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The best alternative I've found to iCloud+ (still use it), Dropbox, and Frame.io is a QNAP NAS.  With its Qsync function, I get the best of all worlds: 1) sync across MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. 2)Versioning. 3) Multiple users and directories. 4) Full control over data.  The caveats are maintaining backups (scheduled), security (WireGuard VPN router), and uptime (UPS, redundancy).

If we're talking about managing creative works and collaborating, a well configured NAS beats any 3rd party cloud service if you have a fast network bandwidth. This approached is easier with the new iPhone 15 Pro external drive functionality....plug that drive into NAS and it can auto-import new footage to your preferred directory.  

Bring on the heat.  Apple's watch is fancy, trendy, and powerful, but Google's FitBit has been very resourceful, and in many respects, more usable.  If Facebook's watch can last at least 4 days on a single charge like the FitBit, it has a chance at eating some smart watch market on the advantage of efficiency alone.  I'm sorry for any iWatch user that must charge their watch every 24 hours...don't we have enough to manage in life?

VictorMortimer said:

People actually use OneNote?

I mean, the only 'note' app I've ever seen a need for on Windoze is Notepad, and that's just because it's the closest thing to TextEdit on a real computer.

If I see OneNote on a Mac, I just delete it.

Nothing on the market is near to competing with One Note I've tried them all from EveryNote to Good Notes.  If you write a lot (manuals, content for web, organizing complex ideas, etc) OneNote gives unparalleled organization (notebooks, sections, pages, subs), multiple page styles (graph paper, notebook paper, modular canvas), cross-platform sync, and the usual suspects (collaboration, file embedding, tables, etc).  And within Edge browser, the best web page clipper on the market.  So put some respect on the name. 

II don't agree with the way Epic Games started this, but I do feel their sentiment.  Taking 30% of someone's business in order to sell on their platform is like doing the same in order to make a MacOS or Windows 11 app.  It does seem unfair.

Surely Apple has been testing cameras in Apple TV for several feature ideas:

• Exercise/Interactive games.
• AR - Placing self in different environments on screen
• Facetime

It may not be release any time soon, or at all, but it makes sense that engineers are exploring it.  


Amazon has been successful with their Echo Show (thought limited in features) with the addition of a display and camera.  It provides the essential Fire TV features, video calls, and works great for checking in on kids at home.  

Dooofus said:

Of course they could actually prosecute people caught for vehicle theft and send them to prison, but property crimes are given a pass in NY. This is obviously just for show.

They do go to prison.

beowulfschmidt said:

Dooofus said:

Of course they could actually prosecute people caught for vehicle theft and send them to prison, but property crimes are given a pass in NY. This is obviously just for show.

In addition to alerting thieves that they should carry a cheap Android phone and search for Air Tags with Apple's own Tracker Detect app in any of the vehicles they want to steal.

It has been working so far.  Why such a negative gibe to a concerted effort.  This method is efficient use of taxpayer dollars.  You think all car thieves are reading tech blogs and keeping up with the news?  

40Gbps and that's all Belkin can pack in there??  Its NOT a pocket dock.  There should be 8 USB3 ports, 2 HDMI,  Dual gigtabit Ethernet, 2 Firewire 800....at the least!

Let's save the flexible displays for new generation books so we can have the feeling of turning pages with sustainable materials.  Imagine a book with thin OLED display pages. One physical book for many digital books.  A wild idea yes, but more practical than folding laptop screens.

I really don't understand why manufacturers do this.  Just burning money and satisfying almost no one.  

In 2023 it's hard to find a hub with at least 3 extra usb-c and a 5gbe ethernet adapter.

Of course they will phase-out the home button.  This is what spawned the Force Touch experiment.