boltsfan17

linkman said:

Hopefully most of the people using Apple Music on a TV will listen to this through a sound bar at a minimum. Today's nice svelte TVs have had to make one serious compromise to obtain that thinness: audio quality.

You can say that again. I recently purchased an LG with built in Dolby Atmos surround sound. The speakers still sounded awful. 

tmay said:

Alex_Pilot said:

tmay said:
There's a war going on as we speak, Ukraine's independence stands in the balance, and the Russians have lied about everything leading up to this.

Fuck them, Ukraine has a chance of survival, and we'll survive.

You can see the fault lines in Russia opening up, and Russia is on the verge of collapse, all because of Putin.

Don't mix reality with fantasies. An extreme optimism is not helpful in reality.

So, you don't follow what is happening in Russia. I do, and Russia, is very weak right now, but in 10 days or so, Russia's forces will be depleted, lacking fuel, ammunition, and rations, and unable to continue advancing on Ukraine cities and military positions. 

Well, that and the fact that Ukraine is getting an influx of Anti-Tank Guided missiles and Anti-Air defense systems. Do you need details?

Germany just approved shipping 1000 Javelin ATGM and 500 Stinger missiles, on top of what is coming in from Neighboring NATO countries. 

Need pictures of how effective they are? I'll leave you to search for those.

I'm optimistic, but how long can Ukraine really keep this up for? Do you really believe Ukraine can hold onto Kyiv for the next 10 days or so? The thing I worry about is if this continues, Putin is going to start using bigger bombs (thermobaric rockets) to attack Ukrainian cities. I find it astonishing Russia still doesn't have air supierority over Ukraine yet. I do wonder how all this equipment will get to Ukraine. Will it be coming through Poland into Ukraine?  

xyzzy01 said:

boltsfan17 said:

For me personally, I think Apple Maps look so much better compared to Google Maps. On Apple Maps, all the houses and buildings are in 3D in my area and that looks way more aesthetically pleasing on the eye compared to Google Maps. One big pet peeve of mine on Google Maps is the lack of labeling on bodies of water. While trying out Google Maps in CarPlay this afternoon, I drove over a river and next to a lake. Neither were labeled. On Apple Maps, they are. There is a setting to show speed limits, but so far, I haven't seen any while use Google Maps in CarPlay. Apple Maps shows speed limits on all the roads where I live. 

Apple Maps' capabilities varies by location.  Driving in Norway and Sweden, I've yet to see anything 3D. I don't think I miss it, though. No speed limits either. And while the POI database of Apple Maps is orders of magnitude better than when it was launched, it's still far behind Google's offering.

For non-Carplay purposes, I could also add that Google maps shows public transport, while Apple maps doesn't support this.

From my limited testing yesterday, Google maps was also much better at interpreting spoken addresses than Apple Maps via Siri.

I actually was in Norway and Sweden this summer doing a road trip around Scandinavia. I was surprised cities like Oslo didn't have 3D buildings. For most of the trip, I was using Sygic because it has offline maps and it shows speed cameras. Norway is pretty hard core with the speeding fines. There were a few instances where Apple Maps actually had the correct directions and Google Maps was wrong while I was trying to find Airbnb places I rented. 

I definitely agree regarding POI's. Apple Maps is lacking in that part of the world. I could be wrong but I could have sworn Apple Maps showed speed limits while driving around in Alesund. 

ericthehalfbee said:

thewhitefalcon said:

ericthehalfbee said:

Mark this day on your calendars.

Then come back in a few years, look back and remember this is the day Nintendo turned around after realizing just how much money there is in mobile (especially iOS).

They should have partnered with Apple years ago on mobile by bringing all their franchise games over.

Lol wrong. When will you people get that smartphone games cannot possibly replicate true handheld and console gaming?

I'll be here to rub that in your face after I'm proven right. I bet this single title accounts for 10% of their entire revenue stream. One. Single. Game.

10%? No way. If you look at Nintendo's revenue stream now, mobile games don't even make a dent. That won't change with the release of a Mario Bros game. 

blitz1 said:

All these Americans on this forum thinking, writing, screw EU, screw rules, appeals, just sit it out, the US govt will tackle this, ...

blah.blah.blah

remember the MDD-Boeing merger?
Remember how vocal the US were against EU anti-trust scrutiny?
Did it help?
No!

The US have 0 authority in the EU.
Planning on not doing business in the EU then (a retarted person's retaliation plan)? Then don't!

You fail to see the big picture here. The U.S. does have the upper hand. If an unfavorable ruling is handed down. Ireland will be appealing the decision. That could take at least 3 years. In the meantime, if the U.S. passes repatriation tax reform next year, then all of Apple's money will be out of reach of the EU.

manfrommars said:

Meanwhile artist revenues are NOT on the road to recovery.

Artists make their money from touring. 

rob53 said:

lkrupp said:

Uh, err, Daniel, the election is over. Your stump speech is a day late and a dollar short. Sore loser still fapping the fud, Daniel? Even Hillary said we need to at least give him a chance. I’m waiting to see how many celebrities actually move out of the U.S. like they swore they would do if The Donald won. Streisand, Amy Schumer, Notorious RBG, Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin, Cher, Miley Cyrus. Anybody see the For Sale signs yet?

It isn't a stump speech, it's an attempt to understand how Trump's attempts at national policy would affect Apple. I've also heard people say he'll be impeached within his first year, if he even survives the federal racketeering charges. Of course, all the Republican and conservative judges will give him a pass because he's the incoming President and all he needs to do is force the trial into a conservative suburb or one of the many red districts in the farm land and nobody will convict him of anything.

Yes, I'm upset he won because he has no business being our President. 

You sound pretty bitter. Here's a tissue. Liberal tears taste so good.