Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs film, starring Michael Fassbender, will hit theaters Oct. 9

Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs film, starring Michael Fassbender, will hit theaters Oct. 9: ""

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I still say they should have just cast Justin Long and John Hodgeman.

 

Tom Briant

Editor, MacValley Blog

 

Apple Inc iOS 8 HealthKit already in testing at 60 percent of top 23 U.S. hospitals

Apple Inc iOS 8 HealthKit already in testing at 60 percent of top 23 U.S. hospitals: ""

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How to get the lowest prices anywhere on Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pros with coupons

How to get the lowest prices anywhere on Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pros with coupons: ""

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Read the article. Get the MacBook Pro. IT’s that simple.

 

Tom Briant

Editor, Macvalley Blog

How to prepare your iPhoto library for Photos for OS X | Macworld

How to prepare your iPhoto library for Photos for OS X | Macworld: ""

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Neil Young's $400 Pono hi-def music player loses to Apple's iPhone in blind audio test

Neil Young's $400 Pono hi-def music player loses to Apple's iPhone in blind audio test: ""

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Senior Correspondent Arnold Woodworth's Weekly Web Wrapup

Here's a first look at Apple's redesigned 'Photos' app for Macs

Apple is about to replace iPhoto with a new image editor, simply dubbed "Photos." Not only does it bring a drastic redesign (in the style of Yosemite, of course), but it'll also come built into OS X so that you no longer need to download it from the App Store.

The editing tools are better this time around too. Not robust enough to take on Photoshop, mind you, but a clear improvement over iPhoto.

The best thing I noticed about Photos is that it's fast and smooth.  iPhoto hesitates as you click around, if only for a second or two.  Sometimes it beachballs.  Photos doesn't.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/05/apple-photos-app-os-x-yosemite/



Editing with Photos for OS X, Apple’s iPhoto (and Aperture) replacement

The current Photos app is BETA TEST.  It is NOT ready for prime time.

These updates go through quite a bit of testing, and several builds are usually released before they're deemed good enough for general use.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/02/editing-with-photos-for-os-x-apples-iphoto-and-aperture-replacement/



David Pogue says Photos for the Mac Is Clean, Fast, Connected — and Unfinished

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/photos-for-the-mac-is-clean-fast-connected-and-110170322774.html



First Impressions of Photos for OS X: 'Vast Improvement' Over iPhoto

a roundup of some of the more interesting comments and opinions about Photos for OS X, which combines iPhoto and Aperture into one for OS X Yosemite.

Overall, Photos for OS X appears to be a significant improvement for users migrating from iPhoto, but a step down in functionality for those coming from Aperture.

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/05/photos-for-os-x-first-impressions/



Why are hospitals using Apple's HealthKit? It's simple

It's simple for hospitals to connect Apple's HealthKit to their Epic electronic health-record systems.

And it's simple for patients to connect their phones' data through HealthKit to their hospitals.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150205/NEWS/302059938/why-are-hospitals-using-apples-healthkit-its-simple



Apple's 10 Biggest, Riskiest Bets

Even the most vociferous Apple haters can surely admit that Apple is firing on all cylinders.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81662.html



Five things Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak will tell you about business

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2015/02/05/five-things-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-will.html



The ultimate guide to how and where to use Apple Pay

http://www.macworld.com/article/2834669/the-ultimate-guide-on-how-and-where-to-use-apple-pay.html



We pitted an iPhone camera against a point-and-shoot and a DSLR to see if there's really any difference

http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-vs-dslr-and-point-and-shoot-2015-2



The amazing perks of working at Apple

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-things-about-working-at-apple-2015-2



Microsoft Outlook is the best email app out right now

Apple's own Mail app is still the best integrated email app for iPhone users, but I found myself missing the extra features and depth to the email experience that Outlook brings to the table.

Gmail is still stuck using the same bogged down actions to deal with individual emails, Hop and Inbox are too alien for many users, and Mailbox makes it tough to deal with a clogged-up inbox in one swoop — it's perfect if you check your email obsessively though.

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-email-app-goes-to-microsoft-outlook-2015-2



Microsoft is slowly taking over my iPhone

A week ago, the apps on my home screen were dominated by just about every major tech company except Microsoft.

But last week Microsoft relaunched Outlook on iPhone.

After five minutes with the app, I knew Outlook was so good that I could delete Gmail.

http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-sunrise-and-outlook-for-iphone-2015-2



Outlook on IOS? Careful Will Robinson!

You believe that Microsoft gives a damn about your data security?  If so, you're not very bright.

http://www.market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=229810



Man misses epic moment because he's too busy texting

http://www.businessinsider.com/man-misses-once-in-a-lifetime-moment-because-hes-too-busy-texting-2015-2



Intelligent machines aren't going to overthrow humans

A world in which humans are enslaved or destroyed by superintelligent machines of our own creation is purely science fiction. Like every other technology, AI has risks and benefits, but we cannot let fear dominate the conversation or guide AI research.

http://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence-not-danger-to-humanity-2015-2



Can the music industry survive the streaming revolution?

For an 18-month period, I [Rosanne Cash] had 600,000 streams, and I was paid $104.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/music-industry-survive-the-streaming-revolution/

Reader Comment:
You Tube is the lifeblood of many Facebook music groups. This side of music streaming is never covered by the media possibly because it involves technically the unauthorized use of copyrighted material and that can't be ethically promoted.

Reader Comment:
only since the invention of the phonograph and radio that musicians have become wealthy.
For thousands of years musicians were local performers or traveling minstrels that made a living income. Even famed composers like Mozart needed a wealthy sponsor to pay to write symphonies. Streaming media is just a reversion to the historical mean.



11 business facts about Facebook on its 11th birthday

http://fortune.com/2015/02/04/facebook-11th-birthday/



Don’t fall for this Facebook hoax (and 6 things you can do to ensure Facebook privacy)

http://www.businessinsider.com/6-steps-to-ensuring-facebook-privacy-2015-2



Social networking is still in its infancy

Twitter, Facebook are the two social networks that everybody thinks of when it comes to sharing news. I have been a longtime investor in Facebook and recently started buying Twitter in part because of their powerful reach in disrupting the control of media.

there's a lot of upside in social networking growth still to come. Think of it this way - today you watch 100 different TV shows in a year on 30 different TV stations on five different form factors and use maybe one or two social networks on your smartphone, tablet and PC. In five years, you'll be on five different types of social networks that you access from 30 different form factors (thank you, wearables). The size of the social network pie is growing tremendously.

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/cody/2015/02/02/social-networking-is-still-in-its-infancy/



How Science Fiction Will Help Us Go to Mars

Eventually, our technology will reach a point where it doesn't cost that much to go into space.

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/02/mars-martian-science-fiction-inquiring-minds

Reader Comment:
It won't take long for all those "rocket scientists" in congress to savage NASA's budget. We'll be lucky to get paper planes.



Your old landline could get an early retirement

Major telecom companies have made no secret of their desire to abandon the traditional, copper wire-based phone service.

AT&T wants to complete the switch within five years. Verizon, the dominant landline provider in Maryland, hasn't set a date.

The Federal Communications Commission has said there will come a "tipping point" at which it will no longer make sense to maintain two systems.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-cutting-landlines-20150131-story.html#page=1



Anthem hack raises fears about medical data

Insurance giant Anthem Inc. suffered a massive data breach exposing the personal information of up to 80 million Americans — and it could have been even worse for consumers.

The hackers didn't take sensitive medical information on patients or their credit card data, according to the company, even though it was stored alongside Social Security numbers and other personal information that were stolen.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-anthem-hack-fallout-20150206-story.html#page=1?track=lat-pick



The Anthem hack reveals health insurers don't have to encrypt your private information

Insurers aren't required to encrypt consumers' data under a 1990s federal law that remains the foundation for health care privacy in the Internet age — an omission that seems striking in light of the major cyberattack against Anthem.

The main federal health privacy law — the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA — encourages encryption, but doesn't require it.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-anthem-hack-reveals-health-insurers-dont-have-to-encrypt-your-private-information-2015-2

Senior Correspondent Arnold Woodworth's Weekly Web Wrapup

Apple's OS X 10.10.2 update fixes Wi-Fi connection issues, improves iCloud, patches security holes

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/27/apple-release-os-x-10102-with-security-updates-icloud-enhancements-and-bug-fixes



Quad-Core 2012 Mac Mini Mysteriously Reappears on Apple's U.S. Online Store

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/27/2012-mac-mini-apple-store/



How to make a four-year-old MacBook Pro run like a ‘brand-new computer’ for just $170

Buy and install (a) more RAM and (b) a solid state drive (SSD).

http://www.businessinsider.com/four-year-old-macbook-pro-run-like-new-2015-1



The Incredible 31-Year Evolution Of The Mac

http://www.businessinsider.com/31-year-mac-evolution-2015-1



Apple Just Released A New iPhone Update That May Solve One Of The Biggest Annoyances With iOS 8

The new update reduces the amount of storage required to install software updates on the iPhone. Apple previously required that users have 5GB of free storage on their iPhone or iPad to successfully download and install iOS 8.

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ios-813-iphone-update-release-2015-1



12 ways to save your iPhone's battery

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-save-iphone-battery-2015-1



The Best Free Apps For Your iPhone

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-free-iphone-apps-2015-1



Great Black and White Images with iOS 8

Editing photos on the native iOS platform has always been lacking in refinement, that is until iOS 8. Apple introduced a photo editor that was a one touch simple editor with a second layer of editing control that allows for far more refinement.

Editing in iOS 8 is a far cry from previous editors and allows for a far deeper control. It may seem a little cumbersome at first but after a couple of uses its very intuitive and easy to use. With the varying levels of control this has something for everyone.

http://photofocus.com/2015/01/25/great-black-and-white-images-with-ios-8/



How to make money selling books on the iBookstore, publish your book in Apple's book store

http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/how-sell-books-using-apple-ibooks-itunes-3595445/



No One Can Beat The iPhone

The iPhone continues to be a roaring success because it offers unique experiences you simply can't get from the dozens (100+?) of Android devices that launch each year.

Android phone makers haven't been able to nail the kind of innovation that sticks like Apple has.

http://www.businessinsider.com/no-one-can-beat-the-iphone-2015-1



Why Samsung can't stand toe-to-toe with Apple

how is it possible that Samsung could be losing so much money on mobile while selling virtually the same number of smartphones as Apple? It’s complicated.

Both ends of Samsung’s mobile business are being attacked by companies that simply have a better handle on how to attract specific types of consumers of each end.

Samsung benefits far less from after-sale activity on its phones, while Apple continues to see cash roll in [via its app store] long after it has made a mint on the device purchase.

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-samsung-cant-stand-toe-to-toe-with-apple-2015-1



Apple Pay's success has rivals scrambling to catch up, could make PayPal an acquisition target

Apple Pay's launch has sent competitors such as Google and Samsung scrambling to respond, through acquisitions or otherwise.

Tim Cook said Apple Pay now represents 80 percent of contactless transactions at Panera Bread, while upscale grocer Whole Foods saw a 400 percent increase in contactless payments since the service launched.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/30/apple-pays-success-has-rivals-scrambling-to-catch-up-could-make-paypal-an-acquisition-target



Apple is now a bigger bricks-and-mortar retailer than Penney and Gap

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-is-a-bigger-bricks-and-mortar-retailer-than-penney-and-gap-2015-01-28



The World's Most Accurate Apple Analyst Predicted Mind-Melting iPhone Sales

Ming Chi Kuo is predicting that Apple will report iPhone sales be up a whopping 43% on a year-over-year basis. And, if Kuo is right, Apple will have sold about $44 billion worth of iPhones.

http://www.businessinsider.com/kgi-iphone-estimates-2015-1



Looks like he got it right.  Apple's performance from October to December 2014 was staggering.

Apple sold 74.5 million iPhones, up 46% compared to the year prior. Analysts were expecting only 65 million units sold.

The average selling price of an iPhone was $687. The average selling price of Android phones is about $300.

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-q1-earnings-2015-1



15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Apple's Latest Quarter

Apple's net income last quarter was $18 billion, the largest quarterly earnings for any company ever, according to Wikipedia.

Every other company in the top 25 most profitable quarters of all time is an energy company.

http://www.businessinsider.com/15-mind-blowing-facts-about-apples-q1-15-earnings-2015-1



13 Jaw Dropping Facts about Apple's Billions

http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/feature/a625267/13-jaw-dropping-facts-about-apples-billions.html



Wall Street shocked by Apple's staggering quarter

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/28/wall-street-shocked-by-apples-staggering-quarter-prompting-analysts-to-raise-estimates



Apple’s Big Lessons for Business Leaders

http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2015/01/29/apples-big-lesson-for-business-leaders/



America On-Line (AOL) is shutting down The Unofficial Apple Weblog, better known as TUAW

AOL decided against selling TUAW, leaving open the possibility it could resurrect the site in the future. But for now, a team of writers and editors are out of jobs.

AOL is in the midst of a major reorganization, and is cutting back on media properties it deems as underperforming.

Founded just over 10 years ago in December 2004, TUAW was acquired by AOL in 2005 when it purchased Weblogs, Inc.

Right now AOL has three flagship content properties in The Huffington Post,TechCrunch, and Engadget.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/30/7949485/aol-shutting-down-tuaw-apple



10 things LinkedIn won't tell you

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-things-linkedin-wont-tell-you-2015-01-30

Reader comment:
Linkedin is a pain in the ass. I have received hundreds of sales calls and targeted emails from people wanting to sell goods and services to the company I work at. When I ask them how they found me, they say "I found you on LinkedIn and guessed your email address" or "I found you on LinkedIn, called your company's main number and asked for you by name." I have now cut my Linkedin profile down to nothing and the sales calls and spam have evaporated. Linkedin is awesome for sellers - a searchable treasure-trove of sales leads with people willingly publishing everything there is to know about them, but it's hell being on the other side.



Norway Has Figured Out How To Solve The Problem Of Music Piracy

So how is Norway managing to buck the trend and reduce the levels of piracy? Simple: Most people in Norway use streaming services instead of buying music.

http://www.businessinsider.com/norway-music-piracy-statistics-2015-1



18 Apps That Earn You Money

http://www.businessinsider.com/apps-that-earn-you-money-2015-1



Education Moment: The Man with 26 Million Students

Zach Sims runs a three-year-old website called Codecademy, which enables users to learn six popular programming languages, via a simple interface, for free.

Zach was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos to talk about online education. He was Codecademy's first student, creating Codecademy to teach himself.

"Its crazy that two kids could start something in a one-bedroom apartment in California, and educate more people in a weekend than a formal institution could in years," he says.

The future of education is online and inexpensive. In this case, free is the operative word.

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/01/education-moment-man-with-26-million.html



Google enlists Chrome in push for encrypted Web

Google has taken its first step to flag ordinary sites like Wikipedia and CNN with a security warning because they are unencrypted, allowing all data transmissions to be viewed by the prying eyes of hackers or governments.

Moving toward encryption by default is a profound, monumental change for the Web.

http://www.cnet.com/news/chrome-becoming-tool-in-googles-push-for-encrypted-web/



Before Net Neutrality: The Surprising 1940s Battle for Radio Freedom

To fully understand what's at stake in the fight over the future of the Internet, you have to revisit another era.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/before-net-neutrality-the-surprising-1940s-battle-for-radio-freedom/384924/



These 11 apps and websites will make you miss your childhood

http://www.businessinsider.com/apps-and-websites-that-will-make-you-miss-your-childhood-2015-1



This Is Getting Serious: Intellectual Self-Isolation in China

Back in 2008, China's censorship was shrewd, even brilliant, in that it applied an amazingly light touch.

In the last few months, Internet censorship has clamped way down.
One Chinese person wrote " I will return to China next week and settle down to an Internet that simply does not work."

Now we're seeing surplus repression as well.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/01/this-is-getting-serious-intellectual-self-isolation-in-china/385053/