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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, January 14, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple iPhone ban? New York looks to outlaw sale of encrypted smartphones: A proposed bill in New York doesn't demand backdoors in smartphones but will seek to ban the sale of smartphones whose encryption can't be bypassed by the manufacturer."  ZDNet 8:08 AM
  • "TrendForce Says Huawei Led the Global Rise of Chinese Smartphone Brands in 2015 by Shipping Over 100 Million Units to Take No. 3 Worldwide" ["Apple retained its position as the No. 2 global vendor in 2015 with 227 million iPhones shipped, translating to an annual growth of 17.7% and a 17.5% worldwide market share. Strong sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were a major factor behind the sustained expansion in shipments. The 5.5-inch model of iPhone 6 Plus in particular filled the gap for large-screen smartphone in Apple's product lineup."]  Business Wire 8:10 AM
  • "Apple Represents the Majority of Non-Android Smartphones in China" Market Realist 11:18 AM
  • "'Shared iPad' in Apple's iOS 9.3 update is a big deal" Computerworld 8:01 AM
  • "Enthusiasm is cooling for Apple Watch (and what Apple can do about it)"  Cult of Mac 7:51 AM
OS X
News
  • "Apple Releases First OS X 10.11.4 El Capitan Beta to Public Beta Testers" MacRumors 12:19 PM
  • "OS X 10.11.4 public beta with Live Photos in Messages, secure Notes, and more is now available" 9to5Mac 12:19 PM
  • "Apple seeds OS X 10.11.4 beta 1 to public testers" iDownload Blog 2:07 PM
  • "OS X 10.11.4 beta adds support for viewing and sharing Live Photos in Messages" 9to5Mac 7:40 AM
  • "Apple adds support for Live Photos in Messages on your Mac" The Next Web 8:07 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "The complete guide to using emoji on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad" Macworld 7:52 AM
  • "How to sort your iTunes purchases by Apple ID" The Loop 8:00 AM
  • "How to Delete 'Frequently Visited' Sites from Safari on iPhone & iPad" OS X Daily 2:08 PM
  • "How To Do What You Didn't Know You Could Do On Your Mac's Screen" Mac 360 7:39 AM
  • "Stream A Movie From A Mac To Apple TV" Mac 360 7:19 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Surfing Porn on Your Mac Isn't as Private as You Think" The Mac Observer 10:57 AM
Press Releases
  • "PFiddlesoft today released new version 3.6.1 of its PFAssistive Framework. The PFiddlesoft Frameworks help developers write assistive Macintosh applications for persons with disabilities using Apple's Accessibility and Quartz Event Taps APIs on OS X v10.7 Lion and newer." PFiddlesoft 12:32 PM
  • "Cloud Outliner 2 Pro for Mac - Outline Your Ideas to Align Your Life" prMac 7:57 AM
  • "Batman: Arkham City GOTY is a great follow-up to Batman: Arkham City" Apple World Today 7:44 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Shareholder motion asks Apple to aim for net-zero greenhouse gases by 2030" AppleInsider 3:06 PM
  • "Apple May Axe iAds Sales Team: Apple is reportedly moving to dump its in-house iAd sales team and making iAds solely a self-service platform." InformationWeek 9:18 PM
  • "Apple Music experiencing issues for subscribers across the globe" 9to5Mac 9:04 AM
  • "Apple Music is asking subscribers to sign up again" AppAdvice 9:04 AM
  • "TSMC Foresees Second Straight Sales Decline Amid Mobile Gloom" Bloomberg 7:41 AM
  • "Apple's Slowing iPhone Sales Take Bite Out of Suppliers' Revenues: Taiwan's TSMC expects first-quarter revenue to fall more than 10% on slower demand for smartphones" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:03 AM
  • "Apple A9 chip fab TSMC reports record earnings, casting further doubt on 'Peak iPhone'" AppleInsider 7:41 AM
  • "TSMC reports 4Q15 EPS of NT$2.81" DigiTimes 7:43 AM
  • "Microsoft's iOS bridge to Windows 10 is moving forward: Microsoft is getting closer to opening its bridge to iOS developers to help them develop versions of their apps to Windows 10." ZDNet 2:08 PM
  • "This Could Boost Alphabet Against Apple in China: Apple is slicing into Alphabet's once-formidable lead in the country. Could getting Google Play back into China reverse the trend?" The Motley Fool 11:18 AM
  • "Tim Cook wants government officials to come out in favor of unbreakable encryption" The Next Web 2:12 PM
  • "Tim Cook goes Hulk about encryption and smashes up the White House, or something" The Inquirer 8:03 AM
  • "Tim Cook Wants the White House to Support Encryption" Digital Trends 8:09 AM
  • "Kate Winslet, Michael Fassbender pick up Oscar nominations for 'Steve Jobs' roles" iMore 8:58 AM
  • "Steve Jobs movie cast among Oscar nominees for upcoming 88th Academy Awards" 9to5Mac 9:20 AM
  • "The Steve Jobs and Bill Gates 'Nerds' musical coming to Broadway" CNNMoney 6:43 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "ESPN.com adds eSports coverage" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:15 PM
  • "Why ESPN is finally getting serious about esports" VentureBeat 2:07 PM
  • "Special Amazon sale gets you a year of Prime for just $73" BGR 12:01 PM
  • "Nest thermostat bug leaves users cold" BBC 8:03 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-01-14: Mac Video Buffers and Privacy, Big Changes for iAd" The Mac Observer 12:23 PM
  • "MacNN One More Thing Podcast episode 21: Accent on the Positive" MacNN 7:51 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "iOS 9.3 public beta with Night Shift, Touch ID Notes, and much more is now available" 9to5Mac 12:19 PM
  • "iOS 9.3 Public Beta 1 now available for testers" iMore 12:19 PM
  • "Apple iOS 9.3 Has A Great Secret Feature" Forbes 2:07 PM
  • "Response to Apple's announcement: Apple announced this week that they've joined our fight to use technology to improve sleep." f.lux 6:35 PM
  • "f.lux responds to Apple's inclusion of Night Shift in iOS 9.3" iDownload Blog 6:36 PM
  • "Samsung to invest US$7.4 billion in OLED displays for iPhone, says paper" DigiTimes 7:43 AM
  • "New Deal Makes Samsung Apple's Biggest Flexible OLED Provider?" G for Games 7:51 AM
  • "Samsung May Invest Over $7 Billion to Supply OLED Displays for Future iPhones" MacRumors 7:55 AM
  • "Caveat emptor: iOS 9.3 beta 1 is slower than iOS 9.2" Cult of Mac 8:00 AM
  • "Three-quarters of iDevices now running iOS 9" ZDNet 3:44 PM
  • "Apple Is Developing Wireless Earbuds For The iPhone 7, Says Report" Forbes 11:12 AM
  • "Galaxy S7 will rip off iPhone's Live Photos feature" Cult of Android 2:07 PM
Apple Patent Applications
  • "Apple investigating Apple Watch band that transforms into a protective case, stand" AppleInsider 7:40 AM
  • "Magnetic Apple Watch band could double as a case and stand" Apple World Today 7:42 AM
  • "A Next-Gen Apple Watch Band Could Magnetically Attach to Macs & Appliances" Patently Apple 7:45 AM
  • "Apple Invents Magnetic Attachment Apparatuses for Possible Future Applications like the iPad, Purses & Beyond" Patently Apple 7:44 AM
  • "Apple invents plug insertion guidance system for desktops with hard to see ports" AppleInsider 7:39 AM
  • "Apple Advances their 2011 Smart Connector Guidance System Invention" Patently Apple 9:29 AM
  • "Apple wants your iPhone to help you ID unknown callers" Apple World Today 7:42 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Beware Nasty Auto-Download Music Bug in iOS 9" TidBITS 7:50 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Today's Top iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac App Freebies And Price Drops" App Sliced 10:56 AM
  • "King Of Opera -Multiplayer Party Game For iPhone/iPad Is Free For The First Time In Over A Year (Normally $2.99)" App Sliced 10:56 AM
  • "Monkeyrama For iPhone/iPad Is Free For The First Time Ever (Normally $0.99)" App Sliced 10:56 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:36 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:36 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Hands-on: Square Contactless is an Apple Pay payment terminal for any business [Video] 9to5Mac 3:44 PM
  • "Review: Trio is a gorgeous modular stand for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch" AppAdvice 7:51 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Sidefari review: Split View web browser for iPad is convenient but limited" Macworld 8:58 AM
  • "Interact: A Powerful Contact Group Manager" MacStories 7:36 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "Reducing Screen Motion on the new Apple TV" iLounge 3:46 PM
  • "How to play retro arcade games on your Apple TV" Cult of Mac 2:48 PM
  • "You can finally hide Apple's default iPhone apps in iOS 9.3 – here's how" BGR 2:48 PM
  • "How to downgrade from iOS 9.3 back to iOS 9.2" iMore 2:07 PM
  • "How to permanently delete voicemails on iPhone" iDownload Blog 12:01 PM
  • "Choosing the right Mac for you: Here's everything you need to know if you're planning on buying a new Mac." ZDNet 8:08 AM
Tips
  • "Recycle your old device - save the planet" Cult of Mac 12:19 PM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "The Most Exciting And Disappointing Apple Releases Of 2015" Apple'n'Apps 8:05 PM
  • "Trip Chowdry Newest Folly: Tim Cook Should Be Replaced by Jon Rubenstein" The Mac Observer 6:25 PM
  • "No Oscar nom for Aaron Sorkin for 'Steve Jobs' fictional box-office flop" MacDailyNews 3:40 PM
  • "Apple Watch And Holistic Presence"  TechCrunch 3:06 PM
  • "If, Heaven Forbid, Tim Cook Were Hit by a Bus, Who Would be His Successor?" The Mac Observer 1:59 PM
  • "Apple's Confident Steps Towards A Fall From Grace" Forbes 12:17 PM
  • "Will $399 iPad Air 3 have an A9 chip, & Apple's A9X chip be reserved for iPad Pro?" Lou Miranda 11:40 AM
  • "Why Apple, Uber are betting on Super Bowl sponsorship" Yahoo! Finance 11:12 AM
  • "Cassandra: Thursday Review -Changes in the Narrative" eXtensions 9:40 AM
  • "Unmoving violation: Apple car puns run amok" Macworld 9:20 AM
  • "Could Apple buy HBO parent Time Warner? Obviously. Should it? No" Quartz 9:04 AM
  • "Cars, trucks, iPads, and laptops: When the touchscreen generation would rather have a Chromebook." Macworld 7:52 AM
  • "Twitter, textshots, and linking - All this" Dr. Drang 7:50 AM
  • "GoPro Floundering, Apple's iAD Strategy, The Great PC Rebalancing" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:36 AM
  • "Do You Know Where Apple Goes Wrong?" Mac 360 7:38 AM
  • "Why Apple Is Losing The Education Market (and what Apple can do about it)" PixoBebo 7:18 AM
Non-Apple
  • "The rise and fall of Marissa Mayer, the once-beloved CEO of Yahoo" Business Insider 6:30 PM
  • "Editorial: the political dog and pony encryption show" MacNN 2:08 PM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Vectorworks, Inc., Announces Graphical Scripting Webinar Series for Marionette" Architosh 6:25 PM
  • "This looks like the ultimate iPhone 6s case" BGR 2:09 PM
  • "'Star Trek Timelines' Has Warped into the App Store, and it Looks Really Good" Touch Arcade 9:28 AM
  • "Millie Marotta's adult colouring books are now an iPad app" Digital Arts 8:09 AM
  • "Offline Indonesian to English Language Dictionary 3.0 for iOS" prMac 11:18 AM
  • "Linkpack for iOS - Save, Read and Share Your Links" prMac 7:57 AM
  • "Thinner 1.0 for iPhone and Apple Watch - New Weight Management App" prMac 7:57 AM
  • "Interact for iOS helps you take control of contacts, communicate faster" prMac 7:57 AM
  • "Road watcher" Appgr8 7:37 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft makes it easier for small organizations to upgrade or opt-out of Windows 10" Neowin 6:33 AM
  • "Microsoft expands 'Get Windows 10' campaign to domain-joined Win7 and 8.1 PCs" InfoWorld 8:04 AM
  • "Now Microsoft Sets Its Windows 10 Upgrade Sights on SMBs" Thurrott 10:29 AM
  • "You can stop Microsoft bugging you about Windows 10 upgrades: Notifications can be blocked, but only if you are prepared to mess about in the registry." Engadget 6:50 AM
  • "Whatever happened to that promised Windows 7 convenience rollup?" ZDNet 12:19 PM
  • "Microsoft updates Bing logo as it reasserts commitment to search" The Verge 6:42 AM
  • "Microsoft to update Bing logo this Thursday" Neowin 6:45 AM
  • "Microsoft didn't try hard enough with Bing's new logo" The Next Web 8:05 AM
  • "Windows 10 Mobile to Launch in France Next Week: French carrier confirms release of the new OS" Softpedia 8:05 AM
  • "Microsoft open-sources key components of the Chakra JavaScript engine" Neowin 6:34 AM
  • "Skype Translator: Microsoft hints at Mac, Linux versions as it completes Windows rollout" The Inquirer 6:47 AM
  • "Windows 10 Mobile Update Starts Rolling Out for Microsoft Lumia 640" NDTV Gadgets 8:05 AM
  • "EMC CTO: Merger with Dell Will Drive Innovation" eWeek 6:32 AM
  • "Michael Dell's $80 Million Investment No One Knew About Could Be Worth As Much As $4 Billion: The FCC auction is set to take place later this year" Jewish Business News 7:06 AM
  • "Dell Boomi and SciQuest Partner to Simplify, Accelerate Integrations Between Cloud and Enterprise Applications" The Financial 7:07 AM
  • "Dell Services Named a Leader in Digital Transformation Services by NelsonHall" The Financial 7:07 AM
  • "Intel Reports Drop in Earnings: Chip maker hurt by slowdown in PC sales" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:45 PM
  • "Intel Forecast Shows Server Demand Can't Blunt PC Slide's Impact" Bloomberg 3:44 PM
  • "Intel revenue rises marginally" Reuters 3:48 PM
  • "Intel shares slide after fourth quarter earnings report" BBC 7:07 PM
  • "Intel earnings: 74 cents per share, vs 63 cents expected" CNBC 3:10 PM
  • "Intel tops Q4 estimates thanks to data centers, Internet of Things units" ZDNet 3:44 PM
  • "As The PC Industry Plummets, Intel Manages To Beat Estimates In Fourth Quarter Earnings" Forbes 4:11 PM
  • "Intel Reports Q4 FY 2015 Results: Record Revenue For Q4" AnandTech 9:11 PM
  • "Intel Claims Its Integrated Graphics Negate Need For 80 Percent of Discrete NVIDIA, AMD GPUs" HotHardware 6:30 PM
  • "Intel options traders prep for bigger-than-average move post earnings" MarketWatch 3:10 PM
  • "Intel is becoming a post-PC company" USA Today 7:09 AM
  • "Intel Earnings Preview: The Longer Run Issue Appears To Be Data Center Growth" Seeking Alpha 9:55 AM
  • "Intel: Will Q4 Earnings Reflect New-Look Chipmaker's Efforts?" Seeking Alpha 12:11 PM
  • "Intel Invests in Robotic Startup Savioke" eWeek 7:10 AM
  • "Intel's $30 Arduino 101 board lets you make wearables and robots at home: The Arduino 101 boards is now available from online retailer Mouser Electronics" PCWorld 8:04 AM
  • "Here's what everyone's missing about the shrinking PC market — and why it's good for Intel" Business Insider 7:22 AM
  • "AMD finally ready to crack the data center with ARM chips" VentureBeat 10:28 AM
  • "AMD Launches the Opteron A1100 Series of 64-bit ARM CPUs for Servers: Seattle finally escapes development hell..." SemiAccurate 11:49 AM
  • "AMD Unveils 64-Bit ARM-Based Opteron A1100 SoC With Integrated 10GbE For The Datacenter" HotHardware 8:13 AM
  • "AMD ships delayed ARM server chips to a cautious market: AMD's Seattle chip will be in a server from SoftIron" IDG News Service 9:05 AM
  • "Silver Lining Systems puts AMD's ARM server in a different class: It isn't the raw numbers that matter to datacenters" SemiAccurate 11:14 AM
  • "Why IBM's Potential Rewards Are Worth the Risks Ahead of Earnings" TheStreet 7:21 AM
  • "Google's Motorola battery patents up for grabs but it's IBM that keeps patent crown" ZDNet 6:47 AM
  • "IBM Leads with 7,355 U.S. Technology Patents in 2015" Zacks 8:02 AM
  • "IBM picks up 7,355 patents in 2015, beating Samsung and Canon" V3 8:03 AM
  • "IBM Tops 2015 Patent List (Again)" PC Magazine 2:13 PM
  • "Technology giant Oracle to create 450 new jobs in Dublin: Company recruiting 1,400 people worldwide on back of cloud computing services growth" Irish Times 8:06 AM
  • "Seagate targets cloud datacentres with 10TB helium-filled hard drive" ZDNet 6:23 AM
  • "Seagate joins HGST in the 10TB helium hard drive club: Looks to meet the demands of cloud-based data centres" The Inquirer 9:55 AM
  • "Seagate unveils its own 10TB helium-filled hard drive: A bit late, but Seagate is finally clawing its way back against WD/HGST." Ars Technica 9:56 AM
  • "Analysts disagree on chip forecasts in 2016" EE Times Asia 6:22 AM
  • "ROBO HCIAs erupt from Atlantis. Thankfully it's not Rise of the Machines: It's hyper-converged all-flash appliances. Phew!" The Register 7:06 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple: Buyback Supports EPS Growth, Even if iPhone is Flat, Says BTIG" Barron's 11:18 AM
Industry News
  • "U.S. stocks end sharply higher as energy sector soars: Dow gains 227 points; Energy sector jumps 4.5%" MarketWatch 7:08 PM
  • "What Bear Market? Stocks Stage Major Rebound" TheStreet 7:08 PM
  • "Nasdaq up 2%, Dow gains 228 as stocks rally" USA Today 7:08 PM
  • "Energy Sector Helps Sustain Wall Street's Rally" FOXBusiness 7:08 PM
  • "Energy Shares Lead Broad Stock Rally: Dow industrials notch biggest one-day gain of 2016" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:08 PM
  • "China stocks pull back from bear-market territory in volatile day/China shares flirted with bear-market territory but regained their footing Thursday, in a volatile session that deepened losses across the region." MarketWatch 7:34 AM
  • "European stocks set to hit 1-year low as oil, China spook investors/European stock markets slumped on Thursday, as investors continued to fret about the ongoing selloff in oil prices and choppy Chinese markets." MarketWatch 7:35 AM

 
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