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  • Articulated hinge structures for foldable iPhone detailed in new research

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    Appleish said:
    Hard pass. This gimmick will die like 3-D TVs and Smell-O-Vision did.
    Probably but the naysayers who say that Apple can't innovate... (sigh) would expect apple to at least investigate the technology that is needed to make this sort of thing work in a way that would meet Apple's design criteria.



    watto_cobramike1

  • France launches digital tax aimed at Apple and big tech companies

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    red oak said:
    This is what losing looks like 

    Apple needs to pass -through these taxes to French consumers 

    My guess is that Apple can offset the amount paid for France against their US tax liability.
    Someone has to pay the taxes on profits somewhere. Many companies (mostly those domiciled in the USA) use complicated licensing arrangements to limit the tax they pay on profits in Europe. Somehow, they end up paying almost the same in licensing (tax deductable) as they made in profit.
    Countries like France are fed up with companies using this technique to avoid paying tax on the profits made in their county.

    Note that I'm careful to distinguish between 'taxes on profit' from other taxes such as VAT, property and payroll. Those can't be avoided.
    Mind you Amazon goes out of its way to lessen their property taxes. Many small shopkeepers pay more Business Rates for their shop than Amazon does for a mega warehouse. That is crazy.
    ronnOfer

  • Thieves hijack truck in UK, steal $6.6M of Apple products

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    Apple products in "unusual circumstances" or at a price far below retail value.

    Finding any genuine Apple Kit at below their quoted price here is unusual. No retailer really dares drop the prices like B&H, Adorama etc do in the USA. Amazon drops prices of 'old' kit but generally only carries the base models.

    watto_cobra

  • Apple VPs talk new M1 Mac development, Intel relationship, and more

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    I guess that we are back to the 'good old days' (sic) of shared memory. 
    From the descriptions given in the video, it seems that

    Unified Memory == Shared Memory.

    At least the CPU/memory bandwidth is an awful lot higher than the old days when it was really slow.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple gives the Mac a giant visual overhaul with macOS Big Sur

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    iOSDevSWE said:
    “Update not found” ... the quality of service has dropped at Apple...
    Some people have no patience. I'm sure that it will be available soon.
    Those of us rather longer in the tooth will wait a bit before even thinking about the upgrade.
    I waited six months before going to Catalina.

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