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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, April 11, 2017
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Undercover In An iPhone Factory: What it's really like to work in a Chinese mega-factory, according to a student who spent 6 weeks there"  Business Insider 4:18 PM
  • "NYU Student Goes Undercover at Pegatron Factory, Offers Inside Look at iPhone Production" MacRumors 4:18 PM
  • "Apple Clips scored up to 1 million downloads in its first 4 days"  TechCrunch 4:23 PM
  • "Report: Apple's Clips app hit a million downloads, peaked at no. 28 on U.S. App Store charts" 9to5Mac 4:23 PM
  • "TrendForce Reports 1Q17 Global Smartphone Production Volume Fell 23% From Prior Quarter Due to Seasonality; Demand to Remain Weak in Second Quarter" ["The total production volume of all iPhone devices for the first quarter of 2017 fell by 36% compared with the previous quarter and declined by 41% versus the same period a year ago. These results actually showed an overall improvement in iPhone sales. Apple this first quarter released the 'PRODUCT Red' edition of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which can be regarded as a follow-up to last year's 'Jet Black' edition. The use of striking colors has been well received by consumers and helped Apple grab market share. The bold color scheme has also raised awareness about the upcoming release of the 10th anniversary iPhone devices."]  TrendForce 7:50 AM
  • "Samsung Reclaims Title of World's Largest Smartphone Maker As It Recovers From Galaxy Note7" MacRumors 9:40 AM
  • "Samsung beats Apple as eyes turn to iPhone 8" Computerworld 8:46 AM
  • "Apple Will Dominate Mobile Contactless Payments, Analysts Claim" Apple Must 7:52 AM
  • "Apple falls to fifth place on Laptop Magazine's best brands ranking for 2017" MarketWatch 7:36 AM
  • "Apple Drops to Fifth Place in Laptop Survey" Investopedia 8:42 AM
  • "81% of Teens Expect Their Next Phone to Be an iPhone [Chart] iClarified 7:25 AM
  • "Apple said to open first Taiwan retail store in Taipei 101 mall" AppleInsider 2:57 PM
  • "Report: Apple's first Taiwan retail store planned for Taipei 101 mall" 9to5Mac 3:29 PM
  • "Simply entering your phone's password is now enough to compromise it" Mashable 3:30 PM
  • "Today in Apple history: Apple-1 starts a revolution" Cult of Mac 8:24 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Yahoo Is Sued for Failing to Keep 2007 China Dissident Promises" Bloomberg 5:50 PM
  • "Design issues force Fitbit to delay latest Apple Watch competitor until fall" AppleInsider 12:16 PM
  • "How to have the tech talk with your aging parents" CNET 7:37 AM
  • "Debunking the three major ransomware myths" BetaNews 7:36 AM
  • "Microsoft Word 0day used to push dangerous Dridex malware on millions" Ars Technica 7:26 AM
  • "The way people tilt their smartphone 'can give away passwords and pins'beat" BBC 7:07 AM
  • "Scientists invent new material for storing data: The ultra-thin multilayer film harnesses tiny magnetic whirls called skyrmions to store and process data on magnetic media." CNET 6:45 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Apple Music Nails It, Dumping Dialog Semiconductor -TMO Daily Observations 2017-04-11" The Mac Observer 2:54 PM
  • "Why the iPhone 8 is going to be very much like Samsung's new Galaxy S8" Macworld 7:27 AM