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Just wondering why Apple don't give the non Touchbar MBP the same upgrade as the Macbook Air: 8th generation Intel CPU, touch ID and the T2 chip. I would immediately buy such a device. A fast secured machine with a real Esc key must be appealing …
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clarker99 said:Toyota actually makes a profit. The only Android vendor that makes any kind of profit is Samsung. It is also fun to pretend that High-end Android devices are not ‘expensive’. The Mate20 is launching in Canada for $1300, the Note …
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ericthehalfbee said: The Verge complained: “iPad app ecosystem underdeveloped and feature-limited”. Hilarious. Especially when he was given a pre-release version of Photoshop to try. I wonder, if iOS tablet Apps/ecosystem are “limited” then …
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This Mac Mini seems to be a great machine If this Mac Mini would have been announced 18 months ago, I would have bought 3 machines for my software development company. Now the window of opportunity is gone and it probably remain closed for the nex…
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mike1 said: rune66 said: rotateleftbyte said: In the UK, IMHO, Apple is not the main target. Those are Google and Amazon.Apple pays a significant amount of VAT, Business Rates and National Insurance (Employers Contribution) to t…
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rotateleftbyte said: In the UK, IMHO, Apple is not the main target. Those are Google and Amazon.Apple pays a significant amount of VAT, Business Rates and National Insurance (Employers Contribution) to the UK Treasury. Google issues Invoices …
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fasterquieter said: Samsung copied everything of significance relating to their phones from Apple. You have to be willfully blind to not see this. On the other hand, they make fine components and deserve respect for that. Samsung did copy a …
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macxpress said: simply258 said: AppleInsider said: In a bid to beat Google Let's be honest, that will never happen in the Maps arena. What exactly makes Google Maps so special these days? It just works
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rob53 said: I don't think the EU is looking at this as global socialism, I think they're looking at it as a global dictatorship. Even with Ireland's existing laws, the EU is forcing a sovereign country to abide by the dictatorship called t…
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ericthehalfbee said: gmgravytrain said: You're in such a tiny minority, like one in a million. The whole internet is Google's playground and Android OS overwhelmingly dominates. Almost no one on the planet is concerned with personal pri…
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ksec said: This gives Apple a competitive advantage, most of the android Phones in EU will now be average $30 more expensive, assuming devices maker don't do any mark up of the software. I don't think the Android phones will become more e…
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steven n. said: I have a question for any Android fans on messaging. I have a friend using Android. When he sends an MMS (not SMS) using the default Samsung messaging app it will come into my iPhone in a variety of ways: 1) Into iMessage (as…
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SpamSandwich said: If Apple bought a controlling stake in a cell service company, they could always influence those decisions which would best enhance their services. Soooo........ SMS is a world wide standard, so how many controlling stake…
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JWSC said: If Apple does move to A Series on the Mac, loss of virtualization becomes a real concern for the 3-5% of Mac users who need it. Could Apple offer a Pro model with a dual CPU configuration? Probably. But it would greatly complica…
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Rayz2016 said: But the other reason they’ll lose is because the EU is both the judge and jury, which in my layperson’s opinion, is bloody ridiculous. This is of course incorrect. It is the European Commission in Brussels that detects if Goo…
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Even after using Mojave for a while, I still find that Finder has some little annoyances. To name a few. No forced refresh for a network drive. If you do a paste of a file with Cmd-V while a subfolder is selected, it is copied in the main folder an…
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GeorgeBMac said: Again, Daniel misses a key point while focusing on technical issues and (direct) profits. Specifically, he forgets what Google's core business is: Gathering user information to be used to build advertising revenue. (They …
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davidmalcolm said: I think Google’s “loyalty” could be reread as, “cheap people are still cheap, some are now aware they use Android.” When you ask all but the geekiest of Android users why they don’t have an iPhone nine times out of ten th…
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cpsro said: AppleInsider said: Most smartphone buyers tend to stick with the platform they're familiar with. But most smart phone buyers buy iPhones. Are they? If I look to the main things I use a smartphone for, I think it is t…
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As a developer I find it a pity that Apple is not (yet?) currently supporting WebP. No matter where WebP is coming from, it makes the web faster. Let's hope that WebP follows the path of Service Workers, a feature that also came from Google and e…