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MacSurfer's Archive: Monday, July 8, 2019
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Bill Gates says Steve Jobs could be both an 'a--hole' and a wizard who cast 'spells' on people" Business Insider 7:41 AM
  • "Bill Gates: Steve Jobs was a wizard, but I was immune to his spells" Cult of Mac 7:48 AM
  • "Microsoft's Bill Gates: Steve Jobs cast spells on everyone but he didn't fool me" ZDNet 8:18 AM
  • "Apple 'was on a path to die,' but Bill Gates credits Steve Jobs' ability to make magic by 'casting spells'" GeekWire 12:12 PM
  • "Sun Valley 2019: Content Arms Race, Streaming Wars Take Center Stage After a Turbulent Year" ["From Apple to Disney to AT&T, most of the major players who are on the guest list this week at the tony C-suite conclave are making huge investments in storytelling for a new era of streaming on-demand platforms."] Variety 10:59 AM
  • "Sensor Tower: Android and iOS apps made $39 billion in first half of 2019" VentureBeat 1:31 PM
  • "Huawei founder says Apple is the inspiration behind its privacy policy" Cult of Mac 7:49 AM
  • "Why I made an app to document the seclusion and restraint of special education students" The Conversation 10:05 AM
  • "iPhone — Nap — Apple" YouTube 8:01 AM
  • "Apple's Website Celebrates US Women's World Cup Victory With Memoji Tribute" MacRumors 8:32 AM
  • "Xiaomi just used Apple's 'Memoji' to promote its own 'Mimoji' and its funnier than you think" Live Mint 8:31 AM
  • "Woz wants you to get off Facebook right now: The Apple co-founder believes the privacy tradeoff just isn't worth it." ZDNet 1:31 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Canon Brings Stacked Sensor Tech to PowerShot Line: The Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III and G5 X Mark II gain incredible increases in shooting speed thanks to stacked sensor tech, previously exclusive to Sony cameras." PC Magazine 9:29 PM
  • "Facebook to be quizzed in court on EU-US data transfers" BBC 9:15 PM
  • "FCC Chairman wants to ban caller ID spoofing for text messages" Engadget 2:22 PM
  • "FCC proposal would let it punish international robocallers" TechCrunch 2:22 PM
  • "FCC's Ajit Pai targets robocall ban for texts and foreign calls: The new rules would extend robocall blocking to international calls and text messages." CNET 1:43 PM
  • "Man baffled as Google Home speaker only responds when he speaks in cartoon-like voice: Jay Cleezy, a Google Home owner form Ontario, was forced to use a rather embarrassing voice to communicate with his assistant" Mirror Online UK 8:32 AM
  • "More than 1,000 Android apps harvest data even after you deny permissions: The apps gather information such as location, even after owners explicitly say no. Google says a fix won't come until Android Q." CNET 7:52 AM
  • "Waze Data Can Help Predict Car Crashes and Cut Response Time" Wired [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:51 AM
  • "South Korean internet addiction camp: What is life like there?" BBC 7:50 AM
  • "Internet of things sparks race to replace the battery: Era of mass sensors will require new sources of power" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:50 AM
  • "Backdoor found in Ruby library for checking for strong passwords" ZDNet 7:29 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "#253: Steal The Ball/Guest Marco Arment joins Jason and Myke to discuss the possibility of new Apple laptop keyboards at last, his Overcast priorities over the next year, and the future of podcasting. There are also some mild opinions about Jony Ive, the streaming-video wars, and cappuccino." Relay FM: Upgrade 3:59 PM
  • "9to5Mac Daily: July 08, 2019 – Sign in with Apple, Jeff Williams profile" 9to5Mac 3:29 PM
  • "DNS Over HTTPS, New iCloud Login Method – TMO Daily Observations 2019-07-08" The Mac Observer 1:24 PM