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fallenjt said:

sflocal said:

Apple sells more watches in a year, than the entire wearables industry (like FitBit) did since existence, and this wad is saying that Apple is doing it wrong?

I know FitBit's CEO has to say that in order for his company to (barely) remain relevant.  I just wonder if he knows he's on borrowed time.

It's not what the AppleWatch is doing now that makes him stay up at night, it's what it's capable of doing down the road, especially when the extended capabilities of that wristband port come into play.  Companies, especially the medical industry, are already cranking away on it and when that comes online, one can pretty much kiss companies like FitBit goodbye.

Keep that poker face up FitBit.  We all know you're bluffing.

Right. I was in hospital last week and I never saw more Apple Watch owners in any other places from paramedics, ambulance guys to nurses and doctors and of course, patients too. Apple Watch really rules medical fields!

I work at a stadium that hires off-duty police officers for security. I have gotten to know quite a number of them (just as work friends) and started to notice that they were all wearing Apple Watches. I asked about it and one of the guys told me that they get alerts on the watch silently via haptic feedback to notify them of trouble in the stadium. Often times in the noise of the crowd radios are difficult to use even while using earpieces. Stadium security can also send them still images taken from security cameras. All management and security staff at the stadium are issued iPhone's and Apple Watches.

mike1 said:

VisualSeed said:

But they obviously can't protect us better. The number one function of our society is not crime (terrorism) prevention. $1.4M in tax payer money could be used for many different things much more beneficial to society than to try to one up someone in a pissing contest. 

Your comment is just as wrong as the one you commented on. Yes. The money would be well spent if it actually protected Americans. That does not mean they should have unrestricted access to unlimited funds. Oversight is absolutely necessary and it appears this gamble was not a good investment.

Defending the constitution, solving/preventing crime, national defense and ensuring the integrity of our food and medical supplies as well as our financial systems are the most important things the federal government can do. Virtually everything else is superfluous and should be managed by individuals or more local government entities. A waste of public funds.

The money used by the FBI, whether a million $ or even a smaller amount, is beside the point. They will continue to throw money at breaking down our privacy as long as we continue to allow it. You mention defending the Constitution which along with the Bill of Rights guarantees our freedoms. We as Americans have the freedom to protect our private information. The FBI's overzealous pursuit of cracking into this iPhone at any cost without any idea of whether the data would result in moving the case against terrorism forward should be of concern to all of us. I think we can all agree that terrorism is a scourge that causes concern for all of us. However when we allow our government to violate the freedoms provided by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the pursuit of terrorists means the terrorists have won the war. Living in fear instead of freedom is a world where the terrorists reign. I am grateful that Tim Cook has stood up and Apple continues to pursue data privacy for all of us.

rogifan_new said:

Meh I thought Iger's comments were pretty pedestrian. And considering Cook already made this list (I think either last year or the year before) it seems more like a list of who's popular so in that case people like Cook or the CEO of Google could make the list every year.

Time's list is never a popularity contest. It is a list of INFLUENTIAL people whether that is good or bad. In the case of Tim Cook it's a positive listing. Whether he has been on the list previously has nothing to do with his selection this year. He has made a bold, public stance about personal data privacy that we should all be grateful for. Our freedom in this country depends on our ability to maintain privacy of our personal information without the fear of it being hacked, exploited or made public by the government or anyone else. The data needed for tracking terrorists can be obtained without destroying our right to privacy. If we and or officials give into the fears that take away the freedoms our country was founded on gives the terrorists exactly what they want. Tim Cook deserves his place on Time's list for not only that but for his leadership of one of the most admired corporations in the world. 

I have been an AT&T customer since 1999. Shortly after that they changed the name to Cingular for whatever reason (regulatory?) and then back to AT&T. In that time I've seen a lot of fee and plan changes but have been pretty happy for the most part. The thing about this fee increase though is that is was done to match their larger competitor. Not for an edge up on the competition by decreasing it or keeping it lower. 

Verizon and AT&T are the top dogs and don't seem to be concerned about T-Mobile and to a lesser extent Sprint. Two years ago I tried out my same iPhone model on T-Mobile at home but there was no signal. Earlier this month I did another test (thank you T-Mobile for being so willing to allow me to do this) and I had a much stronger and clearer LTE signal than AT&T. I'm considering switching to t-mobile when my contract comes up with AT&T or when t-mobile runs another buy out special. 

Having a teenager on my plan kills me with music and video streaming. My 30gb on AT&T are gone in 20 days. T-Mobile plans have streaming for free. 

binki said:

Only 2.2% of people are using Safari / web link apps that caused the crashes.  Still 100% crash with 9.3 that needed fixing.

I'm not sure where you got the information that 100% with 9.3 needed fixing. That's completely false. Only those on any version of iOS 9.x had a problem because of the booking.com apps. If you had not downloaded one of their apps and upgraded it to the bloated version then you wouldn't have seen the problem. As one of the public beta testers I never experienced the problem with 9.3 because I don't typically use applications like that. Nothing wrong with iOS 9.3 except a bloated app that corrupted a feature and then left it broken even after it was deleted. How did it pass through the app store? It met all the criteria and the evaluaters don't have time to go through every line of code. If that was a requirement, apps would never get approved.