Monday, March 7, 2016




Apple dominates January US smartphone shifts






It's way past time the Feds acted, but at least they're finally doing something pro Apple for a change.

U.S. Treasury Investigates Retaliatory Measures against the EU's Aggressive Investigation of Apple & Others






It didn't take them long to act on this case that should have been brought against Amazon, the real monopolist here.

I think the US is starting to fear Apple's International reach and wants to clip its wings whenever and wherever possible now.

Apple rejected by US Supreme Court in $450 Million E-Book Case







Craig Federighi speaks out in the Washington Post

Apple VP: The FBI wants to roll back safeguards that keep us a step ahead of criminals






Why don't they (FBI) just tattoo ID numbers on our arms and inject a chip under our skin to transmit back to NSA, and other HQs.

Craig Federighi: Security is an endless race, but the FBI wants to roll it back to 2013


In 2014 and again last year, law enforcement groups pointed to significant drops in violent crime statistics directly related to the strong security employed in iOS Activation Lock—25 percent in New York, and 40 percent in San Francisco

In 2013 Law enforcement praised Apple's iOS Activation Lock

"That's why it's so disappointing that the FBI, Justice Department and others in law enforcement are pressing us to turn back the clock to a less-secure time and less-secure technologies" - Craig Federighi





It's an election year folks

Apple accused of "providing aid to kidnappers, robbers' by NYPD counterterrorism chief







Then the CIA would get involved 

An FBI win could lead iOS users to reject updates and tech companies to leave the US says Lavabit






It's an election year

In Apple v FBI case, compromise appears elusive


"We as a country have to ask if we want to say that anything outside our personal human memory should be available to the federal government."






It's an election year

Trump, Apple, and the Overton Window






AC2 1000 seat underground auditorium in March flyover




Above: The two large parking garages are going to be below grade from the rest of the campus


I guess that gray pad was created just to build the roof for the theater lobby





AC2 Tantau Ave. parking garage progress




Above: Garage going up across Tantau Ave.




AC2 Tantau Ave. Office/research buildings and parking




This will be the site of an identical office building to the one across the street, only two stories high, not four, plus a smaller building before the river.




Apple Campus 2 visitor center



Above: Finished above ground visitor center

Below:  Visitor center underground parking in progress Mar. 2 2016

 



This confirms earlier reports of automated robotic manufacturing that will be used by Foxconn to make Apple devices

Apple Invents an Advanced Plenoptic Camera System to Assist in the Manufacturing of Quality Products






Apple Revises 'iCloud' Trademark to Cover Vehicles, Apple Pay and Health Markets






This is a BitTorrent client that was attacked.

BitTorrent is used for "trading" software without purchasing it, so...

First OS X ransom-ware detected in the wild, will maliciously encrypt hard drives on infected macs







Malware-infected Transmission 2.9 app threatened OS X users, stopped by XProtect










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