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  • 3rd-gen Apple TV departs Apple retail, remains at big-box stores

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    zroger73 said:
    I'll say this much about 4K...

    Even at 1080p, I had to force lower bitrates via resolution settings on the ATV or settings on the services themselves to avoid blasting past my ISP's monthly usage allowance. I'm sure I'm not alone here as many providers have moved to monthly allowances.
    its much better when you have unlimited downloads. You dont have to worry about messing about with bitrates just download/stream to your hearts content

    williamlondoncali

  • Genius Bar doesn't hire retired Apple engineer, fires up age discrimination debate

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    SpamSandwich said:
    "Hi, I used to be a highly paid engineer at Apple and now I want to work at your store as a Genius making close to minimum wage."

    Anyone see something wrong with that picture?
    Why not. An ex colleague at my work place decided after a nervous breakdown to work at a community centre. He went from (in usd) 400k to 20k per annum. Sometimes people want out of the rat race but still want to be active in something they love.
    baconstangronndasanman69argonautktappebirkofracnetmagejasenj1palomine

  • Irish cabinet votes to appeal EU's $14.5B tax penalty on Apple

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    apple ][ said:
    I think that we're once again going to have travel across the pond and kick some Euro ass, like we had to do before. It's been a while, but it looks like that time will maybe soon come again.

    This is Ireland's mess and they need to deal with it and clean up their affairs. Either that, or lose a significant portion of their business dealings with various, big, multi-national companies.

    Either Ireland is a country, or it's not.

    Either the Irish control Ireland or the Belgians and Germans do. As more and more countries are finding out, being a part of the EU is ending up being a whole lot more than they bargained for or ever imagined.

    There is also a rare, old US law that can be activated and used to punish Euro companies and citizens in the US. Perhaps it's time to dig out that old US law and apply it.


    'Murica.. fuck yeah!


    entropysronnargonaut

  • Apple to begin removing abandoned and problematic apps from App Store next week

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    This is good news. 
    gregg thurmanmike1dysamoriaSpamSandwich

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook calls EU tax ruling 'total political crap,' cites potential anti-US sentiment

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    "They just picked a number from I don't know where," Cook said. "In the year that the Commission says we paid that tax figure, we actually paid $400m. We believe that makes us the highest taxpayer in Ireland that year."
    So Apple only made $3.2 billion in profit from Ireland and the EU in the whole of 2014?
    I didn't realise sales were that bad!
    Or is he being deliberately obfuscating by picking on one part of the structures in Ireland but not taking them as a whole? 

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