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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Watch 'prolonged my life' by spotting deadly heart illness just days after new ECG feature launched, gadget owner reports: The feature has been hailed by doctors as 'life saving'" The Sun 8:17 PM
  • "Apple News+ wrangled more than 200,000 subscriptions in first 48 hours, report says" AppleInsider 8:04 PM
  • "Lawsuit charges Apple with ignoring swelling Apple Watch batteries" AppleInsider 4:17 PM
  • "Apple's Clips App Updated With New Posters, Camcorder Filter, Live Titles and More" MacRumors 12:38 PM
  • "Apple's Clips app upgraded with retro camcorder filter, new stickers, Live Titles, ClassKit support, more" 9to5Mac 12:38 PM
  • "Apple Clips adds support for custom soundtracks: There's also a camcorder filter for that '90s look." Engadget 12:39 PM
  • "Apple is working on skid recovery and automatic safety systems for self-driving cars: Apple's self-driving vehicle technology has the potential to make being a passenger even safer than before, with the company coming up with ways to determine how fast the car is moving along a road without using traditional sensing technology, as well as how the wheels slip in hazardous conditions." AppleInsider 10:00 AM
  • "Here are the vehicles and receivers with Apple CarPlay announced in 2018-2019: Once an expensive niche option — and still that way, in some cases — CarPlay is becoming increasingly common on new cars, trucks, and SUVs, as well as aftermarket receivers. Here's a roundup of the introductions in 2018 and 2019, the latest being the 2020 Yaris Hatchback." AppleInsider 9:39 AM
  • "Here are all the new Apple Pay card issuers added during 2018 and 2019" AppleInsider 10:25 AM
  • "Apple kicks off local production of iPhone 7 in India: Apple contract manufacturer Wistron is kicking off iPhone 7 production in the country." iMore 7:25 AM
  • "IFPI Global Music Report 2019" ifpi 11:23 AM
  • "Streaming services like Apple Music poised to control music revenue in 2019" AppleInsider 11:23 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant: Proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement, staff say." Bloomberg 10:48 AM
  • "Microsoft is Closing Its Ebook Store, Edge Support" Thurrott 10:23 AM
  • "Lenovo's design for a foldable smartphone is one of the more unique we've seen" BGR 10:20 AM
  • "Google and Walmart team up to let users buy groceries with voice commands: Amazon's Alexa has a new competitor in the voice-controlled shopping space." Ars Technica 8:44 AM
  • "Wireless headphone maker Bragi offloads hardware business as it shifts to licensing AI technology: Bragi, one of many wireless headphone manufacturers competing for space on users' ears, on Monday announced it is exiting the consumer hardware business and will offload its consumer product division to an unnamed third-party as it focuses on licensing AI technology." AppleInsider 6:40 AM
  • "Bragi sells off its in-ear headphone business as it focuses on software: It's not going to compete with Apple or Samsung directly." Engadget 6:40 AM
  • "Google staff call out treatment of temp workers in 'historic' show of solidarity: More than 900 employees sign letter criticizing abrupt firing of contractors, who make up 54% of Google's workforce" The Guardian 6:58 AM
  • "Google's head of Southeast Asia and India is leaving the company" VentureBeat 6:50 AM
  • "Google reshuffles its leadership in Asia Pacific" TechCrunch 6:49 AM
  • "Google: We just fixed these three critical Android bugs with April update/Samsung and Huawei roll out Google's patches for nasty Android security flaws." ZDNet 6:42 AM
  • "Happy 15th birthday Gmail, thanks for the scheduled sending feature: We only expected socks" The Inquirer 6:42 AM
  • "Google kills off the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL: ...and Google+, and Inbox, and goog.ly" The Inquirer 6:39 AM
  • "Google downplays the number of 'potentially harmful apps' on the Play Store" BGR 6:34 AM
  • "UK gaming market worth record £5.7bn" BBC 6:34 AM
  • "Facebook will finally start explaining its choices for your News Feed" BGR 6:33 AM
  • "Nokia X71 official with punch-hole display and triple cameras: But it's unclear if it's coming to Blighty" The Inquirer 6:42 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Apple's Slice of Medical Industry, Apple TV Hardware and Competition, with John Martellaro -ACM 507" The Mac Observer 6:38 PM
  • "iPad mini Teardown, Marie Kondo-ing Design – TMO Daily Observations 2019-04-02" The Mac Observer 1:02 PM
  • "Book Review: Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level"  Thurrott 7:56 AM
  • "Let's Talk iOS 285: It's a lifestyle, baby" iDownload Blog 7:28 AM