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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, June 12, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Campus 2 tour looks at its unique passive ventilation, more" MacNN 3:13 PM
  • "The Latest Tour of Apple's Campus 2 Is the Most Impressive Yet: There are a lot of glass panels being used in this building, plus breathing concrete and a much more" AppAdvice 6:49 AM
  • "Former Lincoln High pupil now an Apple-bound app developer" Stuff: New Zealand 2:32 PM
  • "This Nine-Year-Old Little Girl Is WWDC's Youngest Attendee" Fortune 9:07 AM
  • "From struggles to scholarship: All in an app" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 9:45 AM
  • "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak 'hopeful' Apple is working on VR: ​​And reveals his thoughts on artificial intelligence.​" Digital Spy 2:33 PM
  • "Spaceship Apple: Watch Our Private Tour Of Campus 2, Apple's Upcoming Headquarters"  Popular Science 6/11
  • "New video of Apple's mammoth new spaceship campus is impressive" BGR 6/11
  • "Apple Campus 2 features 36-foot glass panels, hollow concrete slabs and more" iMore 6/11
  • "Apple Pay for the Web Could Be Announced During Monday's Keynote: The feature would allow iOS device owners to use Apple's tap-to-pay service for e-commerce websites" AppAdvice 6/11
  • "Apple Starts to Woo Its App Developers" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6/10
  • "Hey, Siri, How Is Apple Going to Keep Up With Google and Amazon?"  Bloomberg 6/10
  • "Why Siri needs to smarten up, and fast: Apple made the first digital assistant, but it's in danger of falling behind rivals such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon, which have all made huge strides in artificial intelligence." CNET 6/10
  • "Will Apple Take on Amazon Echo at the Developer's Conference?" RealMoney 6/10
  • "Apple tries to finds its voice Siri as it looks to catch up in AI" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 6/10
  • "Here's why Amazon, Google, and Apple are fighting over voice-activated home devices" Business Insider 6/10
  • "NSA Looking to Exploit Internet of Things, Including Biomedical Devices, Official Says" ["That's why the NSA wasn't able to help the FBI crack the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooter, he said, because the agency hadn't invested in exploiting that particular model of phone. 'We don't do every phone, every variation of phone,' he said. 'If we don't have a bad guy who's using it, we don't do that.'"] The Intercept 6/10
  • "NSA finally admits why it couldn't hack San Bernardino shooter's iPhone" ZDNet 6/10
  • "iPhone WARNING: Whatever you do, do NOT open these text messages from 'Apple'/Malicious sites impersonating popular Apple webpages, like iCloud and iTunes, and dangerous phishing campaigns are on the rise, security researchers have warned."  Express UK 6/10
  • "Google Chromecast Pulls Ahead of Apple TV in Battle for the Living Room" Fortune 6/10
  • "Google Chromecast topples Apple TV in sales and will keep its lead, says this report: Both have that sticky Amazon problem, though." Recode 6/10
  • "What India Wants from Apple: Jobs, Environment, And Yes, Also iPhones" Forbes 6/10
  • "Apple's endless battle with Samsung could rage on for years" Cult of Mac 6/10
  • "Cork data centre will offer super-speedy US to Europe data times: Meanwhile, in Galway, Apple bit barn planning row goes nuclear" The Register 6/10
  • "Nancy Pelosi: The U.S. government invented the iPhone"  Cult of Mac 6/10
  • "Nancy Pelosi says 'federal research' invented the iPhone, not Steve Jobs" Mashable 6/10
  • "Steve Jobs didn't invent the iPhone, says Nancy Pelosi" CNET 6/10
  • "Imposters again target NYC Apple Store, pilfer $16,000 in iPhones" AppleInsider 6/10
  • "Man walks out of Apple store with 19 iPhones by dressing like an employee" The Verge 6/10
  • "Apple takes over Bill Graham Auditorium ahead of WWDC" Cult of Mac 6/10
  • "WWDC 2016 Decorations Going Up at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Ahead of Monday's Keynote Event" MacRumors 6/10
  • "Apple's developer conference 2016: Join us (live blog)/The iPhone maker will show off its newest software, talk up Siri and likely roll out changes to Apple Music." CNET 6/10
  • "Apple's old San Francisco store is staying in the mobile game" Cult of Mac 6/10
  • "Steve Jobs opera promises to hit all the right notes" Cult of Mac 6/10
  • "Today in Apple history: the first Apple II ships" Cult of Mac 6/10
WWDC Live Blogs
  • "Liveblog: Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote starts Monday at 10am PT/1pm ET: Join us to get a first look at the new versions of OS X, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS." Ars Technica 3:14 PM
  • "Apple WWDC 2016 live blog – Join us!" TechnoBuffalo 3:11 PM
  • "Live from Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote" Mashable 11:36 AM
  • "Going to San Francisco for Apple's WWDC keynote: You can watch the live stream here, starting Monday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific, 1:00 p.m. Eastern." Apple 3.0 9:08 AM
  • "How to follow us at WWDC 2016!" iMore 6/11
WWDC Live Blog Coverage
  • "How To Watch WWDC 2016 And What To Expect: iOS 10, Mac OS, Siri And More" Tech Times 6/11
Non-Apple News
  • "Rep Nancy Pelosi Says Thank Your Government For Creating Smartphone Technology" HotHardware 4:39 PM
  • "Facebook is forcing users to download another of its apps: Moments" Neowin 10:41 AM
  • "Videogame Industry Shifts Focus to Web-Savvy Gamers: At E3 trade show, game companies are focusing on players as much as retail stores" WSJ.com 6/11
  • "Obama finally upgraded from his BlackBerry: But he still wants something better" The Verge 6/11
  • "Amazon to Take on Apple Music With Its Own Streaming Service: Fuelled by the success of its Echo speaker, Amazon is reportedly considering launching a standalone music service with a huge catalog of songs" AppAdvice 6/11
  • "McConnell Gives Thumbs Down to FCC's Set-Top Box Rule" ["Beyond being the Senate's leading man, McConnell said his concern chiefly stems from representing the rural state of Kentucky and it's smaller cable providers, who many on both right and left fear will see their cost rise and profits fall if their content is made available on third-party navigation devices at no extra cost."] Inside Sources 6/10
  • "Your cell phone number could be hijacked unless you add a PIN to your carrier account" Macworld 6/10
  • "Exclusive: Amazon is preparing to launch streaming music service - sources" Reuters 6/10
  • "'Alexa, start my Elantra': Hyundai will connect its cars to Amazon Echo/This is taking it one step beyond your normal Apple CarPlay, Android Auto connectivity." CNET 6/10
  • "Google's crazy augmented reality smartphone project is finally becoming a reality" Business Insider 6/10
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Talk Show: 'A Nokia Phone And Some Pills (Wwdc Prelude)', With Special Guest Dan Frommer" Daring Fireball 6/11
  • "The TouchArcade Show - 261 - The Pre-E3 (And WWDC) Extravaganza" Touch Arcade 6/10
  • "Apple Talk 06: App Store economy" iMore 6/10
  • "Glenn Fleishman Takes Control of Slack Basics and Admin" MacVoices 6/10
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-06-10: iMessage for Android, Logic Pro's Mega Update" The Mac Observer 6/10
  • "Ex-Apple ad man Ken Segall talks Apple and simplicity" Cult of Mac 6/10
  • "Catch our WWDC 2016 hardware and software predictions on The CultCastCult of Mac 6/10
  • "iOS 10, macOS, MacBook Pro: AppleInsider podcast breaks down the rumors ahead of WWDC" AppleInsider 6/10
  • "Fitbit vs. Apple Watch and the race for tech talent: Fitbit CFO William Zerella talks about recruiting challenges, investor expectations and the Blaze" MarketWatch 6/10