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Quote: Originally Posted by bloggerblog Like any other company, I'm sure they also value their employees who operate these machinery and Foxconn probably spent butt-loads of money and valuable hours training and certifying them. I'm sure the s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Yeah, maybe we should go back to pre-indtustrial age life -- where the streets were paved with animal feces and the average life-span was 30-40. I think your implied choice between having products or …
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Quote: Originally Posted by cameronj Hopefully there are! Imagine the amount you could get for a finger on eBay! Gross. But funny in a black sort of way.
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I ordered an iPad 2 yesterday and this morning Apple has e-mailed me to say it has shipped! Hopefully there aren't any body parts in the box it comes in.
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Quote: Originally Posted by GotWake What amazes me is "Apple" needs to do something. I am not in any way trying to spare those other companies, but the fact is the explosion took place in a factory working on iPads as was probably due to the a…
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LOL! Three dead, many seriously injured, but we will still have our shiny gizmos. I'm glad Apple has at least acknowledged that problems exist at the Foxconn plant they use, but they need to do more to correct those problems. And they need to sta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DocNo42 So because it's "pocket change", and because Apple makes this overly onerous 30% that people who have never run a business or have any concept of overhead think is some windfall, they should just cover it? N…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hittrj01 And your time spent on these forums must really be paying off too. Stop whining to random people on the internet and start spending more time trying to have a dialog with Apple and making better apps. Angry Bi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GotWake Oh, I think I see the reason for all of your anger towards Apple. You blame them because your apps aren't doing well. Apple isn't going to hold your little hand and lead you to the promise land. Apple's …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SailorPaul That's incorrect. iOS does ask if the app uses your contact data. Example: Nuance's Dragon Dictation which improves my personal voice recognition spelling by reading the contact list. I ended up creating …
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Quote: Originally Posted by d-range It's not a random audit, an API scan is performed on every application, and if any address book API's show up Apple will not approve the application before the developer clarifies why the application needs addr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 Can you imagine if the government sponsored smartphones? They'd cost $5,000 and have between 3 and 9 apps. Like Windows phone. And they'd have declared it a huge success for creating dozens of jobs. Bu…
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Just a few final thoughts on the hearing, then I'll let it go... ● Part of the reason for the hearing is a turf war going on between the Commerce Committee (Rockefeller's hearing) and the Judicial Committee (Franken's hearing). They both want a p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by genovelle The interesting part is in two Senate meetings Google never answered the question about whether they tracked users. Their answer was the same in both. It deflected it by referring only to 3rd party apps and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj Thank you, AI, for posting this article. Now if we can only get Apple to post it's policy regarding data theft... The entire hearing is available here: http://www.c-span.org/Events/Congres...y/10737421634/ …
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Quote: Originally Posted by djsherly Contact Data: I've never used an app which pulls in contact data; does iOS ask? No, it doesn't. So any app can steal your contact data without you ever knowing. This is against Apple policy, but there are n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Senators voiced their concerns at the hearing, raising the question whether geotracking can ever be legitimate. "I think anyone who uses a mobile device has an expectation of privacy, and sadly that expect…
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Quote: Originally Posted by See Flat I come here .... Not interested in commentary, my friend. Just if anyone has answers to my questions. Which are: ● Why no coverage of yesterdays Congressional privacy hearing? ● Does Apple do anything a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by elroth Apple going to Congress is being covered ad naseum by AI and every other site out there. Did I miss a post covering what happened at yesterday's hearing? Because zero posts isn't ad naseum. Quote: Original…