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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, January 14, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple wanted to use Qualcomm 4G chips in its newest iPhones: But Qualcomm wouldn't sell it modems because of the two companies' court battles, Apple Operating Chief Jeff Williams testified Monday."  CNET 12:41 PM
  • "Apple Wanted to Use Qualcomm Chips for 2018 iPhones, But Qualcomm Wouldn't Sell Them" ["There's no live feed of the trial, but reporters including CNET's Shara Tibken and Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents are attending and sharing details on what Williams has to say."]  MacRumors 12:37 PM
  • "Apple and Qualcomm offer billion-dollar sob stories at FTC antitrust trial" VentureBeat 3:40 PM
  • "Apple says Qualcomm refused to sell it chips for iPhone XS and XR" The Verge 3:17 PM
  • "Apple needs to buy a production house like A24, Lionsgate, or Sony Pictures: Analyst"  CNBC 3:14 PM
  • "Apple AirPods 2 Will Be The Most Revolutionary Ear Accessories In History"  Forbes 11:02 AM
  • "Confirmed: Toronto's Eaton Centre is Finally Getting a New Apple Store" MacRumors 1:27 PM
  • "Apple Targeting Users of Older iPhones With iPhone XR Email Campaign"  MacRumors 11:08 AM
  • "Smartwatch data collection rush raises privacy backlash fears: Smartwatches and other wearables will be a must-have for personalised healthcare, but a privacy backlash could put an end to all that." ZDNet 6:49 AM
  • "Apple Health Records survey shows mixed but positive early results" VentureBeat 8:25 AM
  • "Over 96% of Apple Health Records trial users found it easy to use" AppleInsider 7:52 AM
  • "Huawei Set to Overtake Apple and iPhone in the Smartphone Market" CCN 8:34 AM
  • "Apple's iPhone a big priority for U.S. corporate spending in 2019" AppleInsider 3:17 PM
  • "Thieves Make off with $23K Worth of Apple Tech from Chicago Area Target" iDrop News 3:37 PM
  • "Controversial BBC veteran Charlie Sloth to host new rap show on Apple's Beats 1" AppleInsider 3:16 PM
  • "Controversial hip-hop DJ Charlie Sloth officially joins Beats 1 after being forced out of BBC Radio 1" 9to5Mac 8:58 PM
  • "Apple buys 50 business class seats to Shanghai every day" Cult of Mac 7:15 AM
  • "Apple buys 50 business-class seats every day on flights to Shanghai, according to a leaked 'confidential' United sign" Business Insider 8:12 AM
  • "Apple Spends +$410,000 PER DAY on Commercial Airfare" iDrop News 5:47 PM
  • "Playing different music on HomePod and iPhone now requires Family sub" 9to5Mac 7:13 AM
  • "Apple Music no longer allows parallel streaming without a family subscription" iDownload Blog 7:53 AM
  • "PSA: The HomePod now counts towards streaming limits with Apple Music" AppleInsider 7:13 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "TSMC's $43 Billion Wipeout Will Only Get Worse, Analysts Say" Bloomberg 8:21 PM
  • "After mixed Day 5 of FTC v. Qualcomm antitrust trial, irrelevant German ruling to be handed down later" Foss Patents 8:00 PM
  • "Ajit Pai Refuses to Brief Lawmakers Over Phone-Tracking Scandal, Dubiously Blames Shutdown" Gizmodo 6:29 PM
  • "Ajit Pai Refuses to Brief Congress About Why Bounty Hunters Can Buy Cell Phone Location Data: The Chairman's staff said the selling of location data is not a 'threat to the safety of human life or property that the FCC will address during the Trump shutdown.'" Motherboard 6:08 PM
  • "Ajit Pai locks horns with Congress over location-tracking report" The Verge 5:36 PM
  • "Your phone could reveal your radiation exposure after a nuclear disaster: Testing personal electronics could help people who need lifesaving treatment get it faster" ScienceNews 3:12 PM
  • "RCS Chat is launching on Google Fi" The Verge 11:44 AM
  • "Democrats aren't buying a proposal for big tech to write its own privacy rules: 'Big tech cannot be trusted to write its own rules'" The Verge 11:11 AM
  • "'Wait, that can't be real': A 'Fortnite' streamer freaked out after he got a $75,000 donation during a stream" Business Insider 10:19 AM
  • "This Guy Made a Computer Mouse That Is Itself a Computer: It doesn't have the best UI, but it is a pretty creative take on a laptop." Motherboard 10:18 AM
  • "Tidal 'fake streams': Criminal investigation underway over potential data fraud in Norway" Music Business Worldwide 3:43 PM
  • "Jay-Z's music streaming service Tidal under criminal investigation in Norway over alleged fake streams" Telegraph 8:44 AM
  • "Oppo rumor says a phone with 10x optical zoom is coming this week" The Verge 7:53 AM
  • "Verizon is testing a game streaming service targeting Android devices" The Next Web 7:20 AM
  • "CES 2019: Everything we saw, from 8K TVs to amazing fake burgers" CNET 7:19 AM
  • "Samsung rolls out 'the future unfolds' banners in buildup to S10 launch" The Verge 7:15 AM
  • "Four out of five Americans distrust mainstream social media sites like Facebook: Americans are so disillusioned by social media, that many are turning to forums for trustworthy information." ZDNet 6:50 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Wi-Fi PSA; Apple and Amazon's frenemy-ship – TMO Daily Observations 2019-01-14" The Mac Observer 1:17 PM