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  • tvOS 11.2 will let Apple TV 4K owners choose between matching frame rate or HDR

    calicali
    Wow this was the biggest complaint about Apple TV. Glad it’s being fixed. 

    iHaters were “threatening” to go with Roku/others because of this. I wonder what the next excuse will be?
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  • Apple's iPhone X passes twin test in early hands-on with Face ID

    calicali
    Amazing.

    MacPro said:
    If I had an identical twin and if I didn’t trust him I’d not instigate its use in the first place. iPhone X still offers the traditional keypad system I assume?
    But you don’t so no need to worry about this.

    Soli said:
    I know Face ID isn't even officially out yet, but I want a Face ID Remote for my Apple TV so that just holding the remote means that apps, menus, Netflix user queues, music playlists, saved locations on videos, and other content switches to my user profile. Is that too much to ask? Probably, but who would've thought that we'd have this tech just a decade after the original iPhone launched?

    slurpy said:
    Now that is fucking impressive. 
    Very impressive. Windows Hello, which uses RealSense technology from Intel and only ever stated a 1:100,000 in face recognition security (or 1/10th that of Face ID) faired very well with twin tests so I'll only be surprised if they don't do exceptionally well here. I think this tech is one where each increase in statistical accuracy increases its security exponentially.

    I’ve suggested every Apple feature being on Apple TV but closed-minded people say it’s useless.

    Although that new ring in the remote makes me very curious. I have a feeling the Apple TV team had TouchID planned there but was removed last minute.

    mrboba1 said:
    CNN did a test with two identical female twins and they were able to beat the FaceID security.

    http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2017/10/31/iphone-x-first-impressions.cnnmoney

    They cheated. They enrolled the first twin and immediately tried the second twin.
    I'm curious, not challenging: how is this cheating?

    The software learns you the more you use it. The iPhone was handed to the sister right away. I don’t know if “cheating” is the right word but the situation was very very very impractical.

    what are the chances:

    1. You have a twin.

    2. Your twin is identical.

    3. You hand your new iPhone to your twin right after using it.

    Edit:

    Never mind. The test was crap. Looks like the first twin unlocked it. She looked directly at the iPhone as it was handed to her sister. 
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  • Samsung looks to reinvent Apple's Genius Bar with WeWork 'care centers'

    calicali
    They already have knockoff Apple Stores where you can talk to a Samsung Smarty Pants.


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  • iPhone 8 breaks Apple's decline in China, questions remain around iPhone X

    calicali
    “The situation is "only temporary" though, Canalys analyst Mo Jia argued. "The high sell-in caters to the pent-up demand of iPhone upgraders in the absence of the iPhone  X.”

    Wtf??

    So even though Apple isn’t doomed they're still doomed.

    suddenly newton said:
    Dave Cummings said:
    of course, CNet posts an article saying that the iPhone 8 sales are horrible in China....but CNet always seems to be ripping on Apple 
    Ironic that some accuse CNet of having a pro-Apple bias. Basically, anyone who says positive things while reviewing an Apple product must be an "Apple fanboy." There's no other explanation. It's not like Apple deserves praise, they'll say.
    I was called a “sheep” for presenting facts.

    FACTS...
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's Cook & Facebook's Zuckerberg meet with Chinese President Xi

    calicali
    red oak said:
    One has a $60 billion/yr business in China.  The other has $0
    And he’s tagging along.

    hmm.... I wonder why?
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