Mac Early Bird 080315 © Mac Reseller Association 2015

Mac Early Bird 080315 © Mac Reseller Association 2015

SPECIAL NOTE  - As some of you now I am very involved with the Boy Scouts I will be out of town working at a major scouting event Weds to Saturday and it is very doubtful I will be able to issue the Early Bird those days.

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1. Meet the Vietnamese smartphone maker gunning to be the next Apple

< http://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-vietnamese-smartphone-maker-gunning-to-be-the-next-apple/?tag=nl.e703&s_cid=e703&ttag=e703&ftag=CAD090e536>

Note: When I saw Vietnam and “gunning” in the headline I could think of one thing back in May 1968. They were shooting at me. No V-phone for me.

2. Hackers Make Smart Rifle Go Rogue

< http://www.technewsworld.com/edpick/82327.html>

3. Opinion: The trouble with the Apple Music app for iOS

http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/08/02/apple.music.app.or.ios.makes.playback.unnecessarily.complex.129784/#ixzz3hgl46WnH

Note: My opinion – Software used to be written to function with user inputs to achieve the final results. A cad program required someone to input the final design. The problem today is the software writers and input their personal or company biases into the software and forcing the customer into a set pattern. Going back to the cad program as if would force you to use only rectangular door in a house. Or in the case of iTunes what Apple wants to do not what you want to do.

4. Google rebuts French global 'Right to be Forgotten' request

http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/07/31/right.to.be.forgotten.risks.serious.chilling.effect.online.if.performed.globally.129779/#ixzz3hgmfs7SH
Note: This could be very dumb if over applied. What if someone demanded that Hitler be removed?

5. Fully assembled 'iPhone 6s' display purportedly shown off in new photos

< http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/01/fully-assembled-iphone-6s-display-purportedly-shown-off-in-new-photos>

6. IBM reportedly plans to purchase up to 200K MacBooks for employees

< http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/31/ibm-reportedly-plans-to-purchase-up-to-200k-macbooks-for-employees>

7. Suppliers ramping up Force Touch module shipments for 'iPhone 6s,' rumor claims

< http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/07/31/suppliers-ramping-up-force-touch-module-shipments-for-next-gen-iphone-rumor-claims>

8. Obama Administration War Against Apple and Google Just Got Uglier

< https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/30/obama-administration-war-apple-google-just-got-uglier/>

9. Chinese Corporations Are Getting Bigger And Smarter -- Watch Out, Apple And Samsung!

< http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2015/08/02/chinese-corporations-are-getting-bigger-and-smarter-watch-out-apple-and-samsung/>

10. Is Apple's CEO Tim Cook a Hypocrite of the Highest Order?

< http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2015/08/is-apples-ceo-tim-cook-a-hypocrite-of-the-highest-order.html>

Note: No he is in second place after Steve Jobs.

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