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  • Apple confirms use of Google cloud services to store iCloud user data

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    paxman said:
    airnerd said:
    having worked in computer outsourcing for 20 years, I have my doubts about this.   Not that the headline is not technically true, but that it is misleading.

    There is an enormous difference for a customer between using third party's datacenters and equipment to store and process their data while maintaining their own policies and procedures for the data versus downloading your data to a third party for them to manage and control.

    While, quite obviously this means that Apple data was on Google equipment, this does not (automatically) mean that it wasn't under the control of Apple with their own policies and procedures in place to protect it.

    I will reserve judgement on this until we know more.  But, for the time being, I give the benefit of the doubt to Apple.
    I was going to say the same (but you said first and better), just because it is on their equipment doesn't mean that Apple wasn't in control of it with their own rules/safeguards in place.  
    I understand that, and obviously there is much I do not know, but it doesn't sit well for Apple to use any of Google's services for something this sensitive. Appearances are important and Apple has been building data centres left right and centre, it seems. I am sure a lot of Apple users could not care less, but then again I am equally sure that a lot of Apple users would raise their eyebrows. I'd love to see a breakdown of Apple's data usage / requirements / capacity on a world wide basis.

    Maybe it would be good to read the data protection policy Google is using for its Google Cloud Platform (see https://cloud.google.com/security/). 

    Typically Google has a completely different approach for its paid services it is offering to the business market then for the free services it is offering to the end consumer.  In the former, there is full data protection policy in place, in the latter Google is using data mining techniques to feed its AdWords service.  A lot of people are objecting the data privacy rules of e.g. the free Gmail service, but it does not mean the same objection is valid for the Google Cloud Platform

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  • Apple's MacBook lineup now world's fourth-largest notebook brand

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    MisterKit said:
    Keep in mind that the lifespan of an Apple laptop is MUCH longer than an HP, Lenovo, or Dell. The numbers don’t tell the whole story. If an HP lasts 3 years you are lucky. They might sell two or three HP’s to equal the service of an Apple laptop. I am still keeping a mid 2008 first gen aluminum MacBook (not Pro) alive and well. I would take it over a brand new Model from the top three. My newer Apple laptops are just all the more sweet.
    I have founded my company in 2012 and have bought a mix of MBP and Ubuntu based Dell XPS laptops (about 10 each).  If I count the  hardware defects, the Dell XPS scores clearly better (2  vs 6 for the MBP).    Of course my computer park is not that big, but still this is a good indication.     The biggest issue is the Magsafe power adapter (3 defects)
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  • Some macOS Server services being stripped out in spring, including Calendar, Websites, Mai...

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    Basically macOs server is being killed.  I moved my server infrastructure to the cloud on Linux servers 5 years ago.  And I am not the only one
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  • Google closes $1.1B HTC deal, setting up collision course with Apple's iPhone

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    zimmie said:
    Uh ... is this somehow different from their acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion? They later sold it to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, taking a $9.6 billion loss.
    Definitely different.  Google bought Motorola Mobility for its patents.  Of course one may wonder if the patents were worth $9.6B
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  • Up to three Macs coming with T-series security chips, shift to Apple CPU inevitable

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    GG1 said:
    Unless Apple Buys AMD - which is cheap - then Apple will not be making Intel compatible CPUs for Macs.

    Would AMD's x86 licensing transfer in the event of a purchase? I don't know.

    When Apple moved to Intel years ago, the Intel compatibility (for Windows) was a selling point (for businesses) for Mac hardware, but I doubt it is as big a selling point NOW vs. THEN. I'm sure Apple know their audience, so maybe Apply may shed Intel compatibility when they think the time is right, even if it leaves a few people stranded.

    As more applications move to the cloud, the OS becomes less of a feature/differentiator.
    Moving everything to the cloud is fine, but it does not change the requirements for software developers, who make the cloud solution possible.  And bear in mind that all these cloud servers run Linux.

    If the Mac would no longer run Windows and Linux at (almost) native speed, a Mac would become a 2nd class developing machine for cloud solutions.  I would have to drastically reduce the number of Macs in my software company.     Only the graphical designers who use Sketch and the iOS app developers who use Xcode would still get Macs.  The rest will have Dell XPS with Linux. 

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