Monday, February 29, 2016





Apple will ask Congress for a 'thoughtful and honest consideration of the facts' in testimony on encryption debate







Company, not Cook, will be held responsible if Apple loses fight over FBI case, experts say






Apple press event week of March 21 new iPad & 4-inch "iPhone SE," sans 3D Touch







Back to the future

Apple's 4-inch iPhone strategy could devastate the competition






Apple's Smaller iPad Pro Launching Next Month Likely to Support Apple Pencil, the Best Digital Pen(cil) on the Market Today






Apple lawyer warns government on road to 'limitless' power and a police state in iPhone encryption fight






WTF!

Secrets, lies and the iPhone: A CIA whistleblower talks about Obama's bizarre secrecy obsession - and why Hillary and Bernie won't talk about it







The Obama administration's insistence on forcing Apple to hack the iPhone has accomplished two things:

1) Caused Apple to double down on security

2) Made the iPhone even more popular and trusted all over the world
 

FBI contacted Apple, received data related to San Bernardino case 3 days after shooting





The GovtOS Show






But the FBI wants Apple to hack it wide open anyway.

San Bernardino's top cop says it's likely 'there is nothing of any value' on iPhone the FBI wants Apple to crack






Pew asks stupid misleading question about FBI Apple fight, gets stupid misleading answers






Has Apple been neglecting politics?






If Apple loses, your home could be the next thing that's unlocked




Both Amazon and Nest encrypt the data sent from their devices. Yet, if the Department of Justice gets its way, that's just a minor inconvenience for law enforcement if you're suspected of a crime.




Apple protects students privacy 

Apple School Manager Web portal enters beta ahead of iOS 9.3 debut





Google, not so much. 

Apple needs to up its game to counter Google's cheap net-book give-away program to schools.

Schools either don't realize or don't care that they and their students are being data mined for students' info to sell to advertisers and "others."

Google is tracking students as it sells more products to schools, privacy advocates warn






See Google above:

Calling them 'allies' is a stretch: "IP thieves" would be a better description in most or all cases.

Apple's tech allies oppose the FBI, but still want your data






Board of directors meeting::

Apple directors reelected, outside proposals rejected at annual shareholder meeting



Angela Ahrendts on Apple retail: Small and medium business a huge focus with massive things we are doing to address biz users


Daniel Eran Dilger's notes and tweets from the meeting here:




Apple confirms that OS X update broke ethernet port on some Macs, here's how to fix it






Apple is letting French, German and Dutch photographers inside AC2 for exclusive photo shoots.

Beautiful photos of a UFO on the new Apple Campus




Below: This will be the above ground lobby for the underground theater 






The roof panels are awaiting to be lifted into place by the giant cranes.

Curved glass facades take shape



Above: For scale, there is a construction worker standing on the edge of a roof section, center right in the photo






Photos show Apple preparing to build store inside new World Trade Center Transportation Hub 








Foxconn & Sharp to delay takeover talk deadline by 1-2 weeks, report says






Tesla hires yet another chip architecture titan out of Apple's PA Semi, feeding the rumor that it plans to design its own silicon





Yes, I kind of think it is, senator, and that's due to nut jobs like you, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and most of all, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

Presidential Candidate Rubio on Apple: "Let me tell you, their Brand is not Superior to the United States of America"






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Friday, February 26, 2016




Apple calls FBI iPhone request "unprecedented" in court filing






Another case of the government deciding whether the government is right or wrong, when clearly they have every intention of agreeing with themselves, that the government is right, yet again.

My take on San Bernardino: Apple will win this case

The government's brief is weak. Apple's is strong.





The world-wide implications of this go beyond the scope of the FBI, they are Global in scale, moving beyond borders into a new age of cooperate or bear the consequences of non-cooperation and global insecurity.

In other words, Apple et al have to do what governments never seem to be able to accomplish, being smart and safe.

Apple and the FBI are playing with Fire






Apple to launch 9.7 inch iPad Pro, not Air 3; smart keyboard & Apple Pencil support likely





The Tablet is dead.  Long live the iPad!

Tablets are Dead … for Android, but Apple Remains a Believer






Oh, snap: Apple's latest motion turns the US government's own security record against it






Apple rails against FBI demands for 'GovtOS' in motion to vacate decryption request






These things are zoos whereby the politicians turn every question into a campaign speach

Apple lead attorney Bruce Sewell to testify before US Congress on encryption debate March 1



Apple lead attorney Bruce Sewell to testify before US Congress on encryption debate March 1




Thank God somebody at MS has their head screwed on straight!

It's definitely not Bill Gates. (see yesterday's post)

Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon will file amicus briefs supporting Apple





Guess what happened when the US found out Huawei and ZTE had Chinese government backdoors





Apple to tighten iCloud backup encryption






Slowly but surely, Apple has been working on this store for over two years with still a good ways to go.

It was started about the time they started Apple Camus 2 demolition and construction.

I am puzzled by the ladder like frames projecting out of either side of the front of the building.

It looks like they may be on the back of the building also

Look at how Apple's new flagship is coming along






Six kilometers of curved glass: More than 3,000 giant curved glass panes will be used at Apple campus 2. 

First photo below was "issued" February 22nd

Up-close with world's largest piece of curved glass at Apple HQ



Above: The long clear view looking south inside the ring into the sun with no awning: Roofing material on the ground awaiting installation


Above: Outside the ring

Below: Inside the ring 



Above: Inside the ring showing hooks that hold the ventilating awnings in place  


Above: as glass goes on the outside of the ring, you can see the hooks that will hold the ventilating awnings in place


Above: Curved glass window segments arrive at AC 2 on custom trailers



Lots of AC2 construction photos here:




Foxconn acquisition team "went berserk" when they learned of potential Sharp liabilities, deal in doubt







Report: Apple Pay arriving in France this year, but with a slow-burn roll-out over 3-5 months






And by mac, the article mostly talks about the OS and how it interfaced with the hardware Steve Jobs wanted

I think Jef would have liked the iPad and iPhone, which probably fulfilled his concept

Original macintosh founder, Jef Raskin, died 11 years ago today



As his college thesis he wrote a paper arguing that computers should be completely graphical, rather than text-based — and he took this idea to Apple, where he was allowed to start researching it as a side project from the then-popular Apple II.

Raskin also believed computers should be made affordable to the masses, and set a target price for the Mac of $500 or less. Steve Jobs eventually took over the Mac project and booted Jef Raskin out — with the idea of reverse-engineering a computer around a low price being one of the first things to go. But, years later, it seems that a low-cost, ultra-portable computer is exactly what Apple achieved with its biggest ever hit: the iPhone.

Jef Raskin died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61 — the same disease which eventually killed Steve Jobs. His name is nowhere near as well-recognized as Jobs', but he played a key part in the lives of many people reading this site.

Thank you, Jef!






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