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  • Apple said to be stealing tech from expensive suppliers to give to cheaper ones

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    It may be legal but certainly not ethical. Corporations complain all the time about China forcing release of intellectual property as a requirement of doing business with the Chinese businesses then taking the IP. This is no different. 
    gatorguymuthuk_vanalingamgrandact73Alex1NwilliamlondonVictorMortimer

  • GM's CarPlay replacement doesn't work well, and has a long road ahead of it

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    gatorguy said:
    “In favour of its own system”? Its own system from China?
    From Google! Not China.
    This makes it doubly odd they would block Android Auto and Carplay from running on top of it as it's designed for.  It's a stupid choice IMHO, but I'm no automotive business expert, 
    Not if you look at why they want to do it. As others have said, GM wants to monetize its drivers. They were just caught selling customer data without permission and I’m sure they are planning on selling data subscriptions ‘to allow full features and connectivity’ with their own crap system. GM tried to make their own system a few years ago. It sucked. Customers demanded CarPlay. If their system really is better, offer consumers a choice and see which they choose.

    Tesla has gotten away with not offering CarPlay but they arguably have the best EVs on the market and they have added Apple Music and Apple Podcasts, seamless text messaging, a Nav system that is just as good as Apple Maps (and has some features Apple Maps doesn’t) and voice recognition that is among the best in the market so they could get away with it. GM…well, their cars are mediocre at best anyway and now they’re just driving away customers.
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  • Crime blotter: NYPD officer acquitted for 2021 punch in Apple Store

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    beowulfschmidt said:
    It's a good thing that assaulting officer in NYC wasn't held to the same standards as the other citizens of NYC.  Who knows what kind of chaos and societal breakdown that would lead to. /s
    A bit more information would be hepful. Was the man resisting arrest or threatening the officer or customers?
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  • New iPad Air & iPad Pro models are coming soon - what to expect

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    MisterKit said:
    iPad hardware has been more than enough for several generations now. If there is any breakthrough advance it lies with the software.
    True. And $1500 is well into laptop territory for price. They’ve slowly been increasing the capabilities of iPadOS but that’s been the limiting factor for quite some time.

     Apple also really needs to merge the regular/air lines and get rid of one of them.
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  • The long nightmare may be over -- iPad could finally get a Calculator app

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    for quick calculations you can simply hit command-space to open the search field and type in the equation. 

    It's not a substitute for a real calculator and doesn't excuse such a glaring oversight but it helps in a pinch.

    Now, how about if they fix the iPhone calculator app so it accurately recognizes all your taps?
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