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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, May 4, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Magisk developer John Wu picks up internship at Apple" Android Police 9:04 PM
  • "Amazon Employees Make Off With $100K Worth of Apple Watches" MacTrast 9:05 PM
  • "Photography News: Apple Aperture gets axed while Moment Pro gets new tools" Digital Trends 11:09 AM
  • "Right to Repair Bill Killed After Big Tech Lobbying In Ontario: The bill would have been the first in North America to empower average people to repair their own devices."  Motherboard 5/3
  • "Apple & other tech companies lobby efforts kill Ontario 'Right to Repair' bill" AppleInsider 5/3
  • "Lobbyists for Apple help shoot down another Right to Repair bill" Cult of Mac 5/3
  • "IHS Markit: Apple shipped 43.8M iPhones in Q1, down 16% from 2018/Contradicting controversial smartphone shipment estimates from market research firm IDC, IHS Markit on Thursday released its own set of preliminary figures that fall in line with wider industry expectations. At least as far as Apple is concerned." AppleInsider 5/3
  • "Huawei, the Chinese tech giant embroiled in controversy, just overtook Apple to become the second largest smartphone maker" Business Insider 5/3
  • "Apple's famous design team now has no original members left" AppleInsider 5/3
  • "After the foldable smartphone, get ready for folding smartwatches: As smartphone sales slide, smartwatches continue to rise; could foldable models boost them further?"  ZDNet 5/3
  • "8+ reasons smartwatch users choose Apple Watch" Apple Must 5/3
  • "Facebook's new crypto platform could rival Apple Pay" Engadget 5/3
  • "Apple Exec Lisa Jackson Tweets Support For Paris Climate Change Deal" The Mac Observer 5/3
  • "Accidentally swallowed AirPod still worked, even in a stomach" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "A man who accidentally swallowed his AirPod found that it still worked after passing through his digestive system: 'The battery was still at 41%'" Business Insider 5/3
  • "Watch: Apple's latest iOS Accessibility guides here" Apple Must 5/3
  • "This Goofy Apple Computer Video From 1987 Has Futuristic Gadgets That We're Still Waiting For" Gizmodo 5/3
Non-Apple News
  • "Ruthless Hacker Is Hijacking Github Repositories And Demanding Ransom" HotHardware 3:46 PM
  • "Facebook Faces a Big Penalty, but Regulators Are Split Over How Big" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 3:36 PM
  • "Google Goes iPhone XR With The Pixel 3a — Latest Leaks" Forbes 2:15 PM
  • "California Weighs Limiting Smart Speaker 'Eavesdropping': California state lawmakers seek to force smart speaker vendors such as Amazon and Google to get explicit consent from customers before voice queries are recorded and stored." PC Magazine 5/3
  • "Foxconn chairman's Trump visit shows the political tangle of its Wisconsin project: Now there are two presidential campaigns tied to whatever Foxconn is doing" The Verge 5/3
  • "Google Maps now highlights photos of restaurants' most popular dishes" Engadget 5/3
  • "Google Pixel 3a XL spotted at Best Buy ahead of launch" Engadget 5/3
  • "Robocalls are getting worse. How do we stop them?" The Verge 5/3
  • "Facebook and Instagram are still struggling to shut down videos of the Christchurch mosque massacre" Business Insider 5/3
  • "This password-stealing malware just evolved a new tactic to remain hidden" ZDNet 5/3
Publications/Podcasts
  • "The Dalrymple Report: Parental Controls and Voice Assistants" The Loop 11:09 AM
  • "What's brewing for iOS and macOS [Cult of Mac Magazine No. 295] Cult of Mac 10:45 AM
  • "iMore show 656: iOS Rancho Cucamonga/The iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac, and Apple!" iMore 5/3
  • "9to5Mac Happy Hour 223: Apple earnings, Screen Time App Store controversy, Jony's design lab" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "Glasses As Health Tracker, TMO Tips – TMO Daily Observations 2019-05-03" The Mac Observer 5/3
  • "9to5Mac Daily: May 3, 2019" 9to5Mac 5/3
  • "Foxconn's Wisconsin adventures, iCloud spy chip allegations fallout, Geert Bevin of Moog, & more on the AppleInsider Podcast" AppleInsider 5/3