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MacSurfer's Archive: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones: An Apple lobbyist brought an iPhone to meetings with California lawmakers and said consumers could hurt themselves by puncturing a lithium-ion battery."  Motherboard 9:00 PM
  • "Apple reportedly warning of consumer injury associated with Right to Repair bill: The company is putting forward an argument against the California legislation, based on consumer safety, Motherboard reports."  CNET 8:58 PM
  • "In streaming wars, Apple says it can coexist with Netflix" Reuters 8:58 PM
  • "Apple's new services 'aren't hobbies,' a testy Tim Cook told analysts" Business Insider 9:10 PM
  • "Apple TV+ to launch as for-pay subscription service, Cook suggests" AppleInsider 9:04 PM
  • "Smartphone Shipments Experience Deeper Decline in Q1 2019 with a Clear Shakeup Among the Market Leaders, According to IDC" ["Apple had a challenging first quarter as shipments dropped to 36.4 million units representing a staggering 30.2% decline from last year. The iPhone struggled to win over conusmers in most major markets as competitors continue to eat away at Apple's market share."] IDC 9:04 PM
  • "Apple is under scrutiny for squashing competitors on the App Store — again: Apple built its own screen-time management app. Then things got weird on the App Store."  Vox 10:38 AM
  • "Apple Claims Parental Control Apps Removed Due to Use of MDM" SecurityWeek 8:17 AM
  • "Apple, Inc. Ranks No. 16 In List Of 'America's Best Employers' For 2019" MacPrices 9:57 AM
  • "Oprah Talks Apple Plans, '60 Minutes' Exit, 'Leaving Neverland' Backlash and Mayor Pete 'Buttabeep, Buttaboop'" The Hollywood Reporter 12:17 PM
  • "Canalys Newsroom- Canalys: Huawei gains record 34% of China's declining smartphone market" Canalys 12:52 PM
  • "Apple-owned business PowerbyProxi meets criteria for NZ growth grants, Callaghan Innovation decides" Stuff: New Zealand 8:16 AM
  • "Robotics startup which graced the stage at WWDC has closed" Cult of Mac 7:54 AM
Non-Apple News
  • "U.S. attorney general recuses self from T-Mobile, Sprint merger probe" Reuters 2:36 PM
  • "LG reports lagging profits and continued mobile losses in Q1 2019" Android Police 10:56 AM
  • "Facebook's Zuckerberg preaches 'The future is private' - Video" CNET 1:08 PM
  • "Facebook gives first look at its promised overhaul" Reuters 12:55 PM
  • "The Dead Will Outnumber the Living on Facebook Within 50 years" Digital Trends 12:10 PM
  • "Facebook F8 2019 Liveblog: All the News as It Happens" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:55 AM
  • "Bad news for anyone who wanted that ridiculous Energizer phone: It's dead, Jim." The Next Web 10:49 AM
  • "Samsung losing more ground in India while Vivo gobbles it up" Android Authority 10:13 AM
  • "Huawei denies report about hidden 'backdoors' in its software" Reuters 10:08 AM
  • "OnePlus 7 Pro packaging leaks confirms new Bullets Wireless 2, Warp Charge 30 car charger" 9to5Google 11:54 AM
  • "OnePlus 7 Pro's design was just confirmed, just as first camera review comes out" BGR 10:05 AM
  • "New Razr V4 flip phone: Could this be Motorola's first foldable Razr? Lenovo's foldable Motorola Razr V4 shows up in an apparent leak." ZDNet 8:00 AM
  • "Google set to lose more than $70 billion off its market cap after 'nasty combination' of slowing ad traffic and drop in sales per click" Business Insider 8:00 AM
  • "Foxconn chairman travels to White House to discuss Wisconsin: source" Reuters 7:43 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Machine Learning and Creativity – TMO Daily Observations 2019-04-30" The Mac Observer 1:35 PM
  • "AppStories, Episode 109 – Pick 2: Moment and MindNode" MacStories 7:32 AM