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Quote: Originally Posted by WestCoastStar I think this might be a win-win for both. Samsung just needs to decide what's best for them: competing head-to-head with Apple or becoming a trusted supplier. Why not do both? Companies compete in o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MagMan1979 All the [iWork] apps you listed work just fine, and with time have received MULTIPLE improvements, and many features returned. [text bolded for emphasis] I think this is the root of the problem f…
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I doubt very much if Apple will come under the scrutiny of the EEOC as only 7 convicted felons have been fired due to their policy. I don't think 7 out of thousands of workers (some of which are felons but convicted over 7 years ago.) would prov…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram I am sure you're right. I am not a lawyer, but I find this somewhat hard to believe. Can you provide a link to EEOC's policy on this? I'm not a lawyer either, so this is based on my reading of htt…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram It's way too time-consuming and expensive for Apple to figure out which felon qualifies and which one does not. Moreover, it'll end up getting litigated to death by those felons who think they've bee…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Boltsfan17 How can you blame Apple? With this being a construction site, I'm sure the probability of theft for things such as copper wire is high. I don't see anything wrong with not wanting to hire convicted felons.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chelin I remember working doing an Itanium port almost 13 years ago. Intel was hemorrhaging money because they bet Itanium vs. the AMD64. It took them almost 5 years to turn around their ship then and scrap the Itani…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 While I tend to agree with you, for some users an iPad would seem to be more powerful. Also everybody is looking at the CPU performance figures here which on,y tell part of the story. The large blob of RAM…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost Google Glass. I rest my case. AR does not have to be an intrusive, wearable device like Google Glass. It could just be an app on your phone which uses the existing camera and sensors (like in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ Who's a fan of those two? The younger crowd? Most will probably just steal the movie. I think "The movie going crowd" – Lawrence and Cooper were in the #1 and #2 biggest domestic grossing films last …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 or is it Google bots that are clicking on it? i mean seriously who clicks on those things. Click-farms are a problem (I've seen estimates that say 10-20%), though I don't think Google is the one doing t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 exactly. I have no idea how Google gets away with charging BILLIONS on search ads when no one clicks on them. Google AdWords setups offer pay-per-click or pay-per-impression. I think the default and most…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Damn_Its_Hot This is the right approach. The trick is how to implement it in a way that can keep the price of Apple products from sky rocketing. I know that a good sum supposedly can be saved in the transportation …
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon App works just fine... I'm glad it's working for you, I've run into a lot of the issues that others have reported (primarily not downloading or syncing). Since the app has a 2 1/2 star rating on …
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon Bad move. Mess with fire, you get burned. I think Pebble would have been better to stick with their core strengths and not tried to directly compete with Apple. I don't think they are directly comp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 please provide a link or it did not happen. http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/053014-702871-the-dead-hand-of-crony-capitalism-exposed.htm http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2014/06/02/…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maestro64 It would not surprise me Mujeeb Ijaz is not also hit with a lawsuit as well. He is a co-defendant (with Apple and the other former A123 employees) in the current suit.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jd_in_sb The state doesn't have to "make up" for something they never had to begin with. If the state has to build and maintain the roads, sewer/water, and other facilities to support the Apple plant, and the co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TechProd1gy Can someone explain why Apple cannot hire people away from another company? That is absurd. The other defendants in the suit (the employees who moved to apple) signed non-compete (won't work for a comp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone California is an at-will employment state, non-compete clauses are essentially unenforceable here. I'm not sure how the jurisdictional matters work, but the suit was filed in Massachusetts, not CA.