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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, August 2, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Chip Card Nightmares? Help Is on the Way: Chip cards, also known as EMV cards, are getting faster at the register, but mobile payments like Apple Pay are the real answer"  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:25 PM
  • "Your battery status is being used to track you online: Battery status indicators are being used to track devices, say researchers from Princeton University – meaning warnings of privacy exposure have come to pass" The Guardian 7:43 AM
  • "Kudelski Group and Apple settle patent litigation: The Kudelski Group announced today that it has entered into a comprehensive patent license agreement with Apple Inc. Under the agreement, the parties agreed to dismiss all pending patent litigation. Financial terms were not disclosed." Kudelski Group 11:30 AM
  • "Apple reaches patent license agreement with OpenTV after lawsuit over streaming video tech" 9to5Mac 11:30 AM
  • "OpenTV owner settles patent dispute with Apple" Reuters 12:23 PM
  • "Apple settles lawsuit over streaming patents" iLounge 12:23 PM
  • "Global smartphone shipments stay flat in 2Q16, says IDC" DigiTimes 8:06 AM
  • "Apple's latest iPad Pro ad touts it as a full-fledged computer" Digital Trends 7:59 AM
  • "Thanks to Siri, hackers could have drained your Venmo account in minutes" The Next Web 7:59 AM
  • "Venmo closes flaw that allowed anyone to use Siri on a locked iPhone to empty your account [Video] 9to5Mac 7:51 AM
  • "Former Apple Exec Natalie Kerris Leaves Twitter After Less Than 6 Months" MacTrast 8:01 AM
  • "Former Apple PR executive Natalie Kerris leaves Twitter after six months" AppleInsider 8:16 AM
  • "iPhone 6 explosion leaves man with third-degree burns" CNET 7:47 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Drones from Google's Alphabet will take flight soon. But can they outmatch Amazon? There's a difference in focus: Package delivery versus managing low-altitude airspace." Recode 7:08 PM
  • "Fitbit Sales Surge on New Products: Profits fall as fitness tracker continues to invest in research and marketing" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:10 PM
  • "1973 Xerox Alto computer that inspired Paul Allen and others is restored and running at Seattle museum" GeekWire 5:11 PM
  • "The NFL is the first sports league on Snapchat Discover" TechCrunch 2:31 PM
  • "97 percent of YouTube traffic is now encrypted" iDownload Blog 10:00 AM
  • "Samsung Unveils Iris-Reading Note 7 to Keep Apple at a Distance" Bloomberg 10:36 AM
  • "7 things you need to know about Samsung's Galaxy Note7" Computerworld 10:36 AM
  • "Samsung doubles down on security with iris scanner in Galaxy Note 7" The Verge 10:36 AM
  • "Meet the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 -- a phone you can unlock with your eyes" CNNMoney 10:36 AM
  • "Live coverage: Watch right here as Samsung unveils the Galaxy Note 7" BGR 10:00 AM
  • "Going, going, pwned: 200 million 'Yahoo!' logins up for sale" The Register 7:47 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-08-02: FBI Director Comey's New Encryption Debate" The Mac Observer 12:27 PM
  • "VPN on a Mac can help circumvent some archaic blackout restrictions" The MT Show 7:41 AM