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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, April 20, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Exclusive: BMW, Daimler Reject Cooperation with Apple over 'iCar'/German carmakers Daimler and BMW have ended talks with Apple over a cooperation deal on an electric car, Handelsblatt has learned from industry sources."  Handelsblatt 1:47 PM
  • "German carmakers Daimler and BMW won't be collaborating with Apple on electric car project" iDownload Blog 1:54 PM
  • "Report: Apple's negotiations with Daimler & BMW for 'Titan' car project fall apart" 9to5Mac 1:54 PM
  • "Almost Nothing About the 'Apple Harvests Gold From iPhones' Story Is True"  Motherboard 3:12 PM
  • "No, Apple Isn't Recovering $40 Million in Gold from iPhones" iFixit 3:12 PM
  • "Apple joins Google, Microsoft and others in an open letter declaring anti-encryption bill 'unworkable'"  9to5Mac 7:01 AM
  • "Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others express 'deep concerns' over controversial encryption bill: Coalitions representing major tech companies warn of 'unintended consequences' in letter to US senators" The Verge 7:46 AM
  • "Apple agrees to pay $24.9M to settle Siri patent lawsuit, but it may not end there" 9to5Mac 6:57 AM
  • "Apple agrees to pay $24.9 million to settle Siri patent lawsuit" Engadget 7:55 AM
  • "Apple's services income shows its future, but most don't get it"  Apple Must 6:46 AM
  • "As a standalone company, Apple's services business could be worth as much as $260B, Piper Jaffray says" AppleInsider 10:24 AM
  • "Apple may have a major iPhone problem on its hands" Business Insider 10:26 AM
  • "Apple obliging most of government's user-data requests" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 10:32 AM
  • "Apple, FBI Encryption Debate Continues At Congressional Hearing" InformationWeek 1:16 PM
  • "Apple Gave Up User Data In 82% Of Feds' Requests" InformationWeek 4:28 PM
  • "Apple's head of legal says it refused China's request for its source code" TechCrunch 7:41 AM
OS X
News
  • "Apple releases second OS X 10.11.5 + tvOS 9.2.1 betas to developers" 9to5Mac 12:20 PM
  • "Apple Seeds Second OS X 10.11.5 El Capitan Beta to Developers" MacRumors 12:20 PM
  • "Trim Editing: A small shop for the world's largest clients." Apple 4:07 PM
  • "Hacker Promises To Kill Apple Mac Ransomware Before It Becomes A Nightmare"  Forbes 7:57 AM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "How to manage 'No Backup for XX Days' warnings in OS X" MacIssues 10:25 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to rediscover music using iTunes Genius Playlists: Learn to create a Genius Playlist and break free from your musical rut." Macworld 7:00 AM
  • "Adobe Experience Design CC, First Take: A feature-light work in progress Review" ZDNet 8:04 AM
  • "Safari Responsive Design Mode" MacMost 10:06 AM
  • "How I Fixed My Mac Wi-Fi Problem For Free" TeraTalks 7:59 AM
  • "The First Step To Troubleshoot A Wonky Mac" BohemianBoomer 7:42 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Apple discussion sorts out a confusion around Apple IDs, iTunes and iCloud accounts for customers crossing international borders and offers updates on the FBI iPhone hacking and a lawsuit over Siri." MacInTouch 1:18 PM
  • "User interface discussion talks about iTunes issues; computers as appliances; Jony Ive and Apple design decisions; iPhoto/Photos issues, workarounds and alternatives; iPhones lacking expansion; Apple feedback and more." MacInTouch 1:17 PM
  • "No One Uses The Mac's Oldest Browsers" Mac360 7:48 AM
Press Releases
  • "Microsoft Launches Skype Bots For Mac And Web Clients In AI And Search Assistant Harmony" HotHardware 4:23 PM
  • "Google says Chrome now has more than 1 billion users on mobile" TechCrunch 12:14 PM
  • "Product Builder 2.1.1 helps developers create packages for app submission to the Mac App Store" Tension Software 7:09 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple App Store makes twice the money Google's Play Store does, despite most of the world using Android"  Telegraph 7:59 AM
  • "Apple's Aggressive App Strategy Is Weakening Android" Forbes 8:08 AM
  • "Google and Apple among top employers of Bernie Sanders donors: The tech titans' employees are behind Bernie Sanders, according to campaign donation data." CNET 6:51 AM
  • "FBI Got Useful Information Off San Bernardino iPhone" Fortune 10:32 AM
  • "FBI found no new information on San Bernardino shooter's iPhone" Cult of Mac 7:20 AM
  • "How Apple's early VR experiments accidentally led to RSS" The Register 7:58 AM
  • "700 Million People Just Got Encryption That Congress Can't Touch" Wired 7:02 AM
  • "The Apple Watch Hermès Just Got Way More Affordable" InStyle 10:08 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Tencent, Alibaba Battle for Chinese Office App Users: One focus of the intense rivalry is helping users to separate their work from life" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:02 PM
  • "Get Used to It: Ad Blocking Isn't Going Away Any Time Soon" Wired 3:56 PM
  • "Rich Americans seek black market brain implants in bid to plug into artificial intelligence 'matrix'" Mirror Online UK 11:15 AM
  • "News Sites Start Charging Readers to Comment on Articles: A startup thinks newspapers can profit by getting people to pay to elevate their rants—or advertisements—to the top of the comments section." Bloomberg 11:13 AM
  • "Choosing to Skip the Upgrade and Care for the Gadget You've Got" ["Mr. Lai's behavior might be extreme, but his experience with the Palm Treo illustrates there is another way: If you simply put some maintenance into electronics as you would a car, you can stay happy with your gadgets for years. It is part of a movement of anti-consumerism, or the notion of cherishing what you have rather than incessantly buying new stuff."]  New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:13 AM
  • "An independent organization just ranked Google as the best cloud, beating Amazon" Business Insider 4:11 PM
  • "Google is a 'partially dangerous' website, Google says" The Independent 10:09 AM
  • "Is Google.com Dangerous? Not Exactly" PC Magazine 10:08 AM
  • "Google says that YouTube ads are 80% more effective than TV ads" BGR 8:21 AM
  • "EFF sues Justice Department to discover if secret orders are used to decrypt user data"  BetaNews 7:47 AM
  • "Facebook considers letting users add a tip jar to make money from posts"  Re/code 7:20 AM
  • "These New Phones Don't Bother With A Headphone Jack, But They're Not Made By Apple" Digital Trends 6:53 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "ACM 356: Apple Pencil Rants and Raves, Apple's Recycling Program 1 new message since 2:50 PM About" The Mac Observer 6:18 PM
  • "Happy Hour Podcast 063 | New MacBooks, future iPhone rumors and what to expect at WWDC 2016" 9to5Mac 3:19 PM
  • "Clockwise #133: Talk Candidly About Ladies' Pants: Dan and Jason are joined by Kara Platoni and John Moltz to address people who are sad about the MacBook, people who are sad about the iPhone SE, people who are imagining the Apple Car, and people who are sticking technology on and in their bodies." Six Colors 1:55 PM
  • "Podcast 504: New MacBooks and WWDC 2016 dates" Macworld 1:55 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-04-20: Why People are Bagging on the New MacBook" The Mac Observer 12:58 PM
  • "Speaking in Tech: Comparing Apples to BlackBerrys and Cooks to Chens" The Register 7:58 AM
  • "Let's Talk Jailbreak 148: Interview with nitoTV developer Kevin Bradley" iDownload Blog 7:17 AM
  • "The Committed Podcast on the WWDC, iPad Pro, and Rob's Trip to Europe (and Shakespeare)" Kirkville 7:16 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple's emphasis on security makes ARM-powered Macs 'inevitable': Apple convinces analyst that Macs will eventually run on custom silicon, not Intel's processors"  Computerworld 2:31 PM
  • "Apple's Potential Switch for Key IPhone Component Hits Qualcomm"  Bloomberg 9:32 PM
  • "Samsung to re-enter Apple's supply chain for NAND flash memory chips in 2017" iDownload Blog 10:40 AM
  • "WatchOS Update Cuts Off Third-Party Apple Watch Band" PC Magazine 10:37 AM
  • "iOS 9.3.2 Beta 2 Download Released For iPhone And iPad" Redmond Pie 12:13 PM
  • "Apple Seeds Second iOS 9.3.2 Beta to Developers With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements" MacRumors 12:21 PM
  • "Apple issues second beta of iOS 9.3.2 to developers" AppleInsider 12:20 PM
  • "iOS 9.3.2 beta 2 brings back ability to use Night Shift and Lower Power Mode at the same time" iDownload Blog 1:55 PM
  • "Apple seeds watchOS 2.2.1 beta 2 to developers" iMore 12:21 PM
  • "Apple's 'Mac mini' is now a Registered Trademark" Patently Apple 10:40 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Heads up: iPhone scam text message asks for Apple ID, password" TechnoBuffalo 10:07 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:45 AM
  • "MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:45 AM
  • "12" MacBook Prices & Sales" MacPrices 6:45 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Magical Earbuds Let You Tune In and Out of the World Around You" Wired 7:02 AM
  • "Transcend JetDrive Go 300 review: Cure for the 16GB iOS device blues" Macworld 7:16 AM
  • "Review: LG's 34' UltraWide curved monitor is great for movies and video editing workflows" 9to5Mac 10:26 AM
  • "Recharge your Apple Watch and more with Oittm's charging station" AppAdvice 10:25 AM
  • "Anker USB-C Dock review: The right combo of ports, but a USB power problem for drives" Macworld 6:49 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Word for iOS updates -- Draw on an iPad, contextual commands on an iPhone" iPhone J.D. 7:06 PM
  • "Use Apple Maps and plan trips on the big screen with TV Maps for Apple TV" iDownload Blog 10:25 AM
  • "Speedify review: Faster, more reliable internet for your iOS devices" Macworld 6:55 AM
  • "6 great iOS apps for social media addicts" Computerworld 6:46 AM
  • "SwitchHUD makes it easy to toggle between iPhone volume modes" iDownload Blog 7:17 AM
  • "'Super Tribes' Review - Global Domination, Bit by Bit" Touch Arcade 3:56 PM
  • "'Pang Adventures' Review - Pang, Nab It" Touch Arcade 10:13 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How-To: Create an Apple Music playlist preview widget" 9to5Mac 1:54 PM
  • "How to cancel your video subscriptions on Apple TV" iMore 10:13 AM
  • "How to Change Your Apple Device Names (And Why You May Need To!)" The Mac Observer 10:06 AM
  • "How to streamline your Touch ID setup" Cult of Mac 8:20 AM
  • "How to control Apple TV with your Apple Watch" iMore 7:47 AM
Tips
  • "12 Apple TV 4 Tips You've Probably Never Used" Computerworld 10:07 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "We need Apple TV compatibility with the just-announced Xfinity TV Partner Program" Apple World Today 6:15 PM
  • "Why Is Apple Opening More Retail Stores in Emerging Markets?" Market Realist 3:00 PM
  • "Poll: Should Apple give its other products the rose gold/gold/space gray treatment?" 9to5Mac 2:59 PM
  • "Apple's Penchant for Consumer Security" Re/code 12:13 PM
  • "Apple, One Man's Treasure Is Another Man's Trash" Forbes 12:13 PM
  • "This iOS 10 wish-list highlights everything I want and more" iMore 1:54 PM
  • "iOS 10: Wishes and Concept Video" MacStories 10:40 AM
  • "The iPad Pro and Smudges" Kirkville 10:26 AM
  • "Cassandra: Much Work no Play -the iPad Pro is not a Dull Toy -plus Search in Safari" eXtensions 10:07 AM
  • "How iPad Pro Can Replace A Mac" Mac360 8:14 AM
  • "How Long Should Your Macs And iDevices Last? – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 7:47 AM
  • "In Memory of Bill Campbell: Much has been said about Bill Campbell, but I wanted to add a little more since Bill meant a lot to me personally." PC Magazine 10:37 AM
  • "Remembering Bill Campbell, Magic Leap's Expose, Intel's Re-Org Implications" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:17 AM
  • "Apple's MacBook Update Falls Flat, Comes Up Short With Obvious Flaws Unaddressed" HotHardware 4:23 PM
  • "Why We Should Be Very Pleased With Apple's 2016 MacBook" The Mac Observer 3:18 PM
  • "Apple's MacBook Refresh Still Doesn't Fix Its Most Obvious Flaw" HotHardware 12:00 PM
  • "I covet the new MacBook, but I'm sticking with my iPad Pro" iMore 10:24 AM
  • "On Apple's new MacBook: Wow, that's some Turbo Boost!" The Loop 10:23 AM
  • "New MacBook: A rant" iMore 10:22 AM
  • "How PC And Smartphone Manufacturers 'Should' Compete Against Apple" NoodleMac 8:28 AM
  • "Hybrids Won't Save PCs From The Mac" Mac360 8:28 AM
  • "Apple Boosts MacBook Performance, Battery Life But Leaves Key Design Flaws" Forbes 7:07 AM
  • "New 12-inch MacBook (2016): It Ain't Broke, So Little To Fix -- Except Price" Forbes 6:53 AM
  • "What the FBI found on the San Bernardino iPhone" BGR 6:53 AM
  • "Apple should give customers free iCloud space to match their devices: The newly refreshed MacBook has fixed storage that tops out at 512GB. Some Mac laptops even start at 128GB! That just isn't enough, and we think the answer is in the cloud."  Macworld 6:48 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Comcast may finally let me stream TV on my TV" Six Colors 7:16 PM
  • "Why Google Flagged Its Own Google.com Domain As Partially Dangerous, As Well As Tumblr And Github" HotHardware 4:24 PM
  • "Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Forecast Misses Amid PC Blight" Daring Fireball 1:54 PM
  • "Why AI won't wipe out humanity ... yet" CNBC 1:12 PM
  • "Mini review video: Our verdict on the LG G5 in about a minute" Engadget 10:12 AM
  • "Samsung really wants you to know that its latest iPhone copy doesn't copy the iPhone" BGR 10:09 AM
  • "Is Firefox Search Worth $375M/Year to a Yahoo Buyer?" Tech.pinions 8:28 AM
  • "A writer who spent years following people whose lives were ruined by Twitter says online abuse is why the site is shrinking" Business Insider 7:49 AM
  • "Why your Amazon delivery sometimes comes in a Walmart box" Re/code 7:21 AM
  • "Huawei's Push into the High End Depends on Continued Growth of its Honor" Tech.pinions 7:17 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Google's Inbox now tracks your events, newsletters, and saved links" VentureBeat 12:12 PM
  • "American Truck Showrooms Launches an iOS Inventory App" PRNewswire 10:31 AM
  • "Stanford's iOS 9 Class Has Started on iTunes U" MacStories 10:08 AM
  • "The Pictar brings SLR-style camera controls to (most) iPhones" Engadget 8:20 AM
  • "Apple Launches Handy New Apple TV Feature" Forbes 8:08 AM
  • "iStrip provides a 'virtual' docking station for your Thunderbolt Display or iMac" Apple World Today 7:48 AM
  • "Accelerometer Brings Addiction in Newly Launched Wrong side adventure" prMac 12:13 PM
  • "iDetox - Eyestrain Monitor protects your eyes while using your phone" prMac 8:21 AM
  • "WaterField Unveils Elegant Leather Atelier Folio for New 12-inch MacBook" prMac 7:46 AM
  • "Guide the falling dice to make them add up to 7 or 17" prMac 7:46 AM
  • "LastThink releases Argentina TV Live 1.5 for iOS" prMac 7:46 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Intel to cut 12,000 jobs from global operations" BBC 7:11 AM
  • "Intel Cuts 12,000 Jobs Amid Tech's Oversupply Problems" Bloomberg Video 7:08 AM
  • "Intel Cuts 12,000 as CEO Makes $14.6 Million" 24/7 Wall St. 6:47 AM
  • "Intel Bears Pain of PC Decline in 12,000 Jobs Cuts" Bloomberg Video 10:24 AM
  • "Intel Slashes 12,000 Jobs, Shifts Focus To Cloud, IoT: With PC sales on the decline Intel looks to cut 11% of the company's workforce: about 12,000 positions: and refocus on IoT businesses, as well as cloud computing and data centers." InformationWeek 10:38 AM
  • "Intel reaffirms its diversity commitment, even with 12,000 layoffs coming" VentureBeat 7:18 AM
  • "Intel announces corporate restructuring; to reduce staff by 11%" DigiTimes 7:47 AM
  • "Intel cuts add to past year's 72,000 tech jobs cuts" SiliconBeat 12:20 PM
  • "Here's what the new Intel will look like: The chip maker is scaling back its PC efforts and going deep on 3D memory, FPGAs and silicon photonics" Computerworld New Zealand 9:00 PM
  • "Intel's tablet adventure is looking more like its netbook disaster" IDG News Service 1:56 PM
  • "Intel layoffs are a hard reset for post-PC era" MarketWatch 7:08 AM
  • "Cramer: I Get Why Intel Needs to Lay Off 12,000 People" RealMoney 6:53 AM
  • "Intel reports 1Q16 GAAP revenue of US$13.7 billion" DigiTimes 7:47 AM
  • "How Microsoft Is Reclaiming Its Former Glory: As Microsoft's stock approaches its record, Thursday's earnings report could help the rally maintain its momentum" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 1:56 PM
  • "Microsoft opens Azure Container Service offering a choice of orchestration tools" V3 6:55 AM
  • "Why Intel's Earnings Spell Bad News for Hewlett-Packard" TheStreet 12:20 PM
  • "How HP's brilliant new logo came to be: Just the tip of a massive rebranding iceberg from 2011" The Verge 10:23 AM
  • "IBM Boosted Watson Capabilities through Strategic Acquisitions" Market Realist 7:54 AM
  • "IBM, ODH launch Mentrics, a cognitive platform for behavioral healthcare" ZDNet 7:19 AM
  • "IBM Emerging as Cognitive, Cloud Power Amid Transformation" eWeek 7:41 PM
  • "What to Expect When Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Reports Earnings" The Motley Fool 7:54 AM
  • "AMD plans release of Polaris GPUs, Zen CPUs to boost sales in 2H16" DigiTimes 7:46 AM
  • "Digitimes Research: AMD discrete GPU market share expected to rise" DigiTimes 7:47 AM
  • "Oracle security update patches 136 vulnerabilities" ZDNet 7:18 AM
  • "Oracle releases 136 security patches for wide range of products: The company has adopted the new CVSS 3.0 vulnerability rating system, resulting in a larger number of flaws rated as high and critical" IDG News Service 8:20 AM
  • "PC sales in Europe continue to decline with 10 per cent drop in Q1" V3 7:47 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "FY 16 Second Quarter Results: Apple's conference call to discuss second fiscal quarter results is scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET" Apple Investor Relations 4:29 PM
  • "Apple pushes Q2 2016 earnings call livestream to April 26" 9to5Mac 6:14 PM
  • "PSA: Apple's Quarterly Earnings Report Delayed Until Tuesday, April 26th" The Mac Observer 6:34 PM
  • "Apple Moves Q2 2016 Earnings Announcement to April 26" MacRumors 4:29 PM
  • "Apple Q2 Earnings: What to Expect this Time Around?" Zacks 1:48 PM
  • "Apple: Tough To Tap China's New 385-Million Smartphone Market" Seeking Alpha 6:19 PM
  • "Where's Apple Trading Compared to Its Moving Averages?" Market Realist 10:32 AM
  • "This Surefire Apple Trading Strategy Is Set to Fail in 2016" Fortune 10:32 AM
Industry News
  • "U.S. stocks close at 2016 highs as oil rally continues: Coke tumbles on weak earnings, weighs on Dow" MarketWatch 4:26 PM
  • "Stocks Gain as Crude Scores 2016 Best" TheStreet 4:26 PM
  • "Dow posts sixth winning day out of past 7 sessions" USA Today 4:25 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Keep Rising, Helped by Energy Shares: Shares of commodity-sensitive firms have been some of the biggest winners in recent rally" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:25 PM
  • "Shanghai stocks slide 2.3% for biggest loss since February: More than 1,000 stocks in Shanghai retreat into negative territory" MarketWatch 8:11 AM
  • "European stocks slip from three-month high: Apple supplier ARM Holdings rallies after quarterly results" MarketWatch 8:11 AM

 
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