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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Exclusive: UAE used cyber super-weapon to spy on iPhones of foes"  Reuters 7:15 AM
  • "UAE intel unit used iPhone exploit to spy on rivals" Six Colors 7:54 AM
  • "Facebook and Google offered gift cards for root-level access to iOS users' data: Both bypassed the App Store to distribute their data-collection apps to users."  Ars Technica 3:21 PM
  • "Google removes tracking app that abused Apple's rules like Facebook" SlashGear 8:53 PM
  • "Apple is punishing Facebook big-time for breaking its rules: Apple moved fast and broke Facebook." Recode 3:23 PM
  • "Facebook issues memo on Apple Enterprise Certificate fiasco as employees vent frustration: Facebook is conducting internal damage control after Apple yanked the social media giant's enterprise developer certificates, a move that effectively disabled internal apps used by thousands of Facebook employees." AppleInsider 8:25 PM
  • "Apple Bans Facebook App in Escalating Privacy Fight: Action comes amid escalating battle between the tech giants over user privacy" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:16 PM
  • "Facebook and Apple are arguing over who banned a Facebook app that paid people $20 per month for complete access to their phones"  Business Insider 9:41 AM
  • "Apple bans Facebook from tech tools for tracking teen browsing habits" Reuters 10:45 AM
  • "Apple says it's banning Facebook's research app that collects users' personal information: Facebook will stop its 'market research' program where it was paying users in exchange for their mobile data." Recode 8:42 AM
  • "Apple Shut Down All of Facebook's Internal Apps When Revoking Enterprise Certificate" MacRumors 11:41 AM
  • "Facebook to Shut Down Controversial iOS Market Research App" MacRumors 7:08 AM
  • "Facebook Is Paying Teenagers to Spy on Them" PC Magazine 7:15 AM
  • "Apple has revoked Facebook's enterprise developer certificates after sideload violations" AppleInsider 10:34 AM
  • "Google's also peddling a data collector through Apple's back door" TechCrunch 1:10 PM
  • "Google also has a data-vacuuming iOS app that bypasses the App Store" Engadget 3:21 PM
  • "Google Also Exploiting Enterprise Certificates to Bypass iOS App Store for Data Collection" MacRumors 3:12 PM
  • "New York Governor Cuomo Hits Out After Apple FaceTime bug Revealed" The Mac Observer 7:04 AM
  • "Another Apple Engineer Accused of Stealing Autonomous Vehicle Trade Secrets"  NBC Bay Area 11:46 AM
  • "A second Apple employee was charged with stealing self-driving car project secrets: He faces up to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000" The Verge 12:01 PM
  • "Apple's self-driving car technology allegedly stolen by second employee, says FBI" AppleInsider 11:47 AM
  • "Second Apple employee accused of stealing self-driving car tech: He allegedly planned to bring data to a Chinese company." Engadget 8:56 PM
  • "Evidence against Qualcomm is 'overwhelming,' says FTC" 9to5Mac 7:10 AM
  • "Qualcomm versus US FTC 'no license, no chips' antitrust trial wraps up" AppleInsider 7:11 AM
  • "FTC v. Qualcomm closing arguments: in a bench trial before Judge Koh, lawyers are just there to supply facts" Foss Patents 7:44 AM
  • "How a teen discovered Apple's FaceTime bug" Reuters Videos 9:30 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Firm That Sold Social Media Bots Settles With New York Attorney General" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:46 PM
  • "Google brings YouTube Music to Sonos" BetaNews 7:49 PM
  • "Cheap internet of things gadgets betray you even after you toss them in the trash"  TechCrunch 3:14 PM
  • "Square offering Pixelbooks to employees, trialing with designers as MacBook alternative" 9to5Google 12:01 PM
  • "Verizon pauses 5G Home rollout until actual 5G equipment is ready" The Verge 10:33 AM
  • "Foxconn Backpedals on Wisconsin Factory Plan, Shifts Focus To Research: Many of the new Wisconsin jobs will be in research, development and design; company official cites high costs if it were to manufacture displays in the U.S." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:31 AM
  • "Foxconn Rethinking Wisconsin Factory Amid China Trade War" Time 9:40 AM
  • "Exclusive: Foxconn reconsidering plans to make LCD panels at Wisconsin plant" Reuters 7:08 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "#279: What Sorcery Is This? Our usage of group FaceTime before and after Apple's bug, which tech company we'd choose to run the country, what it will take for data privacy to be taken seriously, and how we deal with information overload in this day and age." Relay FM: Clockwise 3:22 PM
  • "Earnings and Apple's Future – TMO Daily Observations 2019-01-30" The Mac Observer 1:24 PM
  • "223: A Whole Cajoodle of SKUs" The Rebound 10:07 AM