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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, December 10, 2015
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Walmart Drops An Atomic Bomb On Its Apple Pay Competitor" ["But the big news, which Walmart neglected to mention in its press release, is that in dropping this midnight bomb just two weeks before Christmas, the retailer isn't targeting Apple Pay. Instead, it's essentially blowing up MCX, the Walmart-led consortium that was formed in 2012 and has been desperately trying to roll out an Apple Pay competitor called CurrentC."] Forbes 6:54 AM
  • "Wal-Mart to Offer Smartphone Payments in Stores: Retail giant takes on Apple, others with products that facilitate a shift away from cash and cards" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:52 AM
  • "Walmart Pay Is Going to Stick It to Apple Pay with ... QR Codes?" Wired 3:50 PM
  • "Walmart Pay Takes on Apple, Google: Walmart Pay is compatible with iOS and Android and major credit, debit, pre-paid, or Walmart gift cards." PC Magazine 1:40 PM
  • "Apple Maps now 3x more popular than Google Maps among iOS users" BGR 7:12 AM
  • "Tim Cook talks education at NYC Apple Store, says Chromebooks are nothing but 'test machines'" 9to5Mac 7:07 AM
  • "Everything You Need to Know About the New Apple TV App Store" appfigures 10:56 AM
  • "Best iPhone, iPad apps of 2016? Here's Apple's pick of the top 25" ZDNet 7:08 AM
  • "Cassandra: Apple's Best of 2015 for Thailand -Apps and Music" eXtensions 6:47 AM
  • "Give prisoners iPads to Skype their families says Justice Ministry adviser" Telegraph 9:39 AM
  • "The British government could give iPads to its prisoners" AppAdvice 2:22 PM
  • "Kate Winslet, Michael Fassbender among Golden Globe nominees for roles in Steve Jobs movie" 9to5Mac 1:26 PM
  • "ASUS and LG mock Apple's 'bumpy' iPhone battery case" 9to5Mac 7:07 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "New study claims that pirates make $70 million a year by spreading malware" BGR 8:16 PM
  • "ASA bans sex ads from talking cat kids app" The Inquirer 7:02 AM
  • "Christmas Lights Probably Aren't What's Wrong With Your Wi-Fi" Wired 6:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2015-12-10: Walmart Pay, Apple Streaming TV Followup" The Mac Observer 1:08 PM
  • "Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Introduces Their New Apple TV Photo App, PhotoWall+" MacVoices 9:59 AM
  • "One More Thing Episode 16: Held Together by Duct Tape" MacNN 7:19 AM
  • "Brian Rolapp, NFL Media Czar: The NFL's media czar Brian Rolapp talks with Peter Kafka about why Internet companies might (or might not) get the rights to a soon-to-be-auctioned set of games. They also discuss what makes live sports different from other forms of TV and the impact of fantasy sports on the game." Re/code 7:15 AM