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  • Apple has 'great desktops' on Mac roadmap, CEO Tim Cook says

    schlackschlack
    We are absolutely committed to the desktop. We intend to release a new Mac Pro every single 5 yr period!
    elijahg

  • Examined: Nintendo's flagship franchise comes to the iPhone in 'Super Mario Run'

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    Surprised to see the complaint about $10. This makes it probably the cheapest Nintendo game ever sold. I know there are a lot of quality games on iOS for free or for low prices, but $10 for a well made Nintendo game seems like a bargain.
    GeorgeBMacjSnivelylolliverwatto_cobra[Deleted User]

  • Examined: Apple's iPhone-centric Music app refresh in iOS 10.2

    schlackschlack
    Long time apple investor and apple music user from the start (had beats music before that, and spotify before that), but i recently setup a 4 month free trial of google music...and am surprised to find that it's much better designed than apple music. will probably switch back to apple music after the trial just because of apple music integrates better with the apple ecosystem, but hope apple continues to make their offerings better.
    anantksundaram

  • Apple assembly partner Foxconn plans US expansion

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    daveinpublic said:
    irevolt said:

    In Apple’s seeking for ways for employment equality (US workers to match China), tax breaks, repatriating off-shore banked monies, they have convinced Foxconn to invest 7 billion dollars in the US for building manufacturing facilities. I’ll bet that the Trump family will be the land developers in this deal and they will build living quarters for Americans that mirrors the Foxconn buildings in China complete with nets to catch the workers driven to suicide by working conditions.

    But in actuality, not a bad thing for many American families.
    I read that suicide rate at Foxconn are lower than the rate in the USA population for that age group at large, so yeah, Foxconn really went above and beyond. Put a million workers in their 20's together at any company and see how many suicides you get. We had several at my university of 30,000 students every year. Seems like they just got bad press and pressure to do something about it because...Apple.
    jbdragonretrogustobaconstangviclauyycwatto_cobrajony0

  • Amazon working on touchscreen Echo speaker with higher-quality audio - report

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    Metriacanthosaurus said:
    Is this any real data in the market to indicate how successful Amazon and Google's home hub/voice control products have been?

    They just do not strike me as a realistic step forward in home automation. A single device that just sits in one place is no better or more useful than any iPhone or iPad that is laying around plugged in at the time. As an Apple Watch user, I don't need to shout across the house for Siri, I can say it quietly to my wrist.

    So is there really a great need for another separate device that sits around waiting to process requests? It's not something you're going to walk up to and ask a question. The commercials show people that just happen to be in the vicinity of the device, and busy doing something else, that call out questions or commands. I feel like they have to show it this way, because any other use case is ridiculous. They aren't going to show people getting up from across the room/house and walking up to it to ask a handsfree question.

    I remain at a loss for what these devices are.
    You don't walk up to it. It hears you clearly from across the room at normal voice levels. Alexa is much faster to understand and respond than Siri in my experience (especially true when compared to the Apple Watch), with better recognition as well. I rarely have my iPhone plugged in and it's typically in my pocket and locked so Siri won't work...so a bunch of these around the house with omnipresent listening is kinda compelling...and at $50 a pop you can cover your whole house for cheap. But yeah, I've been buying these as gifts bc they are cool, yet I don't have one myself. Not because I can just use my iPhone/Watch, but because I just don't see the use case.
    SoliRayz2016