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Have Apple ever released a product or feature AFTER a patent filing?

in Future iPhone health features may include cameras that measure temperature Comment by dysamoria July 2021

charlesn said: The conclusions of this report seem suspect to me. First of all: the most widely quoted "average lifespan" for a hard disk is 3-5 years. Which puts ALL Time Machine hard drives either within or exceeding this range already. [..…

in Design failure in Apple's Time Capsule leads to data loss Comment by dysamoria July 2021

mcdave said: Apple should update the Airport Utility. Firstly to use their own AuthenticationServices (so I can strong-password my AE) and allow the TC/AE+HDD to be repurposed as an iCloud content cache to accelerate iCloud backups, Drive &am…

in Design failure in Apple's Time Capsule leads to data loss Comment by dysamoria July 2021

When it’s a subscription service from one company on one platform, it’s not going to “end” an entire abusive industry’s practice across the board. I won’t be paying for it.

in Advertisers expect iCloud Private Relay to end fingerprinting users Comment by dysamoria July 2021

missiongrey said: [...]I’m waiting for the day that the keyboard is removed and it’s a full touch interface. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

in Supply chain analysts expect OLED iPad in 2023, Touch Bar to be killed Comment by dysamoria July 2021

Why would a router name ever be handled as anything other than a plain text string? Why is it even possible for that string to be read as some kind of format/type specifier? Databases usually have “illegal” characters stripped, and it has, in my pa…

in New malformed Wi-Fi name bug can require iPhone factory reset to fix Comment by dysamoria July 2021

Does this mean that gentrification is finally becoming a bit of a problem for some of the corporations involved in driving it? Maybe Apple should use some of its lobbying power to attack the root of the problem. That and modification of the stupid …

in Apple's Silicon Valley hiring issues prompts office expansion elsewhere Comment by dysamoria July 2021

mr lizard said: dysamoria said: mr lizard said: rob53 said: Limited article. Parallels can’t do anything with Windows 11 until Microsoft releases an ARM version. Apple moving away from Intel so VMWare seems to not care ab…

in Parallels working to bring Windows 11 to Mac Comment by dysamoria July 2021

More gambling den bullshit.

in Robinhood files for IPO despite ongoing lawsuits and fines Comment by dysamoria July 2021

I don’t usually side with tech geek rhetoric, but I think Margrethe Vestager does not have a full awareness of the depth of complexities in the potential consequences with the demand to allow third-party app installs or app stores. iOS devices aren’…

in Apple shouldn't use privacy & security to stave off competition, EU antitrust head warns Comment by dysamoria July 2021

crowley said: Rayz2016 said: 22july2013 said: AppleInsider said: In an interview with Reuters, Vestager agreed with Cook that privacy and security are important factors for consumers, but warned the Cupertino tech giant a…

in Apple shouldn't use privacy & security to stave off competition, EU antitrust head warns Comment by dysamoria July 2021

mr lizard said: rob53 said: Limited article. Parallels can’t do anything with Windows 11 until Microsoft releases an ARM version. Apple moving away from Intel so VMWare seems to not care about non-Intel related virtualization. Parallel…

in Parallels working to bring Windows 11 to Mac Comment by dysamoria July 2021

As if a corporate monster would ever really listen to employees. And i expect most of the commentary here is against workers, but I’m not going to keep reading it because why should I make myself mad at the same antisocial people who always make ant…

in Apple to adopt hybrid work model despite worker pleas for more flexibility Comment by dysamoria June 2021

I will believe it only when the average American sees improvements. So far, every damned plan starts out sounding good for us, but the corporations lobby it into another money-making scheme for themselves. Verizon didn’t finish rolling out fiber, bu…

in GOP lawmakers mull taxing Big Tech to subsidize broadband access Comment by dysamoria June 2021

docno42 said: Ah, the discipline of "computer science" Could you imagine if a professional engineer abandoned maintenance on some piece of critical infrastructure and put the onus on the users? F**king IT is a joke. I've never been more …

in Western Digital My Book Live devices being remotely wiped by attackers Comment by dysamoria June 2021

lkrupp said: TheGadgetGuy said: jdw said: TheGadgetGuy said: Is he REALLY dead? He had a lot of money…. No doubt they have the same conversations at every Coroner's office... Q: Is this guy REALLY dead? A: Yes. He d…