coolfactor

About this... (corrections in bold)

Apple's software correctly transcribes brands such as H&M by using an ampersand rather than the word "and," and the transcription engine correctly renders the ampersand in XHTML.

The transcription engine is not doing anything wrong. The ampersand needs to be encoded. Unless the author meant that the ampersand is being *displayed* in its encoded form?

And for those wondering why the author wrote XHTML specifically, it's because of the strictness needed when sending encoded messages. It's not just HTML, but the much more strict XHTML, which is HTML encoded as an XML document.

I normally defend Apple for having minor bugs, but this one is inexcusable and should have been caught with very basic and routine test cases.

If you do go into more than one section and don't quit System Settings between them, it has long offered you a back button. Now, even after you've quit and relaunched it, Apple has added a history feature to help you more quickly go back to recently used sections.

What is this about? Scouring around and don't see this "history" feature. I even tried re-enabling Recents (which I normally keep disabled) and that didn't change anything.

Can you elaborate a bit more? Maybe a screenshot referencing what you are referring to by "history"?

EDIT: Found it... long-clicking on the Back button reveals a History list... gotcha.

bobolicious said:

Thanks for this...

It seems Apple defaults volunteering our onboard and private information to iCloud...

I just turned off more than a dozen apps that had been unilaterally 'on'...

Is Apple becoming as predatory as Facebook...?

Hmm? Privacy is at the core of Apple's business. They aren't using iCloud to ingest all of your data like Facebook does.

The technology exists now... Apple should focus on fully automated assembly in "micro-factories" located in each strategic market. As demand goes up and down, so does output. Time for a monumental shift in thinking.

Headline says "wide", but should that not be "thick"?

It would be cool for Apple to announce new battery technology that they've developed in-house that blows existing battery tech out of the water. One can dream...