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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, June 5, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "The stunning, heartwarming reason why people don't use Siri/Technically Incorrect: A new study reveals that people have remarkably human reservations about voice assistants." CNET 7:35 PM
  • "iPhone's Siri helps to save life of baby girl" Yahoo! 7 News 7:35 PM
  • "The difference between working with Steve Jobs and Larry Page, according to the ex-CEO of Nest" Business Insider 10:30 AM
  • "Microsoft and Xiaomi Partner to bring 'iPhone Killer' to US" Breitbart 2:07 PM
  • "This iPhone App Blocks Behavior-Tracking Ads and Evades Blocker-Blockers" Motherboard 8:41 AM
  • "Do you recall when the Samsung Instinct challenged the Apple iPhone in these ads?" phoneArena 10:35 AM
  • "Broadcom expects 20 percent sequential growth on back of 'iPhone 7'" MacNN 10:35 AM
  • "Apple II goes on sale, June 5, 1977" EDN Network 10:35 AM
  • "Jeff Bezos's onstage hint about the coming Apple, Google and Amazon product war" Recode 6/4
  • "Apple, Android, Samsung: Who is winning the mobile pay app race? New study shows Samsung's MST tech is not a hit, Google Wallet more popular than Android Pay." Ars Technica 6/3
  • "Apple poaches Dr. Rajiv Kumar, a pediatric endocrinologist from Stanford Children's Health" iDownload Blog 6/3
  • "Apple hires satellite navigation software expert Sinisa Durekovic" MacNN 6/3
  • "Shahrukh Khan may not be Apple's face in India: Turns out that claims about actor Shahrukh Khan becoming the brand ambassador for tech giant Apple was nothing, but a false alarm."  Financial Express 6/3
  • "False alarm! Shah Rukh Khan may not be Apple's brand ambassador in India" DNA 6/3
  • "Bollywood Star Shah Rukh Khan to be Apple's Indian Ambassador" MacRumors 6/3
  • "Tablets Set to Return to Growth in 2018 Driven by Detachables and Ongoing Need for Slates – IDC" MacPrices 6/3
  • "Fact: Huawei now outspends Apple on R&D" The Register 6/3
  • "Competition is finally forcing AT&T to lower iPhone prices" BGR 6/3
  • "PSA: Many UK retailers now allowing unlimited-value Apple Pay transactions" 9to5Mac 6/3
  • "Samsung's new wireless headphones are just like the ones Apple is rumored to be working on" Business Insider 6/3
  • "Android fans, pick up this gadget and you can laugh in every iPhone 7 user's face this fall" BGR 6/3
  • "Phones store full record of everywhere they've been which can be easily found or deleted" The Independent 6/3
  • "Retro Apple fan makes 3D miniatures of classic Macs" Cult of Mac 6/3
Non-Apple News
  • "Verizon's 'Can you hear me now?' guy is back... with Sprint: Sprint nabs Verizon's former pitchman in what might be the ultimate troll move." CNET 8:24 PM
  • "Pentagon Hires Foreign Chips Supplier: Globalfoundries, based in Abu Dhabi, will make microchips for U.S. jets and spy satellites" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:55 PM
  • "Attackers Break Into Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter, Pinterest" PC Magazine 7:38 PM
  • "Zuckerberg's social media accounts targeted by hackers" BBC 7:35 PM
  • "ISIS Confronts Fake Android Apps: When you don't have a guaranteed, official source to get apps from—like an app store—then you run the risk of dumping malware on your device with a sideloaded .apk." PC Magazine 6:57 PM
  • "Hello Moto? Motorola denies return of iconic Razr flip phone" Telegraph 12:51 PM
  • "Former Nest CEO Tony Fadell says he's 'secretively' invested in more than 100 companies" Business Insider 9:33 AM
  • "House Committee Investigates Federal Reserve Cyber-Attacks" PC Magazine 6/4
  • "T-Mobile plans to give away company stock to customers in next 'Un-carrier' move, report says" GeekWire 6/4
  • "Meet The Android Phone That Costs $17,000 [Video] Redmond Pie 6/4
  • "'Wifi Whisperer' Siphons Your Data in the Creepiest Way Possible" Wired 6/4
  • "TeamViewer Users Claim Service Hacked, But Is It True?" Digital Trends 6/4
  • "Facebook's Safety Check will be User-Activated" Digital Trends 6/4
  • "Facebook: 'We're not listening to your phone calls to deliver targeted ads'" BetaNews 6/4
  • "Google's Nest may become a different kind of IoT company after CEO Fadell leaves" IDG News Service 6/4
  • "SoftBank adds to Alibaba sale, bringing total to $10 billion" Reuters 6/3
  • "Google is working on a kill switch to prevent an AI uprising: But it isn't ready to be implemented across the board just yet." Engadget 6/3
  • "Tony Fadell Steps Down Amid Tumult at Nest, a Google Acquisition" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/3
  • "Tony Fadell, CEO of Alphabet Inc's Nest, to step down" Reuters 6/3
  • "Tony Fadell, founder of Nest, steps down as CEO" ZDNet 6/3
  • "Tony Fadell Leaves Nest Labs after Months of Management Controversy" The Mac Observer 6/3
  • "GhostShell hacker leaks 39 million accounts in security 'protest'" ZDNet 6/3
  • "A Camera Lens Breakthrough Could See Smartphones Outperforming DSLRs" Gizmodo 6/3
  • "Computex 2016 verdict: Behold the new brains of the computer" CNET 6/3
  • "How Mark Zuckerberg could lose control of Facebook" CNET 6/3
  • "Now TiVo Bolt owners can stream TV anywhere" Engadget 6/3
  • "Alexa's lead over Google Home includes 1,000 third-party skills" The Verge 6/3
  • "Land O'Lakes maps out farming's future with Google cloud" Computerworld 6/3
  • "The Highest-Tech Stadium in Sports Is Pretty Much a Giant Tesla" Wired 6/3
  • "Get ready for 'facepalm' and 'selfie' emojis" CNNMoney 6/3
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Talk Show: Ep. 156, With Special Guest Merlin Mann" Daring Fireball 6/4
  • "Tech.pinions Podcast: Potential Winners and Losers in VR/AR Platforms" Tech.pinions 6/4
  • "Leaked photos confirm MacBook Pro OLED touchpad" Cult of Mac 6/4
  • "Mark Fuccio Demos The Ease of Drobo Access Set-Up" MacVoices 6/3
  • "Perspectives on BEST of SHOW 2016: From Edge of Market to Maturing BIM, Framing a New Lens" Architosh 6/3
  • "Podcast: Episode 081 — We Have Always Been at War with Amazon" Stratechery 6/3
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-06-03: Reinventing Apple, Apple's Car Navigation Plans" The Mac Observer 6/3
  • "AppleInsider podcast talks MacBook Pro rumors & 5K displays, plus a chat with August Home" AppleInsider 6/3
  • "The Next Track, Episode #3 – Audio File Formats" Kirkville 6/3
  • "Could you go a day without your phone? Easier said than done." Recode 6/3
  • "Final Cut Pro Radio Episode 16" FCPRadio 6/3