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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, February 17, 2016
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple focuses on 3D Touch, Live Photos in latest iPhone 6s ads" AppleInsider 8:03 PM
  • "There's finally an explanation for the giant dirt pyramid on Apple's new campus" Business Insider 2:18 PM
  • "Security firm shows how Apple could bypass iPhone security to comply with FBI request" 9to5Mac 7:25 AM
  • "Apple building development centre in India, its first outside of the US: The iPhone maker is looking to India to increase sales, with reports also circulating that the company will be opening retail stores throughout the region." CNET 8:06 AM
  • "Apple axes iPhone 4s and 5c from India lineup in search of higher ASP" AppleInsider 7:25 AM
  • "Where Your iPhone Goes to Die (and Be Reborn) Business" Bloomberg 12:03 PM
  • "Here's what happens to your old iPhone under Apple's 'Reuse & Recycle' program" 9to5Mac 12:04 PM
  • "An Apple plant in Hong Kong shreds iPhones into tiny pieces" Macworld 2:33 PM
  • "Apple Joins With China's UnionPay to Introduce Mobile Payments" Bloomberg 9:19 PM
  • "Apple officially launches Apple Pay in China" 9to5Mac 7:31 PM
  • "Digitimes Research: Apple to see record low iPad shipments in 1Q16" DigiTimes 7:21 AM
  • "iPad Sales May Decline to Lowest Quarterly Level Since 2011" MacRumors 7:49 AM
  • "Digitimes forecast says iPad sales could fall to a record low this quarter, dropping 20% year-on-year" 9to5Mac 8:55 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Texting While Walking Isn't Funny Anymore: As pedestrian injuries rise, what responsibility do tech companies have to address our addiction?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 2:22 PM
  • "Yahoo shuts down seven digital magazines" CNNMoney 4:16 PM
  • "David Pogue's Yahoo Web home gutted in cost-cutting purge: Yahoo Tech slashed; Food, other 'digital magazines' to be digitally euthanized." Ars Technica 4:16 PM
  • "The ax falls at Yahoo" Politico 2:19 PM
  • "Yahoo's plan to build a tech news site has reportedly failed" Business Insider 2:19 PM
  • "Google Closes Play For Education, Admits Collecting Student Data: Google is shuttering its Play for Education division. At the same time, the company responded to requests for information from US Senator Al Franken, who has been asking questions about how much student data Google collects and how the company uses the data." InformationWeek 12:35 PM
  • "T-Mobile to Start 5G Testing This Year, Too, but Says Don't Get Too Excited" Re/code 12:23 PM
  • "Google can now deliver fresh groceries" The Next Web 11:16 AM
  • "Smartphones With the Best Battery Life: These five devices have the juice to serve you well all day long" Consumer Reports 11:16 AM
  • "Video leak reveals Samsung Galaxy S7's interface for the first time" 9to5Google 11:15 AM
  • "LA hospital latest victim of targeted crypto-ransomware attack: Crypto-extortion increasingly targets bigger victims; most stay silent about it." Ars Technica 9:05 AM
  • "Verizon to shut down its public cloud" ZDNet 8:52 AM
  • "This Flexible Prototype Is a Glimpse at Your Future Phone"  Gizmodo 8:17 AM
  • "How virtual reality could soon help stroke victims recover" CNET 8:10 AM
  • "This $4 handset for India is the world's cheapest smartphone" The Next Web 7:59 AM
  • "56,224 hard drives later, Backblaze finds Western Digital disks most likely to fail" The Next Web 7:57 AM
  • "Ex-Apple designer builds easy-to-use artificial brain" Cult of Mac 7:53 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "ACM 346: Apple's Stand against the FBI and Why can't Silicon Valley Copy Apple?" The Mac Observer 7:18 PM
  • "Podcast 495: Bugs, more bugs, and the epoch fail" Macworld 4:13 PM
  • "Clockwise #124: Church of Beyoncé" Six Colors 2:23 PM
  • "Happy Hour Podcast 054 | More on Apple's March event, future of Apple Music, and software bugs + failed hardware" 9to5Mac 2:18 PM
  • "TMO Daily Observations 2016-02-17: FBI, Apple, and Privacy" The Mac Observer 2:13 PM