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Quote: Originally Posted by IndyFX For those who don't have an iPad (and are using a kindle eBook reader), get one (iPad)... Consider what would happen if Barnes and Noble had to shutter their retail stores? Remember Borders books? The 20,000…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WonkoTheSane While I'm. It a fan at all of amazon I am trying to put blond and music side by side. And I get the impression that while in the music industry the publishers are the bad guys they are seen more positive …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Ebooks aren't sold in a vacuum. Cheap ebooks affect the sale of hard covers, which affects independent book stores, which affects the employees of those bookstores. Amazon isn't doing this for the benefit o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 Does Amazon pay authors in advance, giving them the financial freedom to focus on their writing? Glad that you asked. Yes they do! Vincent Zandri hails from the future. He is a novelist from the day afte…
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Petition with over 8,150 signatures, and counting, lambasting Hachette and the publishing industry. https://www.change.org/petitions/hachette-stop-fighting-low-prices-and-fair-wages Compare that to less than 910 signatures on a paid ad in the New …
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God, you Apple fanbois are ridiculous! You need to get your news from other sources besides Apple fanboi sites. SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 Amazon-Hachette: The Sounds of Silence - A Guest Post by William Ockham Everybody's talking about Amazon…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gilly33 We mismanage our finances to the extent that we can only afford to buy everything at discount prices. Very sad. And they can't afford to buy a cell phone. They have to finance it.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark So saying thanks is not charitable? Would they have done it if Steve wasn't getting treatment there? Most probably definitely not. Quote: Good for those companies. ...which makes what company look …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chris_CA Not really my concern, one way or the other... If you say so. Quote: You mean according to some articles. If it weren't for "some articles", forums like this wouldn't exist. Quote: Have …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark 1. You honest don't believe the tripe you just wrote, do you? $50 million for treatment. 2. Lots of companies employee match. Are they less altruistic? Ok, $50m wasn't just for care and treatment. It…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chris_CA No idea. Apple hasn't said much about what it gives (kinda what this story is about). I know you don't want to believe it, but search it, it's out there. Yes, You Can Think Less of Steve Jobs for Not Be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark @Russell 75 million was just for Project Red. I'm not sure what other charitable contributions they've made over the years. The amount of money Apple donates is laughable compared to what other compani…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ksec Because Apple, under SJ, doesn't want to use donation and charity as a way to PR and market its company. Unlike many many others which do. (That is not a necessarily a bad thing.) So that's the reason why he …
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Originally Posted by lkrupp To be honest, one of the memes constantly trotted out by the iHater crowd is the alleged non-philanthropy of Steve Jobs and Apple. If you repeat a lie often enough people DO start to believe it. Yes, people are th…
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Both Apple and Samsung require the user to go through virtually identical steps, albeit in slightly different order, before they can enable the lock. On iOS7 the user goes to Settings>>iCloud>>Sign In or Get Free Apple ID and then turn…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone In the US, they apparently don't wear ISO clean room head gear like in China. Not every section of an assembly line requires the high level of cleanliness that LCD displays, cover glass or cameras require…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MagMan1979 Are you implying that OS X cannot be used in a manufacturing setting? OS X underpinnings are more sophisticated than Windows, so it can handle the job just fine. The fault here as usual is the people who…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maestro64 I am basing my information on all the years I worked in the Fortune 500 as a employee as well a hiring manager and hired a significant number of people over the years and dealt with various EEOC and legal h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maestro64 I said this about this case before. First and we do not know this as fact since it was never made public since no court hearing happen. You really need to stop getting your news from an Apple site, evid…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Freshmaker Wow...almost 1 million to charity from these 2 auctions for a grand total of 2 hours of his time. That's really impressive! Great job Tim. Kudos to you. Giving 2 hours of your time hardly impressive…