot Quietly Turns Off Apple Pay Support at Sale Terminals" MacTrast 8:57 AM
  • "MacKeeper celebrates a difficult birthday: MacKeeper, a utility and security program for Apple computers, celebrated its fifth birthday in April. But its gift to U.S. consumers who bought the application may be a slice of a $2 million class-action settlement." Computerworld 8:05 PM
  • "Over a week after launch, Apple Watch still draws long line of buyers at Colette in Paris" AppleInsider 2:05 PM
  • "Spotify is Growing Fast on iPhone, For Now" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 3:19 PM
  • "iOS-exclusive Periscope torpedoed Mayweather-Pacquiao PPV sales, promoter says" AppleInsider 12:43 PM
  • "Valet parking worker jailed for iPad theft: Defendant stole iPad from hotel's guest while parking his car" Gulf News 8:39 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Comcast vows to put customers first: Cable company is trying to shake its infamous reputation for providing the worst customer service on the planet with a new initiative it says will be focused on customer needs." CNET 9:26 PM
  • "Twitter Bolsters Finance Team as CFO Adds Marketing Duties: Finance chief Noto brings in help as he takes on added role of heading marketing department" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:17 PM
  • "Court's Reversal Leaves Phones Open to Warrantless Tracking" Wired 4:58 PM
  • "Security researchers gagged using DMCA order on eve of vuln reveal" The Register 11:06 AM
  • "Destructive computer virus uncovered: A computer virus that tries to avoid detection by making the machine it infects unusable has been found." BBC 8:35 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-05-05: Apple's Latest Doom Prediction, Home Depot Blocks Apple Pay" The Mac Observer 12:36 PM
  • "iMore show 455: Testing tattoos" iMore 8:14 AM