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foggyhill said: This is a bit idiotic, the Iphone 6 was released in Q2 while the 6s was released Q1 in China, that alone makes a huge difference. This basically explains a lot of the difference in revenues in Q2. I think the real decline was…
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emoeller said: I never could figure out why this Apple Board member and founder of Intuit wouldn't allow his software to be compatible with Apple products. By this, you surely don't mean Turbotax, which many have used for years on a Mac,…
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retrogusto said: [....] Perhaps weapons manufacturers should be forced to decrypt the handset data, or manufacturers of fertilizer and hydrogen peroxide, or whatever else they're using to make bombs these days. I agree with the intent of …
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For the still curious, this verbiage arises from the LQMT 10K report, dated March 17, 2016: In March 2009, we entered into a license agreement with Swatch Group, Ltd. ("Swatch") under which Swatch was granted a non-exclusive license to our technolo…
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With mass production "12-18 months away" (http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1328682), Optane won't be appearing on any near-term Mac refresh.
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Although Liquidmetal has been a solution looking for a problem for many moons, it's fun to watch the Apple patent action here, as well as the stock, stuck in "cry wolf" mode while niche markets are pursued. A useful summary appears here: http://w…
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acmdude said: The Board was not "unanimously" elected. I hold a few shares of Apple stock so I can vote NO on Al Gore every year to make sure of that. It's a disgrace he's there. Statistically, director Andrea Jung was the least popular …
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emoeller said: neutrino23 said: Actually, this year I though the comments/questions were fairly reasonable and well expressed. Jesse Jackson spoke well. The woman from the EFF was very supportive of Apple. Considering Apple's size, …
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anantksundaram said: People like Al Gore and Art Levinson have outlived their usefulness at this stage of Apple's life cycle. (Perhaps Andrea Jung could be added to that list). The company really needs to bring a younger, more global, financi…
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brian green said: If Tim is serious about this, he needs to have all hands on deck, but also needs to bring the public up to speed about why the government is really doing this. They want to backdoor everyone. PR needs to not sit on their h…
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But the deceased are protected by copyright laws, no? (As in "life of author + 70 years [or 90+ for corporations]). This is enforced by Facebook at least for "memorialized" pages. Aside from conflict of laws, this whole debacle reminds me of the…
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Are there cryptographic protocols to allow only Apple (or better yet an escrow agent of Apple, but not the FBI), to customize a backdoor-enabled iOS for only *a specific* iPhone, at a minimum cost of say $10M per inspection? [But not iPhones in ge…
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conceptvbs said: stargazerct said: Shouldn't trolls be filing their cases in middle earth instead of Texas? They are not trolls. They are the actual inventors of the technology. Read up. Not necessarily. Implementations of …
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gatorguy said: EsquireCats said: Apple could go either way with this one: Either they'll settle for a significantly lower figure – usually trolls settle for significantly below the verdict to avoid the defendant from trying to void th…
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jimdoc said: VirtnetX Holding Company has a market capitalization considerably less than the value of the proposed judgment against Apple. What would prevent Apple from BUYING VirtnetX outright, keeping ownership of whatever patents it wants,…
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gatorguy said: loquitur said: Has this judgement gone thru "least salable unit" analysis, or an analysis of what percentage of an iPhone's value results from having this single feature, out of the hundreds of features and thousands o…
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e39dinan said: Guys, to set the record straight here are a few facts. - VHC originally won $368 Million from Apple. Apple appealed on 3 levels (1. the patents are invalid. 2. we did not infringe 3. we don't think we owe that much). The court…
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Mr_Grey said: foggyhill said: The rise of 40% of the US dollar over 2 years.... That's one major obstacle to buying in many places. It may lead to you're #1, but the main factor is that. Others are not a factor directly. Indeed. …
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sog35 said: lkrupp said: Err, ummm, Tuesday’s announcement will be staggeringly, massively positive. That’s a fact. The current hand wringing and stock drop is about next quarter, not the one to be reported on the 26th. You do unde…
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aeassa said: RonnnieO said: Maybe Tim Cook isn't disputing these reports because they are true and iphone numbers will be light for the quarter. Also, he doesn't have to issue a warning just because of light iphone sales, only if the t…