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Smaller Mac Pro, 2021 iMac redesign with color options shown off by prolific leaker
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M2 Pro Mac mini review: Best price to performance Apple Silicon yet
welshdog said:Seems like I was reading somewhere that if you want decent drive read/write performance you have to get the 1TB? -
Elon Musk pulls out of joining Twitter's board of directors
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HomePod 2 review: A great smart speaker that struggles to stand out
ionicle said:Cant speak for anyone else but im glad the homepod is back!It will take me a few weeks to save up for, but i Definatly want one to upgrade the homepod mini in my bedroom -
iPhone 14 Plus allegedly suffering from production cuts after only two weeks on the market...
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Apple's tvOS 15 is now available for Apple TV
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Paid checkmarks on Twitter roll out in new subscription plan
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Apple attorneys threaten UK market exit if court orders 'unacceptable' patent fees
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Apple's Eddy Cue says Google is default search engine because it is the best option
LOL from the Trump school of what “perjury” does and doesn’t mean.arthurba said:So next time Apple are negotiating the license fee for Google to be the default search engine, there is going to be a very awkward converstation.
Apple: $15B please
Google: you said that you make Google the default search engine because we're the best, and we'd be the default search engine regardless, sooo why are we paying?
Apple: ...
Google: and if you don't keep us as the default search engine when we stop paying, then you're likely to face perjury charges
Apple: ...
Google: right then. We've saved ourselves $15B
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/27/google-forecast-to-spend-15b-in-2021-to-remain-default-ios-search-engine
But seriously I think this means Eddy Cue expects to be retired before the next negotiation. With someone new in the drivers seat they can set a new 'strategic direction' which is hopefully along the lines of:
Google: our contract to be the default search engine on iPhone is soon to expire, can we please re-negotiate:
Apple: ...
Google: it may have skipped your attention but our entire business model depends on your customers being directed by you to our web site
Apple: ...
Google: please reply to my earlier message:
Apple: ...
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Apple will update HomePod mini, AirPods Max in 2024, says Kuo