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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, November 5, 2015
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Why Apple Is Grabbing Huge Parcels of Land in Silicon Valley" ["'We're proud to call the Bay Area home,' an Apple spokesperson told . 'We now have more than 25,000 Apple employees locally and once Apple Campus 2 is completed, Apple is expected to support over 41,000 jobs in the area. We want to make a positive impact on every community where we operate and we look forward to doing even more as we continue to grow here.'"]  Fortune 2:19 PM
  • "Apple Watch Sales Hit 7 Million"  Forbes 6:46 AM
  • "7 million Apple Watches just buried the competition – Canalys" The Register 6:46 AM
  • "Apple Reaffirms Its Superpower Over Android"  Forbes 6:46 AM
  • "Apple TV: App Store addition makes it one to watch" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:50 AM
  • "Apple's in your truck as Telogis ships iOS telematics: Apple's ecosystem is unfolding across enterprise IT" Computerworld 8:54 AM
  • "Apple reinforces its Alice attack on two Ericsson patents, says claims don't specify solutions" Foss Patents 7:10 AM
OS X
News
  • "Apple Releases Second OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan Beta to Public Beta Testers" MacRumors 12:32 PM
  • "Apple pushes OS X 10.11.2 beta 2 to public beta users" 9to5Mac 12:32 PM
  • "OmniRAT malware scurrying into Android, PC, Mac, Linux systems: Leverages Stagefright scare for installs" The Register 9:17 PM
  • "Apple wages battle to keep App Store malware-free: Thousands of apps have been found in recent weeks with potentially malicious components" IDG News Service 6:48 AM
  • "MacBooks are so hot right now. And so is Mac OS X malware: 5 times as much of it... though cyberthugs unsophisticated" The Register 6:45 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "El Capitan discussion includes a workaround for graphics subsystem crashes; more about EyeTV compatibility (and related issues); server-side iCloud problems; Brother printer compatibility; update procedures; Apple's iNeuralyzers and more." MacInTouch 8:08 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Review: take a Quick Look inside OS X installer packages with Suspicious Package for Mac" iDownload Blog 1:41 PM
  • "Parallels 11, Fusion 8 and VirtualBox 5 – oh my!" Low End Mac 7:10 AM
  • "Send Maps from Your Desktop to Your Mobile Device" Gizmodo 4:47 PM
  • "How to Securely Empty Trash in OS X El Capitan" Intego 1:10 PM
  • "How-To: Go beyond OS X Photos + make amazing wall art from your Mac's pictures (Part 4)" 9to5Mac 9:50 AM
  • "How to consolidate locked iTunes music linked to multiple accounts" Macworld 7:06 AM
  • "mMorphCut creates jump-less transitions in Final Cut Pro X" IT.Enquirer 11:10 AM
  • "How To Backup Email On Your Mac" Mac 360 6:54 AM
Press Releases
  • "Sony update their SxS UDF Driver for MXF files and OS X El Capitan" fcp.co 12:49 PM
  • "Axalta Artists Signature Series Launches Using Luxion Interactive Rendering Platform" Architosh 1:59 PM
  • "Introducing BIMmotion for Twinmotion—Abvent launches Twinmotion 2016" Architosh 9:51 AM
  • "NetShred X updated for El Capitan - Version 4.8.6 released" Mireth Technology 9:34 AM
  • "iResizer for Mac OS X makes it a breeze to resize images" Apple World Today 7:22 AM
  • "Insights 4.0: Predictive Models for Web, iOS, and OS X Dev Projects" prMac 7:12 AM
  • "Beamer 3.0 - Stream Video from a Mac to Apple TV and Chromecast Devices" prMac 7:12 AM
  • "24U released 24U Toolbox Plug-In 2.0" prMac 7:12 AM
  • "SoftRAID Announces All-New SoftRAID Lite, for just $49.99" SoftRAID 6:52 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple is securing a plot of land even bigger than the spaceship campus"  The Verge 7:00 AM
  • "Report finds apps regularly 'spy on users'" BBC 8:57 AM
  • "Recent hire hints at 'digital license plates' for Apple's electric car project" Electrek 4:44 PM
  • "Apple adds digital license plate engineer to Project Titan team" iDownload Blog 7:37 PM
  • "Apple turns attentions to India"  Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:45 AM
  • "Apple opens subsidiary in Vietnam, tapping smartphone growth" Reuters 7:19 AM
  • "Facebook 'takes on Apple's News with news app Notify'" Telegraph 7:06 AM
  • "The Apple Watch's biggest competitor has seen sales double" Business Insider 7:06 AM
  • "Nest CEO: What It Was Like Working With Steve Jobs" Bloomberg Video 7:37 PM
  • "3 things you didn't know about the new Apple store at Crossgates" The Business Review 11:26 AM
  • "Apple TV users are mostly Gen X men" CNBC 11:26 AM
  • "Kenny Chesney stars in new Apple Music commercial" The Loop 7:51 AM
  • "Country star Kenny Chesney promotes Apple Music free trial, Apple Watch fitness in new ad" AppleInsider 8:11 AM
  • "Popular postcard app Touchnote suffers data breach" iMore 8:43 PM
  • "HTC copies Apple's iconic 1984 commercial to advertise their iPhone copy" 9to5Mac 7:12 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Google plans on attempting to end fragmentation in Android by controlling the hardware" Talk Android 9:10 PM
  • "Twitter Engineering Lead Alex Roetter Apologizes for Diversity Issues: 'We Have Blind Spots'" Re/code 8:57 PM
  • "Twitter SVP Of Engineering On His Comments About Diversity: 'I Did A Poor Job Communicating'" TechCrunch 8:53 PM
  • "Facebook is more concerned than ever about ad blockers" Business Insider 8:08 PM
  • "The final humiliation: BlackBerry overtaken by Tizen" BGR 7:48 PM
  • "Dropbox tries to reinvent as competitive concerns mount" USA Today 4:32 PM
  • "Longer-lasting, 3D solid-state batteries could displace lithium-ion" IDG News Service 4:31 PM
  • "Investigatory Powers Bill: everything you need to know" V3 7:10 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Google Engineer: Watch Out for Inferior USB-C Cables" PC Magazine 4:29 PM
  • "Ctrl-Walt-Delete: Nilay and Walt start a smartphone company/It's about time Google made its own hardware" The Verge 2:31 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-11-05: 4K, HDR, and Apple TV" The Mac Observer 12:39 PM
Hardware/Software
  • "Should Intel Corp. Investors Fear the Apple Inc. A9X Chip? Apple's mobile processors are getting really good; are they getting too good for Intel's liking?"  The Motley Fool 8:58 AM
  • "Google looking for chip partners to enable Android to compete with Apple's A9 chip" AppleInsider 7:37 PM
  • "iPhone 7 Triple Release Leak Reveals Exciting Apple Changes" Forbes 6:46 AM
  • "A new 4-inch iPhone is in the cards for 2016" BetaNews 7:03 AM
  • "Apple TV tvOS Hacked To Expose Underlying Support For iOS-Like Folders" Redmond Pie 8:38 AM
  • "Apple places driver IC orders for 2016 iPhone models with Synaptics" DigiTimes 6:59 AM
  • "iPhone 7 to run Synaptics's display driver chips as Apple delays own in-house single-chip solution" iDownload Blog 9:15 AM
Apple Patent Applications
  • "Apple has patented a way for your iPhone to enter 'panic mode' when you unlock it with a specific finger" Business Insider 7:04 AM
  • "iPhones' Touch ID could eventually support multiple fingers and a panic mode" Apple World Today 7:47 AM
  • "Apple is on a Roll as their Fifth Wireless Inductive Charging Patent Surfaces since Late September" Patently Apple 7:14 AM
  • "Apple Working on waterproofing iDevice Speakers & Microphone" Patently Apple 11:55 AM
  • "Apple Invents a Sophisticated Positioning Accuracy System to Assist Users Navigating through Urban Canyons" Patently Apple 7:51 AM
  • "An Apple patent hints that Apple is considering a Plex competitor" Apple World Today 8:24 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Apple again breaks Touch ID for some iPhone and iPad users with iOS 9.1" AppleInsider 7:37 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 11:08 AM
  • "Rayman Fiesta Run For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)" App Sliced 11:08 AM
  • "Stratego Multiplayer For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $5.99)" App Sliced 11:08 AM
  • "12" MacBook Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:20 AM
  • "Mac mini Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:20 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:20 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "New Apple TV Review: Is This It?" Gizmodo 2:23 PM
  • "Review: 4th-generation Apple TV promises revolution; delivers evolution" 512 Pixels 9:15 AM
  • "Apple iMac review: two sizes of Retina/The best all-in-one there is, now in both 4K and 5K" The Verge 1:20 PM
  • "Apple iMac Review (2015)" [Video Review] The Verge 1:20 PM
  • "Apple Magic Keyboard review: Apple's keyboard is sleek, lightweight, comfortable to use and too expensive" Macworld UK 12:32 PM
  • "Why Logitech's K811 keyboard beats Apple's new Magic Keyboard" CIO 11:09 AM
  • "Review: Zolt's Laptop Charger Plus is a 3-in-1 MagSafe-ready Mac, iPad + iPhone power adapter" 9to5Mac 2:20 PM
  • "Review: Pebble Time Round" Wired 12:32 PM
  • "Belkin Charge Dock for Apple Watch & iPhone Makes Compromises" The Mac Observer 4:29 PM
  • "Review: Spigen Ultra Hybrid Case for iPhone 6/6s" iMore 7:23 AM
  • "Microsoft Band 2: The Best Fitness Watch for People Who Really Like to Sweat" Yahoo Tech 4:29 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Gaming on the Apple TV: Why a gamepad isn't as optional as it seems" Macworld 7:06 AM
  • "Pic Scanner review: Handy mobile photo scanner is just a little too basic" Macworld 8:57 AM
  • "The Room Three - Love Getting Lost For The Third Time" Apple'n'Apps 7:35 PM
  • "Bigfoot Hunter - Does It Snap A Winner On iOS?" Apple'n'Apps 9:17 PM
  • "'The Room Three' Review - My, How You've Grown" Touch Arcade 7:14 AM
  • "'Heroes Reborn: Enigma' Review – Quirky, Confusing, But Good! Like the Show" Touch Arcade 9:15 AM
  • "'Moto RKD Dash' Review - Motorcycle Gaming Comes Full Circle" Touch Arcade 11:15 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to master the Apple TV remote's new buttons" Cult of Mac 2:24 PM
  • "How to use photos from the Shot on iPhone 6 campaign as screensavers on your Apple TV" iDownload Blog 1:10 PM
  • "iPad Pro buyers guide" iMore 12:49 PM
  • "How to Take Screenshots on a 2015 Apple TV 4" Tuts+ 7:15 AM
Tips
  • "Gaming tweak: Change your Apple TV remote tracking speed" The Loop 11:25 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple's Latest Hire Fuel Apple Car Rumors" UberGizmo 9:11 PM
  • "Apple's emoji are the best, but finding them is the worst" Macworld 5:54 PM
  • "Can the iPad Pro Save iPad Sales? Survey Says..." Apple Gazette 5:54 PM
  • "I'm leaving Android for iOS, and I blame late games: Android gaming is all about waiting, and I'm fed up"  Polygon 4:29 PM
  • "An Android Phone After 6 Years of iPhones" Notehub 1:59 PM
  • "What it's like to switch to Android after using only iPhones for 6 years" BGR 1:57 PM
  • "Could Apple Watch Revenue Overtake the iPad As Soon as Fiscal 2016?" The Motley Fool 11:26 AM
  • "Apple Has Already Improved the Apple TV in a Big Way: Apps are now sorted into categories, which makes them easier to find." Time 9:38 AM
  • "John Gruber Has Stopped Wearing His Apple Watch Daily" Fortune 8:38 AM
  • "Should You Port Your iPhone/iPad App to Apple TV?" Lou Miranda 8:09 AM
  • "Now is the Time to Bring Back the 17" MacBook Pro" Low End Mac 7:10 AM
  • "Hey Apple, Listen Up. I'm Tired Of Being Sir Jony Ive's Product Beta Tester!" Mac 360 6:53 AM
  • "Desperate Disparities In Technology: Mac vs. Windows, Android vs. iPhone" PixoBebo 6:53 AM
  • "Lets Make The Case For A 4-inch iPhone" Mac 360 6:53 AM
Non-Apple
  • "How to Reduce the Clutter of Chargers and Cables" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:54 PM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Google Keep for iOS gets closer to Evernote with ease-of-use features" Macworld 5:54 PM
  • "Pad & Quill launches new handcrafted Horween leather bands for Apple Watch" 9to5Mac 11:14 AM
  • "Facebook debuts streaming-focused 'music stories,' with help from Spotify & Apple Music" Gigaom 11:14 AM
  • "Facebook for iPhone adds enhanced Apple Music and Spotify song sharing with Music Stories" 9to5Mac 11:14 AM
  • "3D Touch and Spotlight search arrive for Flickr's new iOS 9 update" Macworld 11:14 AM
  • "Sony inks deal with Disney, will bring ESPN & ABC to Vue streaming TV service" AppleInsider 11:14 AM
  • "Google Maps for iOS now gives you spoken traffic alerts" Mashable 9:50 AM
  • "Up to 10x faster Generation" ["We know this at Aquafadas. That's why in the new version 4.0 of our Digital Publishing System, we've sped up digital document generation to AVE format by 10 times!"] Aquafadas 9:35 AM
  • "Go Beyond Luxury With the First Amethyst iPhone Case" Apple Gazette 9:15 AM
  • "delivery.com Releases New iOS App" PRNewswire 8:41 AM
  • "Patrick Stewart teases your brain with deadly puzzles in Leonardo's Cat" iMore 8:38 AM
  • "Walgreens First with Apple Pay Loyalty Card Support" The Mac Observer 11:09 AM
  • "Walgreens First to Launch Loyalty Program Integration with Apple Pay" Business Wire 7:53 AM
  • "Walgreens Officially Launches First Apple Pay Loyalty Rewards Program" MacRumors 7:53 AM
  • "Pangea Software's game line-up brings retro gaming fun to the new Apple TV" Apple World Today 7:20 AM
  • "Award Winning Astronomy Guide Star Walk Kids Comes to Apple TV" prMac 9:50 AM
  • "Juggle Struggle is Released for iOS" prMac 8:57 AM
  • "Lazy Owl Games Launches New Mobile Game: I'm hungry, Human!" prMac 8:38 AM
  • "Discover hidden words with Word Trace game" prMac 7:12 AM
  • "Agent A: A puzzle in disguise - Spy themed puzzler out today" prMac 7:12 AM
  • "New Spelling App TurboWords Allows Fast Recording of School Words" prMac 7:12 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft Acquires Mobile Data Labs, The Company Behind Mileage-Tracking App MileIQ" TechCrunch 12:19 PM
  • "Microsoft buys Mobile Data Labs, maker of MileIQ mileage tracker" ZDNet 12:20 PM
  • "Microsoft buys MileIQ developer, adding another popular app to its lineup" GeekWire 1:30 PM
  • "Why Microsoft bought maker of MileIQ Android-iOS app: For the data, as much as the app" PCWorld 2:31 PM
  • "Microsoft Just Wants to Be Loved: The company tries to engender fuzzier feelings. It's working." Bloomberg 6:52 AM
  • "Windows 10 is tracking everything you do and there's no way to stop it: Software giant admits users are powerless to stop data collection on Windows 10." Daily Star 6:53 AM
  • "Is Windows 10 telemetry a threat to your personal privacy?" ZDNet 12:08 PM
  • "Microsoft teams up with Red Hat for enterprise cloud solutions" Neowin 6:10 AM
  • "Red Hat Teams With Microsoft To Create Improved Cloud Experience" TechWeekEurope 6:41 AM
  • "Red Hat, Microsoft Partner on Open Source Solutions for Azure Cloud" The VAR Guy 6:42 AM
  • "Microsoft and Red Hat align for Linux on Azure cloud: OS giants overcome differences to offer RHEL on Azure, with all the trappings for hybrid solutions" TechCentral.ie 6:54 AM
  • "Microsoft and Red Hat sign partnership for hybrid cloud Linux in Azure: Microsoft once again acknowledges the need to be part of the wider ecosystem" The Inquirer 9:12 AM
  • "PC makers' tech support asks customers to avoid Windows 10" Engadget 8:43 PM
  • "Microsoft to support Indian start-ups to drive growth: Will also provide financial assistance of Rs 80 lakh to startups who create smart solutions on its Azure cloud platform" Business Standard 6:52 AM
  • "Microsoft has launched a new Smart City initiative in India" Microsoft News 6:52 AM
  • "Satya Nadella announces e-commerce tie-ups, smart city innovations at Microsoft's India conference" Firstpost 6:53 AM
  • "Microsoft, government to build 50 'smart villages' in Maharashtra by 2016" The Asian Age 6:54 AM
  • "Microsoft follows Mozilla in considering early ban on SHA-1 certificates: Microsoft is considering blocking the hashing algorithm on Windows by June next year" IDG News Service 6:11 AM
  • "With a torrent of weather data, IBM hopes to know the world" Computerworld 6:36 AM
  • "Big Blue boosts hybrid cloud credentials with Gravitant acquisition: IBM buys Texan firm" Channelnomics 6:36 AM
  • "IBM announces new solutions for the API economy" BetaNews 6:37 AM
  • "Chips Aren't Getting Much Smaller, and That Stinks for Intel: Intel says Moore's Law is slowing, and that could make it tougher for the company to elbow its way into mobile." Bloomberg 6:35 AM
  • "Intel thinks PCs will come back" Fudzilla 6:40 AM
  • "Intel dumps a pile of cash in China" Fudzilla 6:40 AM
  • "Intel Invests $22 Million in Startups in Communications, IoT" eWeek 6:11 AM
  • "AMD Appoints Darren Grasby To President Of EMEA" VR World 6:35 AM
  • "HPE unveils revamped channel program Partner Ready" Infotech Lead 6:33 AM
  • "HP Milestones: A Look Back, As Tech Giant Splits In Two/HP has officially split into two companies. The breakup marks perhaps the biggest milestone in the company's storied history. Here's a look back at the corporate hits and misses that brought the company to where it is today." InformationWeek 6:34 AM
  • "Oracle's Stock Falls After Analyst Downgrade" FOXBusiness 10:26 AM
  • "Oracle to court: Samsung's offense was also Google's defense in Apple case, expert not neutral anymore" Foss Patents 6:11 AM
  • "Cisco's New CEO Embraces the Cloud: The company isn't letting go of its high-end services, but it's selling more networking equipment with custom software." Bloomberg 6:55 AM
  • "Qualcomm is drowning in China, where it generates half its revenue" VentureBeat 6:21 AM
  • "Qualcomm Plunges as Forecasts Show Licensing Struggle in China" Bloomberg 12:09 PM
  • "Tech Companies Get Poor Marks For Data Privacy: An advocacy organization finds gaps in corporate support for freedom of expression and data protection." InformationWeek 12:08 PM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Will Apple Stock Be Helped by Outperforming Smartwatch Rivals?" TheStreet 11:26 AM
  • "Apple shares approach ex-dividend as it gears up to distribute $3 billion to shareholders" AppleInsider 7:07 AM
Industry News
  • "U.S. stocks decline as jobs report looms: Facebook jumps on earnings beat, Whole Food disappoints" MarketWatch 8:05 PM
  • "Market Hesitates to Do Anything Before Jobs Report" TheStreet 8:04 PM
  • "Stocks end slightly lower ahead of jobs report" USA Today 8:04 PM
  • "Wall Street Ends Flat as Traders Await Jobs Report" FOXBusiness 8:04 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Edge Lower Ahead of Jobs Report: Investors focus on company earnings rather than making broad bets" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:04 PM
  • "Asia Markets: China stocks enter bull-market territory/China shares closed in bull-market territory Thursday, after two days of sharp gains added steam to the slow recovery that has been under way since August." MarketWatch 6:59 AM
  • "Europe Markets: European stocks search for direction after three days of gains/European stocks bounced between small gains and losses Thursday, with oil shares under pressure while some companies including Adidas AG pushed higher following financial updates." MarketWatch 6:59 AM

 
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