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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, February 1, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Forget Apple vs. Samsung. There's no stopping China in the smartphone war: The problem comes down to industry commoditization." ZDNet 7:41 PM
  • "Apple May Dump Some of Amazon's AWS, Speculates Morgan Stanley" Barron's 7:00 PM
  • "Analyst warns Apple may ditch Amazon Web Services, taking nearly 10% of AWS revenue with it" GeekWire 4:56 PM
  • "Apple predicted to abandon Amazon Web Services for own data centers, analyst says" AppleInsider 7:00 PM
  • "The great O2 iPhone 6s rip off: Where the handset costs £90 MORE than if you get it from Apple" Mirror Online UK 7:49 AM
  • "See the nearly complete Apple UFO headquarters in this new drone video" Mashable 9:04 PM
  • "Why e-receipts are important for customers & retailers alike: At last, Apple's incredibly useful in-store service of emailing consumers their receipts is becoming common place amongst other UK retailers." Econsultancy 7:52 AM
  • "US & Europe miss deadline for new 'Safe Harbor' agreement on overseas data transfers" AppleInsider 11:20 AM
  • "Porsche CEO has no plans to go down self-driving route" ["'An iPhone belongs in your pocket, not on the road,' Blume added, saying that Porsche did not need to team up with any big technology companies."] Reuters 11:21 AM
  • "Porsche CEO says 'iPhone belongs in your pocket, not on the road', dismissing autonomous cars" Electrek 11:22 AM
  • "Aerial Drone Video Offers Close-up Look at Apple Campus 2 Construction [Video] iClarified 4:54 PM
  • "Apple Relaunches 'Shot on iPhone' Marketing Campaign for iPhone 6s" MacRumors 7:39 AM
  • "Man found not guilty after confiscating his child's iPhone" Engadget 8:02 AM
  • "Dad who confiscated daughter's iPhone acquitted on theft charge" CNET 6:43 PM
  • "Bill Gates chooses Beatles song 'Two of us' to sum up his relationship with Steve Jobs" 9to5Mac 7:41 AM
  • "Facebook Hired Me At 17. But My Story Isn't As Perfect As It Sounds." ["From the outside, I'm one of those. I'm a 19-year-old product manager at Facebook. At the age of 13, I started making iOS apps, and I was hired by Facebook at the age of 17. This sounds excellent. But it wasn't all pretty from the start."] MTV 11:17 AM
  • "How a teenage app developer helped support his family using the App Store" 9to5Mac 11:16 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "A Yahoo Employee-Ranking System Is Challenged in Court" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:07 PM
  • "Time Warner Inc. Wants A Stake In Hulu, And An End To Current-Season Streaming" Digital Trends 8:02 PM
  • "Bluetooth wireless range, speed to continue improving: Home automation, IoT drive need for Bluetooth to gain speed and range." IDG News Service 5:55 PM
  • "Gmail now has more than 1 billion active users" VentureBeat 4:16 PM
  • "Gmail now has 1 billion monthly active users: Robots are writing 10 percent of mobile Gmail replies" The Verge 4:14 PM
  • "Following Apple's Move, Samsung Rolls Out Ad Blocking To Android Devices" TechCrunch 11:40 AM
  • "Google Signals Apple-like Direction for Nexus Phones" The Information [Subscription Required for Full Article] 11:26 AM
  • "We've officially reached peak smartphone, but real innovation is still within reach: As the pace of hardware innovation slows to a crawl, manufacturers must turn to real-world problem-solving to get consumers excited again." Greenbot 8:00 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Upgrade #74: Tablet Incorporated" Six Colors 4:31 PM
  • "The MacNN Podcast, episode 49: not living up to one's potential" MacNN 4:16 PM
  • "Weekly Podcast Episode 168: Untangling Apple Inc.'s Highlights" Apple'n'Apps 3:41 PM
  • "The Dalrymple Report with Merlin Mann: Rat on a Stick" The Loop 2:44 PM
  • "TMO Background Mode: Interview With Smile Software's Co-Founder Greg Scown" The Mac Observer 2:38 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-02-01: Maps Search Controversy, Apple's Secret VR Team" The Mac Observer 12:47 PM
  • "Liftoff #13: It's Important to Have a Dryer Sheet" Six Colors 11:20 AM
  • "The good, the bad and the ugly of Apple Music and Apple Radio." The MT Show 7:02 AM