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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, November 16, 2015
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Will Apple's New Money-Transfer Idea Leave Visa and MasterCard in the Dust?"  Re/code 7:11 AM
  • "Apple says it wants more out of Wallet: Apple is working on a person-to-person payments service that might give iPhone owners another reason to use their Apple Wallets." New York Times 11:36 AM
  • "German watchdog investigates Apple and Amazon audiobooks agreement: Germany's Federal Cartel Office has begun an investigation into Apple Inc's arrangement with Amazon for purchasing audiobooks, the competition watchdog said in a statement on Monday."  Reuters 7:03 AM
  • "German government probes Apple's audiobook deal with Amazon" AppleInsider 10:30 AM
  • "Apple and Amazon face antitrust probe over audio books agreement" The Inquirer 10:30 AM
  • "Apple's Tim Cook: No-one Wants An iPad-Mac Hybrid"  TechCrunch 7:01 AM
  • "Apple's Tim Cook Says Mac And iPad Won't Converge" Forbes 6:45 AM
  • "Tim Cook: Customers don't want a combined iPad and MacBook/The chances of seeing an OS X tablet any time soon have been dashed as Apple CEO Tim Cook says that customers don't want Macs and iPads to converge." ZDNet 7:01 AM
  • "Apple says it will 'work closely' with the UK government over encryption, but it's not backing down"  Business Insider 7:09 AM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'I don't even look at what the analysts say'"  Business Insider 7:09 AM
OS X
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.4 and Security Update 2015-005" Apple Support 8:16 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "The problem with iCloud Photo Library and Family Sharing" Macworld 7:42 AM
  • "Five lessons learned when switching cloud-hosted backups: Using online backups that archive files to the cloud is convenient, but the inertia makes it hard to switch." Macworld 7:06 AM
  • "How to Flush DNS Cache in OS X El Capitan" OS X Daily 1:38 PM
  • "Mac Notification Center Widgets" MacMost 10:23 AM
  • "Desk review: Writing app has an expanded lineup but the original is the best value" Macworld 10:29 AM
  • "An Apple Keynote two-part tutorial showing how to create more engaging stories using 'Draw with Pen' and the 'Line Draw' build" Les Posen's Presentation Magic 6:42 AM
  • "Create markers, notes and transcriptions for Final Cut Pro X with the €29 zeitAnker Annotation Transcriber" fcp.co 7:42 AM
  • "Tip: Resolving out of place pictures in Photos" Six Colors 10:36 AM
  • "Pointers: Escaping Google Calendar" MacNN 7:12 AM
  • "Create Custom Mac Screen Workspaces" Mac 360 6:43 AM
  • "Try The Obi-Wan Kenobi Of Mac Apps" Mac 360 6:43 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Early Mac UI designers say Apple has abandoned many of its human interface design principles" 9to5Mac 7:42 AM
Press Releases
  • "Browser CAD Wars—Autodesk responds by launching Project Leopard" Architosh 7:52 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple, Inc. now inhaling 94 percent of global smartphone profits, selling just 14.5 percent of total volumes" AppleInsider 3:49 PM
  • "Apple is taking 94% of profits in the entire smartphone industry" Business Insider 11:35 AM
  • "Apple Appears To Be Promoting Its Own Apps In The iPhone App Store's Top Charts" TechCrunch 1:40 PM
  • "Apple's Top Free Charts Incorrectly Ranking Apple Apps on Some iOS Devices" MacRumors 1:40 PM
  • "Assessing the Fitness of Wearable Tech" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:53 PM
  • "Apple Maps Now Using 'Business Listings' Data From Foursquare" MacRumors 1:40 PM
  • "Apple adds Foursquare business listings to Apple Maps" 9to5Mac 2:12 PM
  • "Apple's first Singapore store will be powered entirely by renewable energy" CNET 6:57 AM
  • "Apple forges deal to run all Singapore operations on solar power, confirms first local Apple Store" AppleInsider 7:06 AM
  • "Apple to open retail store in Singapore powered only by sun" Associated Press 6:50 AM
  • "Apple Pay coming to Canada tomorrow for American Express cards" 9to5Mac 7:05 AM
  • "Wozniak: I don't like being trapped in Apple's ecosystem" Cult of Mac 7:12 AM
  • "Apple made more in 1.5 minutes than Steve Jobs did this weekend" Cult of Mac 7:11 AM
  • "Apple Retains Lead As UK's Top Storytelling Brand But Supermarkets Fall Out Of Favour, Study Finds" Forbes 7:10 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Bank of England: 95 million jobs going to robots in the next 10 to 20 years" BGR 7:04 PM
  • "Pandora acquiring Rdio for $75 million as the music streaming service shuts down" 9to5Mac 4:55 PM
  • "Pandora snaps up Rdio technology and employees for $75M" AppleInsider 6:57 PM
  • "'Idiots': ISIS responds to Anonymous threatening its 'biggest operation ever' against them" Business Insider 4:12 PM
  • "ISIS encrypted communications with Paris attackers, French officials say: Former CIA director claims Snowden 'has blood on his hands' for tipping off terrorists." Ars Technica 4:06 PM
  • "Hacking Collective Anonymous Declares Total War On ISIS Following Paris Terror Attacks" TechCrunch 3:09 PM
  • "A billion people visit Facebook every day — twice as many as four years ago" Business Insider 1:14 PM
  • "Google dangles free 1TB Drive storage as lure for more Google Maps reviews" ZDNet 8:11 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Upgrade #63: Crying About The Peripherals" Six Colors 5:39 PM
  • "Weekly Podcast Episode 160: Browsing A New Big Horizon Of iOS" Apple'n'Apps 3:39 PM
  • "The MacJury on the First Weekend With The iPad Pro" MacVoices 3:36 PM
  • "TLDR Highlight - Did Apple Ship The New Apple TV Too Soon?" Chris Pirillo 2:22 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-11-16: Verizon Wi-Fi Calling, Terrorism and Tech Privacy" The Mac Observer 12:55 PM
Hardware/Software
  • "IHS: iPhone 6c Release Date Scheduled For Mid 2016" G for Games 7:43 AM
  • "Apple predicted to launch A9-powered 4-inch iPhone in mid-2016" AppleInsider 11:35 AM
  • "Apple's iPad Pro Pencil delays lead scalpers to seek $400 eBay payouts" 9to5Mac 11:35 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "iPhone 6s owners report losing messages, recent calls when restoring from iCloud" AppleInsider 1:40 PM
  • "iPad Pro users report freezing after charging" Neowin 8:52 PM
  • "Some iPad Pros Unresponsive After Charging, Requiring Hard Restart" MacRumors 10:29 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Today's Top iPhone /iPad /Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 11:19 AM
  • "The Lost City For iPhone/iPad Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $1.99)" App Sliced 11:19 AM
  • "Drylands For iPhone/iPad Is Free Right Now (Previously $2.99)" App Sliced 11:19 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:48 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:48 AM
  • "12" MacBook Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:48 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "iPad Pro Review: The Best Computer Apple Has Ever Made" Time 1:38 PM
  • "Review: Apple iPad Pro" iLounge 11:35 AM
  • "iPad Pro: It's not an iPod, but that's OK" Computerworld 8:56 AM
  • "Booting Up: iPad Pro a blank canvas – for better or worse/New tablet feels like a first-generation gadget" Boston Herald 6:50 AM
  • "iPad Pro diary day 5: The iPad Pro as a writing tool, and a decision half-made" 9to5Mac 10:29 AM
  • "iPad Pro video review" iMore 7:42 AM
  • "Review: New Apple TV with Siri and Apps" KTLA 5 TV 11:36 AM
  • "Review: Anker's PowerCore+ 20100 can fully recharge your iPad Pro or 12" MacBook, with battery power to spare" 9to5Mac 1:40 PM
  • "Roccat Nyth Review: Meet the mouse you can snap together like Legos, and even 3D print buttons for" Digital Trends 7:08 AM
  • "Anki Overdrive review: Robot race cars are as cool as they sound" Macworld 7:05 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Hands On: Facebook Notify 1.0.0 (iOS)" MacNN 10:36 AM
  • "The Room Three review: same great puzzle solving, but with more room to move" iDownload Blog 7:43 AM
  • "Pokemon Shuffle Mobile (for iPhone)" PC Magazine 3:09 PM
  • "'Beneath the Lighthouse' Review - Topsy Turvy with a Touch of Fez" Touch Arcade 2:22 PM
  • "'Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey' Review - The Stars Are Misaligned" Touch Arcade 11:34 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to fix that weird iPhone 'glitch' where someone's number keeps popping up even after you delete them" Business Insider 3:12 PM
  • "How to Save eMail Attachments on iPhone & iPad Mail to iCloud Drive" OS X Daily 2:47 PM
  • "4 ways to save a web page on an iPhone or Android phone: Instead of bookmarking a URL that might disappear tomorrow, try saving a web page—permanently—to your Android or iOS handset." PCWorld 6:50 AM
Tips
  • "Pro Tip: Max out your iPhone battery life with this extreme trick" Cult of Mac 1:45 PM
  • "Here's how to use the little-known undo feature on the iPhone" Business Insider 11:35 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple Watch. 6-Months On. [Opinon] RazorianFly 3:09 PM
  • "Insiders reveal what it's really like to work at Apple" BGR 1:51 PM
  • "Why a 4-inch iPhone 6c in early 2016 makes more sense than the ill-fated iPhone 5c: An iPhone 6c released in the first of half of next year would face fewer challenges than the ill-fated iPhone 5c and could even spur iPad sales." ZDNet 10:36 AM
  • "Are Apple and Amazon building an audiobook monopoly?" AppAdvice 10:36 AM
  • "Apple's major problem is Tim Cook" MacDailyNews 10:50 AM
  • "All Excuses Aside, Apple's Major Problem Is Tim Cook"  Forbes 10:32 AM
  • "iPad Pro keyboard quandary: The problem with Smart Connector/The new technology employed on the iPad Pro for connecting keyboards is nicely implemented but creates a complication that limits what accessories can do." ZDNet 8:11 AM
  • "Apple's Future Prospects — Repeating the Same Old Nonsense" The Tech Night Owl 7:52 AM
  • "'Absolute failure': People are not happy with the iPad Pro's launch" Business Insider 7:43 AM
  • "Apple Watch: A Good Gift For Many, Not All" Forbes 7:42 AM
  • "Will Apple Beat the Enterprise Curse?"  TechNewsWorld 7:41 AM
  • "I've ditched my MacBook and iPad Air 2 for an iPad Pro; here's why" Apple World Today 7:13 AM
  • "Tim Cook says Apple won't build a Surface rival" The Next Web 7:06 AM
  • "Apple will not 'converge' iPad and MacBook lines, says Tim Cook" AppleInsider 7:06 AM
  • "Tim Cook again rules out converged Mac and iPad, says a single device would be too compromised" 9to5Mac 7:06 AM
  • "Apple's Tim Cook says a converged MacBook and iPad won't happen" Engadget 6:57 AM
  • "The Post-PC Era Is The Mobile Era" Mac 360 6:42 AM
Non-Apple
  • "The Oxford Dictionaries word of the year is an emoji" The Verge 6:01 PM
  • "The FCC's Unforced Error" Re/code 3:37 PM
  • "How Mark Zuckerberg Is Engineering Facebook to Be More Like Google" Gizmodo 3:12 PM
  • "Bah humbug: How to spot fake reviews" CBS News 1:37 PM
  • "Droid Turbo 2 review: What it lacks in style, it makes up for in power" Engadget 1:14 PM
  • "Smart Cities: Time for the Live Demo" Tech.pinions 7:43 AM
  • "China's Internet Scale is Something Else" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:42 AM
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Apple SIM Now Available In Japan" TechCrunch 9:30 PM
  • "Google disables third-party keyboards in Chrome for iOS" AppAdvice 9:25 PM
  • "First Alert's New Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector Alerts Your iOS Devices of Danger" Gizmodo 2:47 PM
  • "Blogs by Women: For a thing I'm working on, I wanted a list of blogs that: Are of interest to Mac/iOS developers, designers, and power users, and Are written by women." inessential 2:12 PM
  • "iPad Pro: 16 games with spectacular sound" CIO 1:51 PM
  • "iPad Pro Guidebook – Guide book released for iPad Pro, Air and mini" MacPrices 11:21 AM
  • "The MUG Event Calendar for the Week of November 16: Bob LeVitus, Creating Music Videos and Fitness Apps" The MUG Center 8:08 AM
  • "Dingtone iOS3.0 - Revolutionizing the Way You Communicate" prMac 10:29 AM
  • "Plopp - bubble wrap for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad with 3D touch support" prMac 6:51 AM
  • "Flock's - Endless Arcade Game with a meaningful Progression System" prMac 6:51 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Why Microsoft Corporation Will Win the Cloud Wars: According to some new research, it appears the talk about an exploding cloud market is about to become a reality, and the software king is ready." The Motley Fool 2:21 PM
  • "Microsoft fund will bring affordable Internet to world's poor" BetaNews 12:02 PM
  • "Microsoft's CEO says that Cortana and personal assistants to replace the browser" Microsoft News 8:30 AM
  • "Microsoft's four promises to keep our data safe in the cloud" ITProPortal 8:33 AM
  • "Windows 10 users report multiple GLITCHES caused by first major update" Express 8:29 AM
  • "Microsoft unveils a 'Minecraft' coding tutorial for students and educators" Microsoft News 8:19 AM
  • "Microsoft, Code.org Will Use Minecraft to Teach Kids Programming" Bloomberg 8:13 AM
  • "Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming" GeekWire 8:08 AM
  • "Microsoft unveils new Minecraft coding tutorial for students" Windows Central 8:17 AM
  • "IBM Watson gains processing boost with Nvidia and Power8 hardware" V3 8:02 AM
  • "IBM speeds up Power processor architecture with Nvidia Tesla K80 GPUs" The Inquirer 8:02 AM
  • "IBM and Xilinx team up, expand the use of Power chips" ITProPortal 8:01 AM
  • "IBM & Xilinx @ SC15: Collaborating For Better POWER/FPGA System Integration" AnandTech 8:01 AM
  • "IBM, Xilinx forge pact to bolster OpenPOWER" ZDNet 8:00 AM
  • "HP Enterprise Embraces Docker, Containers: Hewlett Packard Enterprise has aligned its offerings from application development to deployment to monitoring and management with Docker container technology." InformationWeek 4:08 PM
  • "HP Enterprise launches new Docker solutions for business" BetaNews 7:53 AM
  • "Dell leads India x86 Server Market in terms of Unit Shipment in Q2 CY2015" India Infoline 7:50 AM
  • "Intel hatches architecture to make high performance computing an enterprise staple" ZDNet 11:56 AM
  • "Intel's 72-core processor jumps from supercomputers to workstations" PCWorld 11:52 AM
  • "Intel Chief Data Scientist Shares Secrets To Successful Projects" InformationWeek 8:53 AM
  • "Intel Broadwell-E Core i7 chip to feature 10 cores, 20 threads" Hexus 7:49 AM
  • "Intel's Broadwell-E lineup rumoured to feature monster 10-core CPU" ars technica 7:45 AM
  • "Intel unveils first Skylake-based NUCs" bit-tech 7:44 AM
  • "Intel NUC range updated with quartet of Skylake machines" Hexus 7:44 AM
  • "Intel looks to grow HPC server market with new architecture, high-speed fabric" Seeking Alpha 5:14 PM
  • "IBM teams with Xilinx to take on Intel with Power chips" PCWorld 7:43 AM
  • "Rumor: AMD may be working on next-gen consoles for 2018" ExtremeTech 6:47 PM
  • "AMD @ SC15: Boltzmann Initiative Announced - C++ and CUDA Compilers for AMD GPUs" AnandTech 7:40 AM
  • "AMD graphics card market share recovered slightly in Q3 2015" Hexus 7:40 AM
  • "AMD Radeon Chief Raja Koduri Promises Two All-New GCN GPUs For 2016, More Stable Drivers" HotHardware 5:04 PM
  • "AMD's Boltzmann Initiative targets the high-performance computing market" ExtremeTech 5:55 PM
  • "Surprise! No wonder Oracle doesn't 'see' IBM or SAP in the cloud" The Register 7:32 AM
  • "Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 5th Ed (O'Reilly)" I Programmer 7:31 AM
  • "Ericsson: There Was Never Talk of a Cisco Takeover" eWeek 6:41 PM
  • "Will the Ericsson/Cisco alliance work or simply break?" Channel Register 7:27 AM
  • "Ericsson denies Cisco takeover rumour" Tal Telecom 7:26 AM
  • "Ericsson denies talk of Cisco merger" Telecompaper 7:26 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "New iPhones Lift Foxconn Earnings: Foxconn posts better-than-expected results despite smartphone slowdown" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:04 AM
  • "Hon Hai Beats Estimates as Apple Forecasts Record Quarter" Bloomberg 7:03 AM
  • "Apple Continues To Get Slammed On Commission/Bonus Related 'Actionable Research'" Forbes 6:44 AM
Industry News
  • "Stocks poised to snap 3-session losing streak as gains accelerate/Analyst: 'Not unusual for stocks to rise after terror attacks'" MarketWatch 4:10 PM
  • "Stocks Rally to Close Higher After Choppy Start" TheStreet 4:10 PM
  • "Stocks shake off terror fears, Dow gains 238; U.S. oil up 3%" USA Today 4:10 PM
  • "Stocks Higher on First Trading Day Since Paris Attacks" FOXBusiness 4:09 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Rally, Led by Energy Sector: Traditional safe-haven investments like gold and government bonds tick higher" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:09 PM
  • "Asian stocks drop in the wake of Paris attacks: Asian markets slid Monday after terror attacks in Paris unnerved investors and data showed Japan entered a recession for the second time in two years." MarketWatch 7:01 AM
  • "European currencies fall in the aftermath of Paris attacks: European currencies weakened Monday as investors, shaken by coordinated attacks in Paris late-Friday, moved into the perceived safety of the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen." MarketWatch 11:13 AM

 
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