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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, September 29, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Some people are saying Apple's new iPhone selfie camera automatically smooths your skin in photos — and they're calling it 'beautygate'"  Business Insider 9/28
  • "Android app maker upset at Apple over its use of 'Memoji' name" Cult of Mac 9/28
  • "Professional queuers left out in the cold at Moscow iPhone launch" Reuters 9/28
  • "iPhone XS — Growth Spurt — Apple" YouTube 9/28
  • "'Dickinson': Toby Huss, Anna Baryshnikov, Ella Hunt & Adrian Blake Enscoe Cast In Apple Comedy Series" Deadline 9/28
  • "Apple plans to open corporate office across from Carnegie Library store, report says" AppleInsider 9/28
  • "Apple Leases D.C. Office Space Across From New Carnegie Library Flagship" Bisnow 9/28
  • "17 now charged in Apple store thefts including father and son" KTVU 9/28
  • "California Apple Store robbery gang stole over $1M in goods, cops say: 9 suspects at large, while 7 men now in custody in Alameda Co., another in Sonoma." Ars Technica 9/28
  • "Silly Samsung marketing stunt involves a tiny town called Appel" Android Authority 9/28
  • "Teenage Apple hacker avoids jail for 'hacky hack hack' attack: The self-proclaimed Apple fan stole roughly 90GB of confidential data from the iPad and iPhone maker." ZDNet 9/28
Non-Apple News
  • "FBI: We can't listen to Facebook Messenger voice calls. Judge: Tough luck/Fresno-based federal judge won't force Facebook to help MS-13 investigation." Ars Technica 7:47 AM
  • "Google CEO will testify before US House on bias accusations: Google has repeatedly denied accusations of bias against conservatives" Reuters 7:37 AM
  • "California governor signs country's first IoT security law: The new Internet of Things law calls for 'reasonable' security features." CNET 9/28
  • "Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro announced: 4 cameras, SD 636, and a notch" Android Authority 9/28
  • "Facebook says it detected security breach after traffic spike" ZDNet 9/28
  • "The Facebook Security Meltdown Exposes Way More Sites Than Facebook" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9/28
  • "Facebook Sued in California Over Breach of 50 Million Profiles" Gizmodo 9/28
  • "Exclusive: In test case, U.S. fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls - sources" Reuters 9/28
  • "Proposed law would ban hidden broadband fees and higher-than-advertised prices: Advertised telco prices would have to include all fees if Democrat's bill passes." Ars Technica 9/28
  • "'LG Watch W7' to arrive alongside LG V40 ThinQ" 9to5Google 9/28
  • "No, Spotify isn't using your GPS to kick you off your family plan" CNET 9/28
  • "Spotify asks family plan subscribers to prove they are family" Cult of Mac 9/28
  • "Spotify criticized for controversial move geared to preventing abuse of family plan" 9to5Mac 9/28
  • "Senator calls for investigation into Facebook's latest breach" Engadget 9/28
  • "How to check if your Facebook account was affected by the recent hack" Business Insider 9/28
  • "Facebook Uncovers 'Security Issue' Affecting Nearly 50 Million Accounts" MacRumors 9/28
  • "Inside Facebook's massive center storing your personal information: It's one of the few places where you can literally touch the social network." CNET 9/28
  • "Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page will be deleted on Sunday, says hacker" The Verge 9/28
  • "Google's CEO will testify before Congress about bias and China" Engadget 9/28
  • "Google Search will make trip planning even easier with more personalized information" Android Police 9/28
  • "Spoiler alert: Google's would-be iPhone killer Pixel 3 – so many leaks" The Register 9/28
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Dragalia Lost Me at That Dang Free to Play Menu – The TouchArcade Show #371" Touch Arcade 9/28
  • "MacVoices #18200: Scholle McFarland Takes Control of Mojave" MacVoices 9/28
  • "Apple's Unconventional Product Naming Conventions -TMO Daily Observations 2018-09-28" The Mac Observer 9/28
  • "We Spoke To An Ex-NSA Hacker Who Has Organized The First-Ever Mac Security Conference: Despite their reputation, Mac computers have bugs, vulnerabilities, and even malware targeted at them. With their rising popularity in the workplace, it's 'the perfect' time for a Mac-only security conference." Motherboard 9/28
  • "Catch our first-week impressions of Apple Watch 4 and iPhone XS Max, this week on The CultCastCult of Mac 9/28
  • "iPhone XS & Apple Watch reviews, Marzipan, Salesforce, and much more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 9/28