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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, February 15, 2017
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Gartner Says Worldwide Sales of Smartphones Grew 7 Percent in the Fourth Quarter of 2016" ["It has taken eight quarters for Apple to regain the No. 1 global smartphone vendor ranking, but the positions of the two leaders have never been so close, with only 256,000 units difference. 'The last time Apple was in the leading position was in the fourth quarter of 2014, when its sales were driven by its first ever large-screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus,' said Mr. Gupta. 'This time it achieved it thanks to strong sales of its flagship phones — the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus; it also benefited from the weakened demand for Samsung's smartphones in mature markets such as North America and Western Europe, and in some mature markets in Asia such as Australia and South Korea."] Gartner 2:08 PM
  • "Apple and Samsung, Just a Couple Hundred Thousand Apart, Says Gartner" Barron's 2:40 PM
  • "Apple vs. FBI one year later: Still stuck in limbo/Because the public battle over security and privacy ended in a draw, there's still a lot left to be resolved." CNET 7:34 AM
  • "Apple and Amazon were tablet standouts in 2016: Amazon managed to nearly double its tablets sales while Apple sold over 40 million iPads." CNET 7:35 AM
  • "A fun look back at the Apple Cafes that almost launched three years before the Apple Store [Gallery] 9to5Mac 7:11 AM
  • "This full-length 'Carpool Karaoke' trailer is outrageously epic" Mashable 7:49 AM
  • "Apple Reveals 'Planet of the Apps' Trailer" Time 8:52 AM
  • "Today in Apple history: Young Steve Jobs appears on Time cover" Cult of Mac 8:14 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Samsung probably shouldn't be boasting about how well it tests its phones just yet" BGR 8:21 PM
  • "BlackBerry sues Nokia over patents as its phone business shuts down: Also at issue are Nortel patents from the $4.5B 'Rockstar Bidco' purchase." Ars Technica 7:32 PM
  • "Amazon simplifies self-published paperback printing: Now it's even easier to force your friends to read your novel." Engadget 5:20 PM
  • "Fossil's smartwatch push seen eating into margins" Reuters 3:41 PM
  • "Google's Virus-Scanning Verify Apps Feature For Android Now Reveals Its Secrets" Digital Trends 3:59 PM
  • "Google Fiber has a new boss and is losing hundreds of employees" Business Insider 2:28 PM
  • "Yahoo reveals more breachiness to users victimized by forged cookies: Some accounts may have been accessed with forged cookies as recently as 2016." Ars Technica 8:07 PM
  • "Yahoo warning users that hackers forged cookies to access accounts" ZDNet 11:34 AM
  • "Yahoo can scan your emails to tell you who's calling" Engadget 11:07 AM
  • "Facebook Says Auto-playing Audio is Just What You Want" The Mac Observer 11:00 AM
  • "89 percent of consumers don't pay for mobile malware protection" BetaNews 7:16 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Mac Users Can Expect More Malware and TV Shows Are Good for Apple Music -ACM 398" The Mac Observer 5:44 PM
  • "Right to Repair Laws, Apple Design Critics -TMO Daily Observations 2017-02-15" The Mac Observer 1:19 PM
  • "What The Tech Ep. 343: Are Dumb Phones Making a Comeback?" Thurrott 7:15 AM