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Google closed down over 7% after hours partly due to poor Pixel sales. They are cutting back on development of phones and tablets. 

radarthekat said:

There’s another factor not covered in this article, and that’s security and privacy.  I’d love to see an article delving into those aspects.  

My concern as well. I don’t shop Amazon at all, partly for privacy concerns. I do use Apple Pay and very much appreciate the security of it. Every year or two we’ve had our credit card compromised. It doesn’t cost anything but it is a royal PITA because of all the auto-payments we have tied to the card. 

Siri is ok for me. I’m not a heavy user, but she gets it right much of the time. I can do simple unit conversions, arithmetic, check the outside weather, get the football scores and schedules just by talking to my Watch. That’s convenient. 

lkrupp said:

Amusing to me how liberal politicians are so eager to limit the size and power of corporations in the name of the people but think a giant, all powerful, all knowing, all controlling government is just fine. In fact the bigger the better as far as the size and influence of government with types like Warren.  

There is a big difference between corporations and our government. In principle, our government is us and is accountable to the voters. It is not some independent entity. If we don't like how things are going we can vote and change the leadership, as we did last November. We can show up at government offices and complain, as many did during the health care debates. Try showing up at the offices of the CEO of United Healthcare or Cigna and you'll get arrested. Warren's comments are rather broad brush, maybe necessary given the short attention span of media these days, but she is raising some important issues.

Apple showed off a prototype folding iPad in the Knowledge Navigator video released about 1990. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Navigator