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  • Editorial: Mozilla's anti-Apple privacy petition call is misguided and unnecessary

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    And who helps fund Mozilla? The most infamous people farmer, Go-ogle.
    From 2004 to 2014, the foundation had a deal with Google to make Google Search the default in the Firefox browser search bar and hence send it search referrals; a Firefox themed Google search site was also made the default home page of Firefox. The original contract expired in November 2006. However, Google renewed the contract until November 2008 and again through 2011.[15] On December 20, 2011, Mozilla announced that the contract was once again renewed for at least three years to November 2014, at three times the amount previously paid, or nearly US$300 million annually.[16][17] Approximately 90% of Mozilla’s royalties revenue for 2014 was derived from this contract.[18]

    In November 2017, however, Mozilla announced[19] that it was switching back to Google as the default search engine. This represented an early termination of its Yahoo partnership.[20]


    Hahaha Looks that way...






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  • Dark mode, universal 'Undo' gestures touted to arrive in 'iOS 13'

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    MplsP said:
    How about better/easier bluetooth management? you can either turn bluetooth of completely and disconnect everything or go digging around in the settings app. If I'm playing podcast or song in iTunes I should be able to bring up the bluetooth settings directly from iTunes without going to settings.

    Apple said bluetooth was the future, but they sure didn't make it easier to live in the future.
    Force touch the settings icon. You can go directly to the bluetooth settings from there. Takes you straight to the On/Off toggle and you see your connected devices.
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  • Netflix disabled AirPlay because it isn't being told what device is getting the stream

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    patsu said:
    Since they sell plans per device, it is understandable that they distinguish between devices. Besides, AirPlay to an Apple TV doesn't make sense: you download to your mobile device via wi-fi, then AirPlay to the Apple TV over the same wi-fi, unnecessary two way traffic that would reduce playback quality. Why not use the Netflix app on the Apple TV instead? It syncs perfectly between devices, you can also hard-wire your Apple TV directly to your router via Ethernet. That policy may only affect TV sets with AirPlay but without the Netflix app. The solution appears to be the usual one: buy the dumbest TV you can tolerate and attach an Apple TV. So AirPlay implemented on a TV without tvOS is useless, it may help you to AirPlay YouTube from your mobile device but such TVs may already have YouTube.

    Wrong. In AirPlay Video, the target TV/Apple TV downloads the video. The mobile device only controls the playback. What you mentioned is AirPlay Screen, which mirrors the phone screen to the TV say, for presentation. Different tech.

    I don’t believe Netflix when they say they can’t tell the requesting device.

    Mobile phone UI is a lot more advanced than TV device UI. So AirPlay makes sense.
    I think you are mistaken about anything being downloaded to the target device in regards to airplay. 

    “When using internet sources for watching video (such as YouTube or Netflix), something else happens when using AirPlay. When streaming from an internet source and pressing the AirPlay button on your iOS device, your AirPlay-enabled Apple TV box will open a direct connection to the internet source. Your Apple TV is being authorized to access the internet source and no streaming occurs between the iOS device and Apple TV, thus no loss of quality. The video or music quality is as good as the streaming service allows.”

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    Remember airplay existed prior to the current gen Appletv with the 32gb and 64gb of onboard memory. 




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  • Review: Apple's new AirPods are a first-class update to an already superb product

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    Eric_WVGG said:
    We found that a pair of original AirPods bought in late 2016 now holds a charge for around two hours of continuous playing compared to the five or more they originally had.
    I'm a little unclear if this is the playback capacity of the buds (I think?) or how much juice the case carries. 

    I'd appreciate a future article that tries to “benchmark” a two-year-old set. I know it couldn't be terribly scientific, but at least it would be a good basis of comparison.

    Personally, I think I'm just gonna go with the $49/bud replacement when these get decrepit, and wait for Airpods 3 before taking another plunge.
    $49.00 replaces one bud...in warranty.  $69.00 per bud if out of warranty or lost.  Plus tax and shipping fee of $6.95... Not really saving much by replacing and waiting..

    How much does it cost to repair or replace my AirPods?

    Model Battery service Out-of-warranty fee Lost
    AirPods $49 each $69 each $69 each
    Charging Case $49 $59 $59
    Wireless Charging Case $49 $69 $79

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  • Apple CDO Jony Ive discusses AirPods design as new model poised to ship

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    elfig2012 said:
    From the article you attached ...

    No, scientists didn’t sign anything about the dangers of Airpods

    The scientist declaration referenced in all the news posts is actually from 2015, and was an appeal to governments to take seriously the potential health threats of the type of non-ionizing radiofrequency radiation emitted by cell phones and other wireless devices. Yes, those include Bluetooth devices, like Airpods. 

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