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  • Apple's Didi investment is surprising but good use of massive $233B cash hoard, analyst says

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    "...In China, Didi faces stiff competition from international ride-sharing giant Uber China,..." This statement is not accurate. What I understand that it is other way around. Didi is available in 400+ cities in China, while Uber is only in 45 or so Chinese cities.

    Also, I think this was a wise investment. It will have much larger ROI than Apple $3B investment in Beats. This investment will certainly help pushing Apple Pay and other Apple eco-system plays.
    The Beats brand is about extending customer base into the whole culture of Hip Hop and R&B. That is far more valuable to Apple than headphone sales.
    robertwaltercalidelreyjonesargonaut

  • Oklahoma City Apple Store to get 'next generation' design makeover

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    Is this Apple making a bid for KD to stay in OKC?
    levimr.scott

  • Manhattan DA calls on US Congress to support bill requiring mandatory decryption

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    While they're at it why don't they lobby to make it illegal for two individuals to meet and talk. People can talk about criminal activities off any record, and that's how they often do this type of business as it stands anyway.
    baconstang

  • Steve Jobs tasked Apple to fix healthcare and Apple Watch is part of the answer

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    larrya said:
    rogifan_new said:
    But but but I thought everyone said the Watch is something Steve Jobs would never have released?
    Makes you wonder if Jobs would have wanted such a focus on fashion and $300 bands, doesn't it?  Where are all the monitoring advances not offered by fitness bands again?

     I submit that the watch we got is very different from what Jobs envisioned. I think the real difference between Cook and Jobs is the reaction each had to adversity. When Cook met resistance with things like FDA approval of advanced sensors, instead of finding a way forward, he went with Plan B and turned the watch into a glorified FitBit. If Jobs had reacted this way when the iPhone was first developed we would have gotten a bag phone with an iPod coupon. 
    The fashion aspect caters to what people buy watches for. Adding the sensors is the meat and potatoes. The combination differentiates Watch
    calilolliverbaconstangpte applefastasleep

  • Cupertino mayor accuses Apple, responsible for nearly 20% of the city's tax revenue, of not paying

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    sog35 said:
    slurpy said:
    You need some help, seriously. What do you want Cook to do, go to the guy's house, tie him up along with his family, and threaten him? The guy is the fucking Mayor, he has freedom of speech like anyone else. As far as I know, Cook hasn't caved in or agreed with any demands or proposals, so don't know WTF you're talking about. He's a tech CEO, not a mob boss. In regards to "crapping on Apple" (a term you've repeated like 5 times in your post), ironic coming from you, as you often have the most unfair, unhinged and unsubstantiated attacks on Cook and the company, that have literally NOTHING to do with their performance or anything under their control- this post being a prime example. Oh, and you have a horrible or selective memory. Apple was "crapped on" substantially under Jobs, there's no reason to expect it to lessen with time and as the company has exploded in size and success.
    Was Steve Jobs a mob boss?
    Is Elon Musk a mob boss?
    Is Jeff Bezos a mob boss?

    Then why the hell is the media/Wall Street/politicians constantly going after Apple now that Cook is CEO? Why doesn't the media go after Musk or Bezos?  Or the Google CEO's?  Or Steve Jobs when he was alive?  Because they knew there would be consequences for it. With Cook?  No consequences at all.  Cook is too much of a coward to stand up and call these clowns out in the public. That is why Apple gets crapped on 10x a day in the media and in Wall Street. Because Cook is a weakling and a coward and no one respects him or fears him.

    Tim Cook is better served being the CEO of Doctors without Boards or the Red Cross. He has no business being the CEO of the most powerful company on the planet. 

    Tim Cook is like King Edward II of the England.



    That's the way I see Cook. A weak CEO who was lucky to be given the CEO job without earning it at all.
    Part of the reason is that it is the new liberal fad to go after big corporations with a lot of money. It's the new bully pulpit to say big corporations need to 'pay their fair share.'
    tallest skillongpath