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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, May 30, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple begins decorating McEnery Convention Center in San Jose as WWDC nears" 9to5Mac 5:59 PM
  • "First WWDC 2018 Decorations Start Going Up at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose" MacRumors 7:10 PM
  • "Apple prepares McEnery Convention Center for WWDC 2018" AppleInsider 8:02 PM
  • "This woman is fattening the Apple Pay wallet: How Jennifer Bailey routinely does things that don't scale in her efforts to popularize Apple Pay."  Fast Company 9:10 AM
  • "London calling: Apple Pay's mass transit plan" Apple Must 9:47 AM
  • "Apple Orders Emily Dickinson Comedy Series Starring Hailee Steinfeld" Deadline 2:28 PM
  • "Fox boss says Apple is 'dabbling' in original TV" Cult of Mac 9:37 AM
  • "21st Century Fox CEO Says Apple Still Just 'Dabbling' in Original TV Content" MacRumors 9:43 AM
  • "Girl saved from forced marriage by Apple's Find My iPhone app: A teenage girl used Apple's Find My iPhone app to help her secret boyfriend rescue her from a forced marriage thousands of miles away in Bangladesh."  Telegraph 10:37 AM
  • "'Mark and I strongly disagree with their characterization': Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg hits back at Apple CEO Tim Cook in simmering data row"  Business Insider 8:48 AM
  • "Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg enters the ring in data privacy bout with Tim Cook" AppleInsider 9:43 AM
  • "Apple partners with Tune to share new data about why users reinstall apps"  GeekWire 9:37 AM
  • "Worldwide Smartphone Volumes Will Remain Down in 2018 before Returning to Growth in 2019 and beyond, According to IDC" ["With rumors of some upcoming larger screen iOS smartphones, IDC has changed its screen size forecast for Apple by introducing volumes greater than 6 inches. Products are likely to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2018, with volumes ramping up and accounting for 36% of all iPhones shipped by 2022."] Business Wire 12:30 PM
  • "Apple and Russia face off over Telegram on App Store" BBC 1:12 PM
  • "Russia to Apple: Kill Telegram crypto-chat – or the App Store gets it/We know you're busy, Mr Cook, but please reply before we become ... unpleasant" The Register 8:30 AM
  • "Study: developers are more likely to be self-employed in the UK than anywhere else" The Next Web 9:23 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "AI is now better at detecting skin cancer than human doctors" BGR 3:21 PM
  • "Bad vibrations: How sound could be used to interfere with your hard drive" BetaNews 11:43 AM
  • "Facebook Execs Grapple With the 'Responsibility' of Facebook" PC Magazine 11:13 AM
  • "Facebook gets schooled by its peers" Axios 9:36 AM
  • "Cryptomining dominates mobile threat landscape" BetaNews 9:36 AM
  • "School shooting game Active Shooter pulled by Steam" BBC 8:48 AM
  • "How Amazon's robot warehouses swing into action the moment you press 'buy'" Digital Trends 9:23 AM
  • "Amazon begins nationwide expansion of Whole Foods discounts for Prime members" TechCrunch 8:42 AM
  • "Google Will Try to Tackle Latest iPhones With Pixel Phone Upgrades" Bloomberg 3:35 PM
  • "Google Pixel 3 & 3 XL: Built by Foxconn, notch on XL, Verizon exclusive again, dual front cameras" 9to5Google 3:34 PM
  • "Google reportedly working on guidelines for military AI: The ethical principles would prohibit using AI for weaponry, reports The New York Times." CNET 12:17 PM
  • "Google is creating an app that will identify objects for the blind" Mashable 10:35 AM
  • "Google promises ethical principles to guide development of military AI" The Verge 9:44 AM
  • "Google patches reCAPTCHA bypass vulnerability" ZDNet 9:08 AM
  • "Google's making a move to dominate advertising on platforms like Spotify, Pandora, and SoundCloud — and it represents a $1.6 billion opportunity" Business Insider 8:48 AM
  • "Google wants to turn your lawn into your air conditioner: Google spinoff Dandelion unveiled a cheaper way to cool your home. It involves your lawn." CNNMoney 8:28 AM
  • "'Active Shooter' Game Developer Is Banned From Steam — Again" Forbes 8:15 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Apple WWDC 2018 preview: Macworld Podcast episode 607/Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference starts on Monday. What do we hope and expect to see? We also talk about various other Apple news and feature your comments and questions." IDG.tv 6:18 PM
  • "9to5Mac Daily 084: May 30, 2018" 9to5Mac 3:45 PM
  • "#243: Under the Steps of a Drunken Giant/How we edit our photos for sharing, Snapchat's platform play, the macOS features we'd like to see at WWDC, and whether or not we still use that crazy little thing called email." Relay FM: Clockwise 1:16 PM
  • "Exploring Messages in iCloud and AirPlay 2 -TMO Daily Observations 2018-05-30" The Mac Observer 12:27 PM
  • "The Perfect Phone – What The Tech Ep. 401: Andrew and I discuss the perfect phone, some of their gripes with Android and iOS, and our expectations for Apple WWDC 2018." Thurrott 9:27 AM