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  • Drake's Scorpion on Apple Music crushes Spotify in streaming

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    MacPro said:
    Who is Drake?  
    No one knows.
    ireland

  • Samsung's OLED iPhone display supply dominance challenged

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    nunzy said:
    Apple does not like to give money to Samsung because Samsung copies everything that Apple ever does. Instead, it prefers to give money to LG because LG is not a real competitor to Apple. Smart!
    Foxconn isn't a competitor to Apple, yet back in 2015 they entered the so-called smartphone market in India. How long does anyone think it might take for Foxconn to get the idea of entering the Android phone market as a brand in the US?

    https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/mobiles-tablets/foxconnbacked-infocus-to-enter-indian-smartphone-market/article6933651.ece#!
    Alex1N

  • Apple came to Ireland to build a community, not skirt taxes, Tim Cook says

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    nunzy said:
    Tim said it.

    I believe it.

    And that's it.
    Tim was not the guy who decided to legally move Apple IP to Ireland to shield it from excessive taxation. That was Peter Oppenheimer, Steve Jobs and possibly the Apple board of directors.

    What Tim says today is his interpretation of events or he’s playing politics to make nice with the EU.
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  • Apple recruits senior Waymo engineer & NASA veteran for self-driving car project

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    nunzy said:
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    Soli said:
    Does anyone still think that Apple isn’t actively working on this with this news?
    I think they are working on the software for it, not necessarily the car itself. In my own opinion they should be looking to partner with Tesla, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, or other premium automobile manufacturer to provide the hardware, perhaps even with the Apple logo on it. I can’t imagine myself being able to afford a vehicle like that though. My max price range would be <50K at my stage in life. 
    I like that idea and have floated it many times over the years and I got a lot of pushback at first because Apple has a long history of controlling the whole product. Even if we accept that Apple is willing to effectively be like "Intel Inside" or "Windows Everywhere" in the future of automobiles (which I'd like in terms of trust and security over countless other companies), there are some major logistical issues for that happen.

    For starters, why would any of those companies pay Apple when they already have their solutions in place and in R&D? I'd think Apple would have to be so far ahead of these automotive makers and the cost for them be so high that they'd be willing willing to scrap their own projects to integrate with Apple's solution. But even then how would HW support be handled? Apple silicon could be a requirement, but what about all the sensors used by the automotive maker which are sourced from vendors? If anyone can figure that out I think Apple under Cook can, but I still can't see a clear path regardless of the scenario I imagine.

    PS: Tesla still doesn't offer CarPlay so I'm not expecting them to jump into Apple's lap with autonomous driving.
    I agree, Tesla will be the least possible ‘partner’ for Apple. Unless of course if Tesla goes bankrupt.
    In general mergers (of R&D) of companies won’t work and result in the destruction of one of the participants.
    Apple could buy Tesla for cash on the barrel head.

    Tesla is only worth 58 Billion dollars.  Apple could buy both Tesla and BMW for cash and still have not depleted even half of what they have stashed.

    You have to think about the leverage involved in these transactions before speculating. Apple can make an offer that cannot be refused.
    If Tesla goes bankrupt (and it’s looking more and more like that’s a possibility), then perhaps Apple could pick up the battery plants for a song, but the cars are nothing to get excited over. Honestly, Musk should’ve probably contracted out the car manufacturing to another company with manufacturing facilities in place. The cost of labor and the factories is killing them, combined with the inability to meet deadlines. And strange thing happening on Twitter: Musk is making wildly irrational statements. He may be drunk or high (or maybe just sleep deprived) but weird things are afoot there.
    nunzy

  • Apple versus Samsung smartphone patent trial not over, $533M jury ruling contested

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    This isn't news. Asking for summary judgment or to dismiss is just standard operating procedure in a court case. If a lawyer failed to request that of the court, they'd be guilty of malpractice.
    muthuk_vanalingam