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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, December 1, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Sending unsolicited nudes via AirDrop might soon be illegal in NYC" AppleInsider 8:25 AM
  • "Apple gives away iPhone XR to the whole audience on The Ellen Show" 9to5Mac 9:01 AM
  • "iPhones could cost up to $160 more if China tariff threat is followed through"  AppleInsider 11/30
  • "Trump on tariffs: iPhone buyers can deal with price hike" ZDNet 11/30
  • "Apple approves Indian government's Do Not Disturb app, avoiding iPhone ban" VentureBeat 11/30
  • "Apple avoids iPhone ban in India by approving regulator's anti-spam app for download from the App Store" AppleInsider 11/30
  • "Apple Retail Stores Around the World Now Featuring Red Logos for World AIDS Day" MacRumors 11/30
  • "Apple turns retail logos red for World AIDS Day: As it has done every December since 2012, Apple on Friday marked World AIDS Day by tinting red the Apple logos that front its stores around the world." AppleInsider 11/30
  • "Target's Apple Pay freeze out may be thawing"  Cult of Mac 11/30
  • "Apple at Fed Square pushed back a year, as Andrews confirms support"  Melbourne Age 11/30
  • "Apple tunes into terrestrial radio to amplify digital service" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 11/30
  • "New Details on Apple's Negotiations With iHeartMedia Surface" MacRumors 11/30
  • "Apple getting more aggressive with Apple Music deal-making after Jimmy Iovine's 'retirement'" AppleInsider 11/30
  • "Music exec says Apple Music was 'an inferior product' in latest iHeartMedia speculation" 9to5Mac 11/30
  • "Apple reportedly cuts over 700 apps from Chinese App Store: Developers updated the apps without getting permission from Apple." CNET 11/30
  • "Apple reportedly bans 700+ apps from the App Store in China" The Next Web 11/30
  • "iPhone 'Heart Rate' app on App Store attempts to scam customers out of $90 using Touch ID" 9to5Mac 11/30
  • "How an iPad can help if you get sick at sea: A good example of how telemedicine can help even the most remote communities"  Computerworld 11/30
  • "Amazon Boosts Presence in Health Care: How is Apple Placed?" Zacks 11/30
  • "Tim Cook to give keynote address at anti-Semitism and anti-hate summit in New York" 9to5Mac 11/30
  • "Hoping to defend the iPhone against Qualcomm, chip designer waited for almost 12 hours on hard wooden seat at Munich courthouse" Foss Patents 11/30
  • "'Lady Misaki' : Japan's Decorated Trucks — Shot on iPhone — Apple" YouTube 11/30
  • "Sending Lewd Nudes to Strangers Could Mean a Year in Jail: 'Technology has made it significantly easier to be a creep,' said Councilman Joseph Borelli, a Republican from Staten Island who is co-sponsoring an anti-flashing bill." ["Because AirDrop allows people to send images anonymously, there is no way for a commuter to know who in a busy train car might have sent it. And unlike traditional public lewdness crimes, the sender might not know who exactly within 30 feet is receiving the picture, because the feature identifies nearby phones only by the phone's nickname."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 11/30
Non-Apple News
  • "Teens Say Social Media Lets Them Connect with Friends And Get Support" Digital Trends 4:28 PM
  • "Steam gives successful developers a larger cut of game revenue: Valve wants to make its platform more 'attractive' for big publishers." Engadget 3:19 PM
  • "Here Is The Research Facebook Commissioned On George Soros" BuzzFeed News 3:14 PM
  • "ACLU wants court to release documents on the US' attempt at backdooring Facebook Messenger" ZDNet 2:07 PM
  • "Ex-Google researcher who quit over Dragonfly publicly takes execs to task" Mashable 1:30 PM
  • "Hangouts executive rebuts rumors of shut down, users will be transitioned to Hangouts Chat and Meet" Android Police 1:23 PM
  • "[Update: Google confirms shut down, denies timeline] 2019 is your last year to use Google Hangouts if you haven't moved on already" 9to5Google 11:21 AM
  • "Get ready for Amazon Music on Android TV" Engadget 8:23 AM
  • "Espionage or incrimination? Risks from stolen Marriott data" Associated Press 8:07 AM
  • "Twitter user hacks 50,000 printers to tell people to subscribe to PewDiePie: Hacker lends a helping hand to YouTube star losing his crown." ZDNet 11/30
  • "Some companies are considering ditching WiFi for private 5G: Audi is among those who are testing the technology." Engadget 11/30
  • "Sheryl Sandberg's shifting story" Axios 11/30
  • "Sheryl Sandberg personally asked Facebook's staff to look into George Soros, reports claim" Telegraph 11/30
  • "Does Google harm local search rivals? EU antitrust regulators ask" Reuters 11/30
  • "Google Smartwatch Patent Uses Your Skin as Touchpad; Could Make Smartwatches Good Enough to Draft Emails" MySmartPrice 11/30
Publications/Podcasts
  • "iPad Pro spawns jealousy and regret [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 273] Cult of Mac 10:25 AM
  • "Jason Snell Takes Control of Apple's Photos on Mac and iOS" MacVoices 11/30
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 201: Bigger iPad Pro, App Store monopoly, and Apple Watch half marathon" 9to5Mac 11/30
  • "Using iPad, Apple Original TV Shows, and Macs with Jim Dalrymple: ACM 490" The Mac Observer 11/30
  • "Starwood Security Breach, World AIDS Day – TMO Daily Observations 2018-11-30" The Mac Observer 11/30
  • "The Dalrymple Report: Alexa, Queen, iPhone Wifi with Dave Mark" The Loop 11/30
  • "Vergecast: the Pixel Slate vs. the iPad Pro/This week on the flagship podcast of The Verge" The Verge 11/30
  • "Why an Apple Camera would be unstoppable, this week on The CultCastCult of Mac 11/30
  • "Is Apple Changing from a Hardware Company to a Service Company?" Intego Mac Podcast 11/30