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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, August 12, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is born, August 11, 1950" EDN Network 8/11
  • "Apple's current ads annoy and worry older people – but it doesn't matter ..."  9to5Mac 8/10
  • "An elite Google hacker is directly challenging Apple CEO Tim Cook to donate over $2 million to charity" Business Insider 8/10
  • "The Guy Behind iOS 11 Jailbreak Exploits Ian Beer Is Owed $2.45M For Apple Bug Bounty, Asks Tim Cook To Donate Money To Charity" Redmond Pie 8/10
  • "Apple Pay usage grows strongly outside the U.S." Cult of Mac 8/10
  • "Apple reassures US lawmakers over data snooping concerns - Video" ZDNet 8/10
  • "McDonald's in Chicago is the latest Apple Store copycat - but not the first by far" AppleInsider 8/10
  • "Apple lines up new comedy from 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' duo" Engadget 8/10
  • "Apple orders a show about a video game studio from the 'It's Always Sunny' gang" TechCrunch 8/10
  • "North Carolina chooses Apple for statewide K-3 reading program deployment" 9to5Mac 8/10
  • "Blue light emitted from smartphones and laptops accelerates blindness by making a molecule in our eyes toxic, according to a new study" Business Insider 8/10
  • "Samsung ads mock iPhone X's lack of a stylus, praise Note 9's power despite slower chips" iDownload Blog 8/10
  • "MTA Official Accused of Using Taxpayer Funds to Buy $60,000 of iPhones: Manhattan district attorney's office charges former MTA chief procurement officer with grand larceny" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8/10
Non-Apple News
  • "Google-Facebook Dominance Hurts Ad Tech Firms, Speeding Consolidation" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:01 PM
  • "Samsung still wants to be the first to launch foldable phone, says mobile boss" ZDNet 9:01 PM
  • "Vimeo is the latest platform to remove content from InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones" Business Insider 8:21 PM
  • "Baidu founder confident to beat Google if it returns to China" ZDNet 7:51 PM
  • "Dozens of Vegas slots went offline simultaneously during a hacker convention" Mashable 4:39 PM
  • "Hackers can steal data from the enterprise using only a fax number" ZDNet 6:06 PM
  • "Hackers Found a (Not-So-Easy) Way to Make the Amazon Echo a Spy Bug" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4:37 PM
  • "Wikileaks Served With DNC Lawsuit Over Twitter" Gizmodo 8/10
  • "DHS is worried about our elections, and it's asking hackers for help" Mashable 8/10
  • "Fortnite devs working to segregate keyboard/mouse players: Matchmaking update would pair players against those with the same peripherals." Ars Technica 8/10
  • "Law Professor: Progressives Are Regulating Away the Equality-Boosting Benefits of Uber, Airbnb and Google" Time 8/10
  • "The most malware infected cities in the US" BetaNews 8/10
  • "T-Mobile's latest Un-Carrier Next announcement is happening August 15" Android Central 8/10
  • "A creepy viral WhatsApp meme called Momo is scaring kids, worrying police, and has been linked to at least one death" Business Insider 8/10
  • "In-display fingerprint sensor shipments growing" DigiTimes 8/10
  • "Google has slashed the size of Android apps" BetaNews 8/10
  • "Qualcomm Wins Taiwan Reprieve Amid Global Antitrust Battle" Bloomberg 8/10
  • "The upcoming Palm 2018 phone 'pepito' may have a teeny, tiny display" Android Authority 8/10
  • "Samsung finally got carriers to agree on same price for Note 9" ZDNet 8/10
  • "Here's everything Samsung unveiled at its biggest event of the year" Business Insider 8/10
  • "Samsung Unveils New Galaxy Watch to Compete With Apple Watch [Video] iClarified 8/10
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Dalrymple Report: A Rome street musician and Apple Music with Dave Mark" The Loop 8/10
  • "The Hackindog Episode -TMO Daily Observations 2018-08-10" The Mac Observer 8/10
  • "Podcast discusses Apple wanting to use the iPhone as a passport, Apple Pay Cash, teacher iPads" AppleInsider 8/10