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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, July 29, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "There's a very good reason why Microsoft has an original Apple Macintosh on display in its headquarters"  Business Insider 8:27 AM
  • "How independent audio companies lure in customers to battle against Apple, Amazon and other tech giants"  CNBC 7:30 AM
  • "Apple Scores A Big Win: Latest CIRP report shows that Apple's U.S. market share has increased in the April-June quarter compared to previous quarter and year ago quarter." Seeking Alpha 4:40 PM
  • "Tim Cook shares message of hope with LGBTQ+ youth at Loveloud 2018" 9to5Mac 7:30 AM
  • "Gallery: Details from Apple Broadway Plaza's grand opening in Walnut Creek, CA" 9to5Mac 7/28
  • "Apple Music: Asahd vs.Khaled: The Negotiation — Apple" YouTube 7/28
  • "Apple plans 'Time Bandits' remake as a new TV show: 'All the the dreams you've ever had: and not just the good ones...'" Engadget 7/28
  • "Apple Makes Rights Deal To Turn Terry Gilliam's 'Time Bandits' Into TV Series"  Deadline 7/27
  • "Apple May Turn Fantasy 80s Movie 'Time Bandits' Into a TV Series" MacRumors 7/27
  • "New patent lawsuit targets Apple over voice control tech in Siri- & HomeKit-enabled devices"  AppleInsider 7/27
  • "Trump claims again that Apple is building 'plants' in the United States" Business Insider 7/27
  • "Apple is not building new plants in the U.S., even though Trump continues to say it is" BGR 7/27
  • "Apple will repair iPhones, iPads and Macs damaged by Japanese floods for free" 9to5Mac 7/27
  • "Apple provides Japanese customers with free repairs following floods and landslides" AppleInsider 7/27
  • "Over 11 million people have installed spyware from 'Big Star Labs': Apps are quietly collecting full browser histories against Google rules/A new batch of spyware has been discovered by AdGuard Research. The malware comes in the form of Android app (and one unsanctioned iOS app) and extensions for Chrome and Firefox." TechSpot 7/27
  • "In his own words: Steve Jobs was surprised by App Store's early success" iDownload Blog 7/27
  • "Video: Steve Jobs on designing the NeXT logo" Apple Must 7/27
Non-Apple News
  • "Retailers are turning to Big Tech companies to make their in-store experiences better" Axios 9:02 PM
  • "The CD is dying a slow death as retailers like Best Buy begin phase outs" Axios 1:25 PM
  • "Amazon might be working on another phone: A report indicates that a prototype is being developed" The Verge 1:22 PM
  • "Purported Google Pixel 3 XL leaks in 'Clearly White'" Android Police 12:00 PM
  • "Walmart reportedly recruits ex-Epix CEO in bid to build video service" TechCrunch 11:43 AM
  • "The Rise of the Computer-Generated Celebrity" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11:21 AM
  • "How Android Is Fighting Spam Calls: Google is winning its battle against the growing number of robocalls."  Slate 7:21 AM
  • "AI may soon save a ton of cute (and ugly) animals from drug testing" The Next Web 7/28
  • "How conspiracy sites keep outsmarting big tech companies: Facebook and YouTube never anticipated a site like Infowars" The Verge 7/28
  • "Why SMS and voicemail are making a comeback: Assumed to be smoldering on the ash heap of history, SMS and voicemail are finding new life with new technology." ["The reason SMS and voicemail are still not only relevant but resurgent is that everybody has them. No proprietary service will ever match the universality of SMS or voicemail."]  Computerworld 7/28
  • "Facebook Slapped With Lawsuit After Shares Of FB And Market Cap Plummet" HotHardware 7/28
  • "Tech firms should be made liable for 'fake news' on sites: UK lawmakers" Reuters 7/28
  • "British Lawmakers Accuse Facebook of Failing to Aid Inquiry Into 'Fake News'" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7/28
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Above Avalon Podcast Episode 130: What's a Computer?" Above Avalon 4:39 PM
  • "Podcast: US Consumer Electronics Trends: PCs, TVs, Headphones, Smart Home and Wearables" Tech.pinions 7/28
  • "The Talk Show: 'Cut That Mustache With Scissors', With Special Guest Marco Arment" Daring Fireball 7/27
  • "Gadget Lab Podcast: The New MacBook Pro" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7/27
  • "Macstock -Julie Kuehl On CoSchedule, Macstock, and Star Trek Las Vegas" MacVoices 7/27
  • "Under the Hood with iPhone Cellular Data, Uninterrupted Power Supplies -TMO Daily Observations 2018-07-27" The Mac Observer 7/27
  • "Macworld August 2018 Digital Edition" Macworld UK 7/27
  • "iPad & iPhone User 134 Digital Edition" Macworld UK 7/27
  • "Podcast discusses new MacBook Pro thermal fix, listener questions, and more" AppleInsider 7/27
  • "2018 MacBook Pro performance, after the patch, on The CultCast" Cult of Mac 7/27