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neoncat said: ...However: Glass houses and all, given Apple's inability to deliver its full menu of promised features in iOS 15 or Big Sur, even months after their launch. ... Spotify's announcement was grandstanding, pure and simple. Apple …
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stevebobs said: Xed said: stevebobs said: We have got ourselves some apple lovers here. While I agree that the media probably wants to make a story of this more than investigate the matter, this device apple made is dangerous. I…
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AppleInsider said: "Former Disney CEO Bog Iger says that he never spoke with Steve Jobs about a potential merger of Apple and Disney, but he believes ...." The ultimate "if Steve were alive..."
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rmoo said: stompy said: The whole report is blissfully ignorant of how the software development community actually works. Remember that Apple at one point also was a huge advocate of cross-platform web apps (when there was still a hu…
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MplsP said: .... Ultimately, with things like smartphones, within reason I think a duopoly is better - there's still competition, but the limited number of platforms mean developers are not spread too thin trying to create and support apps fo…
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repressthis said: I personally love the new URL bar placement. Ergonomics outweighs my reluctance to change I hope you're not implying that the 'URL bar placement' was the reason people complained about very public iOS Safari redesign. Ap…
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MplsP said: Several things people are missing here- For everyone saying “I have a whole drawer full of chargers,” I have several, too. They’re all the tiny, inadequate 5W charger with a USB A port. Apple switched to USB C cables and only inc…
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genovelle said: bobolicious said: ... drilling down on some of the article links may better help understand her concerns and zeitgeist ... https://www.theverge.com/22648265/apple-employee-privacy-icloud-id https://sfbayview.com/2021/03…
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9secondkox2 said: Good the whole thing is wrong. “Oh. There’s a new disease. So we must track you. And we need to know your movements as well as those of your contacts.” RIIIIGHT… that’s going to end well… Forget HIPAA. Forget privacy. N…
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...looks like I answered this late, JBSlough and others already noted that the iMac's depth isn't a great match for conventional power cords. As for USB-C, the M1 supports 2 USB/Thunderbolt ports. It sure looks like spending one of those on a perm…
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MplsP said: stompy said: darkpaw said: I don't get why we'd ever need MagSafe on a desktop computer? For a laptop, great; someone comes along and treads on the cable, it pulls it out without breaking the port on the laptop or pu…
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darkpaw said: I don't get why we'd ever need MagSafe on a desktop computer? For a laptop, great; someone comes along and treads on the cable, it pulls it out without breaking the port on the laptop or pulling the laptop to the floor, and the …
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"Users who are a fan of the Monterey-style search bar can still enable the user interface design in the View menu." Is there any such person, not counting Apple employees?
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p-dog said: I have one installed on my bicycle using a hidden mount. I also performed surgery on that AirTag to remove its speaker. I don’t want any sound to tip off a thief that there is a tracker on my bicycle. Both good/necessary for impr…
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chaicka said: Gosh...I have been on Z-Wave and ZigBee products for years and honestly, the lack of deep investment on R&D to improve the shortfalls and expand functionalities to be more holistic matching lifestyles and use-cases of its au…
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Wooly Willy's iPhone
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swat671 said: rob53 said: Did a quick search for "Integrated Information Solutions" and found several companies with that name worldwide. I guess Tan forgot to trademark it along with forgetting to actually license his "ideas" with any…
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wood1208 said: I love Mr Buffett about everything from great investor of our era,regular down to earth person,having billions but modest living,big philanthropic,etc,etc. But, please give Tim Cook respect he deserves with words like Tim Cook …
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Japhey said: mpw_amherst said: ... Ow I’ve found the lining has separated at the top from the layer that protects the cards from the magnet, so metal is exposed.... If you have an Apple Store conveniently located nearby or plan on b…
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omasou said: I really don't understand this continual hacking. If you're that smart and have that much time why not divert that energy to inventing something better rather than trying to look over your peer's shoulder. If the group you're hac…