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This whole article is one big fanboy Google bashing. Is this really what being an Apple customer is supposed to be about?
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nolamacguy wrote: » Incorrect. Apple's original iPhone set the bar for maps on phones, it was a choice implementation; android's came after. Apple was also first with a quality mobile payments solution using NFC tokenization; android's came …
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gatorguy wrote: » All Google has to do is agree to Chinese rules on censorship and access to citizen accounts. China believes it has an obligation to shield their people from undue influences and if closely monitoring them is a necessary step to p…
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thewhitefalcon wrote: » People forget that Apple was the first to launch a 17" laptop, and they were (I believe) the first to launch a 30" computer monitor. Apple understands people want bigger screens very well. They also forget that a 3.5" ph…
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mazecookie wrote: » Either trolling or stupid. Regardless I will bite. Google did not pull out. Do you think they will shy away from harvesting more data? They were forced out. It is not something to brag about. Apple Maps does not have a lo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MessagePad2100 If you would have said that in the first place I wouldn't have thought you didn't try DDG and were lying through your teeth. Also. If you search with a location there's a "places tab" on OS X Safa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MessagePad2100 Funny. I don't have issues finding local results. Maybe you troll too hard? Also you have bad taste. You're probably in the US. Where I am local results on Duck Duck Go are extremely hit an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MessagePad2100 I love using Duck Duck Go. Usually the first couple of results are all I need, because I'm usually looking for an official website or Wikipedia. (Siri takes care of a lot of the rest of my queries.) …
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmz These are kinds of stats that tell the true story of iOS vs. Android. If Android were anywhere near as popular as Google lies about it being, those numbers would be reversed. The truth is, Android is POS imitat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lord Amhran Ping 2.0 jokes aside I would like to think that Apple has learned from their abysmal failure and that the addition of Levine/Dre would ensure that any new form of social media integration with iTunes woul…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie I agree with your opinion that Apple probably isn't creating a search system themselves. I could see the benefit of it but fail to see how Apple could make it work. None of the current search systems work …
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips Not sure what cloud services you use but I find iCloud phenomenal. I use Carbon Copy Cloner running a scheduled daily back up to my iCloud Drive for all my sensitive date and it works flawlessly. Also …
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Quote: Originally Posted by thrang I would never describe Google as entrenched in my life at all. I used google for search, but don't use gmail or google docs or Google drive as their are viable alternatives. Of course it's different for eve…
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Quote: Originally Posted by thrang It is a hardware, software, and services company, and services will increase in importance over the next decade. If you cannot see that, you don't know business 101. The differences is can you offer pay s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I don't disagree with most of that, it better work well on release (assuming there is such a product of course). I'd disagree with the last part. Apple is going to be a lot of things you don't think it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips LOL nothing personal ... But why? "There's absolutely nothing wrong with Google. " is a pretty bold statement that's why. I collect these from AI. Years later they are fun to trot out. You know, the so…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I've been saying the same thing for years too. I seem to recall a few years ago that ideas was shot down by many in AI for reasons such as 'Apple couldn't compete with Google' or 'They didn't have the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by thrang It's not about their search algorithms...it's about tracking every breath you take...its insidious... You have the choice to use it, and until there is something better, most will. But you should be surpr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tmay ...and also all of the baggage that goes with an advertising company. Lots of baggage. There's room for yet another search business model, and maybe Apple has/will find it. What baggage may that be? They d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips This is going into my 'Hall of Shame' Gallery Why's that? Google makes an amazing search engine among other products. I tried using Duck Duck Go but it sucks for anything local. Google just provides…