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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, December 5, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple puts third-party screen time apps on notice" TechCrunch 3:01 PM
  • "Apple scrutinizing and rejecting some third-party screen time apps: The launch of iOS 12 and Screen Time in September has resulted in Apple taking a harsh stance with some competing 'digital health' apps, which have reportedly been subject to extra review, blocking, or removal — even in the case of titles that have been around for years." AppleInsider 5:49 PM
  • "AT&T flips switch on iPhone XS and XR eSIM support in US with iOS 12.1.1: AT&T became the first major U.S. carrier to support Apple's eSIM technology with the rollout of iOS 12.1.1 on Wednesday, providing owners of iPhone XS and XR models access to two numbers on a single device." AppleInsider 5:48 PM
  • "Scientific community up in tentacles over Apple's 'upside down' squid emoji: Apple's artistic decisions have once again landed the company in hot water, this time with scientists who take issue with the tech giant's emoji rendition of a squid." AppleInsider 9:22 PM
  • "Steve Jobs-autographed copy of Macworld headed to auction: RR Auctions expects Steve Jobs' signature will fetch around $10,000." Macworld 11:39 AM
  • "Apple co-founder and former CEO has the most expensive John Hancock on the planet: How much for scrawl from the hand of Jobs? A nice mid-range Audi" The Register 7:59 AM
  • "Premiere Issue of Macworld Magazine Autographed by Steve Jobs Headed to Auction" MacRumors 9:54 AM
  • "Steve Jobs Wrote Down Some Notes About the Apple 1 Computer in 1976. It's a Single Piece of Paper, and Today It's on Auction for $60,000" Inc. 12:40 PM
  • "An incredibly rare Steve Jobs-signed Macworld #1 is up for auction" Apple Must 12:10 PM
  • "Apple Jumps 13 Spots in Glassdoor's Annual List of Best Places to Work, But Remains Far Behind Facebook and Google" MacRumors 8:08 AM
  • "Facebook's ranking drops in 'best places to work' list: The social media company's scandals may have caught up with it." ["A total of 29 tech companies made the list for 2019 (up from 28 companies in 2018), including Google (No. 8), LinkedIn (No. 6), Microsoft (No. 34) and Apple (No. 71). HP (No. 87) also was ranked among the top 100 companies for the first time since Glassdoor's list debuted in 2008."] CNET 7:40 AM
  • "Android will have a big advantage over iPhone in 2019" Cult of Mac 8:11 AM
  • "For wearable analysts, the glass is always half full: IDC looks at stagnant US market ... and sees only joy" The Register 7:59 AM
  • "Sensitive internal Facebook emails published by UK parliament detail use of its free iOS 'spyware' VPN and more" 9to5Mac 10:03 AM
  • "Turner Prize 2018: iPhone artist Charlotte Prodger wins" BBC 7:58 AM
  • "iPhone filmmaker wins prestigious (and controversial) Turner Prize" Cult of Mac 8:11 AM
  • "Toby Kebbell To Star In M. Night Shyamalan's Apple Series" Deadline 8:06 AM
  • "Edward Burns takes lead role in Apple's 'Amazing Stories' anthology reboot" iDownload Blog 8:42 AM
  • "Your local coffee shop may start streaming Apple Music soon" BGR 9:29 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "A botnet of over 20,000 WordPress sites is attacking other WordPress sites: Botnet is still up and running but law enforcement has been notified." ZDNet 9:29 PM
  • "Huawei finance chief arrested in Canada as US seeks extradition" Telegraph 6:16 PM
  • "Steady evolution in blockchain will continue, unless disillusionment causes a 'winter'" ZDNet 3:57 PM
  • "Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 Is Here—What That Means for Next Year's Top Android Phones" Gizmodo 3:14 PM
  • "FCC chairman acknowledges Russia interfered in net neutrality public comments" The Hill 2:57 PM
  • "FCC chairman admits Russia meddled in net neutrality debate: Around 500,000 comments were linked to Russian email addresses." Engadget 2:54 PM
  • "This foldable Gorilla Glass glass could shape the foldable phones of the future" CNET 10:32 AM
  • "Facebook gave data on user's friends to certain companies: documents" Reuters 3:31 PM
  • "A new trove of internal Facebook emails is a stark reminder: You are Facebook's product/Facebook's business is built on collecting and capitalizing on peoples' personal information." Recode 1:28 PM
  • "Documents show Facebook gave preferential access to data to certain companies" Reuters 11:08 AM
  • "Mark Zuckerberg defends the leaked Facebook documents he never wanted the world to see: The scrutiny is 'healthy,' but don't misrepresent our actions or motives'" Business Insider 1:22 PM
  • "Emails show Mark Zuckerberg personally approved Facebook's decision to cut off Vine's access to data" Business Insider 11:08 AM
  • "Facebook's Internal Tensions Are Reaching A Boiling Point" BuzzFeed News 8:49 AM
  • "Goodbye to tech that died in 2018" [Video] CNET 8:39 AM
  • "That's no moon — it's a hole for the camera on Honor's new smartphone" Digital Trends 8:38 AM
  • "Study Finds Google Manipulates Logged Out Search Results Even In Incognito Mode" HotHardware 3:54 PM
  • "Google reportedly personalizes search results even when you're in incognito mode" The Next Web 8:24 AM
  • "Best place to work? Google, Facebook slip down rankings after year of controversy" ZDNet 7:40 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Michael E. Cohen Updates Take Control of Pages" MacVoices 1:29 PM
  • "Giving Donations, HDR Compatibility– TMO Daily Observations 2018-12-05" The Mac Observer 1:11 PM
  • "#271: I'll Be Backed Up/Apple Music coming to Echo devices, the celebrity spokesperson we'd like to do a tech PSA, what tech knowledge we'd like to grant people, and whether we change our iPhone cases or Apple Watch bands." Relay FM: Clockwise 12:30 PM