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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, March 31, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "FBI's secret method of unlocking iPhone may never reach Apple"  Reuters 6:59 AM
  • "In FBI hacks, tech firms get left in the dark as feds resist call to divulge secrets" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:00 AM
  • "FBI Already Preparing To Unlock Another iPhone"  Fortune 7:00 AM
  • "FBI Forced Google And Apple To Unlock 63 Devices"  TechWeekEurope 7:26 AM
  • "Resolution in FBI-Apple Case Prolongs Larger Legal Battle" Associated Press 7:52 AM
  • "Apple Says That 100 Percent Of Its Conflict Mineral Suppliers Are Now Being Audited" Digital Trends 7:19 AM
  • "Apple should set a better example with its supplier report, Greenpeace says: Apple issued its 2015 supplier responsibility report, but Greenpeace says it lacks some detail"  IDG News Service 7:36 AM
OS X
News
  • "Sneak peek at Safari's future features: Apple unveils tech preview/Apple launches the Safari Technology Preview to show developers the latest web technologies destined for stable release as well as advances in the WebKit browser engine." ZDNet 7:21 AM
  • "Apple Posts Safari Technology Preview For Public Download" MacPrices 2:29 PM
  • "Apteligent Analyst Predicts Apple Will Disable 32-Bit Builds in Xcode as of WWDC 2016" MacTrast 8:16 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "About the security content of iBooks Author 2.4.1: This document describes the security content of iBooks Author 2.4.1." Apple Support 8:09 PM
  • "When Gmail messages in OS X's Mail show the wrong sender" Macworld 7:36 AM
  • "Here are some things to check if your Mac is running slowly" iDownload Blog 6:51 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Hands On: Fantastical 2.2 (OS X)" MacNN 10:20 AM
  • "Typeface Is The Bargain Mac Font Manager" McSolo 7:45 AM
  • "Every Student Needs This App" Mac360 8:10 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Rumors of Coming 'macOS' Rebrand for OS X Refuse to Die" MacRumors 6:52 AM
Press Releases
  • "Guidance Software Speeds Time to Analyze and Respond to Cyber Threats across Mac OS, Windows and Linux Systems" Business Wire 3:43 PM
  • "Goodwin Procter Releases Comprehensive Study on Protecting and Enforcing Software Innovation" Business Wire 3:43 PM
  • "Office for Mac will soon support third-party add-in programs" iMore 3:01 PM
  • "DEVONthink 2.8.10: Workflow enhancements and bug fixes" DEVONtechnologies 6:34 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Jack Welch Reportedly Passed on Buying Apple at $2 Billion" Vanity Fair 11:48 AM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook stops into Palo Alto Store to meet iPhone SE/iPad Pro buyers" 9to5Mac 3:01 PM
  • "Father asks Apple head Tim Cook to unblock dead son's iPhone: Leonardo Fabbretti says firm thought to have helped FBI access San Bernardino gunman's phone will help if Apple refuses" The Guardian 11:47 AM
  • "Cellebrite is the FBI's go-to phone hacker" CNNMoney 4:12 PM
  • "This request from a grieving father shows why Apple absolutely cannot build a back door into the iPhone"  Business Insider 11:19 AM
  • "Inside the Little-Known Japan Firm Helping the FBI Crack iPhones" Bloomberg 11:47 AM
  • "Why Do the Feds Usually Try to Unlock Phones? It's Drugs, Not Terrorism" Wired 6:40 AM
  • "FBI agrees to unlock another iPhone in homicide case" BBC 7:11 AM
  • "Behind the Sharp Deal, Apple-Samsung Rivalry Looms" WSJ Blogs 7:02 AM
  • "Foxconn's acquisition of Sharp likely to reduce Apple's dependence on Samsung" 9to5Mac 7:02 AM
  • "Gartner: RIP double-digit smartphone growth. 2016 has killed you" The Register 7:09 AM
  • "Come with us on a journey through one of the first Jony Ive-designed Apple Stores" BGR 10:11 AM
  • "Fitbit Blaze is beating Apple Watch on Amazon: Fitbit Blaze is currently the best-selling smartwatch on Amazon" MarketWatch 11:47 AM
  • "Apple is starting to fix Siri's dicey responses to medical emergencies" Tech Insider 3:39 PM
  • "Apple at 40: Here's what The Woz had to say about the Apple II and phone phreaking in 1984/Early users found an innovative use for Apple's first consumer computer." IDG News Service 7:03 AM
  • "Apple at 40: Seeing promise in the 'blossoming' home computer market/When Apple introduced the Apple II, the need for a home computer was largely untested." IDG News Service 7:03 AM
  • "Happy Birthday Apple, Goodbye Time Inc." Fortune 12:10 PM
  • "Apple iPad Pro is MBL's Official Tablet: Will it Revive Sales?" Zacks 10:10 AM
  • "Apple scores deal with MLB to get an iPad Pro in every dugout" Digital Trends 7:09 AM
  • "Apple Inc. Partners With Will.i.am for Its First Unscripted TV Series" The Motley Fool 7:01 AM
  • "Apple's 5 best and 5 worst products" [Slideshow] Macworld 7:03 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Samsung is trying to cram a Genius Bar into this app" The Verge 11:19 AM
  • "iFixit digs into Oculus Rift's 461ppi OLED display, custom lenses" Ars Technica 10:22 AM
  • "A Year After the Ellen Pao Verdict, Tech Still Gets Diversity Wrong" Wired 7:28 AM
  • "Cord cutters should hope Vizio's new smart TVs don't spark a trend: 'Tuner-Free' means extra hardware and hassle for antenna users." TechHive 6:52 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-03-31: Apple's TV Shows, Goodbye Disney Infinity" The Mac Observer 2:28 PM
  • "Rebound 79: My Diamond Shoes are Too Tight!" Six Colors 11:08 AM
  • "One More Thing episode 032: iPad, you pad, we all pad" MacNN 7:09 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple releases iOS 9.3.1 for iPhone and iPad, addresses crashing bugs when tapping links" 9to5Mac 12:00 PM
  • "Apple Releases iOS 9.3.1 With Fix for Web Link Crashing Bug" MacRumors 12:00 PM
  • "Apple Releases iOS 9.3.1 to Fix Issue With Tapping Web Links" iClarified 12:10 PM
  • "iOS 9.3 is Apple's most stable iOS yet, data claims" Computerworld 6:34 AM
  • "iOS 9.3 'Most Stable New Release in Years', Says Analytics Firm" MacRumors 7:04 AM
  • "iOS 9.3 is more stable than Android 6.0 Marshmallow" BetaNews 7:28 AM
  • "Teardown of iPhone SE finds hardware is a collage of 5s, 6, and 6s parts" iDownload Blog 10:18 AM
  • "Apple comments on Sidestepper, that supposed iOS MDM hijack security vulnerability..." iMore 8:15 AM
  • "Weakness in iOS enterprise hooks could let bad apps sneak in" Ars Technica 8:15 AM
  • "Chip orders from Apple slow, say sources" DigiTimes 6:51 AM
  • "iPhone SE demand not high enough to offset declining iPhone 6s sales, say supply chain sources" 9to5Mac 7:02 AM
Apple Patent Applications
  • "Apple invents modular Apple Watch accessories that link together, connect via diagnostics port" AppleInsider 6:50 AM
  • "A New Apple Invention Covers Inductive Charging Between iOS Devices & even a MacBook" Patently Apple 10:52 AM
  • "Apple invents 'universal magnetic adapter' to bring MagSafe to everything w/ a single port" 9to5Mac 3:01 PM
  • "Apple Patent Reveals a Future iPhone using Touch ID to Gain Access to a MacBook without a Password" Patently Apple 7:36 AM
  • "Apple Invents Next Generation 'Smart Connector' for iPad, iPhone & beyond" Patently Apple 6:56 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "12" MacBook Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:57 AM
  • "Mac mini Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:57 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:57 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "iPhone SE Teardown" iFixit 8:12 PM
  • "Review: The iPhone SE Is the Right Size iPhone for Me" Kirkville 10:18 AM
  • "iPhone SE review: It's a pocket-size powerhouse" Macworld 7:04 AM
  • "For the price, the iPhone SE is a total steal: Don't let the old design fool you. Apple's iPhone SE is the best bang-for-the-buck iPhone you can buy." ZDNet 7:24 AM
  • "iPhone SE first impressions: Migrating from the iPhone 6s Plus is huge" 9to5Mac 3:00 PM
  • "iPhone SE... Hands On Mini Review" Low End Mac 10:22 AM
  • "iPhone SE unboxing: Our first look at the tiny dynamo" Cult of Mac 12:00 PM
  • "iPad Pro 9.7 review: Apple's best tablet, but it won't replace a laptop" Engadget 10:51 AM
  • "Apple 9.7-Inch iPad Pro Review: Tablet vs. Laptop Showdown/The latest iPad can handle many common PC tasks, though not without trade-offs in usability and comfort" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:00 AM
  • "Shootout: 9.7-inch iPad Pro versus 12.9-inch iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, and iPhone 6s Plus" Bare Feats 2:28 PM
  • "9.7-inch iPad Pro diary: Day one, first impressions" 9to5Mac 10:22 AM
  • "a-JAYS Four are impressive, tangle-free earphones (if you can get 'em out of the case)" Apple World Today 7:18 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "'IfFound 3' makes it easier for good Samaritans to return your lost iOS device" iDownload Blog 6:51 AM
  • "Hands On: Miitomo 1.1.0 (iOS)" MacNN 4:09 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to Check the Battery Charge on a 4G Apple TV Siri Remote" The Mac Observer 6:39 PM
  • "How to prevent kids from sharing photos and videos to specific apps on iPhone and iPad" iDownload Blog 3:01 PM
  • "How to pair your Apple Pencil to a new iPad Pro" iMore 3:00 PM
  • "How to switch from Microsoft Surface or other Windows 10 tablets to the iPad" iMore 10:18 AM
  • "How to get started with the 9.7-inch iPad Pro: The ultimate guide" iMore 7:09 AM
  • "How to get started with iPhone SE: The Ultimate Guide" iMore 7:09 AM
  • "How to Transfer All Your Apps and Data To Your New iPhone" Wired 6:40 AM
Tips
  • "Using photos for an Apple Watch Face Tips" iLounge 3:59 PM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "The Apple iPhone SE launch was far from divine: Apple started selling a new phone Thursday, but seeing no lines of faithful customers seemed surreal." CNET 9:27 PM
  • "iPhone SE may not be able to offset drop in iPhone 6s sales" BGR 9:27 PM
  • "Steve Jobs' Vision Is Still Alive In the iPad Pro: It May Just Be Wrong" Variety 4:12 PM
  • "Should you upgrade — or shrinkgrade! — to iPhone SE? Watch this video to find out!" iMore 3:00 PM
  • "I really tried, but there's just no way I can live with the Galaxy S7" BGR 10:20 AM
  • "This guy found a hidden way to skip Apple's app approval line — here's how he does it" Business Insider 10:10 AM
  • "Apple: Full Speed Ahead On Premium" Mac360 8:16 AM
  • "It's All About The Ecosystem, Stupid" PixoBebo 8:10 AM
  • "Gadget Ogling: Honey, I Shrunk the iPhone" TechNewsWorld 7:40 AM
  • "We need ads showing how Apple products all work together in their ecosystem" Apple World Today 7:18 AM
  • "Apple Vs. The FBI: Protecting The Poetry Of Code/If the FBI had succeeded in its attempt to have Apple write a new version of iOS (FBiOS, perhaps?), then what would a tech vendor have been required to do next?" InformationWeek 7:21 AM
  • "Meet The iPhone Dream Team Hackers: FBI, Japanese Pinball Machine Maker, Israeli Cybersecurity Firm" Forbes 7:01 AM
  • "Alleged iPhone 7 Photo Leak Shows Edge-To-Edge Display, But It Totally Looks Photoshopped" Redmond Pie 6:51 AM
Non-Apple
  • "FCC Vote to Extend Lifeline Reflects Broadband's Massive Role in Daily Life" The Mac Observer 6:38 PM
  • "Pixar's Directory of Photography Wows the TED Audience" The Mac Observer 5:02 PM
  • "Questioning The Digital Shift" Forbes 7:53 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Apple Music Continues Backing into Video Programming with Vice's 'The Score' (NSFW)" The Mac Observer 8:35 PM
  • "Disney hopes Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2 will blast its way to success on mobile" VentureBeat 10:22 AM
  • "LEGO Jurassic World roars onto the App Store" iMore 10:21 AM
  • "Flipd app forces you to put your iPhone away so you can get some work done" TechCrunch 10:11 AM
  • "Miitomo for iOS Goes Live Internationally" MacStories 8:15 AM
  • "PayEase Now Supports Apple Pay on Apple Store APP" PRNewswire 7:13 AM
  • "Attention All Passengers: Apalon Apps Releases Planes Live" PRNewswire 7:13 AM
  • "Your girl friends can eavesdrop on convos in this dating app" Engadget 7:09 AM
  • "Apple TV Takes a Hit, Loses Disney Infinity Support" The Mac Observer 10:08 AM
  • "'Disney Infinity' drops support for its Apple TV version" Engadget 7:39 AM
  • "Disney says it won't make any future updates to its Disney Infinity 3.0 game for Apple TV" 9to5Mac 7:02 AM
  • "Cruise Commander is the Ultimate Cruise Companion App" prMac 6:58 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Watch Microsoft's opening-day Build keynote in just 10 minutes" Engadget 4:37 PM
  • "Microsoft bets big on bots at Build 2016: But not racist, sexist Holocaust deniers" The Inquirer 7:04 AM
  • "Microsoft's Bold Vision Of Pervasive Artificial Intelligence" Seeking Alpha 9:49 AM
  • "Why a Chatbot Creeped Out Microsoft's AI-Focused CEO: Microsoft bots, AI will not replace humans or unnerve users, Nadella says" Bloomberg 7:07 AM
  • "Microsoft makes bots the cornerstone of its 'conversation as a platform' strategy" ZDNet 5:00 PM
  • "Microsoft serves up DIY bot development" InfoWorld 7:25 AM
  • "Microsoft to open source core Xamarin technologies and release for free in Visual Studio" ZDNet 4:42 PM
  • "Xamarin now free in Visual Studio: The Xamarin SDK is also being open sourced." Ars Technica 4:42 PM
  • "Microsoft's Azure Service Fabric microservice platform hits general availability" TechCrunch 4:42 PM
  • "Hey Microsoft, how many apps are in the Windows Store?" VentureBeat 7:05 AM
  • "Looks like Microsoft's Edge browser is getting built-in ad blocking" The Verge 7:05 AM
  • "Native Ad-Blocking Planned For Edge, Targeted For Summer Release" Thurrott 9:38 AM
  • "Microsoft's Edge browser will offer ad blocking: The next version may stop ads without using third-party extensions." Engadget 10:06 AM
  • "HoloLens Shipments Start As Microsoft Courts Developers: As Microsoft kicked off its Build 2016 developers' conference, Redmond gave coders a new toy to play with, specifically HoloLens. Developer kits are now shipping as markets for AR and VR are gaining traction." InformationWeek 9:20 PM
  • "Microsoft's HoloLens will soon let you simulate walking on Mars" BGR 6:44 AM
  • "Microsoft puts AI at center of tech plans" Seeking Alpha 6:37 AM
  • "Microsoft to Ship Windows 10 Anniversary Update This Summer" eWeek 7:51 AM
  • "Microsoft's Gabe Aul shares a few insights into the Windows Insider Program" Neowin 6:52 AM
  • "Updategate: Microsoft insists it 'absolutely does not' auto-install Windows 10/Yusuf Mehdi clears things up. Or not" The Inquirer 6:53 AM
  • "Tay escapes Microsoft labs curfew and inhales cannabis in front of policemen: Chatbot seems to be working at 100 percent teen efficiency" The Inquirer 6:53 AM
  • "Windows 10 gets Bash shell and Linux command line in Anniversary Update" The Inquirer 6:54 AM
  • "Intel's new super-fast SSDs feature 3D NAND: The company's first SSDs with 3D NAND chips are aimed at businesses and data centers" IDG News Service 1:50 PM
  • "Intel's 22-core Broadwell chips will speed up cloud services: Intel is targeting cloud service providers with new line of Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips" IDG News Service 1:51 PM
  • "Intel's new Broadwell Xeon server CPUs offer up to 22 cores per socket: $4,115 top-end chip is joined by 26 other server CPUs for all kinds of use cases." Ars Technica 4:42 PM
  • "Intel Xeon Processor E5 v4 Family Debut: Dual E5-2697 v4 With 72 Threads Tested" HotHardware 5:00 PM
  • "Intel Looks to Drive Cloud Adoption with New Xeon Server Chips" eWeek 4:37 PM
  • "Intel event highlights college student games that should be published right now" VentureBeat 12:16 PM
  • "Intel Gets Serious About The Cloud" TG Daily 4:38 PM
  • "AMD announces new dual-GPU FirePro S9300 x2 designed for HPC and scientific computing" ExtremeTech 4:38 PM
  • "AMD Announces FirePro S9300 X2: Dual Fiji for HPC" AnandTech 8:19 PM
  • "AMD's new FirePro S9300 X2 is its latest monster GPU: The new GPU is AMD's second-fastest graphics card to date and targeted at data centers, supercomputers" IDG News Service 9:36 AM
  • "Dell wants to bring virtual reality to the enterprise" VentureBeat 7:17 AM
  • "Dell upgrades workstations for virtual reality enterprise applications" ZDNet 7:17 AM
  • "Dell powers up Precision desktops for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive: The 'VR ready' Precision desktops will have cutting-edge graphics cards and Intel's new Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips, with up to 22 cores" IDG News Service 7:50 AM
  • "Dell Upgrades Business PCs for VR" PC Magazine 12:23 PM
  • "Dell Makes Workstations Ready for VR in the Enterprise" eWeek 4:41 PM
  • "Dell's SecureWorks losses deepen ahead of planned IPO: Red ink tumbles by 88 percent to $72.4 million as revenue climbs 30 percent" Channelnomics 7:18 AM
  • "HPE's new Persistent Memory servers are designed to help you make 'faster business decisions' - with help from Intel" ZDNet 12:23 PM
  • "HP hopes to set itself apart with new approach to memory" BDlive 7:18 AM
  • "Social Coding: The Origins of IBM's Bluemix" eWeek 10:24 AM
  • "IBM Acquires Cloud Consulting Specialist Bluewolf: The acquisition of Bluewolf pairs cloud services and strategic consulting with IBM's expertise in experience design, mobility, and cognitive solutions. Financial details were not released." InformationWeek 12:19 PM
  • "IBM Gets Bluer: Big Blue to Take Over Cloud Consultancy Company Bluewolf" Bidness Etc 7:24 AM
  • "IBM to buy Salesforce.com consulting specialist Bluewolf: IBM is adding some customer-retention expertise to its digital advertising business unit, iX" IDG News Service 9:30 AM
  • "IBM to transform customer experience of Aeroflot's 40m passengers in analytics deal" Computer Business Review 7:24 AM
  • "How Intel's 3D XPoint will change servers and storage" ZDNet 7:25 AM
  • "Google to Oracle: Your $9.3bn Android Java damages claim is mad" ZDNet 7:26 AM
  • "Silicon Valley Executives Lead Opposition to Anti-LGBTQ Law" eWeek 6:45 AM
  • "Businesses Worried About BYOD Security Risks" eWeek 7:13 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "iPhone SE Is Apple's $30 Billion Bet On 4-Inch Screens" Seeking Alpha 8:12 PM
  • "Cowen's Apple Upgrade Contains A Huge 2018 EPS Estimate" Forbes 8:16 AM
Industry News
  • "Stocks End Lackluster Day but Score Best Month Since October" TheStreet 5:20 PM
  • "Wall Street Puts Rough 1Q in Rearview Mirror, Looks for Steady 2Q" FOXBusiness 5:21 PM
  • "Market Snapshot: U.S. Stocks Post Biggest Monthly Gain Since October" Nasdaq 5:22 PM
  • "Stocks close lower on last day of rocky Q1" USA Today 5:23 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Little Changed as Choppy Quarter Comes to an End: Dow industrials, S&P 500 end the quarter modestly higher" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:24 PM
  • "Chinese stocks edge higher after fresh liquidity: Governance of Chinese markets remains a concern for MSCI" MarketWatch 8:18 AM
  • "European stocks struggle as banks drop, with 7% quarterly loss on deck: Travel stock TUI sees bright summer for bookings" MarketWatch 8:58 AM

 
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