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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, November 21, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Tells Congress You'll Hurt Yourself if You Try to Fix Your iPhone: Apple tries to put a nice face on its anticonsumer policies."  Vice 6:51 AM
  • "Apple says the cost of its repair services exceed what it charges: It says replacing your iPhone's battery is too difficult for users to do on their own." ["Not so according to Andeer, who says that Apple's actually losing money on its repair business: 'For each year since 2009,' he said 'the costs of providing repair services has exceeded the revenue generated by repairs.'"] Engadget 6:53 AM
  • "iPhone, MacBook repairs a rip-off? We've lost money on them for years, insists Apple: Despite Apple's notoriously hefty repair bills, the company says it has lost money each year on repairs since 2009." ZDNet 7:34 AM
  • "Apple 'loses money on phone repairs'" BBC 10:13 AM
  • "Apple just disclosed that it loses money on device repairs every year" Business Insider 10:06 AM
  • "Critics on Apple's claim to lose money on repairs: 'absurd' and 'misleading'" 9to5Mac 6:54 AM
  • "Critics call Apple's claims it loses money over repairs 'vague', 'absurd', and 'wild'" iDownload Blog 11:40 AM
  • "Apple AirPods Shipments Expected to Double to 60 Million in 2019" BNN Bloomberg 9:02 PM
  • "Bloomberg: AirPods shipments to double to 60M in 2019, AirPods Pro more popular than expected" 9to5Mac 9:03 PM
  • "AirPods shipments to double to 60M in 2019 on high demand for AirPods Pro, report says" AppleInsider 9:12 PM
  • "Apple hires National Geographic podcast producer, report says: Apple might be on the verge of entering the original podcast market, as a report on Thursday alleges the tech giant recently poached a prominent podcast producer and former NPR journalist from National Geographic." AppleInsider 5:31 PM
  • "Apple told Congress it has spent 'billions of dollars' on Apple Maps" Business Insider 10:32 AM
  • "Apple pulls all customer reviews from online Apple Store: On November 17, Apple removed the 'Ratings & Reviews' section from all product pages on the Apple website. It is currently unclear what has prompted this decision, nor when Apple will bring back the option to read the opinions of other customers at the time of purchase."  AppleInsider 10:07 AM
  • "Has Apple silenced online store customer reviews?" Apple Must 11:08 AM
  • "Apple removes customer reviews from its online store" The Verge 1:42 PM
  • "Goldman's CEO Defends Apple Card, Says 'There's No Gender Bias'" Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:38 AM
  • "Apple Canceled 'The Banker' Premiere Amid Sexual Abuse Claims Against Real-Life Subject's Son"  The Hollywood Reporter 8:18 AM
  • "Apple Pulls Film From Festival After Producer Accused of Assault"  Bloomberg [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:10 AM
  • "AFI Fest Abruptly Cancels Apple's 'The Banker' As Closing-Night Film In Unprecedented Move" Deadline 6:47 AM
  • "Apple Pulls 'The Banker' From AFI Fest" Variety 6:47 AM
  • "Apple's The Banker Premiere Canceled Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations, Claims of Inaccuracy" Slate 8:38 AM
  • "Apple's first big TV Plus movie may be in jeopardy as company cancels premiere" The Verge 6:51 AM
  • "Apple screen supplier Japan Display fires executive for $5.3M embezzlement" AppleInsider 11:02 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Google Cloud Print will shut down after 2020, following 10-year beta period" Android Police 4:00 PM
  • "Google Assistant will now help you read to your kids from across the world" The Verge 3:49 PM
  • "Google Docs is getting Gmail's autocomplete smarts: The Smart Compose beta is only available to G Suite users for now." Engadget 2:06 PM
  • "Google will pay $1.5 million for the most severe Android exploits" Ars Technica 11:09 AM
  • "YouTuber hacks together DIY version of Intel's dual-screen Honeycomb laptop: And there are instructions for how you can make your own" The Verge 9:40 AM
  • "Facebook's Libra launch was 'ridiculously stupid,' blockchain boss says" Business Insider 6:59 AM
  • "Hey Surgeon, Is That a HoloLens on Your Head? : Mixed reality displays are entering the operating room, first as surgical planning tools and soon as real-time guides to help doctors zap tumors." Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:59 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TV+ Features, Morning Show Reviews – TMO Daily Observations 2019-11-21" The Mac Observer 12:47 PM
  • "#270: Best Trees in the Country/Federico and Stephen each attempted to use HomeKit Secure Video, and it didn't go well. Myke is excited about a new folding phone, and the whole crew orders iPhone 11 Pro battery cases before solving many mysteries presented in photos of Apple's new Mac Pro factory." Relay FM: Connected 11:03 AM
  • "The new 16-inch MacBook Pro: What's the big deal? Macworld Podcast episode 676" Macworld 6:50 AM