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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, January 12, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "The FTC Thinks You Pay Too Much for Smartphones. Here's Why" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:18 AM
  • "How We Apologize Now: The iPhone app Notes has become the medium of choice for celebrity mea culpas." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:58 AM
  • "Passeig de Gràcia Apple Store temporarily closing February 10th, Video Wall and Forum likely on the way" 9to5Mac 9:31 AM
  • "Apple may be planning to relocate its first retail store at Tysons Corner" 9to5Mac 8:52 AM
  • "How Apple had a successful CES 2019 without even being there: HomeKit, AirPlay 2 and iTunes got heaps of coverage without the iPhone maker even being in Vegas"  GearBrain 1/11
  • "iPhone set to match Android security with new Yubico hardware key: Lightning port compatibility is in the works for hardware-based authentication." CNET 1/11
  • "Fatal Box Truck Crash in San Jose May Have Exposed Apple Sensitive Material: The two occupants were retired cops from the LA area and were armed" Bay City News 1/11
  • "Secured Transport Of Secret Apple Products Involved In Accident On Silicon Valley Highway" MacPrices 1/11
  • "Truck carrying secured Apple payload crashes in San Jose, killing one" AppleInsider 1/11
  • "An armed guard reportedly transporting a 'very special load' for Apple was killed in a fatal truck crash" Business Insider 1/11
  • "First-Generation iPod Shuffle Turns 14 Today" MacRumors 1/11
  • "Best of CES: The coolest smart home and home entertainment gear we saw" TechHive 1/11
  • "Nevada man thanks Siri for surviving serious Jeep crash: A man who crashed his Jeep near Pahrump, Nev., credits Siri on his iPhone for saving him from paralyzing and potentially fatal injuries." AppleInsider 1/11
Non-Apple News
  • "Verizon Reportedly Testing Its Own Game Streaming Service Powered By Nvidia Shield" HotHardware 4:12 PM
  • "Gaming laptops are getting wonderfully weird in 2019: PC makers are starting to take more interesting design risks." Engadget 12:40 PM
  • "Meet The Macedonian Software Engineer Fighting Air Pollution With An App" Forbes 12:40 PM
  • "Mother Lode! The Hottest Motherboards From CES 2019" PC Magazine 12:01 PM
  • "An uncommon technique allows new ransomware to rake in $4 million: Ryuk lies in wait for as long as a year, then pounces on only the biggest prey." Ars Technica 11:23 AM
  • "As more self-driving technology launches, people are growing more anxious about the supposed benefits" Business Insider 8:51 AM
  • "The U.S. Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data" Gizmodo 8:47 AM
  • "Huawei fires employee arrested in Poland over alleged spying" Engadget 9:06 PM
  • "Huawei fires employee arrested in Poland on spy charges" Associated Press 11:13 AM
  • "What Huawei arrests in Poland mean for the US" Examiner 7:16 AM
  • "Fitbit's Sleep Score beta looks promising: Fitbit is working on a means to provide users with more information about their quality of sleep: this is what it currently looks like." ZDNet 7:15 AM
  • "There's a simple reason why your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data" Business Insider 6:58 AM
  • "Hacker 'BestBuy' sentenced to prison for operating Mirai DDoS botnet" ZDNet 1/11
  • "CES 2019: Qualcomm President Amon is convinced you're going to be thrilled with 5G" ZDNet 1/11
  • "AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile announce plans to stop selling your location data to outside companies amid growing pressure from federal lawmakers" Business Insider 1/11
  • "Netflix could use AI to clamp down on people sharing their account with friends and family" BetaNews 1/11
  • "Faster Wi-Fi is here, but it's off to a slow start" The Verge 1/11
  • "Huawei sales director nicked in Poland on suspicion of 'spying'" The Register 1/11
  • "US government shutdown leaves websites insecure" BBC 1/11
  • "6 important CES 2019 reveals and trends that PC enthusiasts need to know about" PCWorld 1/11
  • "Best of CES: The coolest PCs, PC components, and PC spectacles we saw" PCWorld 1/11
  • "Blood pressure watches and DIY sonograms: CES 2019 was all about health/At CES, health, wellness and medical tech are big focuses once again." CNET 1/11
  • "Figthting And Documenting Sexual Violence In Congo And Kenya With A Mobile App" Forbes 1/11
  • "Xiaomi packs 48-megapixel camera into budget Redmi Note 7 phone" ZDNet 1/11
Publications/Podcasts
  • "CordCutters Podcast Episode 10: Did Apple Win CES?" iMore 11:21 AM
  • "How to make your old iPhone last longer [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 279] Cult of Mac 11:18 AM
  • "Gadget Lab Podcast: Robots, Smart Health, and Security Fails at CES" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:09 AM
  • "Episode 158 — A Significant Shift: Ben and James discuss Apple's revenue warning and the company's shift to services." Exponent 1/11
  • "Finally! Apple's bringing HomeKit to your favorite TVs and gadgets, this week on The CultCastCult of Mac 1/11