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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, July 24, 2015
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple Inc.'s China Business Inches Closer to Overtaking Its U.S. Business: Despite a macroeconomic slowdown, Apple is still incredibly bullish on China."  The Motley Fool 8:30 AM
  • "With most of its growth coming from China, should Apple be worried?" Yahoo! Finance 12:25 PM
  • "In its second year, Apple Pay is ready to cash in: It's already jumped the ocean and it's about to jump into thousands of mom-and-pop stores too."  Macworld 7:55 AM
  • "Is Apple One of the World's Greatest Stocks?" Kiplinger 9:26 AM
  • "Why Apple's Stock Dropped" ["Now, without getting too deep in the weeds, there is a thing called 'sequential decline' that is a factor here, and I'm gonna take a little time to explain it."]  The Rush Limbaugh Show 7:03 PM
OS X
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Security notes include a warning about a trojan horse called 'Smilebox'; comments on the unpatched Yosemite security hole, and more about safe deposit box access and other issues related to death." MacInTouch 12:27 PM
  • "Yosemite discussion continues with more Apple Mail experiences, issues and alternatives, plus a question about Yosemite Server." MacInTouch 12:27 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Ask the iTunes Guy: Coping with iTunes features that have disappeared" Macworld 7:55 AM
  • "Creating Graphic Styles in Illustrator to Accomplish the Impossible" [Video-based Tutorial] Layers Magazine 8:26 AM
  • "Pro Tip: The easiest way to create a bootable USB drive for OS X El Capitan" TechRepublic 1:29 PM
  • "How to Find Wi-Fi Network Passwords from Command Line on Mac" OS X Daily 1:39 PM
  • "How to use Smart Folders on your Mac" MacIssues 9:29 PM
  • "10 years in and Typinator's still making life easier for Mac users" Apple Daily Report 8:00 AM
  • "How To Record Audio And Video On Skype Calls" TeraTalks 7:59 AM
  • "Free: Try The Simple Mac Calendar Add-on Utility That Apple Forgot" BohemianBoomer 8:00 AM
Op/Ed
  • "State of the Mac 2015: What of Apple's XP?" FairerPlatform 8:20 PM
  • "Craig Hockenberry on the Mac App Store" MacStories 12:24 PM
Press Releases
  • "App Cleaner - Clean Your Mac from Application Leftovers" prMac 12:01 PM
  • "Hyperbolic Software Releases Tidy Up 4.1.2 for Mac OS X: A Complete Duplicate Finder" PRWeb 8:46 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Report: Apple in negotiations to use BMW i3 as basis for its own electric car"  9to5Mac 4:25 PM
  • "Apple reportedly approached BMW over using i3 as basis for its electric car" iDownload Blog 4:35 PM
  • "Apple and Samsung dominate smartphone sales, but new entrants snap at their heels" V3 8:13 AM
  • "Apple Stores Swap Nest Thermostat For HomeKit Devices" PC Magazine 8:18 AM
  • "Apple pulls the Google Nest smart thermostat from its shelves" CNNMoney 8:07 AM
  • "Strategy Analytics: Android Wear Falls to 11 Percent Global Smartwatch OS Marketshare in Q2 2015" ["The smartwatch market is growing rapidly from a low base, driven by the expanding Apple watchOS ecosystem, and the market is being seeded with devices that will create fresh opportunities for software developers in the emerging wearables category.'"] PRNewswire 8:28 AM
  • "Apple Launches 'Why There's Nothing Quite Like iPhone' Web Campaign" MacRumors 4:25 PM
  • "Apple debuts new web campaign to accompany 'If it's not an iPhone' ads" 9to5Mac 4:25 PM
  • "Consortium-backed Apple Pay competitor CurrentC to launch 'trial run' in August" AppleInsider 11:25 AM
  • "Apple Pay Rival CurrentC Launching in Limited Trial Next Month as Exclusivity Expires" MacRumors 12:00 PM
  • "Pandora CEO says company has seen 'no impact' from Apple Music launch" AppleInsider 10:20 AM
  • "Ericsson Seeks Discovery with Apple's Korean Supplier Melfas in Patent Infringement Case" Patently Apple 9:26 AM
  • "Hold on to Your Pants, India, Apple is Coming for You" The Mac Observer 4:23 PM
  • "First trailer for 'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' shows a bold, brilliant, brutal Apple founder" Mashable 11:04 AM
  • "'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' Documentary Film Trailer Released" Re/code 8:48 PM
  • "Trailer debuts for Steve Jobs documentary derided by Apple exec as 'mean-spirited'" AppleInsider 2:14 PM
  • "Trailer for 'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' Documentary Looks Good" The Mac Observer 6:58 PM
  • "Watching kids react to the original iPod will make you feel old" Cult of Mac 8:23 AM
  • "Inside the Macworld Vault: A hidden collection of vintage Macs" [Slideshow] Macworld 7:19 PM
  • "Apple Employee 10 Year Service Award: A Big Glorious Hunk o' Glass" FairerPlatform 7:59 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "The Web-Connected Car Is Cool, Until Hackers Cut Your Brakes" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:08 PM
  • "AT&T has the FCC's permission to buy DirecTV" Engadget 2:28 PM
  • "FCC approves AT&T's $48.5 billion acquisition of DirectTV" GeekWire 2:26 PM
  • "AT&T creates mobile and video giant after sealing DirecTV deal" CNET 2:26 PM
  • "Chromecast is 2 years old -- Google giving away free movie rentals to owners!" BetaNews 9:20 PM
  • "Google Voice Gets More Accurate Voicemail Transcriptions" PC Magazine 11:25 AM
  • "Modder gets Half-Life running on an Android smartwatch" Ars Technica 8:50 AM
  • "Want longer battery life? Avoid the New York Times and The Grauniad: Web coding changes power consumption on the client, says dev" The Register 8:20 AM
  • "Tony Fadell: What will Google's $3.2bn guru do next?" BBC 8:12 AM
  • "Amazon built the Star Trek computer for your house" CNNMoney 8:07 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The TouchArcade Show - 215 - The Inane Rants of Middle-Aged Hipsters" Touch Arcade 9:05 PM
  • "Cult of Mac Magazine: Apple's best products ever, AI cat fight, iPhone 6s leaks and more" Cult of Mac 8:36 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-07-24: Nest Leaves the Apple Store" The Mac Observer 12:38 PM
  • "The Vergecast 163: Windows 10, Apple Music, and Moto X" The Verge 9:21 AM
  • "Pundits ditch Apple Music and Apple Watch satisfies the masses on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 9:21 AM
  • "Kahney's Korner: Apple's 5 most important products of all time" Cult of Mac 8:43 AM
  • "AppleInsider podcast talks earnings, future of iPhone, iOS 9 betas & Coin credit card" AppleInsider 7:55 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Rare cases of corruption strike Apple. Data corruption, that is: Update your 2015 MacBook Pro now if you want the disk inside it to live" The Register 8:20 AM
  • "Apple warns of data corruption on latest MacBook Pro" BBC 8:07 AM
  • "Mac Systems Sales Surge Expected To Continue Through 2015" MacPrices 7:59 AM
  • "Apple wants to personalize your TV experience" CBS News 2:14 PM
  • "Apple patents Apple TV remote with Touch ID" Telegraph 9:46 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 11:03 AM
  • "My Talking Pet For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" App Sliced 11:03 AM
  • "FX Photo Studio -Pro Picture Editor With Color Filters And Beauty Camera for Perfect Selfie plus Textures, Effects and Camera Frames For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" App Sliced 11:03 AM
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:59 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:59 AM
  • "12" MacBook Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:59 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Apple Watch after 3 months: It's still personal/The Macworld staff weighs in on how the Apple Watch has—or hasn't—impacted our lives." Macworld 7:54 AM
  • "Apple Watch: A brilliant addition to my life" iMore 8:24 AM
  • "We review the Apple Watch, 3 months later" iMore 1:12 PM
  • "Apple TV review: For those deeply committed to the Apple ecosystem" Macworld 8:25 AM
  • "Review: Manfrotto KLYP+, the fun iPhonography kit at perhaps a slightly too serious price" 9to5Mac 10:19 AM
  • "Kensington KeyFolio Thin X3 for iPad Air 2" PC Magazine 9:21 AM
  • "Spire review: Every breath you take, Spire will be watching you" Macworld 7:55 AM
  • "Hands On: Griffin LightRunner Illuminated Universal Armband" MacNN 9:21 AM
  • "Titan Souls Review" Mac|Life 9:11 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Tracking TV Shows with iShows 2: Welding Great Design with Extensive Customization" MacStories 8:26 AM
  • "The best to-do list app: Todoist or Wunderlist?" AppAdvice 12:25 PM
  • "Siri vs. Google Now: Who wins the AI cat fight?" Cult of Mac 2:14 PM
  • "TurboScan puts the power of a high quality mobile scanner in the palm of your hand" iDownload Blog 9:45 AM
  • "Xenowerk review: a top-down shooter with an ever-expanding arsenal" iDownload Blog 8:09 AM
  • "Hands On: Microsoft Send 1.2.4 (iOS)" MacNN 8:13 AM
  • "Pac-Man Championship Edition DX - Munching Anew On iOS" Apple'n'Apps 8:44 PM
  • "Qbert Rebooted - Hop, Skip, And Jump Into The Future" Apple'n'Apps 8:44 PM
  • "'Million Arthur' Review - A Rusty Blade" Touch Arcade 12:01 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "Revitalizing an old iPod with OWC's iFlash adapter" Six Colors 4:28 PM
  • "How to stop Apple and Google tracking your every move using location-based data" Digital Spy 8:34 AM
Tips
  • "Apple Music: Download songs using cellular data" CIO 12:38 PM
  • "This simple trick vastly improves Apple Pay" Wired UK 11:05 AM
  • "Lost Your Fitbit? Use Your iPhone to Track it Down" The Mac Observer 10:20 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple Loop: Frustrating iOS Bug Returns, iPhone 6S Plus Dodges Bendgate, Apple Music Anger" Forbes 7:05 PM
  • "Does Ringly Have A Place In An Apple Watch World?" TechCrunch 7:03 PM
  • "Siri is sassy on the Apple Watch, too" Mashable 4:28 PM
  • "Why more tech companies should follow Apple's lead on LGBT equality" The Next Web 12:48 PM
  • "Apple iOS 8.4 Hit By A New Old Problem" Forbes 11:07 AM
  • "Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft: Time to change your CFO" The Inquirer 11:05 AM
  • "Trust no one when it comes to your data, not even Apple"  iMore 10:19 AM
  • "Apple's secret Android plan for Apple Watch" Computerworld 9:29 AM
  • "Is it Time for Apple to Open the Apple Watch to the Android Crowd?"  Tech.pinions 8:24 AM
  • "Apple Music's Worst Feature? You Can't Delete It"  Wired 8:21 AM
  • "Some Have Ditched Apple Music, Some Are Happy With It" Kirkville 8:18 AM
  • "Dave Mark: Why I'm not done with Apple Music" The Loop 8:14 AM
  • "iPhone 6s: Leak gives us our first look at the new iPhone's face" BGR 8:13 AM
  • "Apple's Biggest Failure" Mac 360 7:57 AM
  • "Another Changing Of The Guard (Apple's iOS Devices vs. Windows PCs)" Mac 360 7:57 AM
Non-Apple
  • "If you ask Google Maps 'are we there yet?' enough times, it gives you 'tude" Mashable 1:39 PM
  • "Hands-on with the new Doom: The detail of Doom 3, the speed of Doom 2." Ars Technica 11:08 AM
  • "Fire Phone one year later: Why Amazon's smartphone flamed out" CNET 8:35 AM
  • "What Was it Steve Jobs Used to Say?" Rixstep 7:56 AM
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Coming July 25: Gene Steinberg meets Josh Centers of TidBITS, and Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:58 PM
  • "Honda's first CarPlay-supported vehicle is the 2016 Accord" Macworld 12:00 PM
  • "App in the Air 5.0 keeps you up to date with your most important travel details" iMore 9:46 AM
  • "Launching the Best iPod touch Yet - Report on Apple Inc." PRNewswire 8:28 AM
  • "YouTube for iOS updated w/ support for fullscreen vertical videos, mobile notifications" 9to5Mac 8:24 AM
  • "Apple Slashes 100 Apps To $0.99 In New Promotion" Digital Trends 8:16 AM
  • "Keep Your Phone Food-Free With Ikea's New Placemat" Digital Trends 8:16 AM
  • "Google Spotlight Stories arrives on iOS – beautiful, 360-degree, immersive animations" 9to5Mac 7:55 AM
  • "Rodeo Games release Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch on iOS" prMac 7:31 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft should stick to software, analysts agree" ITProPortal 9:30 AM
  • "What you need to know before installing Windows 10 (including you might be waiting MONTHS for the upgrade!)" BetaNews 9:32 AM
  • "Windows 10 Countdown: 5 Days Till Microsoft's Big Gamble?" Forbes 7:57 AM
  • "Windows 10 review: It's familiar, it's powerful, but the Edge browser falls short" PCWorld 8:17 AM
  • "IBM buys Compose to boost cloud-based database offerings for app developers" V3 9:51 AM
  • "IBM picks up Compose to puff up its cloud business" The Inquirer 9:51 AM
  • "My Surrey, The 'Siri For Cities,' Is Powered By IBM'S Watson" Digital Trends 9:51 AM
  • "Watson will assess your personality based on your writing" Engadget 11:53 AM
  • "HP has outlined four exploits plaguing the mobile version of Internet Explorer" Neowin 9:49 AM
  • "Never mind dress down Friday: HP tells workers to smarten up" Telegraph 9:48 AM
  • "HP study finds smart watches could do more to keep user data safe" Tech Central 9:47 AM
  • "Smartwatches littered with security flaws, warns HP" V3 9:47 AM
  • "Smartwatches are a gaping hole in cyber security, HP says" ITProPortal 9:47 AM
  • "HP: You there. R&D geek. Get rid of that T-shirt and put on this tie" The Register 9:46 AM
  • "Dell Growth To Pick Up In 2nd Half" Bernama 9:43 AM
  • "Dell server shipments, revenues enjoying double-digit growth, says top executive" DigiTimes 9:43 AM
  • "Moor To The Story: Intel And Rackspace Announce 'Cloud For All'" Forbes 9:42 AM
  • "Intel announces Cloud for All initiative, Rackspace tie-up" Telecompaper 9:42 AM
  • "Intel's Client Computing Group Continued to Fall in 2Q15" Market Realist 1:27 PM
  • "Intel Compute Stick: The Windows PC That's Smaller Than a Snickers Bar" Yahoo Tech 9:11 AM
  • "Intel, Microsoft working to squash Windows 10 battery life bug" PCWorld 8:22 AM
  • "Oracle bolsters copyright case against Android" Tech Central 9:37 AM
  • "SAP certifies Oracle Database In-Memory service to boost business data use" V3 9:37 AM
  • "Cisco pulls out of another business" Fortune 7:05 PM
  • "Here are the other business units Cisco is reportedly thinking of axing" The Economic Times 9:36 AM
  • "Cloud security myths busted" BetaNews 11:42 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple Teaches Another Lesson In ETF Weighting" Seeking Alpha 7:05 PM
  • "3 Reasons Why Apple (AAPL) is a Great Value Stock - Tale of the Tape" Zacks 8:30 AM
  • "Waste Less Time on Apple Reports" Tech.pinions [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:24 AM
  • "Opinion: Why Apple shouldn't matter to investors" MarketWatch 8:09 AM
  • "Apple Suppliers Blow Past Estimates, While AppleĀ 'Watches'" Forbes 8:09 AM
Industry News
  • "Stocks post sharp weekly losses after 4th straight down day" USA Today 4:33 PM
  • "U.S. stocks sell off, book hefty weekly losses" MarketWatch 4:33 PM
  • "Stocks Suffer Deep Weekly Losses on Oil, Earnings" TheStreet 4:33 PM
  • "Dow Sees Worst Week Since January in Broad Selloff" FOXBusiness 4:33 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Fall as Biotech Drags: U.S. stock indexes fell Friday, capping a week when trading was largely driven by big swings in individual companies following earnings results." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:33 PM
  • "Asia Markets: Chinese shares fall, but mark third weekly gain in a row/Shanghai ended lower Friday, but capped its third-straight week of gains, while the rest of Asia struggled to shake off a bout of weakness pegged to disappointing earnings in the U.S." MarketWatch 7:21 AM
  • "Europe Markets: European stocks driven lower, locking in weekly losses/European equities finished lower Friday, with declines among mining and bank shares solidifying the regional market's first weekly loss in three." MarketWatch 12:09 PM

 
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