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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, December 27, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple is pulling these iPhones from stores in Germany" Quartz 12:33 PM
  • "Architecture, creativity, community: A field guide to Apple retail in 2018" 9to5Mac 10:20 AM
  • "Apple's Former Marketing Director Returned his Bent iPad Pro on Monday" Patently Apple 10:48 AM
  • "Apple's former marketing director says he returned a bent iPad" Cult of Mac 10:48 AM
  • "NPR wants to know what podcast ads you skip" ["Apple and Spotify have not yet announced support for RAD. Spotify did not respond to a request for comment, and Apple declined to comment. NPR did confirm to The Verge, however, that Apple employees offered their feedback on the RAD protocol, so Apple's team knows it exists and has had a hand in its development."] The Verge 4:37 PM
  • "Warning: A fake Amazon Alexa setup app infiltrated Apple's App Store and is now the #6 utility" BGR 7:52 AM
  • "Beware: There's a fake Amazon Alexa 'Setup' app climbing App Store charts" 9to5Mac 8:39 AM
  • "Don't Be Fooled By This Fake Amazon Alexa Setup App For iOS That Asks For Your IP Address" HotHardware 4:34 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Instagram 'back to normal' after bug triggers temporary change to feed" Reuters 4:57 PM
  • "YouTube's EU battle shows how hard it is to regulate social media" Axios 1:35 PM
  • "Hackers Make a Fake Hand to Beat Vein Authentication: Security researchers disclosed new work at the Chaos Communication Congress showing how hackers can bypass vein based authentication." Motherboard 12:33 PM
  • "Google Home's 2018 in review: Owning the smart home" CNET 8:01 AM
  • "The Verge 2018 tech report card: Amazon" The Verge 7:49 AM
  • "Exclusive: White House considers new year executive order to bar Huawei, ZTE purchases"  Reuters 7:18 AM
  • "Tech became 'darker and more muddy' in 2018" BBC 7:18 AM
  • "Tech luminaries we lost in 2018: Hailing from five different nations, the 13 remarkable women and men memorialized here had a lasting influence on technology and the world." [Slideshow] Computerworld 7:18 AM
  • "Qualcomm Gets Jury in FTC Case That Threatens Its Smartphone Dominance" Bloomberg 7:12 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Qualcomm vs Apple, Apple Watches vs ERs – TMO Daily Observations 2018-12-27" The Mac Observer 3:29 PM
  • "Five Ways to Improve Your User Group's Web Site" MacVoices 3:28 PM