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  • DuckDuckGo could have been Apple's private search engine

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    DuckDuckGo  uses a modified version of Bing to power it.  It is effectively Bing at its core 

    DuckDuckGo has surprisingly little of its own technology.  I’d be surprised if Apple had any serious conversations re: acquiring it.   Perhaps to o hire “talent” 
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  • Without irony, Microsoft CEO says Google unfairly dominates search

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    mayfly said:
    I used to consider Microsoft to be an evil empire, out to destroy the Jedis at Apple.

    But then in 1988, I saw Windows 3 running at a demo at the old Elek-Tek store in Chicago, and thought to myself, "self, there's nothing like this at Apple!" and spent $3,450 for 50 shares of MS at $69.00 and still have it. After reinvesting all dividends until 2019, I now own 1,630.352 shares due to splits, and that investment is now woth $524,647.27 as of today's close (I also re-invested in Apple Inc. when Jobs returned, and no complaints there, either).

    So say what you want, I hope MS wins. Apple isn't going to suffer any loss if they lose, since Bing or Google, doesn't matter to the bottom line. To paraphrase the late great Roberto Clemente, "Microsoft been very, very good to me." And I think Satya Nadella is an even better CEO than Gates, certainly by the sheer numbers!
    Thanks for over-sharing, down to the cents 

     From the dates, I'm assuming you are 60+ years old.  Hopefully you have several more wins like this to make up for your retirement shortfall 

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  • EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

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    "EU regulation fosters innovation, without compromising on security and privacy“  

    What a f****** joke 
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  • Apple FineWoven case review: Not the leather replacement we were hoping for

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    Apple really painted themselves in a corner here 

    They should have launched a sample of the FineWoven while keeping the leather to give it real world resting.  How did this pass their internal review? 

    Now, they can’t go back to leather 

    They better be working in FW 2.0 right now 





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  • Cook justifies Apple's advertising on X as a 'town square' for the Internet

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    The ADL is a corrupt organization peddling false narratives.  It is a shell of what it once was and what it stood for 
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