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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "It's Goodbye QWERTY, Hello Emojis as Apple Rethinks the Keyboard: Tech giant is working on a laptop that will be able to carry any alphabet, special commands and symbols"  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:13 AM
  • "Debate over: IBM confirms that Macs are $535 less expensive than PCs"  Jamf 11:38 AM
  • "IBM says it is 3X more expensive to manage PCs than Macs: Saving up to $535 per Mac per four years in comparison to PCs"  Computerworld 10:06 AM
  • "Jamf conference: IBM cutting costs w/ largest enterprise Mac deployment, 100,000 by end of year" 9to5Mac 9:59 AM
  • "IBM deploying 1,300 Macs per week, Apple users need much less support than PC counterparts" AppleInsider 1:15 PM
  • "Apple Wants to Get Inside Your House Before It's Built"  Bloomberg 8:08 AM
  • "What's next for Project Titan and the Apple Car? Reports that Apple is no longer focused on building its own car don't mean that Project Titan is over, or that Apple didn't learn anything from the process."  Macworld 8:00 AM
  • "How Will the Tablet Market's Decline Impact Apple?" Market Realist 8:00 AM
  • "Widespread iCloud.com outage affecting many users" 9to5Mac 6:18 PM
OS X
News
  • "Apple Seeds Fifth macOS Sierra 10.12.1 Beta to Developers and Public Beta Testers" MacRumors 1:15 PM
  • "Final Cut Pro X trial page download link alludes to impending 10.3 update ahead of Mac event" 9to5Mac 11:47 AM
  • "iMessage hack floods Apple users with Chinese texts" Mashable 11:45 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to change your Mac's login password" iMore 8:59 AM
  • "Using Picture-In-Picture With YouTube" MacMost 10:06 AM
  • "How to create an Apple ID on your Mac" iMore 11:46 AM
  • "How-To: Dock Picture-in-Picture videos anywhere on macOS Sierra [Video] 9to5Mac 3:57 PM
  • "System Preferences in macOS, Sierra: Parental Controls" eXtensions 7:06 AM
  • "A Cool And Productive Tool Most Mac Users Don't Bother To Use" TeraTalks 8:02 AM
  • "2 Mac Calendar Apps To Love And Use" Mac360 7:42 AM
Press Releases
  • "Tropical Software releases TopXNotes 1.8.3" prMac 6:45 PM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "'Hello again:' Apple sends invitations for event on Oct. 27, new MacBook Pros expected" AppleInsider 3:56 PM
  • "Apple Invites Media to 'Hello Again' October 27th Mac-Centric Event" MacRumors 3:57 PM
  • "Apple Just Confirmed a Big Announcement for Oct. 27" Time 3:55 PM
  • "Apple Mac event: October 27 in Cupertino/Remember when the original Mac said 'Hello'? Well, 'Hello again.'" Recode 6:17 PM
  • "Apple Listed as 2017 Exhibitor at Mobile World Congress" MacRumors 3:57 PM
  • "Apple to have presence at Mobile World Congress 'App Planet Exhibition' next year?" 9to5Mac 3:56 PM
  • "Jim Cramer -- Apple Should Make an iPad Deal With NFL: Apple should start negotiating with the NFL now to get an iPad deal done after Microsoft's contract expires in 2018, Cramer says."  TheStreet 10:14 AM
  • "Apple's iPhone 7 Plus Still Stocked Out, Not a Bad Thing, Says Piper" Barron's 1:15 PM
  • "Siri could soon become your favorite TV character"  Business Insider 9:54 AM
  • "Intuit just made Apple the best choice for small business" Apple Must 7:25 AM
  • "Apple Files $2 Million Lawsuit Against Firm Selling Dangerous Knockoff Chargers and Cables" MacRumors 10:58 AM
  • "More than 90% of 'genuine' Apple chargers & cables sold on Amazon are fake, says Apple" 9to5Mac 7:22 AM
  • "Tim Cook or Bill Gates as Clinton's VP? It was considered" IDG News Service 7:31 AM
  • "Music streaming services 'too expensive for many non-subscribers'" BBC 7:36 AM
  • "A new study found that wrist-worn heart rate trackers are less accurate when you exercise" ["The Fitbit Charge HR, Apple Watch, Mio Alpha, and the Basis Peak were all put to the test. It's the first study published in a scientific journal to compare such devices with an ECG."] Business Insider 7:04 AM
  • "Remembering David Bunnell, the Macworld founder who relished lying to Steve Jobs" Macworld 3:56 PM
  • "Today in Apple history: The forgotten first Mac with an internal CD-ROM" Cult of Mac 9:55 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "LeEco says 'world's first super bike' with Android touchscreen will be available soon in US" The Verge 1:29 PM
  • "Homeland Security warns some Sierra Wireless devices are subject to attack" Digital Trends 1:25 PM
  • "Video game software sales estimated to hit $98 billion by 2020" VentureBeat 12:02 PM
  • "T-Mobile will pay a $48 million fine for throttling 'unlimited data' plans" The Verge 9:54 AM
  • "Wearable tattoo tells your smartphone how drunk you are before the cops do" ZDNet 9:54 AM
  • "Turns Out Belichick Is Not a Big Tablet Guy" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:47 AM
  • "Microsoft Reacts To Bill Belichick's 'Surface' Criticism" FOXBusiness 9:01 AM
  • "Google Signs Up CBS for Planned Web TV Service: New service, to be housed on YouTube platform, is likely to debut in early 2017" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:27 PM
  • "Google is locking up deals for a new internet TV service" Business Insider 2:26 PM
  • "Google: This is the scale of race, gender problem in computer science education" ZDNet 8:08 AM
  • "Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker explains why Ted Cruz is wrong about the internet: No, America doesn't own the internet — nor should it, Pritzker says on Recode Decode." Recode 7:09 AM
  • "Battery starts swelling on a Samsung Galaxy Note 5" phoneArena 9:14 PM
  • "Samsung doesn't want to pay for fire damage from the Galaxy Note 7: 'They were only interested in retrieving the phone,' Note 7 customer says." Ars Technica 7:06 PM
  • "Samsung Mobile Jobs, Bonuses In Jeopardy As Annual Performance Review Looms" HotHardware 6:20 PM
  • "Samsung urges employees and suppliers not to discuss the Galaxy S8" 9to5Google 7:14 AM
  • "Samsung tried to pay someone to keep quiet about their exploding Note 7 in China" Business Insider 7:04 AM
  • "This wearable badge links to software that could blur your face in unwanted social media photos" Business Insider 7:04 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "MacVoices Briefing on the Garmin Dash Cam 10" MacVoices 3:52 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-10-19: iPhone 7 Mystery Chip, Amazon Echo and Echo Dot" The Mac Observer 1:00 PM
  • "The Committed Podcast on iOS Accessibility, and Bob Dylan" Kirkville 7:13 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple is reportedly putting a dynamic E Ink keyboard in 2018 MacBooks" The Verge 7:21 AM
  • "New MacBooks expected to be unveiled at 27 October event" V3 7:14 AM
  • "Apple might kill the USB port on its new MacBook Pro" Business Insider 7:04 AM
  • "8 Days to Apple's October Event" DailyTech 8:59 AM
  • "The 32GB iPhone 7 Has 8X Slower Write Speeds Than the 128GB and 256GB Models [Video] iClarified 7:15 AM
  • "The 32GB iPhone 7 has 8 times slower storage speed than 128GB model" The Next Web 8:07 AM
  • "iPhone 7 Specs: Android phone might be faster than iPhone 7 Plus" BGR 9:55 AM
  • "Apple supplier Laird's profit warning sparks share sell-off" Sky News 7:37 AM
  • "Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of iOS 10.1 for iPhone 7 to Developers" MacRumors 11:58 AM
  • "Apple releases iOS 10.1 beta 5 for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, & macOS Sierra 10.12.1 beta 5" 9to5Mac 12:02 PM
  • "Apple rolls out transit directions in Japan for iOS 10.1 beta testers" AppleInsider 9:16 PM
  • "There's No Going Back: Apple Ends Signing of iOS 9.3.5" MacTrast 10:44 AM
  • "Apple stops signing iOS 9.3.5, halting any downgrades from iOS 10" AppleInsider 10:48 AM
  • "Don't like iOS 10? It's too late to downgrade" Cult of Mac 11:46 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Mac mini Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:40 AM
  • "12" MacBook Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:40 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "iPhone 7 Plus review: better cameras and waterproofing make this the best iPhone yet" PC Advisor 3:52 PM
  • "The Pixel XL vs iPhone 7 Plus Camera Test" AppAdvice 1:14 PM
  • "Review: Beats Solo3 Bluetooth Wireless Headphones" Wired 7:32 AM
  • "Doppler's Futuristic Earbuds Sound Great. They Also Speak Spanish" Wired 7:31 AM
  • "Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 WiFi Router goes all the way to 11" TechHive 7:57 AM
  • "Netgear's pocket router reaches superfast gigabit speeds (hands-on)" CNET 8:01 AM
  • "Quick Look: ScotteVest OTG Jacket beats hand-baggage restrictions with normal-looking clothing" 9to5Mac 9:59 AM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "We took a new car for a spin and now we're hooked on Siri: Experiencing Apple's auto ecosystem with CarPlay, Apple Watch — and even Maps." Recode 9:55 AM
  • "It's Always Television Time With This Tracking App for iOS" AppAdvice 9:55 AM
  • "Get your green thumb on with Flower Power by Parrot" iDownload Blog 7:22 AM
  • "'Nightgate' Review - Enter The Matrix" Touch Arcade 1:15 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to Delete Your Facebook Account" PC Magazine 6:53 AM
Tips
  • "Why you shouldn't slap a skin on your jet black iPhone 7" Cult of Mac 10:09 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple 'hello again' Media Invites Suggest Reintroduction of Mac Product Line" The Mac Observer 4:45 PM
  • "Comment: Apple Pay is available at more places than ever, but key opportunities remain" 9to5Mac 3:56 PM
  • "Apple Sues Mobile Star for Selling Counterfeit Power Adapters and Charging Cables Through Amazon" Daring Fireball 1:14 PM
  • "Why Tim Cook Would Never be Hillary's VP" AppleBlend 11:40 AM
  • "Look Kids, It's an iPhone 4S: Kids today think having a phone that doesn't run the latest OS is like living in the dark ages, but engineers like to keep 'old' technology running." EE Times 10:44 AM
  • "Apple beware: Chinese phones are taking over the world" Cult of Mac 9:55 AM
  • "Wear and tear on the jet black iPhone 7" The Loop 9:01 AM
  • "The Apple Car Was Always A Longshot" Forbes 8:59 AM
  • "What to Expect From Apple's Rumored Oct. 27 Mac Event" LAPTOP Magazine 9:55 AM
  • "Has Apple given up on the Mac? Opinion: Apple is rumored to be preparing a long-overdue update to its Macbook line, but will this be too little, too late? In the PC business, Microsoft is wearing the innovation crown these days." ZDNet 8:59 AM
  • "No Surprise In The Mac's 'October Surprise" NoodleMac 8:53 AM
  • "Apple's Biggest Product Gets A Facelift" Mac360 8:53 AM
  • "Why a ceramic iPhone is still the stuff of fantasy: There are major challenges to creating an iPhone out of ceramic." Macworld 7:05 AM
  • "Did You Get the (i)Message? Tapback, Digital Touch, Apps, and More" The Mac Observer 7:04 AM
Non-Apple
  • "AI, autonomous cars and moral dilemmas" TechCrunch 8:42 PM
  • "An Internet-Powered Beer-Making Robot...What Could Go Wrong?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:47 AM
  • "Satellite Internet Advantage Underscored In Four-Day Power Blackout – The 'Book Mystique" MacPrices 11:31 AM
  • "It's finally happened: Hackers are coming for your home routers" The Register 9:58 AM
  • "How the Web Became Unreadable: I thought my eyesight was beginning to go. It turns out, I'm suffering from design." Backchannel 8:59 AM
  • "Is software freedom a social justice issue?" O'Reilly 8:00 AM
  • "Don't Get Scammed by Digital Crooks" PC Magazine 7:59 AM
  • "The IT Era and the Internet Revolution" Stratechery 7:58 AM
  • "The Cure for Cancer Is Data—Mountains of Data" Wired 7:32 AM
  • "The Google phone is almost as good as the iPhone: Google's pedestrian Pixel is a photography powerhouse" The Verge 7:21 AM
  • "Another Key Impact of AR and VR" Tech.pinions [Insider Content] 7:13 AM
  • "Samsung's Challenges Reveal Need for Greater Vendor Diversity" Tech.pinions 7:13 AM
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "LEGO rolls out Macs in the workplace to meet growing employee demand" AppleInsider 3:57 PM
  • "Facebook updates iOS app with food & ticket purchases, new Recommendations system & more" AppleInsider 12:02 PM
  • "Scanbot 6 is out: PDF editing, on-demand OCR, enhanced annotations & more" iDownload Blog 11:58 AM
  • "Shawnee Heights School District goes from 100% Microsoft to mostly Apple in five years" Apple World Today 11:39 AM
  • "LaCrosse School District has 9,400 Apple devices in use" Apple World Today 11:39 AM
  • "Jacobs Medical Center implementing an industry-first iPad/Apple TV solution for patients" Apple World Today 11:39 AM
  • "Jamf and UC San Diego Health Launch a First-of-its-Kind Patient Experience Project" Jamf 11:39 AM
  • "Apple and IBM intro first MobileFirst app for schools, Watson Element" AppleInsider 7:08 PM
  • "First IBM Watson Education App for iPad Delivers Personalized Learning for K-12 Teachers and" PRNewswire 11:33 AM
  • "These 5 insanely thin iPhone 7 cases are perfect for people who hate iPhone cases" BGR 10:47 AM
  • "Google's iPhone keyboard just added one of Apple's best 3D Touch tricks" The Verge 2:28 PM
  • "Google's Gboard iOS keyboard now works with 3D Touch, gains iOS 10 emoji and new themes" 9to5Mac 10:44 AM
  • "Smith Micro Launches AniMates Stickers for iOS 10 iMessage Store" PRNewswire 10:17 AM
  • "HomeAdvisor to Power Its Instant Booking Marketplace on Facebook Pages" PRNewswire 10:17 AM
  • "New Report Names Target the Top Corporate Solar Installer in the U.S." ["Other companies recognized in the report's Top 10 for their amount of solar capacity and number of solar installations include heretofore perennial champion Walmart (145 MW), Prologis (107.8 MW), Apple (93.9 MW), Costco (50.7 MW), Kohl's (50.2 MW), IKEA (44 MW), Macy's (38.9 MW), General Growth Properties, Inc. (30.2 MW) and Hartz Mountain Industries (22.7 MW)."] PRNewswire 10:17 AM
  • "Developer of iOS Ambient App TaoMix Launches Halloween Edition" prMac 9:59 AM
  • "KlikR lets you manage all your remote-controlled devices from your phone" iDownload Blog 7:22 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft's breakthrough speech recognition system is such a good listener: New software that recognizes words in conversational speech as well as humans do could be the future of virtual assistants like Microsoft's Cortana." CNET 7:32 AM
  • "Microsoft's new breakthrough: AI that's as good as humans at listening... on the phone" ZDNet 6:53 AM
  • "Microsoft makes speech recognition more human" Memeburn 7:22 AM
  • "Microsoft's latest Windows 10 'Redstone 2' test build adds camera, inking, Linux subsystem updates" ZDNet 9:06 PM
  • "Windows 10 Build 14951 Released To Insiders" Thurrott 6:32 PM
  • "Windows 10 build 14951 for PC and Mobile now available in the Fast ring - here's what's new" Neowin 6:32 PM
  • "Microsoft's Nadella: Bringing End-Users, IT, and Developers Together" PC Magazine 7:58 AM
  • "Microsoft keeps schtum as more battery woes hit Surface sufferers" The Register 7:14 AM
  • "Raspberry Pi 3-Based Microsoft IoT Packs Go on Sale" eWeek 6:18 PM
  • "Microsoft: Big Quarter - Can Stock Break Out To All-Time Highs?" Seeking Alpha 6:17 PM
  • "Dell EMC updates, launches new systems, software as it integrates legacy products" ZDNet 9:54 AM
  • "EMC Dell deal: ECS object store gets new server, storage hardware" The Register 10:44 AM
  • "EMC storage wranglers to cuddle Dell SC arrays" The Register 9:58 AM
  • "Dell Technologies aims for startup agility at enterprise scale" ZDNet 11:52 AM
  • "Who needs 84 security vendors? With new suite, Dell looks to consolidate your protection" ZDNet 9:54 AM
  • "IBM Beats Expectations, Investors Not Impressed" Investopedia 1:16 PM
  • "What IBM's Genomic Partnership With Quest Says About Thermo Fisher, Diagnostics Peers" TheStreet 1:14 PM
  • "IBM: Why I Think There's Plenty To Be Excited About" Seeking Alpha 10:57 AM
  • "A Closer Look At IBM's Future (Part 6): An Interview With IBM Cloud VP Don Boulia" Seeking Alpha 10:58 AM
  • "IBM, IAN collaborate to boost Indian start-up ecosystem" IANS 7:07 AM
  • "IBM CEO Ginni Rometty To Women: 'Never Let Someone Define Who You Are'" Forbes 1:30 PM
  • "Here's how much HP's 3-in-1 PC replacement will cost you" The Register 8:01 AM
  • "Intel shares fall despite beat" CNBC Videos 7:06 AM
  • "Intel shares retreat after disappointing sales outlook" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 1:15 PM
  • "Intel Stock Slumps on Q4 Guidance, Analysts Cut Price Target" TheStreet 9:58 AM
  • "Intel: look outside" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:36 AM
  • "AMD pushing new projects for VR applications" DigiTimes 7:05 AM
  • "Cisco revs up storage connections for data centers and WANs" IDG News Service 7:36 AM
  • "Oracle fixes 100s of vulnerabilities that put enterprise data at risk" Computerworld 9:58 AM
  • "Oracle in the cloud: The analyst conversation" ZDNet 11:52 AM
  • "What Citrix Needs to Break Out" TheStreet 8:01 AM
  • "How to solve for the lack of women in technology: Why is the fastest-growing industry in the U.S. — which is predicted to provide more job opportunities than all other professional sectors — still failing to attract and retain women?" Recode 7:08 AM
  • "Gartner sees 2.9 percent growth in IT spending in 2017" PCWorld 9:58 AM
  • "Silicon Valley Tech Titans Outspend Banking Industry 2-to-1 In Washington Lobbying" HotHardware 4:46 PM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Where Is Apple Trading Compared to Its Moving Averages?" Market Realist 9:54 AM
  • "Can Apple Inc. Become a Dividend Growth Stock?" Insider Monkey 7:37 AM
Industry News
  • "U.S. stocks climb as crude oil rallies to 15-month high: Intel falls, but Morgan Stanley is the latest financial to top forecasts" MarketWatch 4:15 PM
  • "Wall Street Edges Higher as Crude Reaches 2016 Best: Wall Street closes out Wednesday's session with modest gains thanks to a rally in crude oil that pushes West Texas Intermediate to its highest close since July 2015." TheStreet 4:15 PM
  • "Stocks rise as Dow posts first back-to-back gains in October" USA Today 4:15 PM
  • "Oil, earnings lift Wall Street but Intel drags" Reuters 4:15 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Rise on Oil Rally, Bank Earnings: U.S. stocks rose Wednesday as shares of energy companies climbed with the price of oil and earnings reports offered fresh signs of profitability at banks." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:14 PM
  • "Asian markets rise as China reports healthy growth: Investors remain cautious of ECB meeting Thursday" MarketWatch 8:54 AM
  • "European stocks slip, but energy shares track gains in oil prices" MarketWatch 8:54 AM

 
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