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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, January 1, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple begins 2019 in Japan with one-day shopping event offering gift cards with select purchases" 9to5Mac 11:01 AM
  • "Apple's iPhone continues its domination of the premium smartphone market" AppleInsider 12/31
  • "Florida stores: Apple Altamonte closing for renovations January 13th, Aventura and Dadeland expansions planned" 9to5Mac 12/31
  • "Netflix removes iTunes billing for all new users" iDownload Blog 12/31
  • "Exploding Phone Story Proves Sometimes Women's Jeans are Better" Gizmodo 12/31
  • "Austria to implement digital tax for tech giants/Austria has vowed to tax tech giants, following France's new levy on the so-called GAFA companies: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. The EU has been trying to implement a bloc-wide policy on the matter." AFP/Reuters 12/30
  • "Austria is the next country working to impose a tech tax on companies like Apple" 9to5Mac 12/30
  • "Austria plans its own tax for tech giants like Apple and Google: It's not waiting on the EU to make companies pay." Engadget 12/30
  • "The Biggest Tech Fails of 2018: Facebook, Amazon, and Apple had big years, but they also make our list of the biggest tech fails of 2018. Here's what they (and others) did to earn a Silicon Valley facepalm." PC Magazine 12/30
  • "The Patent used by SpeakWare to sue Apple with for Patent Infringement in July is now being challenged to invalidate it" Patently Apple 12/30
Non-Apple News
  • "The Government Shutdown Will Hit the FCC on Thursday If It Continues" Gizmodo 7:58 PM
  • "Nokia's Next Android Flagship Features Five Cameras" Thurrott 5:14 PM
  • "NVIDIA Slapped With Class Action Lawsuit Tied To Cryptocurrency Implosion" HotHardware 3:49 PM
  • "Consumer AT&T 5G speedtest is similar to 4G speedtest ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" Android Authority 11:00 AM
  • "AT&T's 5G network speeds feel a lot like 4G LTE right now" BGR 8:47 AM
  • "Breaking: Could Samsung kill the Apple Watch with this new wearable revolution? Samsung Smart Shoes are in the making and they could be a runner's dream" T3 7:56 AM
  • "Google is primed to go big at CES again" CNET 7:40 AM
  • "What is Ryuk, the malware believed to have hit the Los Angeles Times" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:38 AM
  • "This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task" TechCrunch 12/31
  • "FCC to suspend operations January 3rd unless funding resumes" Engadget 12/31
  • "AT&T's first 5G speed tests are here, and they're not great" Android Police 12/31
  • "Popsugar's Twinning app was leaking everyone's uploaded photos" TechCrunch 12/31
  • "Software teaches robots to respect ownership: Researchers at Yale University have developed a robotic system that helps robots be more polite (and more importantly, more useful)." ZDNet 12/31
  • "Here's why telephones and calculators use different numeric keypads" The Next Web 12/31
  • "Net's founding father Dr Larry Roberts dies aged 81" BBC 12/31
  • "Larry Roberts, Grandfather of the Internet, Dies at 81" Gizmodo 12/31
  • "Hackers use a fake wax hand to fool vein authentication security" The Verge 12/31
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 239, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie" Daring Fireball 12/31
  • "TMO Background Mode Interview with Astrophysicist Dr. Jill Tarter" The Mac Observer 12/31
  • "Insider: How CorelCAD Continues to Grow—Unique Differentiation and Global Sales Channel" Architosh 12/31
  • "Insider: Graebert On Concentric Circles of (.dwg) Users—Why Its Cloud and Enterprise Updates Matter" Architosh 12/31
  • "Insider: Marcus O'Brien of Autodesk—A Conversation About AutoCAD for Mac and Other Platforms" Architosh 12/31
  • "Insider: Bricsys 2018: CAD + Machine Learning Equals Intelligent Collaboration" Architosh 12/31
  • "Insider: A (.dwg) Renaissance—Neil Petersen of the ODA Explains Why" Architosh 12/31
  • "App Camp For Girls Gains New Co-Executive Directors" MacVoices 12/31
  • "App Death Match in The Colosseum – Mac Geek Gab 742" The Mac Observer 12/31