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  • Apple may be cutting contractors in an effort to slash costs

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    Contractors are their own company. Why would they expect perks from a client? Are they giving perks to the client?
    iOS_Guy80williamlondontdknox

  • Two women saved in Canada thanks to Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite

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    damonf said:
    AppleInsider said:


    Back in April, Emergency SOS also saved a snowboarder in Switzerland. On a solo trip at about 10,000 feet altitude, Tim Blakey fell into a hidden crevasse in the snow.

    Despite an iPhone battery life of 3%, he could use Emergency SOS to contact emergency services. Rescuers found him and took him to the hospital for an injured ankle.


    I presume "April" is supposed to be some other month, given the satellite version of Emergency SOS didn't gen enabled until November.  The service was not available in April 2022.

    Yes, it's confusing, but Emergency SOS has been available for a while. It's the Satellite connectivity that was added this year.
    Alex_Vwatto_cobramarklark

  • Cherry releases two keyboards & Bluetooth mouse for Mac users

    coolfactorcoolfactor
    I just can't do keyboards with those double-height Return keys, or those small left-Shift keys. They just feel and look so wrong!
    watto_cobrawilliamlondon

  • Update your Google Chrome Mac install now

    coolfactorcoolfactor
    I don't run Chrome often, but strangely, mine was already updated when I launched the app today.

    As for updating, come on AppleInsider... your audience are Mac users... so there's no need to send your readers down the Windows hellhole of finding the "About Google Chrome" menu item... it's at the very top of the application menu (named "Chrome" in this case).  ;)
    dewmegatorguywatto_cobra

  • iPhone 15 Pro rumored to get Thunderbolt connectivity

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    jbtuckr said:
    I hope this isn’t true. Just with iPads, we have to replace the USB-C ports 2-3x more often than on iPads with the lightning port. Lightning is so much more durable, which is especially important in phones 

    Sadly, I've had the opposite experience. I was hugely pro-Lightning because it's such an elegant connector, but experienced three iPhones in a row where the cable would just stop connecting properly. I now rarely connect a cable to my iPhones thanks to Qi charging.

    When USB-C infiltrated my life, I've had zero problems. It's an excellent connector. Lightning's days are done.
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