Friday, March 4, 2016



Apple Trounced the Smartphone Shipment Trend in 2015 While Overtaking Xiaomi in India






Apple "predicted" to increase quarterly dividend up to 10%, share buybacks up to $50B






Who's for Apple and who's for the FBI: The complete list






Finally, a smart person in government speaks out!

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks out for strong encryption



The Pentagon wholeheartedly supports strong encryption and opposes efforts to add back doors to secure software, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at a cybersecurity conference on Thursday.

Carter also cautioned against setting policy on the basis of one case. He urged government and industry collaboration to resolve data security issues, adding that it would be undesirable to have legislation "written by people who won't have technical knowledge, maybe written in an atmosphere of anger or grief."





UN high commissioner on human rights throws weight behind Apple in San Bernardino case






Former Secretary of Homeland Security thinks that a Forced GovtOS would be Equivalent of a Bacteriological Weapon







Tech industry companies, security experts, civil liberties groups back Apple






US tech companies unite behind Apple ahead of iPhone encryption ruling



Tech industry leaders including Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp , AT&T and more than two dozen other Internet and technology companies filed legal briefs on Thursday asking a judge to support Apple Inc in its encryption battle with the U.S. government.




Apple posts letter from San Bernardino survivor's husband as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, more offer support







The moron brigade, otherwise known as Congress, weighs in.

Get rid of all the devices that can't be easily hacked in exchange for what, the ones that can be easily hacked?

Congressman introduces bill barring government from buying Apple devices






Now they're just making up words.

Don't they know any smart people?

San Bernardino shooter's iPhone may hold evidence of 'dormant cyber pathogen,' DA says



Jonathan Zdziarski, a prominent iPhone forensics expert, said in a telephone interview that the district attorney is suggesting that a "magical unicorn might exist on this phone."





VESA:  Video Electronic Standards Association 

VESA Updates Display Port Standard with USB-C Connectivity and Support for Higher Resolutions






Duncan Sinfield's latest flyover 

Apple Campus 2: March 2016 Progress Update










Daniel Eran Dilger's latest flyover

See Apple's rapid progress on new Campus 2 Visitor Center, Phase 2 R&D buildings








The Nordstrom wing sign has been removed, there has been HVAC and other work commencing on the roof, and multiple dumpsters have been filled with debris from gutting the space. 

It's a prime location previously occupied by the Abercrombie and Fitch store.

If this is the new Apple Store, it will be the most visible store in the west wing of the Fashion Mall.

The current Apple Store is the busiest retail store in the mall, and it's the most profitable, actually one of the most profitable Apple Stores in the country per square foot.

Sources say that this is the future site of a new larger Apple Store in the Fashion Mall at Keystone Crossing, Indianapolis 



March 3 above

February 23 below


Feb 23 interior below





Three latest China Apple Stores' hero photos and more


# 471 Nanjing IST mall above



# 472 Parc Central above (links to several interior and exterior photos available on the home page)



#473 MixC Qingdao




Tim Cook has hinted at new Apple virtual reality hardware and software recently, but I don't think this is it.

Oculus founder says no Mac support coming until Apple builds 'good' system with better graphics






How to: Manage your 'digital afterlife' while you're still here to do it






Don't want encryption? 

Get the Amazon Fire, or almost any Android device.

Amazon confirms encryption change







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