Apple-Google battle heats up with key hires on both sides

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  • Reply 101 of 110
    anonymouseanonymouse Posts: 6,857member
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    Originally Posted by kotatsu View Post


    So blu-ray then, the only way to watch movies if you give a damn about picture and sound quality.



    Maybe, but if you really care about picture and sound, you aren't watching them on a little computer screen.
  • Reply 102 of 110
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    Originally Posted by knightlie View Post




    Edit: Thanks for the Scroogle link, Spliff Monkey.



    No Problem.
  • Reply 103 of 110
    blastdoorblastdoor Posts: 3,258member
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    Originally Posted by mitchelljd View Post


    I think both sides have valuable things to think about

    2- apple ought to censor less and allow outside developers ways to sell iphone app's which are not "approved" if apple were more open, less people would complain. they censor programs not merely for nudity and things like that. but apple also censors for competition. ie to have less.



    if apple were to be more of an agnostic OS / hardware company again, we would get perhaps netflix on itouch/ipod/iphone via wifi. or wifi phone services and more.



    I understand that perspective, but I tend to agree with Apple. If people want to make a web app, they can do whatever they want without any censorship from apple. So if somebody wants to make a HotBoobs webapp (or whatever), they can do that. Apple is just controlling what can be a native app. I suspect that the vast majority of the 150,000 apps could just as easily be web apps.
  • Reply 104 of 110
    iluviluv Posts: 123member
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    Originally Posted by Blastdoor View Post


    I understand that perspective, but I tend to agree with Apple. If people want to make a web app, they can do whatever they want without any censorship from apple. So if somebody wants to make a HotBoobs webapp (or whatever), they can do that. Apple is just controlling what can be a native app. I suspect that the vast majority of the 150,000 apps could just as easily be web apps.



    i hope Apple starts blocking those kind of websites.
  • Reply 105 of 110
    berpberp Posts: 136member
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    Originally Posted by spliff monkey View Post


    Ever hear of the phrase "nothing is for free"?




    If you Google it you'll get ''a free ride''.
  • Reply 106 of 110
    macapfelmacapfel Posts: 575member
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    Originally Posted by pauldfullerton View Post


    Does it not concern you that the press often publishes lies, half-truths, misrepresentations and pornographic images, all under the banner of 'free speech'? Do you not understand that some companies would not like to have their products associated with this type of cheap, amoral, opportunistic media? Where does the balance between 'individual freedom' and 'social responsibility' lie?

    Perhaps it is time to have 2 separate Internets - one for the scum-bags and criminals of this world where they can continue to pursue their criminal activities and moral decay, and another for the rest of us who appreciate the enormous opportunities opened up by this technology.



    It might be that the press also publishes lies. The problem is who will uncover these lies? I don't think a company should do this. In this case Apple. Let the press publish their stuff. It is up to the reader to discover what is true and what not. If the don't believe a politician, then they should elect another one (or become one themselves).
  • Reply 107 of 110
    macapfelmacapfel Posts: 575member
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    Originally Posted by lkrupp View Post


    Spare us the moral sermon will you. Your puffed up outrage is disgusting. I guess you won't be shopping at your local grocery store either because they don't offer Penthouse or Playboy at the checkout counter for your 10 year old to peruse while you pay for the groceries.



    Hypocrite!



    Quite a rough reposte. Let me clarify this a bit: There is as app from a german, very popular yellow press newspaper (Bild Zeitung) and Apple made them to remove their daily woman from the front cover. Then some quality newspaper published an article (Sueddeutsche Zeitung) that newspaper makers become cautious, because Apple starts to set up restrictions that the publishers find to be close to censorship. It's not about moral, but attitude. Apple should provide a platform (which they do brilliantly), not a censored internet channel. It is true, as others pointed out, it is still possible to access the entire web via the iPad's browser. I think, what I meant is, when Apple really starts the policy not to allow publisher to publish what they want through their apps, I will choose another tablet that doesn't have this kind of censorship.

    To stay in your picture: I don't care, whether my local grocery sells Penthouse. But if they start to sell me apples THEY think are best for me, I will choose another local grocery that offers ME the possibility to choose which apples I like.
  • Reply 108 of 110
    iluviluv Posts: 123member
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    Originally Posted by MacApfel View Post


    I think, what I meant is, when Apple really starts the policy not to allow publisher to publish what they want through their apps, I will choose another tablet that doesn't have this kind of censorship.



    Fine Get a Dell. We wont miss you or the pornograophy.
  • Reply 109 of 110
    macapfelmacapfel Posts: 575member
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    Originally Posted by iLuv View Post


    Fine Get a Dell. We wont miss you or the pornograophy.



    What's this fuzz about pornography all the time? I can't remember having made any statement about it. I am talking about that it is a bad move that a company decides which content they allow in apps runinng on their device. I certainly will not get a Dell. These are just not sexy enough - ups, I hope this statement was not too por.........
  • Reply 110 of 110
    gariongarion Posts: 62member
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    Originally Posted by Johnny Mozzarella View Post


    He is in a lot of Google videos, is fairly well spoken and easy on the eyes. Could he be the new spokesface of Apple?



    Tim Cook is a shoe-in for CEO but a dynamic public speaker he is NOT.

    Phil Schiller is a marketing guy and it comes across in his presentation.

    Scott Forstall isn't bad but lacks charisma.



    A new spokesman for Apple ... hardly *s* But I agree that the guy looks like he will fit right into Apple's corporate culture and style. He looks like a friendlier end less smug version of Scott Forstall.

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