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  • Microsoft surpasses Apple, retakes crown of world's most valuable company

    Microsoft has a P/E ratio of 45 and Apple has a P/E ratio of 15.

    Apple and Microsoft have similar margins and Apple had better growth in 2018. Apple makes 2.5x more revenue and 3x more profits. So, why are Microsoft shares valued at 3x Apple’s? Because investors are morons.

    In reality Microsoft is worth ⅓ the value of Apple.
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  • Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Google Pixel 2 XL: camera is only part of the package

    The Verge is completely in Google’s pocket these days. When this year's Google gear was released, The Verge ran literally dozens of fawning ‘first look’ articles that featured behind-the-scenes access weeks prior to launch. Every one of these articles read like an infomercial.

    At the same time, all of The Verge’s coverage of Apple has become super sarcastic and snarky. Every single review of Apple’s latest products was a complete hit job.  They literally gave the Apple Watch 3 a rating of 5 out of 10 while In the same week, they gave the Fitbit Iconic a rating of 7.  WTF? The Fitbit Iconic isn’t fit to be compared to the Apple Watch 3 let alone out score it.

    The quality of journalism at The Verge has gone to complete shit in the past year, ever since they were acquired by VOX Media. I guess VOX has the formula for survival in today’s web media landscape. Sadly, the formula no longer includes real unbiased journalism.  A policy of trolling Apple seems to be part of the formula, however.
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  • France approves digital tax measures against Apple despite US pressure

    I am surprised that it took EU countries this long to enact these kinds of taxes. It’s common knowledge that Apple (with help from Ireland) took advantage of loopholes in international tax laws to reduce their tax burden. Of course, Apple has done nothing illegal, but it’s completely within each country’s rights to change tax laws to close those loopholes.
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  • Facebook enabled Apple devices to obfuscate data sharing from users, report says [u]

    The NY Times reference to Apple in their reporting is very shady. It seems that Facebook found a workaround to Apple's privacy controls and exploited it to fool Facebook users into unknowingly sharing their data. It also seems that Apple was unaware of what Facebook was doing. NYT was very careful to avoid openly accusing Apple of wrong-doing, but the references to Apple in the article are very carefully worded to create the impression that Apple was somehow complicit. Unlike the other tech giants, Apple wasn't a player in any of this, but suggesting that Apple was involved helps get clicks, so away we go. It seems like this was an intentional editorial choice by NYT. That's a super sleazy tactic by NYT.
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  • Super Micro found no evidence of iCloud spy chips after audit

    One wonders how much money Super Micro, Apple, Amazon, etc. have spent looking for Bloomberg’s imaginary spy chips. Shouldn’t Bloomberg be held  financially responsible for these costs?
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  • The worst Apple designs by Jony Ive, according to the AppleInsider staff

    It really blows me away how many people fail to understand the design of The Magic Mouse 2. I hear so many complaints about that fact that the charging port is on the bottom of the device so you can’t use it while it is plugged in. Huge numbers of people believe that this design was some sort of oversight by Apple or some triumph of form over function.  This idea is completely wrong. The placement of the charging port on The Magic Mouse 2 is very intentional. It is designed this way to force users to unplug the device once it is charged. If users are given the option to leave the device constantly plugged in, they will do so. In doing so, they will destroy the battery. It’s that simple.

    Those who try to armchair quarterback Apple’s design decisions are, for the most part, truly clueless.
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  • Apple spends more than $30M per month on Amazon Web Services

    I find it hilarious how so many people have no sense of scale whatsoever. $30M per month for data services represents the tiniest fraction of cloud computing resources that Apple uses for iCloud and media services. Apple probably uses AWS and Azure services to maintain bandwidth during peak demand periods, like software release days...
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