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  • Head-to-head: Apple News vs. Google News on iOS

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    This one statement sums up why I wouldn't want to use the Google app:

    "Comparatively, Google uses the data it already has on you to populate your news feed as soon as you launch the app and sign in. Actions that can affect these predictions include searching topics in the Google search bar or reading stories in Chrome."

    Some may think this is a convenience, but I don't. Like one of the other readers posted before me, this is a "little creepy". Google released this app only to collect more data. They're not interested in providing a service. At least Apple is up front. They just want to sell us products and services. Apple makes money off of selling their products to consumers and businesses, not by selling my information.
    Google doesn’t sell your information. I swear, people just parrot nonsense on this topic.  They don’t sell details about you to third parties. They use the data they collect to show you relevant ads and advertisers pay them to do that.  That’s completely different than selling your data to a third party. 

    Plus, unlike Apple, Google is very upfront about what they collect and how it’s used. They also give you full control over your data, allowing you to edit collected data, download it, etc.  Does Apple do that?

    Read and learn:

    https://privacy.google.com/your-data.html
    cropr

  • Video: Wishlist of features and fixes Apple could give the HomePod during WWDC 2018

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    hawaiianshirtguy said:
    robbyx said:
    I returned mine. I think the people raving about sound quality have never heard good speakers. HomePod is ok, but can’t compare to my Sonos Play5, much less my built-in Sonance speakers. ...



    Sound quality is highly subjective. If all you have are Sonance and Sonos speakers I'm not convinced you've necessarily heard good speakers either. It sounds like you're just saying the HomePod doesn't sound like what you're used to. That's certainly a fair assessment. HomePod is going to sound great to people used to cheap stuff, not sound as good to people used to really expensive stuff, and for those in the middle it will be a coin toss. 

    I definitely like mine, and almost certainly will buy another, maybe two. Maybe three. It depends on how well AirPlay2 works. I've been waffling between buying one really good audio system (I'm eyeing spatial audio M4's), or a house full of wireless speakers. Lately I've been enjoying the sheer simplicity and convenience of the HomePod more than I've enjoyed my existing audio system. I listen to music much more now that I did before buying the HomePod.



    If you think HomePod compares to Sonance, I’d say you’re the one who has no idea how good speakers sound.  As for Sonos, sure, they’re not high end and I haven’t compared HomePod to anything but my Play5, but to my ears Play5 produces a much more pleasant and balanced sound than the thump thump thump of HomePod with vocals floating so far above the mix that they sound disembodied.  I was interested in the convenience/simplicity of HomePod too but the sound quality just isn’t up to snuff. 
    rapcatmeowwilliamlondon

  • Video: Wishlist of features and fixes Apple could give the HomePod during WWDC 2018

    robbyxrobbyx
    I returned mine. I think the people raving about sound quality have never heard good speakers. HomePod is ok, but can’t compare to my Sonos Play5, much less my built-in Sonance speakers. The bass is ridiculous. It doesn’t matter what you’re listening to. Everything is thump thump thump.  I didn’t care for the way HomePod processed audio either. Sure, compared to a low end Bluetooth speaker that muddies everything, HomePod sounds good.  But HomePod overcompensates and there’s often too much separation, especially with vocals, and the mix doesn’t sound cohesive.

    With all the ranting and raving about sound quality, I expected to be blown away. After using HomePod for a few days, I was totally underwhelmed. I did like the way Siri works with Apple Music, though. They did a good job there. 
    williamlondon

  • Apple previews Final Cut Pro 10.4 update with 8K timeline alongside new iMac Pro

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    docno42 said:
    appex said:
    I am using an Apple Cinema Display 22-inch purchased almost 18 years ago and it works great. And it has been on an average of 15 hours a day, 356 days each year.
    Only because you don’t know any better.  If you had a brand new,  identical one and placed it next to your well used 18 year old one the difference would be startling.  Never mind the advances in display technology in the last 18 years.  Even if you just deal with text and surf the web, Retina displays are a LOT easier on the eyes.

    Now, I still prefer to have my display seperated from my computer - but claiming that most people should still be using the same display 18 years later or your trashing the planet is more than a little hyperbolic.
    Not to mention power consumption. I’m pretty sure today’s displays use a lot less energy than an 18 year old dinosaur. 
    racerhomiechia

  • FileMaker 16 brings enhancements to Mac & iOS databases

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    SpamSandwich said:
    Used FileMaker for years until they screwed our business by failing to provide adequate database migration tools for previous versions of FileMaker. Finally dumped them in favor of a less involved solution.
    Your databases were wrongly designed.
    Thanks for the help, jackass.
    I've been working with Filemaker since version 2 and have never had any serious issues moving from one version to the next.  The file format changed in version 7, when they introduced the ability to have multiple tables in a single file, then again in version 11.  If you waited a very long time to update your files, you might have run into problems.  I can't remember the exact timeline, but they eventually dropped support for pre-7 files, but I'm pretty sure that came in version 11 or 12.  So yes, if you were running Filemaker 5 and tried to upgrade your files to Filemaker 13, you were out of luck.  But I think it's completely wrong to say that Filemaker failed to provide adequate migration tools.  They supported pre-7 files for a very long time.
    macpluspluschia