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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, November 5, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Maps' big update: Tons more detail but it only covers tiny part of US/Apple Maps gains parking lots, putting greens, harbors, beaches, and race tracks." ZDNet 8:01 AM
  • "Apple reaffirms support for Paris climate agreement: The company wants to prove it can make money and save the planet." CNET 4:14 PM
  • "Apple Third Street Promenade returns to Santa Monica November 17th 'for all the imagination under the sun'" 9to5Mac 10:00 AM
  • "Apple awarded Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award for work toward device accessibility" AppleInsider 8:28 PM
  • "Apple's big impact on wireless charging: 6 billion+ units to ship by 2023/Wireless charging received a big boost from Apple last year, but pads using tightly coupled charging technology are only the beginning; new markets for IoT, medical and mobile technologies are emerging." Computerworld 7:53 AM
  • "Apple named recipient of Eleanor Roosevelt Award by the Center for Hearing & Communication" 9to5Mac 7:32 PM
  • "Apple targeted in new patent infringement lawsuit over video processing technology" AppleInsider 4:08 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Tim Berners-Lee Pushes For 'Contract' To Protect the Web" PC Magazine 9:05 PM
  • "Amazon plans to reportedly split HQ2 in two locations could include N.Y. and Virginia" Seattle Times 8:27 PM
  • "Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff got into a Twitter beef with another exec over a controversial measure tackling San Francisco's homelessness crisis" Business Insider 6:08 PM
  • "FCC will 'take action' in 2019 if carriers aren't doing enough to fight robocalls" The Verge 7:30 PM
  • "FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls for an end 'illegal robocalls'" CNET 5:54 PM
  • "Volkswagen wants to use quantum computers to optimize traffic" Engadget 4:29 PM
  • "Maybe I can finally buy this tiny Android laptop now that it doubles as a phone" The Verge 4:08 PM
  • "U.S. regulator demands companies take action to halt 'robocalls'" Reuters 4:04 PM
  • "Children's sleep barely affected by screen time, new study finds"  Telegraph 2:33 PM
  • "Gab is back online thanks to a Seattle domain company" Mashable 11:14 AM
  • "Facebook's election interference problem exponentially worse on eve of midterms, study suggests" TechCrunch 9:54 AM
  • "Supreme Court rejects industry challenge of 2015 net neutrality rules: But lawsuits over Pai's net neutrality repeal and California law will continue." Ars Technica 10:50 AM
  • "U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over Obama-era net neutrality rules" Reuters 9:39 AM
  • "Verizon is splitting in three: Consumer, Business and Verizon Media Group/Oath" BetaNews 9:36 AM
  • "'Robots deserve human rights': Why activists want to protect machines from their creators" Metro UK 8:16 AM
  • "Why Doctors Hate Their Computers: Digitization promises to make medical care easier and more efficient. But are screens coming between doctors and patients?" The New Yorker 8:13 AM
  • "Sen. Mark Warner on breaking up Facebook and Congress's plan to regulate tech" The Verge 7:36 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "TMO Background Mode Encore #2 Interview with Tidbits Managing Editor Josh Centers" The Mac Observer 4:02 PM
  • "The MacBook is dead, Safari's new Do Not Track feature – TMO Daily Observations 2018-11-05" The Mac Observer 2:22 PM
  • "BlizzCon 2018: 'Hearthstone' Rastakhan's Rumble Developer Interview — Great Design Talk, No Trolling" Touch Arcade 10:48 AM
  • "Mac mini CPU Considerations, Semi-Dark Mode, Photos, and More – Mac Geek Gab 734" The Mac Observer 9:09 AM
  • "MacVoices #18218: Joe Kissell Updates Take Control of 1Password, And For Good Reason" MacVoices 6:57 AM