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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple has begun to stop selling iTunes downloads: Not for the first time, the music industry is about to be well and truly shaken up by Apple. Just three months ago, the tech giant denied rumours that it was going to stop selling downloads from the iTunes store 'within 2 or 3 years'. However, reports are now coming in that music downloads have already been axed in South Korea, suggesting that a worldwide rollout may be imminent."  ShortList 5:04 PM
  • "Rumor: Apple not offering music downloads (as in sales) in South Korea" Apple World Today 5:07 PM
  • "Apple counters Australian banks' call for iPhone NFC access, cites handset security" AppleInsider 8:11 PM
  • "Psst! Apple's enterprise iPad plans are coming together: It may go against the way you think the world works but government and enterprise users really do love their iPads, with almost half of all Apple's tablet sales going to enterprise and government folks."  Computerworld 10:47 AM
  • "Nearly half of all iPads are now being bought by corporations and governments" iDownload Blog 8:55 AM
  • "It's all in the wrist: Apple's tactic for a little Games glory" Reuters 7:49 AM
  • "How the battle for TV's future could take over your whole house" Business Insider 8:59 AM
  • "Google's new ad takes a direct shot at Apple over the iPhone's storage space" Business Insider 8:18 AM
  • "Is Google Dissing Apple Over iPhones' Storage" TG Daily 10:37 AM
  • "Apple fighting to stem fake Bitcoin apps on App Store" AppleInsider 12:11 PM
  • "Japan Display, a Maker of iPhone Screens, Seeks Government Financial Help: Japan Display said it lost about $115 million in the April-June quarter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:01 AM
  • "Dolphin at SeaWorld leaps up to grab woman's iPad from her hands" Mashable 8:56 AM
  • "Dolphin snatches iPad of woman taking its photo at SeaWorld" Associated Press 8:54 AM
  • "Dolphin teaches human that iPad pictures are dumb" BGR 6:08 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Google's Inbox by Gmail Gets Github, Trello, Drive Integrations" PC Magazine 9:16 PM
  • "Samsung Pay Transaction Tokens Can Be Intercepted, But It's All Cool, Bro" The Mac Observer 9:02 PM
  • "Dota 2 forum breach leaks 2 million user accounts" ZDNet 8:05 PM
  • "Danny Glover waits out a ticking time bomb in Samsung's new commercial" Mashable 7:06 PM
  • "900 Million Androids Could Be Easy Prey for QuadRooter Exploits" TechNewsWorld 5:56 PM
  • "Fossil's new Android Wear smartwatches are available for preorder this week" The Verge 10:50 AM
  • "'Project Sauron' malware hidden for five years" BBC 7:55 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The RPG Reload Podcast - 018 - 'A Dark Room'" Touch Arcade 7:25 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-08-09: Apple's Big Future and New Car Patent" The Mac Observer 12:40 PM
  • "iMore show 520: Equally infuriated" iMore 8:08 AM