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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, January 17, 2018
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple accelerates US investment and job creation: $350 Billion Contribution to US Economy Over Next Five Years"  Apple 12:55 PM
  • "It looks like Apple is bringing back home nearly all of its $250 billion foreign cash" CNBC 12:55 PM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook cites GOP tax reform as driver in $350B US investment" AppleInsider 8:34 PM
  • "Breaking down Apple's $350bn boost to US economy: Apple made a big splash on Wednesday morning with its claim of a $350bn 'direct contribution' to the US economy." Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:59 PM
  • "Apple Plans to Pay $38 Billion in Repatriation Taxes: As of last September, Apple had $252.3 billion in cash or cash equivalents abroad" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:13 PM
  • "Apple to pay $38bn Trump tax bill" Telegraph 5:33 PM
  • "Apple Expects to Pay $38 Billion Tax on Repatriated Cash" Bloomberg 12:56 PM
  • "Apple to pay $38 billion in US taxes on overseas cash: Republican tax bill will save Apple tens of billions in taxes on overseas cash." Ars Technica 5:06 PM
  • "Apple expands U.S. capital spending, plans to add 20,000 jobs, invest in data centers: Apple joins the chorus of companies outlining revised capital spending plans as it repatriates offshore cash to the U.S." ZDNet 2:05 PM
  • "Apple pledges $350 billion investment in US economy over next five years" TechCrunch 2:12 PM
  • "Apple Says It Will Bring Cash Back To US, Pay $38 Billion In Repatriation Tax" Forbes 3:04 PM
  • "Apple plans second U.S. campus, to pay $38 billion in foreign cash taxes" Reuters 3:54 PM
  • "Apple Gives Employees $2,500 Bonuses After New Tax Law" Bloomberg 3:54 PM
  • "Apple Needs a New Approach: The company really does care, but too many abuses are happening." ["For all the talk of cleaning up its supply chain, too many stories keep popping up about poor working conditions and excessive overtime."]  BloombergGadfly 7:54 AM
  • "Watchdog Cites Apple Supplier for Deplorable Working Conditions: Apple says it has a monitoring group already in place and China's Catcher Technology denies the allegations." TheStreet 12:00 PM
  • "The Antitrust Case Against Facebook, Google and Amazon: A few technology giants dominate their worlds just as Standard Oil and AT&T once did. Should they be broken up?" ["Google and Apple Inc. provide 99% of mobile phone operating systems; while Apple and Microsoft Corp. supply 95% of desktop operating systems. A growing number of critics think these tech giants need to be broken up or regulated as Standard Oil and AT&T once were."]  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:15 AM
  • "It's Time for Apple to Build a Less Addictive iPhone/It's not Apple's fault that you feel enslaved by your phone. But the company that gave the world the modern smartphone has a perfect opportunity this year to create a brave and groundbreaking new take on that device: a phone that encourages you to use it more thoughtfully, more deliberately — and a lot less."  New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11:22 AM
  • "China is a huge reason to be bullish on Apple, says Morgan Stanley" Business Insider 11:19 AM
  • "Apple may be slowing down production of the iPhone X — but it's still making more iPhones than ever" Business Insider 7:56 AM
  • "Ireland May Face More Delays in Collecting Apple Tax Billions" Bloomberg 11:43 AM
  • "Voip-Pal Says Apple's Sanctions Bid At PTAB 'Absurd'" Law360 [Subscription Required for Full Article] 7:39 AM
OS X
News
  • "This Nasty Link Crashes Apple's Messages Apps" Tom's Guide 11:51 AM
  • "Warning: A simple text message can crash iOS and macOS" BetaNews 7:56 AM
  • "UGH! Another Malicious 'Text Bomb' Surfaces That Can Crash or Hang Messages and Safari" MacTrast 8:07 AM
  • "ChaiOS 'text bomb' can crash your iPhone, iPad or Mac with a single malicious link" iDownload Blog 9:23 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to make a Dock shortcut to find recently opened items" Apple Must 1:09 PM
  • "How to go directly to a specific folder in macOS Sierra" Apple World Today 8:19 AM
Op/Ed
  • "eXtensions: The Wednesday File (40) -Mac Failure Thrice Over" eXtensions 7:11 AM
Press Releases
  • "Vectorworks, Inc. Brings Apple's ARKit to CAD/BIM Designers—Lastest Nomad App" Architosh 11:51 AM
  • "Announcing SoftRAID version 5.6.4" SoftRAID 7:09 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple CEO Joins Governor, Mayor for Reno Groundbreaking: Apple CEO Tim Cook joined Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve at a groundbreaking for a new $4 million shipping and receiving warehouse in downtown Reno."  Associated Press 2:06 PM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook makes surprise visit for Reno facility groundbreaking" Reno Gazette Journal 3:55 PM
  • "Tim Cook pops up in Reno to celebrate Apple facility expansion" AppleInsider 6:07 PM
  • "Apple HQ2? Not quite, but the tech giant has plans for a new campus — does Seattle have room?" GeekWire 3:59 PM
  • "Apple to lease 128,000-sq-ft space in Culver City, likely to house its original video efforts" 9to5Mac 8:33 PM
  • "New leases give Apple a large footprint in Los Angeles for content push" AppleInsider 8:35 PM
  • "2017 Retrospective: A Monumental Year for the App Economy" App Annie 11:20 AM
  • "Global app downloads topped 175 billion in 2017, revenue surpassed $86 billion" TechCrunch 11:21 AM
  • "Microsoft tops Thomson Reuters top 100 global tech leaders list: The list, which aims to identify the industry's top financially successful and organizationally sound organizations, features U.S. tech giants such as Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, International Business Machines Corp and Texas Instruments Inc, among its top 10." Reuters 7:16 AM
  • "Thomson Reuters Names the World's Top 100 Technology Companies" [Apple #6] Reuters 7:44 AM
  • "Apple Earns Sixth Place on 'Top 100 Global Technology Leaders' List" MacRumors 7:37 AM
  • "Apple supplier denies charges of unsafe, unclean conditions" Associated Press 7:24 AM
  • "Workers at an Apple manufacturing plant in China complained about poor working conditions and exposure to noxious chemicals" Business Insider 7:37 AM
  • "Kristen Wiig to Star in Apple Comedy Series From Reese Witherspoon (Exclusive)"  The Hollywood Reporter 12:00 PM
  • "Apple shelling out millions for TV talent reportedly helped Reese Witherspoon triple her salary on season 2 of HBO's 'Big Little Lies'" Business Insider 2:37 PM
  • "Apple greenlights new Reese Witherspoon-backed comedy series starring Kristen Wiig" TechCrunch 2:41 PM
  • "J.J. Abrams Sci-Fi Drama Series Shopped to Apple, HBO" Variety 7:09 AM
  • "Apple is battling HBO to acquire new J.J. Abrams sci-fi show" Cult of Mac 8:45 AM
  • "Someone is attacking Apple buses outside of San Francisco" Mashable 2:09 PM
  • "Gorgeous 50-megapixel panoramas shot on an iPhone at 20,000 feet" Kottke 2:02 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Google to consider page speed for mobile search rankings: Set to start in July, Google's 'Speed Update' will only affect a 'small percentage' of mobile search queries." ZDNet 3:53 PM
  • "Maker of 'Free TV' box vows to fight lawsuit filed by Netflix and Amazon: A win for 'Dragon Box' would be bad legal precedent for industry, lawyer says." Ars Technica 2:07 PM
  • "Sprint goes after Verizon subscribers again with free unlimited service for a year" Pocketnow 8:50 AM
  • "The Moto X5 will feature an iPhone X-like notch, according to new leak" Digital Trends 8:33 AM
  • "Kaspersky reveals details of extraordinarily powerful Android trojan, Skygofree" BetaNews 7:56 AM
  • "Amazon's Fire TV boss: We're beating Roku, and we're still doing smart TVs" TechHive 7:30 AM
  • "More than 20 states sue to stop FCC's net neutrality repeal" CNNMoney 7:26 AM
  • "Net neutrality showdown: Now Mozilla and 21 states sue FCC over internet freedom" ZDNet 7:16 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Deep Dive on Apple's Tax Announcement, Jeff and Bryan Hypocrisy, and Apple Security -ACM 445" The Mac Observer 6:15 PM
  • "#224: Hypothetical Hoarding/How to deal with hoarding old tech, our biggest tech disappointments, the VR and AR experiences that have us excited, and the state of dictation and voice assistant software." Relay FM: Clockwise 2:04 PM
  • "chaiOS Bug, J.J Abrams New Sci-fi Series -TMO Daily Observations 2018-01-17" The Mac Observer 12:52 PM
Hardware/Software
  • "Tim Cook says users will be able to turn off iPhone battery performance throttling in future iOS update" 9to5Mac 8:33 PM
  • "iPhone owners will be able to disable CPU throttling in future iOS version, Cook says" AppleInsider 8:34 PM
  • "Inventec begins shipping long-awaited HomePods"  Taipei Times 7:42 AM
  • "iPhone supply chain braces for low order visibility in 1Q18"  DigiTimes 7:52 AM
  • "Poor iPhone 8 sales could be dragging down iPhone X momentum" Cult of Mac 8:05 AM
  • "How Apple Developer Enterprise license works: Apple's Developer Enterprise Program lets enterprises develop and distribute proprietary iOS apps across the company outside of the App Store." Computerworld 11:07 AM
  • "'Hey Siri, What's the News Today?' Feature Begins Rolling Out to iOS 11.2.2 Devices" MacTrast 8:07 AM
  • "Siri Podcast News Feature Rolling Out to iOS 11.2.2 Users" The Mac Observer 2:00 PM
  • "The Current Status of iOS 10 - iOS 10.3.3 Jailbreak" iPhone Hacks 11:52 AM
AppleCare/Helps
  • "An iMessage 'text bomb' is floating around that can freeze your iPhone: A bug publicly released by a developer can freeze — and possibly crash — your device if you open it in Messages." iMore 6:28 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 7:10 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 7:10 AM
  • "12" MacBook Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 7:10 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Apple MacBook Air review: MacBook Air at 10: A look back at our original 2008 review" CNET 2:08 PM
  • "Review: LifeProof LifeActív Power Pack" iLounge 3:55 PM
  • "Hands-on: Nomad Wireless Hub with integrated 4-port USB charger [Video] 9to5Mac 9:18 AM
  • "Hands-on with the Hive View security cam designed by Yves Béhar" iDownload Blog 8:06 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How To Download And Install Apple's Internal 'SEED' Training App On Your iPhone" Redmond Pie 9:45 PM
  • "How to check if your iPhone battery needs to be replaced - Video" ZDNet 3:53 PM
  • "You Can Now Send iMessages on Android, as Long as You Have a Mac" Lifehacker 12:55 PM
  • "How to use the World Clock on iPhone and iPad" iMore 12:55 PM
  • "How to Enable Dark Theme in YouTube App for iPhone and iPad" iPhone Hacks 11:52 AM
  • "How to add specialised activities to your Workout app" iDownload Blog 8:06 AM
  • "How to set up a new iPhone by restoring it from an older device" Macworld 7:37 AM
Tips
  • "Changing the face image for people in Photos Tips" iLounge 3:59 PM
  • "Tips: How to create a PDF of a webpage for offline reading in iOS 11" AppleInsider 12:01 PM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Here's the full email Tim Cook sent to Apple employees announcing bonuses & new charity donation matching" 9to5Mac 6:49 PM
  • "How the MacBook Air Changed the Course of Our Mobile Life" The Mac Observer 6:15 PM
  • "The Apple Cash FAQ" asymco 5:04 PM
  • "Comment: BMW's CarPlay subscription plan is like charging for seatbelts"  9to5Mac 2:37 PM
  • "Farhad Manjoo: 'It's Time for Apple to Build a Less Addictive iPhone'" Daring Fireball 2:07 PM
  • "When iPhone Batteries Go Bad" Intego 12:01 PM
  • "5 Things Apple Should Have Done to Handle the iPhone Battery Controversy Better" iPhone Hacks 11:52 AM
  • "Should Apple be made responsible for making iPhones less addictive?" 9to5Mac 11:27 AM
  • "Design Ethicist Imagines How Apple Could Help Combat Tech Addiction in Future iOS Updates" MacRumors 11:27 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Why AI has to develop a personality to succeed" The Next Web 11:45 AM
  • "No, machines can't read better than humans: Headlines have claimed AIs outperform humans at 'reading comprehension,' but in reality they've got a long way to go" The Verge 8:32 AM
  • "Envisioning CES in 2024" Tech.pinions [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8:08 AM
  • "Knock It Off With the Tech Prediction Stories/My yearly prediction is the only accurate one: by the end of 2018, expect a lot more predictions." PC Magazine 8:07 AM
  • "Cryptocurrency doesn't have the same price between countries — here's why" The Next Web 7:56 AM
  • "Graphics card prices are ludicrous. Here's how to keep gaming in the coin mining era" PCWorld 7:30 AM
  • "Embrace mobile or it will run over you: Visa has learned this lesson, but Kroger is still resisting." Computerworld 7:29 AM
Humor/Cartoons
  • "Pearls Before Swine" GoComics 8:44 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "3 Tracking Apps to See Locations of Friends and Family" The Mac Observer 2:10 PM
  • "BMW to charge annually for Apple CarPlay, which is insane: Most automakers give it out for free, but not BMW. That would be too easy." CNET 2:03 PM
  • "ParcSlope is a great hybrid stand for Mac laptops, iPad Pros" Apple World Today 8:19 AM
  • "Google finally updates Gmail for iOS with iPhone X OLED display support" iDownload Blog 8:06 AM
  • "Revolut now lets you automatically buy travel insurance based on your phone's location" The Next Web 7:46 AM
  • "Google Arts & Culture tops iOS free app charts for all the wrong reasons" 9to5Mac 7:44 AM
  • "AudioFile for iOS 1.0 - Find Your Voice Memos" prMac 7:37 AM
  • "Turn your iPhone/Android into a satellite phone" ZDNet 7:16 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Euro Trade Groups Urge Justices To Side With Microsoft: Major European trade organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court that if the justices overturn a decision quashing a warrant served on Microsoft and allow the U.S. Department of Justice to grab data stored overseas, they would place international companies in the uncomfortable position of having to choose between violating European privacy laws or an American search warrant" Law360 [Subscription Required for Full Article] 7:40 AM
  • "Microsoft tops Thomson Reuters top 100 global tech leaders list" Reuters 7:16 AM
  • "Microsoft named the world's most powerful tech company" V3 8:06 AM
  • "Microsoft Cortana, the Cinderella of CES18" Tech.pinions 8:21 AM
  • "Microsoft releases confusing patches for AMD systems bricked by Meltdown and Spectre fixes" BetaNews 7:56 AM
  • "Microsoft Says AI Advances Will Require New Laws, Regulations: Increase in gig-economy jobs means tech companies have to step up to protect workers, provide benefits" Bloomberg 9:29 PM
  • "How Microsoft is working AI into software without you knowing it" GeekWire 3:04 PM
  • "AMD CEO: Our processors are more affordable than Intel's" Yahoo! Finance 8:06 AM
  • "Intel Corp. Is Now Sampling XMM 7560 LTE Modem" The Motley Fool 7:47 AM
  • "International Business Machines Corp. Is Tap-Dancing on the Blockchain" InvestorPlace 2:12 PM
  • "IBM shares jump 2% after Barclays upgrade: 'The worst may finally be over'" CNBC 7:46 AM
  • "Lenovo Unveils New Digital Assistants, AR Glasses And Cameras And ThinkPads At CES 2018" Forbes 11:04 AM
  • "Oracle to market: We're Cloud 2.0" ZDNet 7:15 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Munster Says $30B Capex Investment Is 'Right Thing' for Apple" Bloomberg Video 3:55 PM
  • "Apple gets one of its most bullish forecasts yet after Bank of America predicts surge to $1.1 trillion"  CNBC 7:54 AM
  • "Apple gets rare downgrade because analyst believes iPhone cycle is just 'good, not great'" CNBC 7:54 AM
  • "Apple is breaking out — here's how to trade it" CNBC 7:54 AM
Industry News
  • "Dow ends above 26,000 as main stock indexes stage late-session rally: Buoyant stock market looks 'extraordinarily stretched,' says strategist" MarketWatch 3:49 PM
  • "Dow Soars 322 Points to New Record, Exploding Past 26,000: The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all finished at new records on Wednesday." TheStreet 3:48 PM
  • "Dow surges 322 points, closes above 26,000 for first time" FOXBusiness 3:48 PM
  • "Dow Closes Above 26000 for First Time: S&P 500 gains as rising Treasury yields lift banks" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:48 PM
  • "Hong Kong stocks score fresh all-time high: Chinese stocks buck the trend following crackdown on shadow banking" MarketWatch 8:47 AM
  • "European stocks follow Wall Street into the red, as Burberry falls short: Skanska to lay off thousands; Burberry sales fall" MarketWatch 8:47 AM

 
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