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digitalclips wrote: » I was just thinking that all those failed chunks must be making a lot of jewelers drool ... Each of those boules is a 1.31 million caret gem. (A caret is a 1/5 of a gram.)
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Quote: Originally Posted by addicted44 I am not complaining about Beats the company, or product. I am complaining about everything Apple has done related to Beats. Keep in mind that the Beats acquisition was also an acqui-hire of Jimmy Iovine…
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You would think that a company that makes industrial equipment would have plenty of connections with companies that [B]use[/B] such equipment and therefore would easily find someone to partner with. And if they were out of their league trying to go …
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thewhitefalcon wrote: » Here's the thing. If it really is an 'urgent' request, that tells you Apple's projections for iPhone demand show that it won't be decreasing any time soon. Obviously demand may ease a bit for the Plus, where they can get it…
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digitalclips wrote: » I can hardly watch AAPL these days, it's too damned exciting ... every $10 or so I see a six digit gain overall. This from quite a modest investment back when our broker told us we were nuts and demanded we signed waiver exo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lord Amhran Great. More Apple iOS bloatware ala Newsstand, GameCenter, Notes, Reminders, Passbook etc. Used to be a time when iOS didn't have this problem.... Correction, there was a time when this "problem" was …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addicted44 You think Jimmy Iovine had ZERO to do with U2's album promotion with Apple, when the reason for getting him was to be a bridge between Apple and the music industry? Apple has had a major music presence e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by netrox looks like people fail to remember that Apple has done the third party apps pre-installed and couldn't be removed. Can you remind me of such an app? Was it Google Maps? I agree with those who say there sho…
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Quote: Originally Posted by brlawyer Exactly - just LET ME DO A SEARCH THAT EXCLUDES IAP crap, the scourge of the app world. "Get" it, Apple? You want an easy, intuitive word for IAP bullshit? Just use "CRAP". Chillax. Yes, many IAP app…
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Moreover, "Get" has the advantage of parallelism with "Open" whereas "Free" did not (i.e., now they are both verbs). This is an improvement.
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Quote: Originally Posted by rob53 Apple does license patents from people/companies that provide applicable technology. Saying a pager is the basis for messaging is like saying a pencil is the basis for a typewriter. How far back do you pay peop…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ash471 The problem with your argument is that nobody forces anyone to sell products that infringe. If the feature is so stupid, why doesn't Apple just take it out of their products? Because they are important. Se…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ash471 Both sides would have presented mountains of evidence on damages. They hired experts, prepared numerous briefs, took depositions, and put many people on the stand to discuss this issue. It wouldn't surprise m…
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I wonder how the jury came up with $23,575,000. Did they apply some formula the judge provided? Did each member just throw a number out and they took the average?
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Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe It's interestingly very very similar to Roboto Google uses. https://twitter.com/jm_denis/status/534802341770186752 I realize that you're just reposting what someone tweeted, but that's a really po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone It is not the same font. I assume the original poster was simply referring to the name choice. "San Francisco" is now being applied to a core font rather than a silly junk font from the original Mac. …
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This morning I was thinking about my pet peeves with AI and at the top of the list was the obsession with using the word "bespoke." I never see that word anywhere else, and it's slipped in at every opportunity here. And right one cue: "Apple also …
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Quote: Originally Posted by daveinpublic One difference, now people aren't so skiddish about tim cook... Back then people thought Apple was sure to nose dive without Steve. Now tims done something more difficult than people give him credit fo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 you are a really bad investor. I can tell you didn't even bother to run the numbers or look at Apple's SEC filings. There is litearlly almost ZERO chance this is $60 next year unless we are in WW3 If remin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I'm not sure I get your point. Everything could go down in a correction. Apple dropped by more than a half during 2007. I bought another 1,000 shares then. It cost $80 thousand, which is not a lot from an i…