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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, January 15, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "This is how much Apple pays a typical employee — and how that compares to Google, Facebook, Netflix, Microsoft, Box and more: Apple's typical employee probably makes far less than you think: $55,426 per year." Silicon Valley Business Journal 7:56 AM
  • "The future of voice assistants like Alexa and Siri isn't just in homes — it's in cars: Voice assistants are more habit-forming in cars than on smartphones." Recode 7:59 AM
  • "US judge rules that feds can't force fingerprint or face phone unlocks" Engadget 7:57 AM
  • "Police can't force you to unlock your phone by iris, face or finger: A US judge has ruled that law enforcement cannot force you to release your biometric mobile device lock." ZDNet 8:11 AM
  • "Industry First: TD Ameritrade Enables Investors to Instantly Fund Brokerage Accounts Using Apple Pay" Business Wire 8:22 AM
  • "TD Ameritrade taps Apple Pay for instant fund transfers to accounts" Reuters 7:30 AM
  • "Apple to iPhone owners: Why you need to upgrade to XR/Apple emails owners of older models, urging them to upgrade to an iPhone XR." ZDNet 9:24 AM
  • "Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray Reteam on Apple and A24"s First Co-Production" Variety 4:11 PM
  • "First Apple & A24 collaboration is Sofia Coppola's 'On the Rocks': The first collaboration between Apple and film studio A24 will be 'On the Rocks,' directed by Sofia Coppola with stars Bill Murray and Rashida Jones." AppleInsider 5:08 PM
  • "DJ Charlie Sloth will bring fire to the booth on Beats 1" Cult of Mac 7:31 AM
  • "Man Who Sold Kidney for an iPhone Bedridden After Organ Failure" Newsweek 10:39 AM
  • "Man who sold kidney for an iPhone suffers organ failure" Cult of Mac 10:40 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Roku Adds Then Drops Infowars After User Outrage: Roku told PCMag that the company's goal was to offer viewers a wide range of content, which customers can choose and control. But later on Tuesday, it decided to pull the program in response to user complaints." PC Magazine 8:46 PM
  • "Instagram caught selling ads to follower-buying services it banned" TechCrunch 4:41 PM
  • "Netflix is Raising Prices by 13 to 18 Percent in the U.S." Thurrott 4:32 PM
  • "Google Fi Gains iMessage-Like RCS Support And Greater 4G LTE Coverage In These Areas" HotHardware 4:08 PM
  • "LG G8: News, Rumors, Release Date, Specs, and More! We ThinQ should know about this phone." Android Central 9:08 AM
  • "The Snapdragon 855 Performance Preview: Setting the Stage for Flagship Android 2019" AnandTech 7:59 AM
  • "Ajit Pai refused to discuss carrier tracking scandal with lawmakers" Engadget 7:58 AM
  • "This tiny Bluetooth chip doesn't need a battery because it harvests energy from the air: Amazon and Samsung are both investors, and a full release planned for 2020" The Verge 7:50 AM
  • "Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus Get Certified by 3C in China" MySmartPrice 7:26 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 240, With Special Guest Ben Thompson" Daring Fireball 12:03 PM
  • "How the PewDiePie Printer Hacks Turned Toxic: This week on CYBER, Motherboard talks about how a PewDiePie superfan and hacker was burned by YouTubers." Motherboard 9:57 AM
  • "AppStories, Episode 94 – Interview: iOS Game Design with Edwin Smith of Feral Interactive" MacStories 8:00 AM
  • "The new Apple TV is actually a TV, I mean TVs." The MT Show 7:21 AM