techno

Finally Java and Flash will be gone!

I wish Canadian banks would start getting on board. Most of our merchants have had the NFC terminals for years. Our debit cards have NFC and everyone is ready and educated. We just need the banks to embrace ApplePay. I am sick of having to use my American credit card for ApplePay.

AppleInsider said:

Over the past several years, it's become clear that Apple is now seeing that there's more value in not having ads than there is in owning advertising on iOS. This indicates that going forward, Apple can court more satisfied customers--the people who pay a premium for its high-end hardware--by offering more privacy than from offering more private ads.

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Advertisers hated working with iAd, but not because it failed to improve the ad experience, or because it was technically inferior, or because it failed to engage audiences. Advertisers hated that Apple's iAd was preventing them from gaining full access to user demographics and behaviors--the way Google, Adobe and the other mobile ad networks were working to facilitate.

Whenever I encounter a Galaxy owner that insists their phone is better than my iPhone,  I point out the privacy issues. They don't grasp it or they don't care. Some people just don't care about their privacy. However, many do and most would if they really took the time understand the significance. 

It is this very stance that Apple has taken on consumer privacy that has caused me to give them my loyalty. As with any relationship, trust is essential. 

All of my 20 years in Mac IT, I have never seen a Mac actually infected by a virus. I have seen many emails that contain Word attachments with PC viruses. But that is it. In recent years, I have come across Malware/Adware which were relatively benign and easy to remove. However, I consistently hear the "experts" warn of the coming wave of attacks.

Same with iOS. I hear the doomsayers, but I have yet to encounter any virus or malware on a non jailbroken device. The only exception is perhaps an app that is harvesting data but was eventually discovered.

Most people under 40 watch tv differently than previous generations. To them, content should be on demand. One finds the content they want online and that is it. The thought of paying for content they don't want is silly. The only way to lure them away from Kodi (and the likes) to a revenue stream is by offering them concise options that are priced reasonably. The perfect example is how Apple selling .99 cent songs when Napster was in its heyday. There were a lot of people that would be willing to pay for a song if the price was fair and they were not forced to buy the whole CD when most of the songs sucked. In other words, why the F#@k would I want to pay $60+ for Disney and CSPAN? I want to pay for the channels I watch.