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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, November 11, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "How Apple addressed the 'beautygate' effect in iOS 12.1: In this video, we compare selfie photos captured by two iPhone XS Max handsets, one with the latest iOS 12.1 update and another running iOS 12.0.1, to illustrate the fixes Apple implemented for so-called 'beautygate' skin smoothing effects." AppleInsider 3:59 PM
  • "Apple Crime blotter: 1000 iPads stolen, insurance giant off hook for $1.7 million iPhone theft, more/Stolen iPhones are in the news, ranging from warehouse thefts, to getting lifted off the doorstep, or from a Miami nightspot. The latest in an occasional series —a look at the world of Apple-related crime." AppleInsider 9:30 AM
  • "More Apple Products Will Soon Be Available From Amazon" UberGizmo 7:54 AM
  • "Broadway ditches age-old processes to run shows with iPads" CNN 11/10
  • "Apple Champs-Élysées opens in Paris on November 18th" 9to5Mac 11/9
  • "Apple Watch makes more wish lists than iPad, MacBook" Cult of Mac 11/9
  • "69% U.S. gadget shoppers want an Apple product, Gazelle data suggests" Apple Must 11/9
  • "Google just told us how to fix the worst thing about Androids and iPhones" ["It turns out it's something as easy as switching to dark mode whenever possible. That's something smartphone-savvy users have long suspected, that dark mode will help conserve battery life. There is a caveat, however. The screen has to be an OLED one."] BGR 11/9
  • "Google: Here's why dark mode massively extends your OLED phone's battery life" ZDNet 11/9
  • "Apple to Donate to Southern and Northern California Fire Relief Efforts" MacRumors 11/9
  • "Apple's Tim Cook promises donations for latest California wildfires" AppleInsider 11/9
  • "Overeager Chinese music fans spark iTunes and Billboard chart manipulation fears" AppleInsider 11/9
  • "Blind veteran catches second wave with a surfboard and iPhone" Apple 11/9
  • "Apple supplier Finisar to be bought in $3.2bn deal" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11/9
  • "Steve Jobs stood in the lunch line like a regular Joe" Cult of Mac 11/9
  • "Windows XP? Pfff! Parts of the Royal Navy are running Win ME: Fear not, Apple fanbois, they're also running Macintosh" The Register 11/9
Non-Apple News
  • "Do your children's apps give them the hard sell? Parents' unwillingness to stump up cash for children's apps is exposing their offspring to adult ad-sales techniques" The Guardian 7:51 AM
  • "Samsung to produce over one million foldable phones: Samsung will make over one million units for its upcoming foldable phone in initial stock and it will be launched within the first half of 2019, the firm's mobile boss says. He also met Google CEO Sundar Pichai two months ago and formed a taskforce for foldable phone's UX." ZDNet 7:29 AM
  • "Heads-Up Cord-Cutters, Roku To Bring Live Sports Programming To Its Free Channel" HotHardware 11/10
  • "Facebook aims to win over teens anew with Lasso, a TikTok-rivaling app" Neowin 11/10
  • "T-Mobile set-top box surfaces on FCC, 'Un-carrier' TV service can't be far behind" Android Police 11/9
  • "Cell phones pose plenty of risks, but none of them are cancer: One of the largest studies yet on the relationship between cell phones and cancer hasn't shifted the scientific viewpoint."  Popular Science 11/9
  • "Smishing sounds funny, but it's a serious threat to your phone's security" Digital Trends 11/9
  • "Children are being 'datafied' before we've understood the risks, report warns" TechCrunch 11/9
  • "Disney Announces Its Own Streaming Service, Will Pull Content From Netflix" Thurrott 11/9
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Coming November 10: Gene Steinberg meets Daniel Rubino of Windows Central, and Josh Centers of TidBITS, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:28 AM
  • "A Truly Bogus Adventure – The TouchArcade Show #376" Touch Arcade 11/9
  • "The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 234, With Special Guest Merlin Mann" Daring Fireball 11/9
  • "An In-Depth Conversation with Jeff Gamet" MacVoices 11/9
  • "Gadget Lab Podcast: Darren Aronofsky on VR Storytelling" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11/9
  • "The Dalrymple Report: iPad Pro and Floop Floop with Dave Mark" The Loop 11/9
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 198: 2018 iPad Pro impressions, FaceTime and iPhone XR improvements, watchOS updates" 9to5Mac 11/9
  • "Earnings, iPhone XR, India, and more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 11/9