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MacSurfer's Archive: Sunday, December 2, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Crime blotter: Brazen iPad mini warehouse theft, restauranteur fencing stolen MacBooks, more" AppleInsider 11:25 AM
  • "Insurance Fraud Allowed This Man To Upgrade His iPhone Every Year" UberGizmo 8:33 PM
  • "Sending unsolicited nudes via AirDrop might soon be illegal in NYC" AppleInsider 12/1
  • "Apple gives away iPhone XR to the whole audience on The Ellen Show" 9to5Mac 12/1
  • "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
  • "China could approve Qualcomm's NXP acquisition as Trump and Xi halt tariff war: The US and China will attempt to reach an agreement on trade issues in the next 90 days." ZDNet 7:47 PM
  • "The state of cyberwarfare: 2 things you need to know/If you want to understand why you should be worried about the proliferation of cyberweapons and the lack of arms control treaties governing them, then read on." ZDNet 6:47 PM
  • "Facebook vs. democracy" Axios 2:50 PM
  • "The worst tech failures of 2018/It was a rough year for the technology industry: From anxiety-inducing social networks and buggy mobile devices to glitchy operating systems and killer driverless cars, we had it all." ZDNet 9:08 AM
  • "Fortnite addiction is forcing kids into video-game rehab" Washington Post 9:03 AM
  • "Amazon is gobbling up 'significantly' more Google ads than ever during the holiday season — and it reveals a change in the e-commerce giant's strategy" Business Insider 9:02 AM
  • "Google's call screening transcripts roll out to Pixel owners" Engadget 8:46 AM
  • "Teens Say Social Media Lets Them Connect with Friends And Get Support" Digital Trends 12/1
  • "Steam gives successful developers a larger cut of game revenue: Valve wants to make its platform more 'attractive' for big publishers." Engadget 12/1
  • "Here Is The Research Facebook Commissioned On George Soros" BuzzFeed News 12/1
  • "ACLU wants court to release documents on the US' attempt at backdooring Facebook Messenger" ZDNet 12/1
  • "Ex-Google researcher who quit over Dragonfly publicly takes execs to task" Mashable 12/1
  • "Hangouts executive rebuts rumors of shut down, users will be transitioned to Hangouts Chat and Meet" Android Police 12/1
  • "[Update: Google confirms shut down, denies timeline] 2019 is your last year to use Google Hangouts if you haven't moved on already" 9to5Google 12/1
  • "Get ready for Amazon Music on Android TV" Engadget 12/1
  • "Espionage or incrimination? Risks from stolen Marriott data" Associated Press 12/1
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Interview: Facebook Messenger boss says 1-to-1 communication trumps every other form" BGR 8:47 AM
  • "Podcast: Amazon AWS ReInvent, HP Inc. And Dell Earnings, Apple Music And Amazon" Seeking Alpha 8:04 AM
  • "iPad Pro spawns jealousy and regret [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 273] Cult of Mac 12/1
  • "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