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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "U.S. court says no warrant needed for cellphone location data: Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates." Reuters 3:46 PM
  • "No warrant needed to obtain location data held by cellphone carriers, US court rules" AppleInsider 3:46 PM
  • "One in five smartphone users uses an ad-blocker on their phone, report says: New figures say more than 419 million people are banishing adverts from their phones, particularly in China."  CNET 7:15 AM
  • "Filing deadline tomorrow: Samsung to make its case against total-profit disgorgement over design patent infringement" ["But in two respects, Apple has already won. No matter what the damages award will ultimately be, Apple's design patent enforcement, which began about five years ago, has presumably contributed to Samsung now making its products more distinguishable from Apple's products."]  Foss Patents 9:45 AM
  • "Apple's HTTP Live Streaming Server Targeted in new Patent Lawsuit" Patently Apple 10:13 AM
  • "Fitbit, Apple Watch and the Race for Tech Talent: Fitbit CFO William Zerella talks about recruiting challenges, investor expectations and the Blaze" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:02 AM
  • "Apple Campus 2 drone flyover update shows progress on Theatre, solar panels, & more [Video] 9to5Mac 9:37 AM
  • "Apple Experimenting with Apple TV Top Charts and Featured Section" MacStories 4:11 PM
  • "You can now livestream concerts on your iPhone in VR: Startup Rivet streams gigs from New York's Blue Note Jazz Club in 360-degree virtual reality. Now, it's bringing those services to iOS devices (and Androids too, eventually)." CNET 7:08 AM
  • "Top Apple exec Eddy Cue really, really likes basketball" Business Insider 10:12 AM
  • "Beastly all-in-one proves the iMac could be great for gaming" Cult of Mac 4:10 PM
  • "Apple removed a same-sex couple from some of the international versions of its Mothers Day ad" Business Insider 9:37 AM
  • "There's something fishy about this 'Apple Watch'...: If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Westin really, really loves Apple." CNET 8:53 PM
  • "Larry Ellison Talks about that Time He Offered to Buy Apple for Steve Jobs" The Mac Observer 8:48 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "'Sleep of Death' bug hits buyers of Microsoft's pricey Surface Book" AppleInsider 9:42 PM
  • "Report: Bloatware Security Flaws Affect Millions of PCs" PC Magazine 9:06 PM
  • "Study that found cell phones cause cancer in rats is riddled with red flags" Ars Technica 4:10 PM
  • "Web firms pledge to tackle online hate speech" BBC 8:12 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Connected, Episode 93: The Funky Honeycomb" MacStories 4:11 PM
  • "Weekly Podcast 185: Climbing At Warp Speed To See An App Store Boost" Apple'n'Apps 3:55 PM
  • "Road to Macstock -David Ginsburg" MacVoices 1:39 PM
  • "TMO Background Mode: Interview With Time, Fortune & Now Apple 3.0 Journalist Philip Elmer-DeWitt" The Mac Observer 1:32 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-05-31: EU Social Network Censorship, VocalIQ and Siri" The Mac Observer 1:32 PM
  • "Let's Talk iOS 137: Can I dream one more time?" iDownload Blog 7:45 AM