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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Goldman Sachs' partnership with Apple could move it a step closer to being a 'bank branch in your pocket'"  Business Insider [BI Prime] 8:24 AM
  • "Apple Plans Sleep Tracking Feature for Future Watch: Apple Inc. is said to be testing a sleep monitor for a future version of its smartwatch, a feature that would bolster the company in the health- and fitness-tracking market."  Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:39 AM
  • "Mannheim Regional Court stays Qualcomm patent infringement suit against Apple: patent-in-suit likely invalid"  Foss Patents 7:52 AM
  • "Qualcomm surprisingly enlists America's leading female lawyer for a sideshow lawsuit against Apple" Foss Patents 8:07 AM
  • "Apple Faces Yet Another Patent Lawsuit in East Texas Over LTE Standards" MacRumors 2:55 PM
  • "Microsoft CEO supports Apple on privacy" ["What's really interesting about what he said during a speech at the show is the extent to which his thinking aligns with what Apple is doing around privacy"] Computerworld 8:17 AM
OS X
News
  • "Thunderclap flaws impact how Windows, Mac, Linux handle Thunderbolt peripherals: Thunderclap vulnerabilities allow the creation of highly dangerous malicious peripherals that can steal data from OS memory." ZDNet 7:46 PM
  • "Linus Torvalds Weighs In On Apple's Future Migration To ARM And The Post-x86 Mac" HotHardware 5:29 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "Ejector Gives the Useless Eject Key a Reason to Exist" TidBITS 10:40 AM
  • "Luna Display lets you easily, quickly turn your iPad into a Mac display" Apple World Today 8:04 AM
  • "How to export your Photo Booth photos and videos" Macworld 7:44 AM
  • "4 Ways To Type Fractions On a Mac" MacMost 9:10 AM
Op/Ed
  • "7 Worlds Collide: A fan edits his hero using Final Cut Pro X" Six Colors 12:43 PM
  • "Why did music visualizers disappear? (Actually, they didn't)" MacDailyNews 10:40 AM
  • "Why Did Music Visualizers Disappear?" Digg 8:49 AM
Press Releases
  • "Google's Flutter toolkit will get web-based dev tooling" TechCrunch 11:48 AM
  • "Lighting Bulb Manager 1.2 for analysis of lighting sources spectral data on Mac" Brotens 9:13 AM
  • "Copy Fast 1.3.1 let you have in the menu bar an handy utility to copy in a click text from a list of files" Ecleti 8:03 AM
  • "Photosynthesis SX 1.0.1 is now available in the Mac App Store" einstein's legacy 7:55 AM
  • "The Media Management App Kyno Gets Updated to 1.6" fcp.co 7:52 AM
  • "NetNewsWire 5.0d16: Actually Usable Now" inessential 7:52 AM
  • "SuperTab 4.0 for Mac released - Major Update to Powerful App Switcher" prMac 7:43 AM
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Microsoft's HoloLens Creeps Into Apple and Google's Ecosystems"  The Motley Fool 8:15 AM
  • "Virtual phone number apps are gaming the App Store with duplicates"  TechCrunch 11:43 AM
  • "Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Really Wants a Folding iPhone" Bloomberg 8:15 AM
  • "Apple highlights best photos shot on iPhone around the world" Apple 8:05 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Holes in 4G and 5G Networks Could Let Hackers Track Your Location" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:28 PM
  • "Breaking News: Huawei and Samsung settle their patent infringement dispute" Foss Patents 1:33 PM
  • "FTC creates antitrust task force to monitor tech industry" TechCrunch 1:04 PM
  • "FTC's Bureau of Competition Launches Task Force to Monitor Technology Markets" ["The new task force team will include approximately 17 staff attorneys. Task force members, who will join the task force from divisions within the Bureau, will include attorneys with unique expertise in complex product and service markets and ecosystems, including markets for online advertising, social networking, mobile operating systems and apps, and platform businesses. The task force will also include a Technology Fellow, who will provide important technical assistance and expertise to support the task force's investigations."] FTC 11:56 AM
  • "New FTC task force will take on tech monopolies" The Verge 11:58 AM
  • "Energizer's 18,000mAh battery phone is as thick as 3 normal phones" Mashable 9:17 AM
  • "Android owners: Get ready for blazing-fast SSD-like speeds with microSD Express" ZDNet 7:52 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Background Mode Interview with Houston Chronicle Technology Editor Dwight Silverman" The Mac Observer 3:56 PM
  • "Apple's Executive Shuffle, Credit Card Update – TMO Daily Observations 2019-02-26" The Mac Observer 1:09 PM
  • "9to5Mac Daily: February 26, 2019" 9to5Mac 10:38 AM
  • "AppStories, Episode 100 – App Trends" MacStories 8:30 AM
  • "Apple Co-Founder Wozniak on Zuckerberg, AI, Crypto" Bloomberg TV 8:15 AM
Hardware/Software
  • "Apple Music Integration Possibly Coming to Google Home Devices"  MacRumors 7:40 AM
  • "Apple Music appears ready to launch on Google's speakers as Apple seeks to grow its services business"  CNBC 8:27 AM
  • "Google Home speakers are apparently getting Apple Music support" The Verge 7:47 AM
  • "Apple Music is coming to Google Home smart speakers: It isn't working just yet, but now appears as an option in the Google Home app" GearBrain 8:06 AM
  • "Apple Music is coming to Google Home speakers and smart displays" VentureBeat 8:49 AM
  • "Apple Music support might be coming to Google Home devices soon" BGR 6:45 PM
  • "Sleep tracking and monitoring coming to Apple Watch in 2020" AppleInsider 7:48 AM
  • "The next Apple Watch might introduce a new feature Fitbit has offered for a long time" Business Insider 8:16 AM
  • "Apple Watch might finally add sleep tracking next year" Engadget 8:16 AM
  • "Apple's iOS 12 is now installed on over a billion mobile devices" Apple Must 8:02 AM
  • "Apple considered a stackable Mac Pro way back in 1984" Cult of Mac 10:39 AM
  • "Apple's future AR smart glasses could help you find things in your house" AppleInsider 7:43 AM
  • "Apple Outlines How Augmented Reality Glasses Could Overlay Points of Interest" MacRumors 11:03 AM
  • "Apple patent involves 3D scanning and gesture-based interfaces" Apple World Today 7:56 AM
  • "Future iPhones could use tech in Face ID for improved 3D Touch capabilities" AppleInsider 11:03 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "13" MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:41 AM
  • "11" iPad Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 7:41 AM

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Apple's MacBook Air vs. Microsoft's Surface Laptop 2" MacRumors 6:47 PM
  • "The Das Keyboard 5Q Cloud-Connected Mechanical Keyboard Review: How To Get Noticed" AnandTech 9:13 AM
  • "Alienware AW988 Wireless Headset And AW959 Elite Mouse Review" HotHardware 11:44 AM
  • "Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H9i review: Gorgeous headphones with great active noise cancellation" TechHive 7:44 AM
  • "Griffin Survivor Strong vs. Griffin Survivor Endurance – Which one is the better iPhone case?" Mobile Reviews Eh 10:40 AM
  • "Review: Saddleback Leather iPad Pro sleeve is chunky but protective and beautiful" 9to5Mac 9:16 AM
iOS/watchOS/tvOS Apps
  • "Why the Siri Face Is All I Need from My Apple Watch" MacStories 11:18 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to disable picture in picture on iPad" 9to5Mac 7:29 PM
  • "How to find your iPhone when it's muted" Cult of Mac 3:58 PM
  • "How to create, read, and mark up PDFs on an iPad or iPhone with Apple's tools in iOS" AppleInsider 10:06 AM
  • "How to use Apple Watch as a remote for Apple TV" iDownload Blog 9:16 AM
Tips
  • "Apple Music library missing? Check your iCloud Music settings" 9to5Mac 1:55 PM
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "How Apple and app developers will try to entice you to subscribe, not just pay once: Apple continues to refine subscriptions for devs in hopes they'll adopt the model." Ars Technica 8:58 PM
  • "In hilariously petulant move, Apple shuts Texas stores and reopens them a few miles down the road: Did someone get their feelings hurt in a patent court? Diddums" The Register 7:37 PM
  • "Woz alert: Apple co-founder predictably concerned iPhone falling behind on foldable displays" 9to5Mac 12:43 PM
  • "Deirdre O'Brien's SVP Appointment Does Kind of Make Sense" The Mac Observer 12:08 PM
  • "Would Apple be remarkably different if Steve Jobs were still alive?" Reddit: Apple 9:34 AM
  • "Apple COO Jeff Williams 'very aware' of concerns over iPhone's high price point" The Apple Post 8:07 AM
  • "Apple should be the 'white knight' that rescues beloved TV series" Apple World Today 8:04 AM
  • "Apple Goldman Sachs partnership surprised Wall Street" 9to5Mac 7:48 AM
  • "Nobody wants a folding phone anyway. But folding iPads? [Opinion] Cult of Mac 1:10 PM
  • "Apple needs to get into the folding game and save us from years of bad phones: The Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X need to be shown the way."  Macworld 11:17 AM
  • "Apple's Foldable iPhone Can Beat Samsung In Two Ways" Forbes 9:16 AM
  • "Comment: Latest Samsung and Huawei folding phones make iPhones look cheap – but there's a catch" 9to5Mac 7:48 AM
  • "Beneath the fold: The reality about Apple and foldable screens" Macworld 7:44 AM
Non-Apple
  • "Is There a Market for Folding Smartphones?" Tech.pinions [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:25 AM
  • "Nubia's Alpha watch phone is the most ridiculous gadget at MWC 2019" Mashable 8:51 AM
  • "When did smartphone upgrades become practical downgrades? From folding phones to fingerprint flips and premature 5G excitation, almost every recent mobile tech advancement has one curious thing in common." Computerworld 8:19 AM
  • "No, Data Is Not the New Oil" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:19 AM
  • "HTC Exodus 1: Hands-on with the blockchain phone" Mashable 8:16 AM
  • "The LG G8 with Air Motion is an important reminder of why less can be more" GearBrain 10:40 AM
  • "LG G8 and V50 hands-on: 2 phones, 4 tricks, and too many questions" BGR 9:32 AM
  • "I tried the futuristic new LG phone that unlocks by scanning the veins in your palms. Here's what it's like in person" Business Insider 8:16 AM
  • "Huawei's folding Mate X: a closer look" TechCrunch 7:52 AM
Humor/Cartoons
  • "Comic: Giving Apple a Little Credit" iMore 8:24 AM
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Next Apple Watch Activity Challenge kicking off on International Women's Day" 9to5Mac 3:01 PM
  • "AirMessage lets you use iMessage on Android, but you'll need to jump through hoops" iDownload Blog 1:55 PM
  • "Apple Swift Lead Discusses Swift 5 in New Podcast" MacRumors 1:34 PM
  • "Spotify's India Launch Is Imminent as Company Reveals Pricing" Variety 12:43 PM
  • "Google Docs Update Brings Grammar Checking To G Suite" Forbes 11:17 AM
  • "Best Cydia Sources and Repos for iOS 12 – 12.1.2 Jailbreak" iPhone Hacks 10:38 AM
  • "Shift Keyboard lets you tap out your messages on Apple Watch" Cult of Mac 9:16 AM
  • "Toyota Corolla is Finally Getting CarPlay" MacRumors 8:08 AM
  • "Nintendo RPG Dragalia Lost now available in new markets" Cult of Mac 7:47 AM
  • "Unique, Challenging 3D Word Search Game Launches for iOS" prMac 7:43 AM
  • "WaterField Intros Minimalist Sling Pouch to Relieve Over-stuffed Pockets" prMac 7:43 AM
Computer Industry
  • "Thunderbolt vulnerabilities leave computers wide-open: Careful what you plug into that USB-C connector." iTNews Australia 5:28 PM
  • "Satya Nadella defends Microsoft's HoloLens military tie-up after workers revolt: Basically, if you don't agree with him you're a commie" The Inquirer 7:27 AM
  • "Nadella: Microsoft will sell war tech to democracies to 'protect freedoms'/A growing number of employees feel that the military project crosses a line." Ars Technica 2:11 PM
  • "Microsoft CEO Nadella: HoloLens for war is fine if it's used by a democracy/Microsoft's Satya Nadella defines when it's OK to use its HoloLens technology for military purposes." ZDNet 7:33 AM
  • "Microsoft CEO Defends Supplying HoloLens Tech to US Army: After Microsoft employees demand the software giant cancel a $480 million HoloLens contract with the US Army, CEO Satya Nadella tells CNN 'we're not going to withhold technology from institutions that we have elected in democracies to protect the freedoms we enjoy.'" PC Magazine 7:52 AM
  • "Satya Nadella responds to employee complaints about HoloLens deal with U.S. military" Neowin 8:38 AM
  • "HoloLens 2: Microsoft unveils new augmented reality headset/Hands-free interactions with holographic projections may set Microsoft's new device apart from competitors' projects." Sky News 8:22 AM
  • "The three things you notice when trying on Microsoft's HoloLens 2" Quartz 8:22 AM
  • "Microsoft, VMware working on cloud partnership - report" Seeking Alpha 8:48 AM
  • "Windows for robots: Microsoft reveals new Windows Server IoT 2019/Edge devices and robots get a new version of Windows." ZDNet 7:50 AM
  • "Satya Nadella: Ten years out tech will merge into every industry/MWC2019: Every industry will need to integrate tech and computing will be embedded in the world, says Microsoft chief." ZDNet 7:26 AM
  • "MS Dynamics 365 Gets Additional AI, Data Insights Functions/NEW PRODUCT NEWS: A wide range of new AI and data insights features will be arriving in the April release of Microsoft Dynamics 365." eWeek 7:24 AM
  • "Microsoft Blurs Line Between Xbox One And PC Gaming With New Windows 10 Updates" HotHardware 4:46 PM
  • "AMD finally delivers drivers that will boost Ryzen Mobile laptops: They'll boost gaming performance by 10 percent." Engadget 7:24 AM
  • "AMD Radeon 19.2.3 driver introduces support for APUs and optimizes DiRT Rally 2" Neowin 7:33 AM
  • "Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1660 Ti might be coming to laptops: GPU could bring Turing power to cheaper gaming laptops" The Inquirer 7:26 AM
  • "Why AI will end Intel's processor dominance: The x86 architecture dominated computing in 90s and aughts, but ARM has won the mobile market. Now another market, AI, is about to escape Intel's grasp as well. A decade from now, x86 will be a niche architecture for legacy apps. Here's why." ZDNet 8:22 AM
  • "Intel ends 5G partnership with Chinese chipmaker" Seeking Alpha 7:30 AM
  • "Intel releases v25.20.100.6577 DCH drivers for Windows 10 with support for Apex Legends" Neowin 7:33 AM
  • "HP computer stranded in space" BBC 7:28 PM
  • "HP Inc. (HPQ)FORM DEF 14A | Proxy Statement (definitive)" Seeking Alpha 4:33 PM
  • "HP CTO Shane Wall interview — Megatrends, automating jobs, and fighting growing inequality" VentureBeat 4:34 PM
  • "Supermicro hardware weaknesses let researchers backdoor an IBM cloud server: Other providers of bare-metal cloud computing might also be vulnerable to BMC hack." Ars Technica 7:20 AM
  • "Seat and IBM develop AI-based urban navigation app" Fleet Europe 8:21 AM
  • "Western Digital expands NVMe SSD portfolio for cloud and edge workloads: NVMe is gaining traction for everything from traditional database applications to emerging edge computing architectures, Western Digital notes." ZDNet 7:50 AM
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Apple supplier AAC Tech suffers stock plunge after profit warning" Reuters 8:18 AM
  • "Apple supplier suffers shock 75% drop in orders" Cult of Mac 7:47 AM
Industry News
  • "Stocks close lower in choppy session following Powell's Senate testimony: Dow components Home Depot and Caterpillar slide" MarketWatch 5:25 PM
  • "Dow Ends Slightly Lower on Weak Housing, Declines in Home Depot and Caterpillar: The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended slightly lower Tuesday after an earnings miss by Home Depot and weakness in Caterpillar shares." TheStreet 5:27 PM
  • "Stocks close lower following Fed's Powell testimony, better-than-expected consumer confidence" FOXBusiness 5:27 PM
  • "U.S. Stocks Close Lower as Investors Wait for Next Steps on Trade: Investors also balance mixed earnings reports, Fed messaging" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:28 PM
  • "China gives up gains, Asia markets fall as trade-deal enthusiasm cools: Shanghai retreats from earlier advance" MarketWatch 7:57 AM
  • "Asian shares lower as tariffs delay rally fades" FOXBusiness 7:56 AM
  • "European markets drop as strong pound weighs on FTSE 100 and investors wait for trade talk clarity" MarketWatch 11:33 AM

 
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