Posts by Gatorguy

For those that haven't made the connection the upcoming Motorola Moto X phone will also be "built in the USA" by . . . drumroll. . . Flextronics, the same company used by Apple. In Moto's case the work will be done in Texas.

More evidence of Android and iOS becoming more and more alike: Apple is also going to offer their version of Google Now, calling it "Today", anticipating your travels and schedule in advance and displaying them in the notification...

Quote:Originally Posted by PhilBoogie That could be nice/wanted. If not, just copy the email addresses before hitting Share and paste it in for new streams. Perhaps Apple might take an interest in Xumanii, a unique way of sharing...

Quote:Originally Posted by MacBook Pro  Most importantly, Apple Maps apparently makes much better use of traffic data for directions than Google Maps or Waze! I thought TomTom said Apple is using their traffic flow data. Note too...

Quote:Originally Posted by MacBook Pro Google Maps beta looks almost exactly like Apple Maps. The two are so similar that a Samsung lawyer probably couldn't discern the difference from a few feet away. Just as I said in another...

Quote:Originally Posted by allenbf Old school thinking. Streaming is better, thus Apple's (and everyone else) jump to streaming. Spotify is great. I assume Google Play Music is as well, as it is very much like Spotify. Google's...

I personally expect they just may do that someday. Over time there will be fewer differences between Apple, Google, and Microsoft in what markets they get revenue from and how they play in them.

Quote:Originally Posted by ash471 What really happened was Apple partnered with Google and the partnership created good maps.  It was all the data from the iPhone users that made Google Maps great. Maps on the desktop didn't allow...

Quote:Originally Posted by AppleInsider  The manual setting allows developers to fine tune their targeting, aiming for users by their app preferences, movie preferences, and so forth. The auto setting has iAd determine the right...

In what I thought was a head-scratcher at first, HP has chosen to partner with Google to promote Google Apps instead of Microsoft Office. After reading the AllThingsD article about it, perhaps HP felt pressured when MS went for a...