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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, January 31, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple iCloud bug 'let Anyone read your private iPhone notes' – and was 'kept a secret', security expert claims"  The Sun 9:35 AM
  • "Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps: Google joins Facebook in Apple's banning spree"  The Verge 3:22 PM
  • "Apple kills Google's enterprise development certificate because of Screenwise Meter" AppleInsider 3:35 PM
  • "Apple Shuts Down All of Google's Internal Apps for Abusing Enterprise Certificate" MacRumors 3:47 PM
  • "Apple revokes Google's enterprise iOS certificate, shuts down internal apps: Google and Facebook were both caught violating Apple's TOS, and now both are banned." Ars Technica 4:59 PM
  • "Apple Breaks Google's Employee-Only iOS Apps After Search Giant Broke Its Rules: Reports" Gizmodo 4:59 PM
  • "Facebook's iOS apps return after temporary Apple ban: The company said its consumer-facing apps were not affected."  Engadget 5:41 PM
  • "Apple and Facebook make peace so Facebook employees can start using internal iOS apps again" CNBC 8:07 PM
  • "Apple restores Facebook enterprise certificates following 'Facebook Research' fallout: Facebook on Thursday saw its Apple enterprise certification restored after the privileges were revoked due to developer guideline violations, meaning the company can bring a clutch of integral internal apps back online." AppleInsider 6:10 PM
  • "Apple reactivates Facebook's employee apps after punishment for Research spying" TechCrunch 7:49 PM
  • "Apple, Facebook spat is over, for now—iOS certificate access restored/Spokesman: 'We are in the process of getting our internal apps up and running.'" Ars Technica 8:07 PM
  • "Some Facebook employees considered quitting over Apple mess" Mashable 8:39 PM
  • "Facebook enters its second day of chaos after Apple blocked its internal company apps" Business Insider 11:18 AM
  • "Google shuts down iPhone data-gathering app: 'This was a mistake, and we apologize'/Google says its Screenwise Meter app in Apple's enterprise program should never have been there." ZDNet 8:02 AM
  • "After Facebook, Google apologizes for running a user data collection program on iOS" The Next Web 8:13 AM
  • "After Facebook, Google Too Has Been Found Using Enterprise App For Collecting iPhone Users' Data But Has Now Shut It Down And Issued Apology" Redmond Pie 8:14 AM
  • "Sheryl Sandberg: The Teens 'Consented' to Putting Facebook Spyware on Their Phones" Gizmodo 8:14 AM
  • "Apple's iconic glass cube in New York will re-open this year" Business Insider 9:42 AM
  • "New push for part of Fed Square to be demolished for Apple store: Permission has been sought to demolish Federation Square's Yarra Building to make way for a controversial new Apple store, sparking accusations the process is being rushed to avoid scrutiny." Melbourne Age 7:42 AM
  • "Federation Square officials try again to make Melbourne Apple Store a reality" Cult of Mac 7:42 AM
  • "The 15 coolest Apple stores in the world, from New York's Grand Central Station to London's Regent Street" Business Insider 3:23 PM
  • "Strategy Analytics: Samsung Breaks 19-Quarter Tablet Decline to Post 7% Growth in Recovering Global Market" ["Apple, Huawei, and Microsoft also had excellent fourth quarters and all three vendors showed growth for the full year as the tablet market shows signs of recovery. Global Tablet market shipments contracted 1% in Q4 2018 and ended the year 6% lower at 173.8 million units."] Business Wire 10:44 AM
  • "Apple Shipped 14.5M iPads in Holiday Quarter According to Strategy Analytics" MacRumors 10:44 AM
  • "iPad Pro's winning redesign takes sting out of iPhone slump" Cult of Mac 1:38 PM
  • "Apple hiring rates show 'streaming' careers increasing as launch looms" 9to5Mac 2:52 PM
  • "Apple Retail offers enterprise-class MDM for the rest of us: SMBs using Apple technologies can deploy the same system and device management tools as any major enterprise, using a solution that's available for sale at Apple Retail stores." Computerworld 7:51 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "Amazon's barely-transparent transparency report somehow gets more opaque" TechCrunch 7:34 PM
  • "Net neutrality heads to court again: FCC will defend scrapping the rules" Washington Post [Paid Membership Required] 3:47 PM
  • "U.S. appeals court, House panel to take up net neutrality" Reuters 3:22 PM
  • "Huawei's upcoming foldable phone looks pretty sleek in these new renders" BGR 2:12 PM
  • "The science behind why your phone shuts down when it's cold outside" [Video] Business Insider 11:18 AM
  • "Leaked Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus image offers another look at extra-wide hole-punch camera: And the unibrow camera array on the rear" The Verge 10:43 AM
  • "Cybersecurity of smartwatch aimed at children was 'a train wreck', experts say: Gator watch range by TechSixtyFour was found to reveal live location of thousands of children" GearBrain 10:00 AM
  • "Hackers are passing around a massive collection of 2.2 billion stolen logins" BGR 9:37 AM
  • "Google invented the AI version of a Hallmark card: Gmail's Smart Replies automate messages, but that's not a new idea" The Verge 8:12 AM
  • "New York settles with company selling fake social media followers" Engadget 8:03 AM
  • "LG fails to turn a profit for the first time in two years: Deep losses at its mobile division helped push the company to lose $72.5 million." Engadget 8:02 AM
  • "Foxconn to adjust investment in Wisconsin" DigiTimes 8:01 AM
  • "Foxconn in political storm over revised plans for Wisconsin plant: Anger as Taiwanese group scales back manufacturing investment hailed by Donald Trump" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:50 AM
  • "Ultraviolet cloud locker service closing on July 31" 9to5Mac 7:43 AM
  • "Sprint posts loss as it awaits a T-Mobile lifeline: Phone customers are also jumping ship." CNET 7:39 AM
  • "Sprint loses fewer phone subscribers and beats on revenue" Reuters 7:39 AM
  • "Google 'Rammus' Featuring Intel Core i7-8500Y CPU and 8GB RAM Appears on Geekbench" MySmartPrice 7:23 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Talk Show: 'The Butts Incident', With Special Guest John Moltz" Daring Fireball 8:26 PM
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 210: iOS 12.2 beta features, FaceTime bug debacle, iOS 13 rumors" 9to5Mac 1:15 PM