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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, August 25, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "New Survey Reveals Top Reasons Why Users Switch Between iOS, Android" Redmond Pie 7:22 PM
  • "PayPal targets Apple Pay Cash w/ redesigned iOS app focused on P2P payments" 9to5Mac 1:03 PM
  • "Smart speaker sales take off globally, but consumer appetite for novel uses is fickle" GeekWire 8:29 AM
  • "Apple Store Security Blunder Exposes 77 Million T-Mobile Customer Account PINs" HotHardware 7:20 PM
  • "Apple is giving new iCloud subscribers 200GB of space for free for two months" The Verge 3:20 PM
  • "Apple partnering with US carriers for free trial of 200GB iCloud storage" The Apple Post 1:29 PM
  • "Dongles & AirPods emerge as most popular Apple products at Best Buy: Possibly to the retailer's chagrin, the bestselling Apple products at Best Buy may be accessories rather than the iPhones, iPads, and Macs they're made for." AppleInsider 8/24
  • "Apple requests Facebook remove its Onavo VPN app on security concerns" ITProPortal 8/24
  • "Apple opens online iPhone Upgrade Program enrollment to T-Mobile customers: Apple this week added T-Mobile to a short list of major U.S. wireless operators that have online access to the iPhone Upgrade Program, allowing customers of the telco to sign up for the service through the online Apple store." AppleInsider 8/24
  • "Woman sues feds over data retention after iPhone seized at border" AppleInsider 8/24
Non-Apple News
  • "Verizon pledges to no longer throttle first responders' data speeds" Digital Trends 7:22 PM
  • "The new Gmail is now rolling out to Google Apps customers" Android Police 9:06 PM
  • "Google Pixel 3 XL Leaks Again With Detailed And Sexy Unboxing Video" HotHardware 7:20 PM
  • "Weak passwords let a hacker access internal Sprint staff portal" TechCrunch 1:02 PM
  • "Amazon isn't the only tech company getting tax breaks" TechCrunch 8:34 AM
  • "Google Shares Serious Security Flaw In Fortnite's Android Installer, Epic Games Isn't Happy" Redmond Pie 8:09 PM
  • "Epic Games Has Already Exposed Android Users To Unacceptable Fortnite Malware Risks" Forbes 9:09 AM
  • "Fortnite installer had a serious security flaw that Google just revealed" BetaNews 8:10 AM
  • "Is Google's Next Move to Help You Lose Weight and Eat Better? Google is reportedly working on an A.I.-based health and wellness coach. Here's what it would mean." Slate 8:00 AM
  • "Phones with bendable, flexible screens are closer than you think: Ultra-thin displays that can fold, flex and flap in the wind? The future of phones is heading closer to this direction." CNET 7:59 AM
  • "A majority of U.S. teens are taking steps to limit smartphone and social media use" TechCrunch 8/24
  • "Facebook invites Google, Twitter and others to discuss election meddling: The meeting will reportedly take place this Friday at Twitter's headquarters." Engadget 8/24
  • "Russia trolls 'spreading vaccination misinformation' to create discord" BBC 8/24
  • "T-Mobile Hacked In Data Breach That Hit 2 Million Customers" Gizmodo 8/24
  • "T-Mobile data breach exposes details of two million customers: Claims no customer financial data or social security numbers were accessed" The Inquirer 8/24
  • "T-Mobile says overseas hackers stole personal data of more than 2M customers" 9to5Mac 8/24
  • "These two new feature-packed cameras Nikon just announced are a bid to take on Sony" BGR 8/24
  • "'Xbox All Access' bundles Xbox Live, Game Pass, and a console for one monthly cost" BGR 8/24
  • "Prosecutor: Suspect must give up his phone's passcode in fatal hazing case/New Louisiana case deals with the ever-thorny question of forced decryption." Ars Technica 8/24
  • "Audi's new electric sports car concept, the PB18 e-tron: It features a moveable cockpit, race car suspension, and solid state batteries." Ars Technica 8/24
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Tech.pinions Podcast: App Store Bypassing and the Marketplace Value" Tech.pinions 3:20 PM
  • "'Smallen Up The Bezels', With Special Guest Jason Snell" Daring Fireball 8/24
  • "Coping with Subscription Apps -TMO Daily Observations 2018-08-24" The Mac Observer 8/24
  • "Drobo's Mihir Shah and Nexsan's Gary Watson Introduce StorCentric" MacVoices 8/24