Maybe, as I said here years ago, if they could tie home security, appliance automation, entertainment and energy use monitoring tightly into every iMac, developers would install them in every new home. So far, they've only done entertainment, though home security can be done third-party, and automation is now the new rumour.
One of the differences between home entertainment and home security is that for security, you need a certified contractor/installer and monitoring service. If your movie quits streaming in the middle of the show, oh well, but if fire breaks out and your alarm system doesn't work, your house burns down. Insurance companies do not accept homeowner installed security systems as valid. Apple has never done anything that put them in a vulnerable position like that. They focus on consumer gadgets and equipment no commercial or industrial goods.
If you are offering an integrated environmental and security system, you are taking responsibility for some high priced stuff, when something goes wrong. As someone mentioned months ago when Nest announced their smoke detector, weird stuff can happen, as an example, if a fire starts in a room and the thermostat turns the AC on high in response, which only serves to fan the flames, you make matters worse instead of better. I think Apple is risk averse to things like that.
One of the differences between home entertainment and home security is that for security, you need a certified contractor/installer and monitoring service. If your movie quits streaming in the middle of the show, oh well, but if fire breaks out and your alarm system doesn't work, your house burns down. Insurance companies do not accept homeowner installed security systems as valid. Apple has never done anything that put them in a vulnerable position like that. They focus on consumer gadgets and equipment no commercial or industrial goods.
If you are offering an integrated environmental and security system, you are taking responsibility for some high priced stuff, when something goes wrong. As someone mentioned months ago when Nest announced their smoke detector, weird stuff can happen, as an example, if a fire starts in a room and the thermostat turns the AC on high in response, which only serves to fan the flames, you make matters worse instead of better. I think Apple is risk averse to things like that.
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And all their tax stuff:
"Apple created subsidiaries in low-tax places such as the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the British Virgin Islands."
Exactly. People are misinterpreting his words. He said "best pipeline" not "best product". Pipeline of could refer to the combination of quantity and quality.
It also doesn't imply totally new devices. For example MBP's are in the pipeline as are iMacs and hopefully a Mini. Hell there is probably a Mac Pro in the pipeline.
Looks pretty clear to me that Eddy was overworked. When Apple started the online store, it was Cue. They added iTunes, it was Cue. They got into network problems with mac.com, call in Cue. The guy was overworked. The music business is only the beginning. Apple will start a Network. that delivers -- effectively -- millions of channels, free, advertising-based, or pay subscriptions -- and you search for and choose a bunch of things you want to see. Pass it on. : )
That's not a "rumor," it's wishful thinking. The challenge of the business in the next ten years is the integration of television and the computer. The cable-satellite-fiber cartel want to bring you 500 channels with '90s technology, and you pay for that and the phone and "data" and you end up putting me over $200 a month for lousy content and lousy TV. Bring the Internet, the only network there is, to your living room. The producers, like HBO, have this all diagnosed. What if you could buy HBO for 12.95 a month, and your gigabit Internet for $40? What free, ad-based or pay programming would you want?
Actually the whole problem with the cable world is the excessive fees charged, $40 a month for an Internet connection is highway robbery. Taking on things like HBO just blows the bill out of proportion to the value it supposedly has. If Apple could attack how theses services are structured we might actually end up with something people would feel is worth the money. If you think about it you can go to a movie once a week and save a large chunk of change over the average cable bill. I some locales you can take two per week and buy over priced snacks and still end up spending less than what would be your cable bill.
What I'm getting at here is that people do not have an elastic cable budget and there is limited ability to further milk the cow with new services. That is unless those services when summed up some how become a better value. The cable industry itself has been reconsidering the high price approach after a lot of customer defections. In the end though what local governments really need to consider is opening up their communities to competition. So Apple really needs to find a way to restructure the industry if it wants to see widespread adoption of some of these technologies.
Speaking of which, does anybody out there find streaming over the Internet, especially audio, to be stupid? For one it just saturates the net with far to much repetitive data. Then there is the reality of old fashion radio which works very well. I really don't see the rational for burning up that bandwidth even if I'm not paying for it. Think about it, streaming squeezes your wallet in three ways: the cost of the Internet connection and any excess data costs if any, the cost of the streaming service, and the cost of advertising.
The cable industry itself has been reconsidering the high price approach after a lot of customer defections. In the end though what local governments really need to consider is opening up their communities to competition. So Apple really needs to find a way to restructure the industry if it wants to see widespread adoption of some of these technologies.
Most municipalities tend to lease the rights for a given number of years in return for private companies taking on the cost of developing specific infrastructure. I don't know how well it actually works out from place to place, because these companies do at times under-deliver relative to what is promised, often citing unforeseen costs.
You are too late! The goalpost has already been moved!
Well, has this Apple ever done it (Jobs/Cook)? Seriously.
Slowly, Tim Cook has made this his Apple. With the Beats deal, Tim Cook has finally put his stamp on the company in a big way.
I agreed that Apple has made a subsidiary in the past but that was 26 years ago. I wouldn't call it moving the goal posts. I'd call it defining the era in which it happened.
... honestly wasn't about doubting if Apple had ever created a subsidiary... because I wasn't sure if Apple had or not.
It was about doubting if they would create a subsidiary of Beats because it sounded to me that they were already starting to meld the company into Apple.
Saying the are better is a pretty low bar for Apple. Each revision is the "best ever" and they can say that with a straight face. Usually thinner, faster, more capable, better battery life, and sometimes cheaper. Say we get $100 cheaper iMacs that are spec bumped. Those would be the best in 25 years.
Hope they get a new category out soon. That is something they promised and must deliver.
"Low bar" is right. I'm just hoping they update the Mac mini with Haswell processors. Seriously, how hard would it be to spec bump the one Mac left on the prior generation processors?
The more you run out of patience, the harder it is for the spec bump.
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That's too bad. I was hoping for something that specifically indicated a new product category to be released this year.
That's too bad. I was hoping for something that specifically indicated a new product category to be released this year.
Nah. There's nothing really concrete on anything beyond iOS 8 or OSX Yosemite (or whatever it's going to be called), I think.
One of the differences between home entertainment and home security is that for security, you need a certified contractor/installer and monitoring service. If your movie quits streaming in the middle of the show, oh well, but if fire breaks out and your alarm system doesn't work, your house burns down. Insurance companies do not accept homeowner installed security systems as valid. Apple has never done anything that put them in a vulnerable position like that. They focus on consumer gadgets and equipment no commercial or industrial goods.
If you are offering an integrated environmental and security system, you are taking responsibility for some high priced stuff, when something goes wrong. As someone mentioned months ago when Nest announced their smoke detector, weird stuff can happen, as an example, if a fire starts in a room and the thermostat turns the AC on high in response, which only serves to fan the flames, you make matters worse instead of better. I think Apple is risk averse to things like that.
One of the differences between home entertainment and home security is that for security, you need a certified contractor/installer and monitoring service. If your movie quits streaming in the middle of the show, oh well, but if fire breaks out and your alarm system doesn't work, your house burns down. Insurance companies do not accept homeowner installed security systems as valid. Apple has never done anything that put them in a vulnerable position like that. They focus on consumer gadgets and equipment no commercial or industrial goods.
If you are offering an integrated environmental and security system, you are taking responsibility for some high priced stuff, when something goes wrong. As someone mentioned months ago when Nest announced their smoke detector, weird stuff can happen, as an example, if a fire starts in a room and the thermostat turns the AC on high in response, which only serves to fan the flames, you make matters worse instead of better. I think Apple is risk averse to things like that.
Nah, security is going the way of the digital hub.
There are concerns to be sure, but it's too late to stop the train.
Apple subsidiary?
Has Apple ever done that before?
From everything I'm reading I really doubt it.
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Quite right. Then there's Braeburn & Anobit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braeburn_Capital
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anobit
And all their tax stuff:
"Apple created subsidiaries in low-tax places such as the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the British Virgin Islands."
So quite a few.
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You are too late! The goalpost has already been moved!
I guess Apple has done it... but not this Apple.
It also doesn't imply totally new devices. For example MBP's are in the pipeline as are iMacs and hopefully a Mini. Hell there is probably a Mac Pro in the pipeline.
Actually the whole problem with the cable world is the excessive fees charged, $40 a month for an Internet connection is highway robbery. Taking on things like HBO just blows the bill out of proportion to the value it supposedly has. If Apple could attack how theses services are structured we might actually end up with something people would feel is worth the money. If you think about it you can go to a movie once a week and save a large chunk of change over the average cable bill. I some locales you can take two per week and buy over priced snacks and still end up spending less than what would be your cable bill.
What I'm getting at here is that people do not have an elastic cable budget and there is limited ability to further milk the cow with new services. That is unless those services when summed up some how become a better value. The cable industry itself has been reconsidering the high price approach after a lot of customer defections. In the end though what local governments really need to consider is opening up their communities to competition. So Apple really needs to find a way to restructure the industry if it wants to see widespread adoption of some of these technologies.
Speaking of which, does anybody out there find streaming over the Internet, especially audio, to be stupid? For one it just saturates the net with far to much repetitive data. Then there is the reality of old fashion radio which works very well. I really don't see the rational for burning up that bandwidth even if I'm not paying for it. Think about it, streaming squeezes your wallet in three ways: the cost of the Internet connection and any excess data costs if any, the cost of the streaming service, and the cost of advertising.
Most municipalities tend to lease the rights for a given number of years in return for private companies taking on the cost of developing specific infrastructure. I don't know how well it actually works out from place to place, because these companies do at times under-deliver relative to what is promised, often citing unforeseen costs.
You are too late! The goalpost has already been moved!
Well, has this Apple ever done it (Jobs/Cook)? Seriously.
Slowly, Tim Cook has made this his Apple. With the Beats deal, Tim Cook has finally put his stamp on the company in a big way.
I agreed that Apple has made a subsidiary in the past but that was 26 years ago. I wouldn't call it moving the goal posts. I'd call it defining the era in which it happened.
Quite right. Then there's Braeburn & Anobit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braeburn_Capital
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anobit
And all their tax stuff:
"Apple created subsidiaries in low-tax places such as the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the British Virgin Islands."
So quite a few.
Good to know.
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I agree with that, I had forgotten about Claris.
Just so you know... my last statement...
"From everything I'm reading I really doubt it."
... honestly wasn't about doubting if Apple had ever created a subsidiary... because I wasn't sure if Apple had or not.
It was about doubting if they would create a subsidiary of Beats because it sounded to me that they were already starting to meld the company into Apple.
why do you say that?
What job do you think Cook will give to Iovine?
Making music deals? Isn't that one of Cue's jobs?
Running iTunes? Isn't that one of Cue's jobs?
I think that there will be some head butting in the iTunes department... and $3 billion tells me that Eddie isn't going to win.
jmho
Iovine's job: milking the iTunes cow.
Cue's job: snookering the competition.
So the products Apple introduced 26 years ago were better than what's coming this year? Apple is doomed.
/s
Is Apple morphing into Sony to become a full fledged consumer electronics company? Will we see Apple refrigerators, lawn mowers, etc. all running iOS?
Yes-and toasters.
Is Apple morphing into Sony to become a full fledged consumer electronics company? Will we see Apple refrigerators, lawn mowers, etc. all running iOS?
I'm waiting for my Apple electric toothbrush.
I'm waiting for my Apple juicer.
Saying the are better is a pretty low bar for Apple. Each revision is the "best ever" and they can say that with a straight face. Usually thinner, faster, more capable, better battery life, and sometimes cheaper. Say we get $100 cheaper iMacs that are spec bumped. Those would be the best in 25 years.
Hope they get a new category out soon. That is something they promised and must deliver.
"Low bar" is right. I'm just hoping they update the Mac mini with Haswell processors. Seriously, how hard would it be to spec bump the one Mac left on the prior generation processors?
The more you run out of patience, the harder it is for the spec bump.
Forbes is also not above clickbait.
That's too bad. I was hoping for something that specifically indicated a new product category to be released this year.
Don't you remember Tim Cook saying it? He said it either last year or this; I can't remember when.
I seem to recall something that was interpreted as such but I don't recall a direct statement of a new product category.