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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook cites GOP tax reform as driver in $350B US investment

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    I was wondering what Apple's response to the new Tax Bill would be! This is great news for Apple and the whole country!

    Now I'm wondering where the new campus will be built—for God's sakes, NOT in California, I hope! What a sad "state of affairs" that is under wacko Gov. Brown!

    A campus for customer support, eh? Hmmmm, sounds good to me!

    Now I'm wondering what Adobe's response will be! If it's comparable to Apple's, maybe Adobe will invest similarly in customer support and give us back Americans who know a tad about their software and speak AMERICAN!!!

  • Shoppers looking at Apple's iPhone leaning towards Plus models, mid-tier memory, survey finds

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    NY1822 said:
    Im a guy, and to this point have not chosen the Plus only bc putting in a pair of jeans is awkward....but the matt black Plus is so sexy...decisions, decisions.
    If they're tight-fitting, I suppose, but my 6+ and 6S+ have fit in my Wranglers' front pockets comfortably for two years now.

  • Apple offers 25% off LG UltraFine 4K and 5K displays for limited time

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    mazda 3s said:
    Now give us a 25% discount on the new MacBook Pros  :D
    Go ahead. Hold your breath and throw a tantrum.
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  • Apple refuses to back GOP convention because of Trump politics

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    You anti-Trump bozos are so predictable to fall for just another piece of media bullshit. Swallow and mindlessly repeat all the crap you want about him, but he will be our next President. And if Apple actually won't be supporting him at the convention, it won't be their biggest error. But I seriously don't believe this "story" is factual.
    apple ][tallest skil

  • Apple, Google workers among top donors to Bernie Sanders campaign

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    thewhitefalcon said:
    paxman said:
    Check out some of the countries that Bernie keeps referring to - i.e. the Scandinavian countries. One problem with Bernie is that he has referred to himself as a socialist and as we all know Americans are terrified of that word. The thing is that none of the Scandinavian countries think of themselves as socialist. They are free market capitalist societies. They have relatively high taxes but they also have free college and very low university fees, universal health care, and a whole lot of other things that are not socialist or left wing, but just common sense. The standard of living in the Scandinavian countries is very high. It can't happen over night in the US, but it is not crazy.
    No, it's not. Their standards of living are lower than in the US; far lower. And his regulation plans are more strict than the European countries, who are running away from socialism. 

    This just proves these employees are idiots. They never associate the consequences with their actions. Likely the same ones who have turned California into a dying rats nest. 
    Agreed. Another lesson that has seemingly gone unlearned by these fools is the huge mistake Russia made 100 years ago. They're only now starting to dig themselves out of that mess.

  • ExxonMobil launches Apple Pay at the pump at 6,000 stations, only through in-app purchase

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    icoco3 said:
    sirlance99 said:
    And if you owned a major retail store you'd want the same tracking features as well. As an owner, you'd want as much information as you could get to stay competitive and keep growing the business. No information, the business will eventually be left behind and die. Deal with it. Obviously you don't know how to run a business and think it's easy. 
    Quite a hostile comment.  Stick to the issue and don't lower yourself to personal attacks.
    Not hostile at all. Call it pragmatic.

    You obviously are clueless about business sense.

  • ExxonMobil launches Apple Pay at the pump at 6,000 stations, only through in-app purchase

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    palomine said:
    FAIL.  I am not going to download an app for every place I shop at!
    Especially for gas. Stupid Exxon.
    I saw the headline and thought hey I could get my gas from them and use Apple Pay--then I saw the app requirement, and that is not reasonable. 

    Wrong.

    This is a PASS (as in Speedpass!). Looks simple and elegant to me.

  • ExxonMobil launches Apple Pay at the pump at 6,000 stations, only through in-app purchase

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    dethbyungabunga said:
    Good luck with this, Exxon.

    • Dig your smartphone out of your pocket
    • Unlock
    • Swipe to find the Exxon app
    • Tap the app to open
    • Locate the SpeedPass "Pump ID" on the pump
    • Type the "Pump ID" in to the app
    • Choose from their variety of payment options
    • Finally, pay with Apple Pay using TouchID

    ... the epitome of a non customer-first, Microsoft-esque solution.
    Oh, my goodness! You poor abused little thing, you! What a CHORE to have to "Dig your smartphone out of your pocket"! Awwwwww.

    On the contrary, I think this is an elegant solution for using Apple Pay to buy gas.

    I just now downloaded the Speedpass+ app and found all my local Exxon/Mobil stations, which is a handy feature in itself.

    When I tap "Pay for Fuel" I get a camera window for scanning the pump's QR code.

    I haven't actually used the app yet, but I would expect then to be able to select the Apple Pay-activated card I want to use with which to pay.

    Looks very straightforward to me! I will see how the price compares, though. . .