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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, May 14, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "British driving licences could be added to Apple Wallet, turning driver's iPhone into an ID"  Belfast Telegraph 9:41 AM
  • "Study: Amid sea of disposable apps, health and fitness reigns supreme" AppleInsider 6:41 AM
  • "The good and bad sides of Apple's classroom hardware initiative: It's still too early to say how helpful iPads for students really are."  Engadget 5/13
  • "UK shows off prototype of digital iPhone driving license using Apple's Wallet app" 9to5Mac 5/13
  • "Unified School District credits $42M iPad program with helping lift graduation rates from 65% to 82%" 9to5Mac 5/13
  • "Apple Tries Again With Schools (This Time With Mentors)" PC Magazine 5/13
  • "Apple making more direct efforts to get technology into classrooms" iMore 5/13
  • "Oklahoma City Apple Store to get 'next generation' design makeover" AppleInsider 5/13
  • "Oklahoma City next in line for a 'next-gen' Apple Store" Cult of Mac 5/13
  • "Apple reportedly takes only 2 days to review iOS apps" The Next Web 5/13
  • "Steve Jobs' biographer says Apple's next big thing is 'long overdue'" Cult of Mac 5/13
  • "The Hulking, Retro Computers That Made Way for Your iPhone" Wired 5/13
  • "New Apple Music / Taylor Swift ad, this one a lip sync to The Darkness" The Loop 5/13
  • "This might be the geekiest Steve Jobs portrait ever" Cult of Mac 5/13
Non-Apple News
  • "Top ex-Yahoos are advising Buffett-financed group in bid for company: Former execs Dan Rosensweig and Tim Cadogan also helping in the Yahoo sweepstakes" Re/code 6:28 AM
  • "Microsoft Discontinues Support for Project Spark; Online Services Going Down in August" Dual Shockers 5/13
  • "Xbox One backward compatibility supports multi-disc games" Engadget 5/13
  • "Only Amazon can open a college bookstore with no books" CNET 5/13
  • "Social Media Posts Now Fair Game in Security Clearance Process" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/13
  • "Vine Stars Are Leaving for Facebook and Other Platforms" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/13
  • "Google's new developer site details best practices for scaling to billions of users" 9to5Google 5/13
  • "It's war: Tech companies square off against the government" Mashable 5/13
  • "Runkeeper background tracking leads to complaint from privacy watchdog" Ars Technica 5/13
  • "Antitrust in the Age of Amazon" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5/13
  • "10 things you would rather give up than your phone" Greenbot 5/13
  • "Mark Zuckerberg wants to talk to conservatives after trending topics fuss" Mashable 5/13
  • "Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence on Facebook bias claim" CBS News 5/13
  • "Almost entire Sharp board will be replaced as Foxconn vows to turn the company around" 9to5Mac 5/13
  • "Electronic Ink Will Be Everywhere in the Future" Wired 5/13
  • "SkinTrack Turns Your Arm Into a Touchpad. Here's How It Works" Wired 5/13
Publications/Podcasts
  • "iMore show 509: Snazzy Ex-Instagram" iMore 9:42 PM
  • "AppleInsider podcast talks HGTV Smart Home 2016 and the latest 'iPhone 7' rumors" AppleInsider 5/13
  • "The unreal price of old Apple tech and our Lust List of the gadgets we covet on The CultCastCult of Mac 5/13