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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, December 16, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "From Elon Musk to Satya Nadella: Here are the 29 top tech CEOs of 2018, according to employees" [Tim Cook #10] Business Insider 8:03 AM
  • "Baltimore County Man Credits New Apple Watch for Saving His Life" CBS Baltimore 12/15
  • "A water-resistant iPhone helped save this woman's life" 9to5Mac 12/15
  • "5 Books That Inspired Steve Jobs, Bill Gates And Other Billionaires" Benzinga 12/15
  • "Class action suit alleges Apple lies to customers over size & resolution of iPhone X, XS & XS Max"  AppleInsider 12/14
  • "Apple iPhone X screen falls short of promises, lawsuit says: Complaint argues false pixels, notch, and measurements don't fit with ad claims" The Register 12/14
  • "Apple's New Job Push Reflects Shifting Strategy and Changing Identity: Adding staff in Culver City, Seattle and San Diego supports move into services and pricier hardware" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/14
  • "Apple upstages Amazon in selecting new tech hub locations" Associated Press 12/14
  • "What Apple's new job additions tell us about its product plans: Apple announced this week that it would be expanding its presence in a number of U.S. cities, and Dan Moren's reading the tea leaves to see what that means about its business."  Macworld 12/14
  • "How Apple Is Trying to Reach Its Goal of Creating 20,000 Jobs" Market Realist 12/14
  • "Apple Lands New 'Peanuts' Content From DHX Media: In a highly competitive situation, Apple has made a deal with DHX Media to produce new 'Peanuts' content for the tech giant's upcoming streaming service, Variety has learned."  Variety 12/14
  • "Apple is producing new content about Snoopy and other Peanuts characters" TechCrunch 12/14
  • "Apple tipped in deal for original Peanuts series and specials" SlashGear 12/14
  • "Apple to push software update in China as Qualcomm case threatens sales ban" Global Times 12/14
  • "Apple Releasing Updates Next Week to try and Resolve Qualcomm China Dispute" The Mac Observer 12/14
  • "Apple Inks Deal With DHX Media to Produce and Release All-New 'Peanuts' Content" MacRumors 12/14
  • "Apple is dropping the 'Connect' social feature from Apple Music, 1 year after buying Shazam" Business Insider 12/14
  • "One of Australia's biggest banks changes mind on Apple Pay" Cult of Mac 12/14
  • "Someone Just Paid Over $6,000 for a Steve Jobs Business Card" MacRumors 12/14
Non-Apple News
  • "Japanese electronics firms look to re-engineer their design mojo" Reuters 7:27 PM
  • "Amazon Targets Unprofitable Items, With a Sharper Focus on the Bottom Line: Online giant pushes for changes in product packaging, quantities to improve earnings" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:11 PM
  • "In Memoriam: The Tech That Died in 2018" PC Magazine 2:38 PM
  • "HQ Trivia and Vine co-founder Colin Kroll dead at 34 of apparent drug OD" New York Post 12:37 PM
  • "HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll dead at 35" BBC 12:28 PM
  • "Dopplegänger accounts are still a powerful tool for cyberstalkers" The Verge 12:21 PM
  • "To hold Facebook accountable, stop calling it a tech company"  CNN 12/15
  • "The tech founders who cannot bear to let go of their baby" Telegraph 12/15
  • "Following criticism, Robinhood backtracks on checking and savings feature: The accounts weren't covered by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation as claimed." The Verge 12/15
  • "Signal app to Australia: Good luck with that crypto ban/Country's efforts to slow Signal and other apps is a 'disappointing development.'" Ars Technica 12/15
  • "Google Patent Could Make Foldable Smartphones Durable; Unfold Flat or Assume Specific Shapes Automatically" MySmartPrice 12/15
  • "Blockchain, artificial intelligence top LinkedIn fastest-growing job categories" ZDNet 12/15
  • "Hundreds March on Amazon Fulfillment Center in Minnesota" Gizmodo 12/14
  • "SQLite bug impacts thousands of apps, including all Chromium-based browsers: New 'Magellan' vulnerability will haunt the app ecosystem for years to come." ZDNet 12/14
  • "Exclusive: T-Mobile, Sprint consider dropping Huawei, see U.S. security clearance for deal - sources" Reuters 12/14
  • "Robinhood's checking plan could face regulatory scrutiny" Reuters 12/14
  • "Discord Store to offer developers 90 percent of game revenues: Move puts additional pressure on Steam's de facto 70% rev-share standard." Ars Technica 12/14
  • "People really want this 'ugly' Windows 95 sweater that Microsoft is giving away, but you can't buy it" Business Insider 12/14
  • "These People Are Not Real—They Were Created By AI: Machine learning algorithms are getting scary-good at creating fake images that look real." Motherboard 12/14
  • "Vitaminwater Offers $100K to Quit Smartphones For a Year" PC Magazine 12/14
  • "Forget your deepest, darkest secrets, smart speakers will soon listen for sniffles and farts too" The Register 12/14
  • "The Future of American Broadband Is a Comcast Monopoly: The FCC insists a new report proves that broadband competition is raging and prices have dropped. The reality is notably different." Motherboard 12/14
  • "'123456' and 'Password' Remain Worst Passwords of the Year for Fifth Consecutive Year" MacRumors 12/14
  • "Facebook discovers bug that may have affected up to 6.8 million users" Reuters 12/14
  • "Facebook bug exposed up to 6.8M users' unposted photos to apps" TechCrunch 12/14
  • "Facebook Portal adds games and web browser amidst mediocre Amazon reviews" TechCrunch 12/14
  • "Google's Algorithm Isn't Biased, It's Just Not Human" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 12/14
  • "Protesters Are Slowly Winning Electronics Right-to-Repair Battles in Europe" Motherboard 12/14
  • "Logitech app security flaw allowed keystroke injection attacks" ZDNet 12/14
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Turn your iPad into a podcasting machine Magazine No. 275" Cult of Mac 12/15
  • "The Dalrymple Report: Apple Music Connect with Dave Mark" The Loop 12/14
  • "5G Rollout, Apple v. Qualcomm – TMO Daily Observations 2018-12-14" The Mac Observer 12/14
  • "MacVoices Briefing -Five Presentation Tips" MacVoices 12/14
  • "Saving your iPhone battery life, doctors at Apple, and potential iPhone bans on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 12/14