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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook 'Revolution: Apple Changing the World' interview airs April 6

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    I don't really see Apple as a revolutionary company any more. They do what only really big companies can do (and they are the biggest remember), namely figure out how to make new ideas mass producable and bring them to the masses. There is a lot of hard yards in that, and you could argue that until someone does it, that the world hasn't really changed, and therefore Apple is in fact changing the world. 

    But what people usually mean when they talk about revolutionary companies is the ones coming up with the world changing ideas in the first place. And if that's your kind of tech it's more fun to follow the life and times of Elon Musk than Tim Cook. Oh my god, check out the Roadster 2, that is totally the car of the future. Or the BFR rocket, the coolest space ship that ever there was (with apologies to the Space Shuttle).
    hmurchison

  • New low-cost iPad expected at Apple's 'Field Trip' event, cheaper MacBook might not make i...

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    They must have a vision, kind of like kids in history had an exercise book and a pencil, they want to replace that with an electonic pad and pencil. 

    Except, is hardware sales to schools really a needed thing any more? A professional videographer, computer programmer or scientist might need specialised hardware to do their job, a 16 core workstation with a big screen and 10 windows open at once. But a school kid? Surely their phone will do (the school can have loaner phones for the poor kids). 

    The education market seems like an app market now, not a hardware market. Compelling education apps for kids and sensible management apps for teachers. Why pitch fancy electronic notepads to a cash strapped public school, when the kids could just use their phones, and spend that extra money on sports equipment or renovating the dance hall.

    watto_cobra

  • How to delete your Facebook account completely on your iPhone or Mac

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    The "GDPR" law mentioned in this article, that gives people a "right to be forgotten" - does that mean all sites must have a delete account function now or soon?
    SpamSandwichdoozydozen

  • Details of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 with official eGPU support prematurely hit French App...

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    Interesting! I wonder if Apple will release an eGPU box of their own, or just leave it up to third parties. Or maybe release an external monitor that you connect to via TB3 and it has a GPU inside it.

    Edit: or maybe the eGPU technology is not for monitors at all, but for a TB3 connected VR headset that needs a little on-board GPU to work properly (90 frames per second)
    Eric_WVGG

  • Grading the rumors -- assessing Apple's possible releases at the Chicago event on March 27...

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    An iPad in a Chromebook form factor (i.e. keyboard permanently attached) with the App Store somehow limited to education only apps, or pointed at the school's own app store (Apple could host the school's individual app stores for them in the cloud, rather than the schools having to provision their own local server). 

    But even though it's a laptop form factor it wouldn't necessarily need to support a full desktop with as many windows as you want. iOS already has side by side windows and a dock which should be enough for school work.
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