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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, October 25, 2018
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple and Disney Threaten to Crush Cable TV: Major technology companies are targeting cable TV because they have a distinct advantage, and the industry is especially vulnerable."  TheStreet 12:08 PM
  • "A former Facebook executive called out Apple CEO Tim Cook's hypocrisy over privacy"  Business Insider 7:33 AM
  • "Apple's Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines"  New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:36 AM
  • "Human Curation Sets Apple News Apart From Algorithm-Focused News Sources Like Google and Facebook" MacRumors 10:04 AM
  • "Apple's iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV are changing the customer experience for the better"  AppleInsider 3:43 PM
  • "Apple picks Thailand for its second retail store in Southeast Asia" TechCrunch 7:24 AM
  • "Apple's first Thailand store looks absolutely stunning" Cult of Mac 7:47 AM
  • "Exclusive: How fast did Apple Services grow last quarter?" Apple 3.0 10:16 AM
  • "The Tricky Economics of the iPhone XS and the iPhone XR"  Gizmodo 1:19 PM
OS X
News
  • "Safari Technology Preview Allows Websites to Switch Themes Based on Mojave's Dark Mode" MacStories 7:48 AM
  • "Mac Malware Injects Ads into Encrypted Traffic" SecurityWeek 7:58 AM
  • "Google LDAP login on macOS? It could be coming soon" 9to5Mac 12:05 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to Remove an Apple ID from a Mac" OS X Daily 3:44 PM
  • "How to merge cells in Numbers on Mac and iOS" iDownload Blog 7:03 AM
  • "Showing File Data In Mojave Finder" MacMost 9:02 AM
Op/Ed
  • "Nuance Discontinues Dragon Speech Recognition Software for Mac" Kirkville 3:58 PM
Press Releases
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "iPhone XR: Colorful mid-tier handset now on sale/Crews working for Apple are in the process of decorating the Howard Gilman Opera House in New York City for the company's Oct. 30 press event, where it's expected to reveal new iPad Pros and possibly other products such as updated Macs." AppleInsider 6:01 PM
  • "Apple decorations up at Howard Gilman Opera House ahead of iPad Pro and Mac event" 9to5Mac 2:10 PM
  • "Apple Starts Decorating Howard Gilman Opera House Ahead of Next Week's Event" MacRumors 2:11 PM
  • "iPhone XR goes on sale around the world, but fans stay home: The iPhone XR might have been dubbed the best value iPhone in years, but shoppers weren't giving it the usual show of love." CNET 9:01 PM
  • "iPhone XR goes on sale around the world with a pop of color" CNET 9:01 PM
  • "iPhone XR sales begin at Apple stores without any sign of official Apple cases" 9to5Mac 9:01 PM
  • "iPhone XR Now Available In Select Apple Stores, No Sight Of Official Apple Cases" WCCFTech 9:02 PM
  • "Apple Watch and fall detection credited with saving man in Sweden with acute back pain"  9to5Mac 3:58 PM
  • "Apple blocks GrayKey police tech in iOS update: Reports suggest the data-slurping tool has been rendered useless—but no-one knows how." ZDNet 7:11 AM
  • "Apple Bricks GrayKey iPhone Cracking Tool Used By Law Enforcement" HotHardware 3:50 PM
  • "Apple Southlake Town Square reopening November 3rd with new design" 9to5Mac 7:24 AM
  • "Apple TV's Events app updated for next week's special event" Cult of Mac 7:25 AM
  • "Apple TV Events App Updated for 'There's More in the Making" The Mac Observer 9:01 AM
  • "Apple's TV Subscription Service Could Launch In Over 100 Countries" Redmond Pie 1:18 PM
  • "Cook continues European tour with stop in Spain to promote HomePod launch" AppleInsider 12:05 PM
  • "Billy Crudup, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Join Aniston-Witherspoon Morning News Series at Apple" Variety 2:09 PM
  • "Trent Reznor Explains Why He Left Apple Music" Billboard 2:06 PM
  • "Trent Reznor says working at Apple made him feel 'guilty'" Cult of Mac 7:26 AM
  • "China suggests Trump 'can use Huawei' after iPhone tapping report" CNET 7:38 AM
  • "When Trump Phones Friends, the Chinese and the Russians Listen and Learn" ["Apple declined to comment on the president's iPhones. None of them are completely secure and are vulnerable to hackers who could remotely break into the phones themselves."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:48 AM
  • "Everything That Could Go Wrong With Trump's iPhones" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1:21 PM
  • "Trump's sharing his insecurities to his iPhone, China advises he switch to Huawei" The Inquirer 7:57 AM
  • "China to Trump: Dump the iPhone for a Huawei" TechCrunch 9:15 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "New security flaw impacts most Linux and BSD distros: Issue is only a privilege escalation flaw but it impacts a large number of systems." ZDNet 9:00 PM
  • "Alphabet keeps raking in cash despite anti-competition, privacy concerns" Engadget 3:39 PM
  • "Fortnite Continues Expansion into Esports, Launches In-Game Tournaments" Loup Ventures 3:28 PM
  • "Copyright Office Ruling Imposes Sweeping Right to Repair Reforms" iFixit 2:08 PM
  • "The Feds Just Hit a Notorious Swatter With 46 New Charges. He Intends to Plead Guilty" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:53 PM
  • "Qualcomm hijacks EU Commission expert group on licensing and valuation of standard-essential patents" Foss Patents 12:28 PM
  • "Google Will Force Phone OEMs To Provide 2 Years Of Android Security Updates" HotHardware 3:49 PM
  • "Here's the memo Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent employees following the bombshell NYT story detailing sexual misconduct at the company" Business Insider 3:54 PM
  • "Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, reportedly had bondage sex videos on his work computer, paid women for 'ownership relationships,' and allegedly pressured an employee into oral sex" Business Insider 3:54 PM
  • "Google Has Fired 48 People for Sexual Harassment in Past 2 Years, CEO Says" Time 3:47 PM
  • "How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the 'Father of Android': The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim." ["Mr. Rubin was one of three executives that Google protected over the past decade after they were accused of sexual misconduct. In two instances, it ousted senior executives, but softened the blow by paying them millions of dollars as they departed, even though it had no legal obligation to do so. In a third, the executive remained in a highly compensated post at the company. Each time Google stayed silent about the accusations against the men."]  New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12:19 PM
  • "In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Your Electronics Is Legal"  Motherboard 12:05 PM
  • "Palm's tiny Android phone launches on November 2nd" The Verge 9:15 AM
  • "Google's Night Sight for Pixel phones will amaze you: Eager Pixel owners can enable the new feature early and change the way they view night photography forever" The Verge 9:15 AM
  • "China's Xiaomi Aims Its Priciest Phone at Huawei and Apple" Bloomberg 7:55 AM
  • "How driver-assist tech can result in a $5,000 fender bender: Minor repairs aren't so minor when you've got to think about cameras and sensors." Ars Technica 7:11 AM
  • "Twitter is now consistently profitable" Recode 7:02 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "9to5Mac Daily: October 25, 2018" 9to5Mac 3:58 PM
  • "Super Fast Fiber Optic Data, Apple Product Repair Success Tips -TMO Daily Observations 2018-10-25" The Mac Observer 12:44 PM
Hardware/Software
  • "New MacBook, iMac and Mac Mini all but confirmed for Apple's October 30 event" GearBrain 7:12 AM
  • "Gorgeous iOS concept imagines refreshed Siri, Dock, and multitasking for 2018 iPad Pro models" 9to5Mac 2:09 PM
  • "New MacBook Leak Confirms Secretive Mac Launch" Forbes 9:00 PM
  • "iOS 12.1 beta confirms Face ID on iPad Pro, will work in both landscape and portrait modes: A string of code unearthed in the latest iOS 12.1 beta offers instructions to set up Face ID authentication on iPad, seemingly confirming integration of the technology in an iPad Pro refresh expected for unveiling next week." AppleInsider 6:06 PM
  • "Apple Invents iDevice Displays that Remain Functional even when Wet" Patently Apple 7:02 AM
  • "Apple wants its iOS and watchOS devices to work well even when they're wet" Apple World Today 7:56 AM
  • "Apple is working on an iPhone that works better in the rain" AppleInsider 9:15 AM
  • "A Project Titan Patent Focuses on a new Anti-Glare System to Protect Drivers Eyes from the Sun & Lights of all Kinds" Patently Apple 9:15 AM
  • "Apple working on car windshield anti-glare system to protect driver from bright lights" AppleInsider 2:09 PM
  • "Apple Patent Reveals Siri will Perform more Office Tasks and even Multitask in the Future" Patently Apple 12:08 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "9" iPad Prices (2018 models)" MacPrices 7:02 AM
  • "iMac Prices (2017 models)" MacPrices 7:02 AM
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices (2017-18 models)" MacPrices 7:02 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "A Day With the iPhone XR: Unboxing and First Impressions" MacRumors 7:25 AM
  • "iPhone XR: Hands-on and first impressions/A few thoughts after a few hours with the new phone." Macworld 7:25 AM
  • "Shot on iPhone XR: Real-World Photos and Portraits With Depth Control From New York City" MacRumors 9:15 AM
  • "Review: The ZENS Dual + Watch Wireless Charger Offers Versatile iPhone and Apple Watch Charging" MacRumors 2:12 PM
  • "Google Home Hub review: Your smart home's new command center" GearBrain 12:27 PM
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "'Tesla vs Lovecraft' Review – Another Shockingly Great Top-Down Shooter from 10tons" Touch Arcade 2:32 PM
  • "'Candies 'n Curses' Review – A Great Arcade Action Game with Every Freemium Shenanigan" Touch Arcade 12:19 PM
  • "'Shining Force Classics' Review – Three of the Best Genesis RPGs in One Shining Package" Touch Arcade 12:06 PM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to screenshot your iPhone: Taking a screenshot on your iPhone is as easy as pressing two buttons." iMore 7:26 PM
  • "How to Use Depth Control With iPhone XS/Max & XR Camera" The Mac Observer 6:01 PM
  • "How to download and visualize your Apple Music listening habits" Cult of Mac 3:28 PM
  • "Siri Shortcuts in iOS 12: how to get your old iPhone to do new tricks" The Verge 12:55 PM
  • "How to get a refund for iTunes or App Store purchases" iMore 7:48 AM
  • "How to use Password Auditing on iPhone, iPad and Mac" iDownload Blog 7:11 AM
Tips
  • "Calendar Invitation: Your Response To The Invitation Cannot Be Sent" macReports 2:09 PM
  • "How to See and Manage Keychain Passwords on Your iPhone or iPad" The Mac Observer 12:43 PM
  • "Understanding iCloud Drive and how to save money with Family Sharing" AppleInsider 7:46 AM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "Apple's New iPhones Have A Serious Problem" Forbes 9:00 PM
  • "What to expect from Apple's iPad and Mac event: iPads and Macs, mostly." Engadget 5:59 PM
  • "The Journalists and Processes That Drive Apple News" MacStories 3:35 PM
  • "What Could Apple Achieve by Ditching Intel Chips in Macs?" Market Realist 12:19 PM
  • "Opinion: Apple Music's human curation falls apart when it comes to less mainstream tastes"  9to5Mac 12:08 PM
  • "New iPad Pro, Macs, and more: The rumors ahead of Apple's Oct. 30 event" ZDNet 2:17 PM
  • "What to expect at Apple's 'There's more in the Making' event on Oct. 30" iDownload Blog 9:42 AM
  • "What's Going to Happen at Apple's iPad and MacBook Event Next Week?" Gizmodo 9:19 AM
  • "Tim Cook Calls for Strong Privacy Protections" MacStories 9:14 AM
  • "Apple no longer sells iPhones" Apple Must 7:49 AM
  • "Scoring our iOS 12 wishlist: Now that iOS 12 has been with us for a while, it's time to go over our earlier wishlist and see if Apple delivered." Macworld 7:25 AM
  • "Problem inflation: Apples mole hills made into mountains/Not every Apple problem should have to be a scandal." Macworld 7:24 AM
  • "Could the addition of USB-C on the iPad Pro result in support for a computer mouse?" Apple World Today 7:02 AM
Non-Apple
  • "What's next for podcasting?" TechCrunch 4:35 PM
  • "HP EliteBook x360 1030 G3 First Impressions" Thurrott 4:32 PM
  • "Intel Core i9-9900K review — Should you get it?" VentureBeat 2:28 PM
  • "Understanding quantum computers: The noise problem" The Next Web 2:24 PM
  • "Dear Samsung endorsers, please stop using iPhones: As Samsung reportedly sues a Russian TV personality for her alleged subterfuge, it's worth asking whether the Korean manufacturer is a little too desperate for fame." ZDNet 1:18 PM
  • "Google's app redesigns are really bumming me out: Google is slowly shifting its ecosystem from a rich melange of memorable flavors to a forgettable plain vanilla." Computerworld 12:06 PM
  • "Excuse me, but have you heard the teachings of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Chr-AI-st? On the 6th day, God created humans. And on the 8th day, they created a bot to rewrite the Bible six ways from Sunday" The Register 7:39 AM
Humor/Cartoons
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "'MapleStory M' Gets Huge Content Update Alongside Ghoulbuster Halloween Event" Touch Arcade 3:39 PM
  • "Best Apple iPad Pro alternatives you can buy right now" ZDNet 3:35 PM
  • "5 useful iPhone gadgets for dog lovers" Apple Must 1:19 PM
  • "Linea Go, the iPad's best drawing app, is now on iPhone" Cult of Mac 1:18 PM
  • "The best apps to convert image formats for iPhone and iPad" iDownload Blog 12:45 PM
  • "Linksys expands Velop mesh Wi-Fi system with wall plug-in nodes, Apple's AirPort replacement" 9to5Mac 12:44 PM
  • "Spike Jonze's HomePod ad dances away with more awards" Cult of Mac 12:44 PM
  • "Dropbox Paper gains new timeline features including project milestones, assign tasks, more" 9to5Mac 12:05 PM
  • "Apple at EMNLP 2018: We're pleased to announce that we'll be attending the 2018 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2018), October 31st–November 4th, in Brussels, Belgium. We'll have a booth staffed with NLP experts from Apple. Please drop by if you're attending the conference — we'd love to chat with you." Apple Machine Learning Journal 9:14 AM
  • "Apple Maps Now Provides Transit Directions Across Switzerland" MacRumors 7:58 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Microsoft: More than half of Windows devices in the enterprise are now on Windows 10/Microsoft says it has hit a new milestone with Windows 10. But is being on half of all Windows devices in the enterprise worrisome or a positive, at this point?" ZDNet 6:52 AM
  • "Microsoft is in the black across everything including Azure, Surface and Xbox: There's a lot for Redmond to smile about in Q2" The Inquirer 6:52 AM
  • "Windows 10: Microsoft serves up 40 new bug fixes/Microsoft fixes include a bunch of Bluetooth bugs and glitches that enterprise admins have been contending with." ZDNet 8:19 AM
  • "Half of enterprise machines run Windows 10, as Windows 7's end of life looms: Windows 7 is becoming the new Windows XP." Ars Technica 6:54 PM
  • "Microsoft publishes Windows 10 app submission deadlines for the holiday season" Neowin 4:27 PM
  • "Microsoft's Surface sales continue to grow, driven by Surface Go: And Surface Book 2 is contributing momentum alongside the 10-inch tablet" TechRadar UK 8:44 AM
  • "Intel rides data center demand to strong Q3: Intel's data center group delivered strong growth as cloud providers load up on gear to scale." ZDNet 4:34 PM
  • "Intel (INTC) Q3 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript" Seeking Alpha 7:10 PM
  • "Intel bucks chip industry woes; powered by PCs, iPhones" Reuters 8:19 PM
  • "Intel Looks to Calm Concerns on Supplies: What to Watch/Earnings report due amid questions about meeting PC chip demand and who will lead" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:08 AM
  • "Intel's Venture Arm Lays Off One Quarter of Investment Team: Firm seeks to make a smaller number of larger deals more closely related to Intel's core business" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:09 AM
  • "Acer announces Aspire 5s laptop with the latest Intel Whiskey Lake processors" CIOL 8:19 AM
  • "Intel (INTC) 3rd Quarter Earnings: What to Expect" Nasdaq 8:19 AM
  • "AMD ends driver support for 32-bit versions of Windows" Neowin 12:49 PM
  • "Analysts adjust AMD targets, comment on that revenue miss" Seeking Alpha 10:19 AM
  • "AMD's shares get in a plane, take off and soar to 12,000 ft — then throw open the door, and fall into the cool rushing air: Disinterest in GPU gear spurs selloff, but x86 biz insists all's well, nothing to see here" The Register 8:09 AM
  • "AMD revenue forecast reflects cryptocurrency slump: GPUs like AMD's Radeon provide the computational power required for cryptocurrency mining." Reuters 6:55 AM
  • "Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Strengthening Growth Pillars Through Strategic Streamlining" Seeking Alpha 7:51 AM
  • "HP brings world's thinnest portable photo printer to India" The Pioneer 8:03 AM
  • "HP, Ikea join NextWave consortium to scale use of ocean-bound plastics" Compelo 8:04 AM
  • "Dell Unveils New Rugged Enterprise Notebooks" eWeek 3:25 PM
  • "Alienware's sleek new M15 offers the power without the extra padding" Digital Trends 8:03 AM
  • "How New IBM Offerings Expand Open Technology, Interoperability/NEWS ANALYSIS: IBM's recently launched AI OpenScale platform, its Multi-Cloud Manager and Security Connect services find the company breaking significant new ground while following a long familiar open technologies path" eWeek 7:56 AM
  • "IBM's Efforts To Fight Human Trafficking" Nasdaq 8:18 AM
  • "Do IBM Watson Health's Leadership Change And Layoffs Mean A.I. Is Bad Medicine?" Forbes 8:18 AM
  • "IBM is creating perfume using artificial intelligence" TechExpert 8:43 AM
  • "Oracle Adds AI, Machine Learning Features to Its Cloud Services" eWeek 12:49 PM
  • "Cisco releases fix for privilege escalation bug in Webex Meetings app: No, there are no workarounds: patch now." ZDNet 8:26 AM
  • "The new thin-bezeled Chromebooks from Asus won't empty your wallet" Digital Trends 8:10 AM
  • "Australian National University develops tiny diamond transistor: The university anticipates that diamond transistor technology could be ready for large-scale fabrication within three to five years." ZDNet 6:51 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple Faces Challenge as New iPhones Lose Luster" Investopedia 7:55 AM
Industry News
  • "Dow stages 400-point comeback; S&P snaps six-day losing streak: Volatility reigns supreme on Wall Street this October" MarketWatch 4:25 PM
  • "Dow Closes 400 Points Higher as Wall Street Rebounds on Earnings: The Dow Jones Industrial Average snaps back solidly Thursday after plunging more than 600 points in the previous session." TheStreet 4:26 PM
  • "Dow swoons make October most volatile month in 118 years" FOXBusiness 12:56 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Bounce Back After Wednesday's Rout: Upbeat earnings reports calm investor nerves; Nasdaq jumps nearly 3%, Dow rises 400 points." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 4:27 PM
  • "Amazon's value falls below Microsoft as shares plunge" Telegraph 6:05 PM
  • "Japan's Nikkei leads heavy losses in Asia stocks as global woes mount" MarketWatch 8:37 AM
  • "European stocks rise cautiously ahead of ECB decision: WPP shares fall nearly 18%" MarketWatch 8:37 AM

 
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