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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, August 28, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "What it's like to win a bidding war for Apple's one-of-a-kind 'unicorn' computer" Business Insider 7:49 AM
  • "Microsoft Continues Attacks On Apple" Forbes 8:24 PM
  • "Around the world in an iPhone: Traveling in China, I spoke the universal language of app" The Verge 1:16 PM
  • "First Apple Computer Auctions for $815,000" DailyTech 8/27
  • "Apple Falls Short in India: According to a newly released report from IDC, the Apple iPhone SE is not selling well in the massive smartphone market in India." Capital Market Laboratories 8/27
  • "Apple launches Apps et jeux en français on the Canadian App Store" Canadian Reviewer 8/27
  • "Apple may face iPhone 7 supply shortage at launch: source" Nikkei 8/26
  • "iPhone 7 Facing Supply Shortages as Production Ramps Up Ahead of Launch" MacRumors 8/26
  • "Millions of Americans would buy an Apple VR headset, survey suggests" Apple Must 8/26
  • "Over half of existing Apple Watch users will buy the new model" Apple Must 8/26
  • "Fluent's survey bodes well for the 'iPhone 7,' 'Apple Watch 2" Apple World Today 8/26
  • "Apple sees iPhone sales decline in Brazil: Apple has seen a drop of 40 percent in iPhone sales in Brazil during the first quarter in comparison to the same period last year, according to data from research firm Gartner." ZDNet 8/26
  • "Apple reportedly working on a Snapchat clone" Memeburn 8/26
  • "Apple to add tap-to-pay support to iPhones in Japan (not NFC)" The Next Web 8/26
  • "Apple to Bring FeliCa Support to iPhones in Japan?" iClarified 8/26
  • "Aloft hotels will let you control your room with Siri: These 'smart hotel' rooms will debut in Boston and Santa Clara, California." CNET 8/26
  • "Aloft Hotel Adds Siri-Equipped Rooms" PC Magazine 8/26
  • "Apple: VirnetX can't raise willfulness in patent saga now" Apple World Today 8/26
  • "UK carrier EE offering six months free Apple Music, Kevin Bacon & Britney Spears promoting [Video] 9to5Mac 8/26
  • "Samsung Is Launching An iOS Beta Test For The Gear S2 And Gear Fit 2 In South Korea" Digital Trends 8/26
  • "Video: Steve Wozniak discusses the importance of education" The Next Web 8/26
  • "Barbra Streisand once called Steve Jobs for tech support" Cult of Mac 8/26
  • "Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates talk, 'The Future of the PC'" Cult of Mac 8/26
Non-Apple News
  • "Inside Facebook's (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:05 PM
  • "Scam Alert: Yahoo Promotion" Forbes 8:20 AM
  • "Amazon nears launch for music streaming service" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:50 AM
  • "Laptop pioneer John Ellenby dies: You can partly credit the classic clamshell PC design to him." Engadget 7:38 AM
  • "Android 7.0 Nougat's setup process allows for importing data from iOS devices" Android Police 8/27
  • "MIT Researchers Develop MegaMIMO 2.0 Wi-Fi That Triples Speed, Doubles Range" HotHardware 8/27
  • "Privacy Groups Lash Out At WhatsApp's Data Sharing Pact With Facebook" HotHardware 8/27
  • "Dropbox looking to bridge the platform gap for end users" ZDNet 8/26
  • "Is Alphabet Scaling Back Google Fiber?" eWeek 8/26
  • "Facebook is removing humans from writing trending topics descriptions" The Daily Dot 8/26
  • "John Ellenby, Visionary Who Helped Create Early Laptop, Dies at 75" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8/26
  • "Lowe's integrates Amazon Alexa into its smart home hub to control lights, temperature with voice commands" GeekWire 8/26
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Talk Show: Ep. 165, With Special Guest Guy English" Daring Fireball 8/27
  • "Coming August 27: Gene Steinberg meets columnist and podcaster Kirk McElhearn, and The Mac Observer's Bryan Chaffin, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 8/26
  • "Arguably Ahead on Technology—GRAPHISOFT Aims For The Future of Practice" Architosh 8/26
  • "Kirk McElhearn Updates Take Control of Scrivener for iOS Version" MacVoices 8/26
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-08-26: Interview with Fling's Dave Hamilton" The Mac Observer 8/26
  • "On The CultCast: iPhone 8 Plus Edge? Analysts say it's on the way" Cult of Mac 8/26
  • "CNET UK podcast 495: Android Nougat arrives, Pokefever on the wane and five years of Tim Cook/How has Apple changed after half a decade with Cook at the helm? Plus, Pokemon Go shows signs of decline: but is that so surprising, or even a big problem?" CNET 8/26
  • "AppleInsider podcast talks Apple Health, machine learning, 'iPhone 7' rumors" AppleInsider 8/26