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  • Apple must fight $15.3B EU tax bill without US government help, court says

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    The EU needs to exhort and make up laws and apply them expo-facto style to pay for their nearly backrupt social programs. With the exception of Germany, almost every country in the Union is on the brink of failure.
    tallest skilelijahg

  • How the FCC's repeal of net neutrality could affect Apple

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    foregoneconclusion said:
    macwise said: Get rid of burdensome rules and regulations, and lean startups can take the market by storm. 
    The airlines were deregulated in 1978 in the United States. Are there more major carriers now than in 1978 or less? Less. 
    Nope. More. There are many more smaller regional carriers. Prices are significantly lower (though service is not as good). Routes are easier and innovation of the hub and spoke increased overall efficiency. Oh, and prices, when adjusted for inflation, are soooooo much cheaper. 

    We lost TWA, Baniff and PanAm due to gross mis-management. Picked up Southwest, JetBlue and many others.

    Deregulation of the airline industry is a perfect example of why the Title II reclassification of the Internet was simply a bad bad idea. 
    SpamSandwich

  • Google announces Android P, with strong emphasis on 'free and open'

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    ihatescreennames said:
    Mike Wuerthele said:
    rogifan_new said:
    Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie)
    So much of what I’ve been hoping to see in iOS dynamic interactivity and app unbundling is being presented by Google for Android.

    Waiting to see Apple’s version. Hopefully soonish.


    Some of the things Google announces today were reallly impressive. I hope Apple really surprises everyone and wows at WWDC.
    I hope so too. Siri straight needs help.
    While I agree with the sentiment and would like to see major improvements to Siri, I also wonder how much it matters.  Most iOS users I know rarely use Siri (same goes for my Android friends and Assistant) on their phones.  I see it the most with people using Apple Watch but even then it’s mostly to send texts or set reminders (and occasionally for HomeKit).  With that in mind, would big changes to Siri even be noticed by the vast majority of iOS users?  I HOPE so but I guess it remains to be seen.

    There’s also the way voice assistants have “improved” over the years.  Apple has frequently touted Siri’s ability to pull up sports scores and stats etc., but again, I rarely see people be excited about it.  If you don’t care about sports (like me) then you’ll rarely use that feature, and if you’re INTO sports you’re likely not going to be satisfied with the limited results Siri provides or not want them (from the standpoint of not wanting to know the final score until watching the actual game).  Is all the sports stuff an improvement to Siri? Certainly. But how much to it increase engagement?  That’s what I want to know and likely never will.  But I feel like that’s where ALL virtual assistants need to improve, getting people engaged in using them.
    That is my thought as well. I would guess 90+% of Siri's usage (for the people I know that use it regularly) is for sending a text message or placing a call. Not much more beyond that.
    ireland

  • Bloomberg obsessed with Google's Pixel, Apple's iPhone Supply Chain -- but not Google's Pi...

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    gatorguy said:
    maciekskontakt said:
    perpetual3 said:
    I think Google influences the media quite a bit.  This was covered in the news awhile back.  

    I also agree that Apple stock is manipulated.  I can’t prove it, but the pattern has been happening for awhile now.  
    "A bit". Biasing searches is known techique.
    Yes biased searches would be a known technique, but I don't think there any evidence for Google promoting negative Apple stories and downplaying stories about their own perceived product fails...
    But if ya got 'em post 'em. 

    IMHO Apple is more than capable with their own marketing, much of it free. Tooting their own horn is not something Apple fails at. 

    I’ve watched it play out in real-time on Google News when the Stagefright exploit started to come out at the end of July 2015. For the first few days (before it got wide media attention), stories on Stagefright would bubble to the top of Google News and then al of a sudden disappear. You couldn’t even search for them. Then, a few hours later, a series of new stories would bubble to the top and then... poof. Gone. 

    It looked like someone at Google was definitely actively removing news links discussing the Stagefright exploit. 
    Muntzwatto_cobra

  • Editorial: Will Apple's 1990's "Golden Age" collapse repeat itself?

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    Good read overall but I admit to seeing some issues within Apple in a loss of focus and the ability to deliver. From the late delivery on the airPods (great product and I love them but no debating the late delivery), Apple's AirPower, the modular Mac Pro's shift from 2018 to 2019 and many more recent examples.

    Also, there is a dip in quality in recent years of the delivered software but I think this is a result of major restricting happening within the software architecture as Apple moves more to Swift and away from Objective-C.

    I question the loss of the Apple Cinema Displays and their wireless routers. Both were top of class and, in the case of the LG 5K, their third party replacements.... Not so good IMO.
    hammeroftruthwatto_cobra