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inkling said: Apple's AR headset hasn't been announced yet and there are already those who insist it is a flop that is dead on arrival -- just like they said with the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and even the Mac.My tech memory goes as far back…
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JP234 said: macxpress said: JP234 said: genovelle said: I bet Steve Balmer winces every time he reads his quote saying the iphone had no chance of gaining significant market share. I'm sure he's crying all the way to …
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Calamander said: charlesn said: Yes, absolutely doomed. It's so sad. No doubt the VR headset will be relegated to the trash bin of history alongside the many other widely predicted failures for Apple: the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, th…
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tmay said: avon b7 said: tmay said: avon b7 said: Calamander said: charlesn said: Yes, absolutely doomed. It's so sad. No doubt the VR headset will be relegated to the trash bin of history alongside the many…
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twolf2919 said: Price is THE decider on whether this headset will be a success. This author - and others who’ve made the same point that Apple has had supposed failures many times before turn into successes - doesn’t seem to realize this. W…
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crowley said: sdw2001 said: crowley said: sdw2001 said: crowley said: hackintoisier said: Seems frivolous. Seems like an open and shut case. Apple didn't have permission, therefore Apple broke the law. …
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mr lizard said: TeeJoroni said: Apple retail stores have been open for over twenty years. This person worked for 8 years and didn’t quit or file a suit while working? For 8 years the biweekly pay schedule worked somehow? There …
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PERockwell said: For a company that values things like consumer safety and privacy, I'm a bit appalled that Apple is using TikTok for their marketing. The inane TikTok "challenges" have caused physical harm. A rash of school cancellations in …
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mobird said: Has no one seen a movie where some character is in some extreme remote location and brings out the "Sat" phone? A "Sat" phone is approximately the size of a brick (literally) and has about a 10" external antenna. The iPhone may h…
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David H Dennis said: I wonder how this will work, since all the satellite services I know of require a dish — which is certainly not portable equipment. Also I wonder how much this service would cost, and whether it’s a first step to intro…
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gatorguy said: ...and then Apple failed at that task, with none of that decided in this court case even tho that was a supposed goal and focus. Settled before it ever began. It all came down to money. That's actually a real issue with real effe…
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bells said: sflocal said: magman1979 said: I'm stunned and dismayed that a site like AppleInsider, even in the year 2018, continues to peddle the falsehood that Bill Gates was Apple's saviour! This has been debunked OVER and OVE…
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steveh said: Microsoft's "saving" Apple was hardly done out of altruism, nor did it cost Microsoft anything in the long term. In 1997, Microsoft bought 150,000 shares of Apple preferred stock, convertable to common shares of Apple stock at a…
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dewme said: Facebook is a content delivery company that charges advertisers to interleave their ads into the content. Facebook is essentially a "free" radio or television broadcast model with hundreds of millions of content provider channels,…
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thrang said: Soli said: thrang said: Almost no one I know talks to their electronics in a meaningful way...yes, isolated use cases here or there, (tomorrow's weather, price of a stock, sports score), but generally in private and…
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... the only way they could get even some Republicans to vote for it was to bribe them or threaten them. ... which is basically what "negotiation" in DC is: bribes and threats. So Trump only "negotiated" with the Republicans in Congress. S…
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slprescott said: SpamSandwich said: Apple already said they’ll be hiring 20,000 people. What is the real problem here? No, not “hiring.” Apple said their investment would “create” 20,000 jobs. They didn’t provide a breakout…
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badflounder said: It seems to me the iPhone X has been a major success, however, I'll be honest; I would return my iPhone X for an iPhone 8 Plus right now if I could (without jumping through hoops). I'm an Apple fan, and have used many of t…
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ksec said: gatorguy said: I posted this earlier in the day for those that missed it: Another day and another report on 4th quarter iPhone sales, this one worldwide rather than US-specific. According to Canalys (in a report released…
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polymnia said: thompr said: polymnia said: If this bug does go back years, and none of you have noticed yet, what is the big deal? If you don’t want to sacrifice the performance, don’t apply the patch. Wait until you get a new M…