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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, February 28, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Watch still dominates, but Samsung and Fitbit quadruple shipments" The Verge 6:52 AM
  • "Apple Watch Sales Comprised Half of Smartwatch Market in 2018" MacRumors 7:14 AM
  • "Apple is selling an Apple Watch every second, data shows" Apple Must 7:14 AM
  • "Fix It Already: Nine Steps That Companies Should Take To Protect You" ["Apple should let users encrypt their iCloud backups."] Electronic Frontier Foundation 12:23 PM
  • "EFF Calls on Apple to Let Users Encrypt iCloud Backups as Part of 'Fix It Already' Initiative" MacRumors 12:23 PM
  • "EEF Wants Apple to Let Users Encrypt Their iCloud backups" The Mac Observer 2:34 PM
  • "'Stop stalling': Critics pressure Apple and Google to end investigations and take action over Saudi app that monitors and controls women" Business Insider 7:37 AM
  • "Comcast set Xfinity Mobile PINs to '0000' by default, leaving customers vulnerable to hacks: If it sounds familiar, Kanye West's iPhone X password was 000000" The Verge 4:00 PM
  • "Xfinity irresponsibly using 0000 as default PIN, hacker steals customer's phone number and buys a Mac" 9to5Mac 4:00 PM
  • "These major scammers just switched focus to aim at schools, universities and charities/Schools and charities beware: if someone pretending to be your boss emails you to buy Apple iTunes or Google Play gift cards, it's almost certainly a scam." ZDNet 12:24 PM
  • "Spotify enters India music-streaming market to take on Apple, Amazon" Nikkei 8:17 AM
  • "Apple's cofounder is worried the iPhone maker has fallen behind on folding phones" Business Insider 7:42 AM
  • "Steve Wozniak: Jack Dorsey better than Mark Zuckerberg on techlash" Business Insider 7:42 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Bill Gates salutes Paul Allen during speech at celebration for new UW computer science building" GeekWire 7:09 PM
  • "Apple Music, other streaming services helped push US music revenues up to $9.8B in 2018: U.S. record industry revenues grew 12 percent to $9.8 billion during 2018, fueled primarily by paid subscription services such as Apple Music and Spotify Premium, according to the Recording Industry Association of America." AppleInsider 4:59 PM
  • "Tesla launches orders for the $35,000 Model 3: You can order one now." Engadget 4:59 PM
  • "5G will be crazy fast, but it'll be worthless without unlimited data" Mashable 1:14 PM
  • "Revenge porn bill could force tech giants to remove content under court order" New York Post 12:48 PM
  • "Huawei pleads not guilty to conspiracy to steal US trade secrets" Telegraph 12:41 PM
  • "TikTok Faces Record FTC Fine for Illegally Collecting Kids' Data" Digital Trends 10:45 AM
  • "OnePlus CEO not impressed by folding phones" Mashable 9:59 AM
  • "Analysis shows initial headway against Article 13 of EU Copyright Directive, but not enough just yet" Foss Patents 8:06 AM
  • "Google, Facebook, Twitter fail to live up to fake news pledge" Reuters 9:53 AM
  • "First Facebook investigation to be completed by summer: regulator" Reuters 8:02 AM
  • "Thailand passes controversial cybersecurity law that could enable government surveillance" TechCrunch 7:31 AM
  • "Best phones of MWC 2019" The Verge 7:30 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Dalrymple Report: Shot on iPhone, hacking, and learning Piano" The Loop 2:34 PM
  • "The Challenges and Benefits of a Foldable Phone" MacVoices 2:28 PM
  • "Project Titan Layoffs, ARM Processors in Macs – TMO Daily Observations 2019-02-28" The Mac Observer 1:18 PM
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 214: Shot on iPhone finale, foldable XR and XS competition, Apple Watch sleep tracking" 9to5Mac 12:23 PM