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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple now has dozens of doctors on staff, showing it's serious about health tech"  CNBC 5:41 PM
  • "Apple now has up to 50 doctors on staff for health tech work, report says: Apple may now have as many as 50 medical doctors spread through the company as it continues to build on the health technologies found in the iPhone, Apple Watch, and HealthKit." AppleInsider 5:41 PM
  • "New Apple Watch Saving Lives One Week After Getting AKG Feature"  Digital Trends 8:47 AM
  • "iPhone XS and XS Max are lagging in sales rank, big time" Thinknum 2:12 PM
  • "Year in review 2018: Apple's year of predictable updates and high prices/In both hardware and software, Apple spent most of 2018 delivering much-needed updates that play it safe." Macworld 8:12 AM
  • "Atlanta could get super-sized flagship Apple Store" Cult of Mac 1:26 PM
  • "Sony Pictures Casting Executive Tamara Hunter Moves to Apple" Variety 1:04 PM
  • "Apple's Hour of Code workshops delight kids... of all ages!" iMore 2:07 PM
  • "Companies like Target and Gap are fixing one of iPhone-obsessed customers' most annoying thing about shopping in stores" Business Insider 8:47 AM
  • "Google CEO has to tell Congressman who makes the iPhone" Cult of Mac 8:10 AM
  • "After having to explain to Congress that Google doesn't make the iPhone, Google's CEO says it needs to talk with Washington more" Business Insider 2:40 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Samsung's lightweight Notebook 9 Pen is aimed at creators: It packs an 8th-gen Core i7 chip, S Pen and 15 hours of battery life." Engadget 8:59 PM
  • "Samsung teases new Notebook 9 Pen with 15-hour battery life before CES 2019: The 13- and 15-inch convertibles also sport a familiar blue-and-gold color scheme." Ars Technica 8:59 PM
  • "It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you hackers are targeting 'nuclear, defense, energy, financial' biz" ["Discovered by McAfee and dubbed 'Sharpshooter', the operation has been running since November, largely focusing on US-based or English-speaking companies and agencies around the world with an emphasis on nuclear, defense, energy, and financial businesses."] The Register 3:52 PM
  • "Alexa's latest skill helps patients manage high blood pressure" Digital Trends 2:31 PM
  • "FCC panel wants to tax Internet-using businesses and give the money to ISPs" ["A Federal Communications Commission advisory committee has proposed a new tax on Netflix, Google, Facebook, and many other businesses that require Internet access to operate."] Ars Technica 2:11 PM
  • "Canada frees CFO of China's Huawei on bail; Trump might intervene" Reuters 1:21 PM
  • "Android users can now donate to charities through the Google Play Store" TechCrunch 1:15 PM
  • "This Mom Of A Stillborn Baby Is Calling On Tech Companies To Be More Discerning With Their Ads" BuzzFeed News 1:09 PM
  • "FCC will allow carriers to block spam text messages: There are concerns the ruling will enable censorship, however." Engadget 1:50 PM
  • "FCC affirms that wireless carriers can block unwanted text messages" Reuters 1:08 PM
  • "OMG: California regulators consider charge on text messaging" Associated Press 1:08 PM
  • "'Fortnite' Is So Popular It Could End Steam's Decade-Long Dominance" Motherboard 11:07 AM
  • "Some 'Fortnite' players aren't too happy with the new Infinity Blade weapon" Digital Trends 10:44 AM
  • "Google's CEO was grilled about a bizarre YouTube conspiracy theory claiming that Hillary Clinton drinks the blood of children" Business Insider 7:48 AM
  • "Samsung to shut mobile phone plant in China's Tianjin" Reuters 7:23 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "#272: I'm Aware I'm Beyond Help/Predicting our self-driving car future, what folks we'd hire to complete our technical work, the headphones we use regularly, and the future of the smart home." Relay FM: Clockwise 3:21 PM
  • "Worst Tech of 2018 – What The Tech Ep. 422" Thurrott 2:18 PM
  • "Cloud-hosted Military Data, Password Offenders – TMO Daily Observations 2018-12-12" The Mac Observer 1:11 PM
  • "MacVoices Gift Guide #7" MacVoices 10:38 AM