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  • Apple declares iPad 2 obsolete eight years after Steve Jobs launched it

    the monkthe monk
    Haha, good! Hung on to my iPad 2 until January of this year. The iOS updates that were suppose to make legacy products work faster didn’t apply to this one,
    Bombdoe

  • No, '250 scientists' didn't warn that AirPods are a cancer risk

    the monkthe monk
    wozwoz said:
    Hmm...DED’s article is the first I heard about this.
    Really?  Where have you been hiding. Scientists have warned that potential health risks of chronic EMF exposure include cancer, genetic damages, neurological disorders, learning and memory deficits, and reproductive issues, among others. 
    Reread the headline of the article.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple gaining PC marketshare despite lower Mac shipments, fresh estimates suggest

    the monkthe monk
    robbyx said:

    When it comes to developer support, the reason we don't see more developers embrace the Mac is marketshare.  Mac marketshare has more or less climbed as high as it's going to climb as long as Apple stays the course.  Apple might very well be the fourth or fifth largest computer manufacturer, but when it comes to total marketshare, they are a drop in the bucket compared to Windows.  So most developers don't care - and never will care - about the Mac.


    Oh brother!!! Yawn!!!!! Wasn't this issue settled years before Bill Gates giant, Big Brother face appeared behind Steve Jobs at MacWorld? Windows won! You're not making genius comments other then regurgitating the same talking points about the Windows vs. Apple debate that began in the 80s and peaked in the 90s.

    "Mac marketshare has more or less climbed as high as it's going to climb as long as Apple stays the course." Are you implying that Apple can change the course if they do something else? You're trashing them for making the wrong decisions about the Mac for over 30 years but you say they turn things around and make Windows obsolete? No, Windows won, that's it. Businesses are not going to throw away their Windows machines because Apple suddenly licensed MacOS (again) to cheap PC manufacturers. Again, Windows won – permanently!

    Yes, Apple cares more about iOS than MacOS. My Google Analytics shows that over 90% of my visitors to my sites are on mobile. There's one reason that explains things. If the Mac desktop is "withering," so is the rest of the PC desktop. One day, desktop will evolutionize into something else, and this Mac vs. PC "debate" will be more worthless and tiring than ever.

    Oh, about these Apple fanboys. If I had a business, where my customers fanboys, zealots, ideologues, or whatever, who would buy no matter what, who would evangelize my brand no matter what, let me tell you something, the stock price of my public company would be astronomical. Wait! I know such of a company, the stock symbol is...!
    StrangeDays

  • Netflix disabled AirPlay because it isn't being told what device is getting the stream

    the monkthe monk

    anantksundaram said:
    Because it’s their product/service, and they fully well have a right to know who’s consuming it, how, where? You know, like just about every company does?

    And those who don’t like it can go elesewhere, or not do business with them. This is not complicated. 
    If people don’t like a policy change, they have a duty to speak up like in these forums. Companies should know how customers feel. That’s not complicated either. Don’t fault people for that.
    dysamorialogic2.6

  • Man pleads guilty to hacking celebrity Apple accounts for spending spree

    the monkthe monk
    AppleInsider said:

    Victims included "rappers" as well as "college and professional athletes," including people in the NBA and NFL, the Justice Department said while declining to name specific people. The hacker, Kwamaine Jerell Ford of Georgia, began targeting accounts in March 2015 with a phishing scheme, pretending to be an Apple support representative needing logins, passwords, and/or the answers to security questions.
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    I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but strange how this phishing scheme still works. Remember years back using that dialup app called AOL, and there would be an eyesore text warning in messenger warning them an AOL rep would never contact them for their password through email or IM? But no, people still fell for it.
    chiacornchipstompywatto_cobra