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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, January 13, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "United Airlines Just Accidentally Revealed Something Stunning About Apple: Sometimes, numbers that make you reassess a company just emerge out of nowhere." Inc. 4:50 PM
  • "The Rise of the Swiss Army Gadget" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:16 AM
  • "The FTC Thinks You Pay Too Much for Smartphones. Here's Why" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/12
  • "How We Apologize Now: The iPhone app Notes has become the medium of choice for celebrity mea culpas." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/12
  • "Passeig de Gràcia Apple Store temporarily closing February 10th, Video Wall and Forum likely on the way" 9to5Mac 1/12
  • "Apple may be planning to relocate its first retail store at Tysons Corner" 9to5Mac 1/12
  • "How Apple had a successful CES 2019 without even being there: HomeKit, AirPlay 2 and iTunes got heaps of coverage without the iPhone maker even being in Vegas"  GearBrain 1/11
  • "iPhone set to match Android security with new Yubico hardware key: Lightning port compatibility is in the works for hardware-based authentication." CNET 1/11
  • "Fatal Box Truck Crash in San Jose May Have Exposed Apple Sensitive Material: The two occupants were retired cops from the LA area and were armed" Bay City News 1/11
  • "Secured Transport Of Secret Apple Products Involved In Accident On Silicon Valley Highway" MacPrices 1/11
  • "Truck carrying secured Apple payload crashes in San Jose, killing one" AppleInsider 1/11
  • "An armed guard reportedly transporting a 'very special load' for Apple was killed in a fatal truck crash" Business Insider 1/11
  • "First-Generation iPod Shuffle Turns 14 Today" MacRumors 1/11
  • "Best of CES: The coolest smart home and home entertainment gear we saw" TechHive 1/11
  • "Nevada man thanks Siri for surviving serious Jeep crash: A man who crashed his Jeep near Pahrump, Nev., credits Siri on his iPhone for saving him from paralyzing and potentially fatal injuries." AppleInsider 1/11
Non-Apple News
  • "Yet Another Video Game Streaming Service Is Coming: Verizon enters the mix." GameSpot 8:07 PM
  • "Why is my keyboard connected to the cloud? Just because you can, doesn't mean that you should." ZDNet 4:55 PM
  • "Big Tech must be held to account over user consent"  Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:51 AM
  • "Phone makers are messing with Android's memory management, and Google isn't doing anything about it" Android Central 10:41 AM
  • "Honor View20: Ready to punch above its weight with an enticing blend of old and new" Android Police 10:38 AM
  • "Samsung to launch India-first smartphones to counter Chinese rivals" Reuters 1:43 PM
  • "Galaxy S10 needs to watch its back as sales slow and rivals like Huawei come on strong" CNET 7:15 AM
  • "Verizon Reportedly Testing Its Own Game Streaming Service Powered By Nvidia Shield" HotHardware 1/12
  • "Gaming laptops are getting wonderfully weird in 2019: PC makers are starting to take more interesting design risks." Engadget 1/12
  • "Meet The Macedonian Software Engineer Fighting Air Pollution With An App" Forbes 1/12
  • "Mother Lode! The Hottest Motherboards From CES 2019" PC Magazine 1/12
  • "An uncommon technique allows new ransomware to rake in $4 million: Ryuk lies in wait for as long as a year, then pounces on only the biggest prey." Ars Technica 1/12
  • "As more self-driving technology launches, people are growing more anxious about the supposed benefits" Business Insider 1/12
  • "The U.S. Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data" Gizmodo 1/12
  • "Huawei fires employee arrested in Poland over alleged spying" Engadget 1/12
  • "Huawei fires employee arrested in Poland on spy charges" Associated Press 1/12
  • "What Huawei arrests in Poland mean for the US" Examiner 1/12
  • "Fitbit's Sleep Score beta looks promising: Fitbit is working on a means to provide users with more information about their quality of sleep: this is what it currently looks like." ZDNet 1/12
  • "There's a simple reason why your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data" Business Insider 1/12
Publications/Podcasts
  • "CES 2019 wrap, Chromebook Flip 434, Withings Move ECG (MobileTechRoundup show #457): Kevin was in Vegas last week and saw a few pieces of tech from ASUS, Huawei, Withings, and more. There were no smartphone launches, but Apple still had something to announce via other companies." ZDNet 5:57 PM
  • "Gene Steinberg meets tech commentators Sean Aune and Jeff Gamet, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 6:59 AM
  • "CordCutters Podcast Episode 10: Did Apple Win CES?" iMore 1/12
  • "How to make your old iPhone last longer [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 279] Cult of Mac 1/12
  • "Gadget Lab Podcast: Robots, Smart Health, and Security Fails at CES" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 1/12