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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, May 4, 2019
 

 

 
Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook talks protecting customers' private data, limiting screen time: 'You are not our product'" ["In an exclusive interview, Cook told ABC News' Diane Sawyer that Apple is working hard to promote increased regulation of the use and storage of consumer data, empower parents to control their kids' relationship with devices and enable customers to be more aware of how much time they're spending on their phones."]  ABCNews 6:05 AM
  • "Apple CEO Tim Cook says digital privacy 'has become a crisis'" Business Insider 5:06 PM
  • "Apple's Wearables Business Is Crushing It: This small but fast-growing segment continues to deliver."  Motley Fool 11:48 AM
  • "Your iPhone's battery life isn't as long as Apple says it is, according to a new report" Business Insider 6:01 AM
  • "Apple Is Vastly Exaggerating iPhone Battery Life Claims According To UK Advocacy Group" HotHardware 3:46 PM
  • "A Class Action Lawsuit has been filed against Apple in Illinois Regarding the iPhone 7 issue known as the 'Audio IC Defect'" Patently Apple 6:04 AM
  • "What the future looks like for the Mac, iPad Pro, and Apple Watch: Tidbits from Apple's financial conference call points towards interesting developments in its non-iPhone products."  Macworld 5/3
  • "Tim Cook hopes Apple's $30 million rehab of D.C.'s Carnegie Library will do more than sell iPhones"  Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 5/3
  • "Why Does Apple Control Its Competitors? Regulators should take a close look at the iPhone App Store."  New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5/3
  • "Apple's heavy hand with parental-control apps is about trust, not anti-trust: Regulating the App Store isn't as easy as flipping a switch."  Macworld 5/3
  • "Apple vs. iPhone parenting apps: Here's what's going on in the privacy battle/Let's dive into the saga of mobile device management, or MDM, software and why it's causing a showdown with iOS developers."  CNET 5/3
  • "iPhone 7 'Loop Disease' audio chip issue targeted in class action complaint"  AppleInsider 5/3
OS X
News
  • "Everything we know about Apple WWDC 2019: The date, how to livestream it and all of the rumors." CNET 10:45 AM
  • "How to fix add-ons disabled in Firefox" AddictiveTips 2:17 PM
  • "Firefox add-ons disabled en masse after Mozilla certificate issue" ZDNet 6:02 AM
  • "Photoshop, Lightroom $10 plan price to double? Maybe, we're testing it, says Adobe: Adobe looks to cut out its cheapest Creative Cloud Photography plan to replace it with a $20 option." ZDNet 5/3
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Documents from an unidentified developer: quarantine misbehaviour in the log" Eclectic Light Company 6:00 AM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How To Use Network Utility on Mac" macReports 6:03 AM
  • "Final Cut Pro X Comparison Viewer: In this tutorial, I show how I set up and use the Comparison Viewein FCPX." FCPRadio 5/3
  • "Final Cut Friday: Why you should use the 'Checkerboard Player Background' when editing in FCP X [Video] 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "How to backup your Mac computer using Time Machine or iCloud" Business Insider 5/3
  • "How to download and install new fonts on a Mac computer" Business Insider 5/3
  • "How to use password AutoFill in Safari on Mac" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "How to create relationships for contacts on your Mac" iMore 5/3
  • "How to reset a forgotten Notes password on iOS and Mac" Apple Must 5/3
  • "The Best Mac Anti-Virus Software" MacMost 5/3
Op/Ed
  • "Linus is wrong about Macs being slower than PCs. Here's why."  iMore 2:16 PM
  • "Bad Apple #4: Reminders Stinks at Sorting" TidBITS 5/3
General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Magisk developer John Wu picks up internship at Apple" Android Police 9:04 PM
  • "Amazon Employees Make Off With $100K Worth of Apple Watches" MacTrast 9:05 PM
  • "Photography News: Apple Aperture gets axed while Moment Pro gets new tools" Digital Trends 11:09 AM
  • "Right to Repair Bill Killed After Big Tech Lobbying In Ontario: The bill would have been the first in North America to empower average people to repair their own devices."  Motherboard 5/3
  • "Apple & other tech companies lobby efforts kill Ontario 'Right to Repair' bill" AppleInsider 5/3
  • "Lobbyists for Apple help shoot down another Right to Repair bill" Cult of Mac 5/3
  • "IHS Markit: Apple shipped 43.8M iPhones in Q1, down 16% from 2018/Contradicting controversial smartphone shipment estimates from market research firm IDC, IHS Markit on Thursday released its own set of preliminary figures that fall in line with wider industry expectations. At least as far as Apple is concerned." AppleInsider 5/3
  • "Huawei, the Chinese tech giant embroiled in controversy, just overtook Apple to become the second largest smartphone maker" Business Insider 5/3
  • "Apple's famous design team now has no original members left" AppleInsider 5/3
  • "After the foldable smartphone, get ready for folding smartwatches: As smartphone sales slide, smartwatches continue to rise; could foldable models boost them further?"  ZDNet 5/3
  • "8+ reasons smartwatch users choose Apple Watch" Apple Must 5/3
  • "Facebook's new crypto platform could rival Apple Pay" Engadget 5/3
  • "Apple Exec Lisa Jackson Tweets Support For Paris Climate Change Deal" The Mac Observer 5/3
  • "Accidentally swallowed AirPod still worked, even in a stomach" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "A man who accidentally swallowed his AirPod found that it still worked after passing through his digestive system: 'The battery was still at 41%'" Business Insider 5/3
  • "Watch: Apple's latest iOS Accessibility guides here" Apple Must 5/3
  • "This Goofy Apple Computer Video From 1987 Has Futuristic Gadgets That We're Still Waiting For" Gizmodo 5/3
Non-Apple News
  • "Ruthless Hacker Is Hijacking Github Repositories And Demanding Ransom" HotHardware 3:46 PM
  • "Facebook Faces a Big Penalty, but Regulators Are Split Over How Big" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:36 PM
  • "Google Goes iPhone XR With The Pixel 3a — Latest Leaks" Forbes 2:15 PM
  • "California Weighs Limiting Smart Speaker 'Eavesdropping': California state lawmakers seek to force smart speaker vendors such as Amazon and Google to get explicit consent from customers before voice queries are recorded and stored." PC Magazine 5/3
  • "Foxconn chairman's Trump visit shows the political tangle of its Wisconsin project: Now there are two presidential campaigns tied to whatever Foxconn is doing" The Verge 5/3
  • "Google Maps now highlights photos of restaurants' most popular dishes" Engadget 5/3
  • "Google Pixel 3a XL spotted at Best Buy ahead of launch" Engadget 5/3
  • "Robocalls are getting worse. How do we stop them?" The Verge 5/3
  • "Facebook and Instagram are still struggling to shut down videos of the Christchurch mosque massacre" Business Insider 5/3
  • "This password-stealing malware just evolved a new tactic to remain hidden" ZDNet 5/3
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Dalrymple Report: Parental Controls and Voice Assistants" The Loop 11:09 AM
  • "What's brewing for iOS and macOS [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 295] Cult of Mac 10:45 AM
  • "iMore show 656: iOS Rancho Cucamonga/The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac, and Apple!" iMore 5/3
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 223: Apple earnings, Screen Time App Store controversy, Jony's design lab" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "Glasses As Health Tracker, TMO Tips – TMO Daily Observations 2019-05-03" The Mac Observer 5/3
  • "9to5Mac Daily: May 3, 2019" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "Foxconn's Wisconsin adventures, iCloud spy chip allegations fallout, Geert Bevin of Moog, & more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 5/3
Hardware/Software
  • "Smartphone battery life claims vs Which? Tests: Apple overstates by 31%/The Which? test labs have been running the numbers on popular mobile phone brand battery life claims - see who delivers less, and more, than promised." Which? 5/3
  • "Apple significantly overstates iPhone battery life"  BetaNews 5/3
  • "Which? accuses Apple of exaggerating iPhone battery life claims: Apple has signficantly overstating iPhone battery life length, according to consumer watchdog Which?" i News 5/3
  • "Apple's Failed Sapphire Glass Supplier GT Advanced Charged With Misleading Investors" MacRumors 5/3
AppleCare/Helps
  • "Family Sharing is broken, but Apple could easily fix it: With several Family Sharing-enabled services on the way, now is the time for Apple to fix its family payments problem." Macworld 5/3
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales" MacPrices 5/3
  • "13" MacBook Air Prices & Sales" MacPrices 5/3

Reviews/How-To/Tutorials/Tips
Reviews
  • "Razer Core X Chroma Review - still the best eGPU for Mac" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "2019 iMac 27-inch with 580X GPU versus with Pro Vega 48 GPU" Bare Feats 5/3
  • "Thule Crossover 2 review: This battle-tough backpack looks killer, too" Cult of Mac 5/3
  • "WaterField Designs iPad mini Travel Case review: A mini marvel for a mini iPad" Macworld 5/3
  • "Denon D9200 review: the best portable headphones don't come cheap" The Verge 5/3
iOS Apps
  • "500 Days of Duolingo: What You Can (and Can't) Learn From a Language App/Free language learning apps often promise the world — but don't expect fluency from one. Here's what to expect before you sign up." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:02 AM
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How to Cancel Apple Music Subscription" OS X Daily 11:09 AM
  • "How to enable the emoji keyboard on an iPhone" Digital Trends 11:08 AM
  • "How to use Apple Watch SOS mode in emergencies" Cult of Mac 5/3
  • "How to add bookmarks on an iPad, and sync them across all of your Apple devices" Business Insider 5/3
  • "How to free up space on your iPhone or iPad" Mashable 5/3
  • "How to use Hey Siri to use Google Assistant on iPhone" Computerworld 5/3
Tips
  • "For cellphone batteries, what's the best charging strategy?" Seattle Times 6:01 AM
  • "Useful iOS 12 tips and tricks: Handy iOS 12 tips and tricks to help you master your Apple device" Digital Trends 5/3
  • "The best iPhone speed-up tip is also the worst: I've been testing ways to speed up an old iPhone, and I've come to the conclusion that the best is also the worst." ZDNet 5/3
Analysis/Commentary/Editorial/Opinion
  • "The New York Times' latest Apple hit piece is embarrassing and downright lazy" BGR 2:17 PM
  • "The smartphone market is in decline, and nothing is coming to save it" Business Insider 11:01 AM
  • "Editorial: The new Services - How will Apple Arcade's exclusivity, privacy affect Android & Google Play?"  AppleInsider 10:45 AM
  • "Why Is Apple Asking for These Documents to Change Address on a Developer Account?"  Kirkville 6:02 AM
  • "Xiaomi takes offense at smartphone estimates off by 2.5M units, Apple doesn't: Xiaomi took the unusual step of reporting its smartphone shipments for the March quarter, which it issued in response to phone shipment data it said was 'inaccurate and unfair, and deviates from our actual performance in terms of shipment of smartphones.' Apple neither reported iPhone units nor took issue with IDC's data, despite its shipments clearly being undercounted by a margin more than twice as large." AppleInsider 5/3
  • "Apple Glasses Could be the Company's Next Health Device" The Mac Observer 5/3
  • "Apple's Explanation for Removing Rival Wellness Apps is 'Misleading'" Thurrott 5/3
  • "The new Services: Apple Arcade plays to win, but what game?"  Roughly Drafted 5/3
  • "Feature Request: Cycling routes in Apple Maps" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "5 critical features the iPhone needs to keep up with Android" Business Insider 5/3
Non-Apple
  • "Piper Computer is a great value in teaching coding to students" 9to5Mac 10:45 AM
  • "RFID-blocking products are practically worthless. Here's why" Digital Trends 5/3
  • "Far-right extremists keep evading social media bans: Will Facebook's latest effort to ban Alex Jones be any different?" The Verge 5/3
  • "Android customization: The simple joys of making your phone your own" Android Authority 5/3
Press Releases/Products/Public Relations
  • "Chimera 1.0.4 iOS 12 Jailbreak Update For iPhone XS, XR, iPad Pro Released" Redmond Pie 2:16 PM
  • "Google Fi Now Supports Visual Voicemail on iPhone" Thurrott 11:13 AM
  • "Apple Pay now accepted for payments on some gov.uk services" ITV 6:01 AM
  • "5 AirPod alternatives that almost make the grade" Apple Must 5/3
  • "Toyota Announces 2020 Prius Prime to Include CarPlay Support" MacTrast 5/3
  • "Toyota's 2020 Prius Prime arrives with CarPlay and Alexa" Engadget 5/3
  • "Google's wireless phone service adds Visual Voicemail for iOS" Cult of Mac 5/3
  • "Delivery firm Rappi to enhance 'super-app' with $1bn funding" ZDNet 5/3
Computer Industry
  • "Dell's pre-installed software left PCs open to hijacking" Engadget 1:41 PM
  • "Have A Dell PC? You Might Want To Secure Yourself Against This Vulnerability" Redmond Pie 8:03 PM
  • "Microsoft says acceptable Xbox Live trash talk includes 'get wrecked' and 'potato aim': Acceptable ways to be angry at online video games" The Verge 10:45 AM
  • "Microsoft Attempts to Clean Up Xbox Live Trash Talk With New Guidelines" Digital Trends 7:47 PM
  • "Lenovo's All-New ThinkBook S Laptops Outed With Intel Whiskey Lake And AMD Radeon 540X" HotHardware 3:46 PM
  • "Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Selling Customers' Location Data: The lawsuits come after a Motherboard investigation showed AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile sold phone location data that ended up with bounty hunters, and The New York Times covered an instance of Verizon selling data." Motherboard 4:22 PM
  • "Windows by the numbers: Maybe Windows 7 doesn't want to retire/With the countdown on to the January end-of-support date for Windows 7, the aging operating system doesn't seem to be going anywhere fast." Computerworld 5/3
  • "End to surprise Windows 10 updates? New 'download and install now' option rolls out" ZDNet 5/3
  • "Microsoft teams up with JP Morgan to shill enterprise blockchains" The Next Web 5/3
  • "Microsoft touts its first managed blockchain service: JPMorgan's Quorum" Computerworld 5/3
  • "Windows 10 May 2019 Update review: Sandbox and a better Windows Update improve your PC" PCWorld 5/3
  • "Xbox Scarlett vs. PS5: Here's what we know so far/How will Microsoft's Xbox Scarlett and Sony's PS5 stack up?" Digital Trends 5/3
  • "Vodafone-Idea, IBM set to seal $700-800 million 5-year IT outsourcing deal" The Economic Times 5/3
  • "IBM and Thomson Reuters have teamed up to launch an AI regtech solution" Business Insider 5/3
  • "Vodafone signs five-year deal with IBM for cloud, analytics and AI" ZDNet 5/3
  • "IBM wins bidding for new Canadian RTGS platform" Finextra 5/3
  • "Dell Laptops and Desktops Vulnerable to Remote Attack: The vulnerability is in the Dell SupportAssist utility which ships with most laptops and desktops and only requires users to visit a website for their system to be compromised." PC Magazine 5/3
  • "Dell SupportAssist App Is Leaving Customer PCs Vulnerable To Remote Attacks" HotHardware 5/3
  • "Dell Has a New Cloud Strategy, but It's Still an Infrastructure Vendor" ITPro Today 5/3
  • "Dell declares storage market successes: Vendor 'killing it' with storage market share gains, exec tells channel partners" ComputerWeekly 5/3
  • "Dell, NetApp Aim to Simplify Channel Programs: The two vendors this week announced significant changes to their respective channel programs that aim to reduce partnership complexity" Channelnomics 5/3
  • "Dell's discovery: Closed loops require an open mind" GreenBiz 5/3
  • "Watch: Dell Technologies Channel Chief Presents Her Vision For Success At GPS With Magic And Music" CRN 5/3
  • "Firm's suit against HP over broken printer repair ends up in federal court" ABA Journal 5/3
  • "HPE court witness subjected to own LinkedIn page over CV claims" The Register 5/3
  • "Intel: Still a Powerhouse in Technology" MoneyShow 5/3
  • "Intel CPU Comparison: 8th Gen Vs 9th Gen — Is i9 9900K Worthy?" Fossbytes 5/3
  • "Intel to Discontinue Movidius Neural Compute Stick" AnandTech 5/3
  • "A Candid Look at AMD to Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary" ExtremeTech 5/3
  • "AMD to launch Navi graphics cards in Q3 2019" Mybroadband 5/3
  • "TSMC's 5nm Node Nearly Doubles The Density Of AMD Ryzen 3000's 7nm Process" HotHardware 5/3
  • "Oracle opens innovation hub in Saudi Arabia" Telecompaper 5/3
  • "Cisco backdoor patched. Huawei the lads!" Fudzilla 5/3
  • "EU's Tusk warns of risks in rise of U.S. tech giants: The world needs to be wary of the rise of tech giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, comparing their powers to those of countries such as China, European Council President Donald Tusk said in Warsaw on Friday." Reuters 5/3
Finances (Click heading for current Apple Stock price.)
Apple News
  • "Buffett says Berkshire is sticking with Apple and he's pleased with latest earnings report" CNBC 5/3
  • "Apple: $300 Is My New Price Target 1 Year From Now" Seeking Alpha 5/3
Industry News
  • "Nasdaq rings up a record to end the week after hotter-than-expected April jobs report: The U.S. generated 263,000 jobs in April, Labor Department data show" MarketWatch 5/3
  • "Stocks Soar, Nasdaq Hits Record Close Following Strong Jobs Report: The Nasdaq hits a record close as lowest jobless rate in nearly 50 years helps put aside investors' concerns about U.S. economy's strength." TheStreet 5/3
  • "Stocks close up on big April jobs report, falling unemployment" FOXBusiness 5/3
  • "U.S. Stocks Climb on Strong Jobs Data: U.S. stocks advanced Friday after data showed the U.S. labor market added more jobs than expected in April." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/3
  • "Asian markets pull back on Fed's stance, lower expectations for trade deal: Hang Seng slips; indexes in China, Japan closed" MarketWatch 5/3

 
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