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Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts nominated for Ralph Lauren board of directors
Have you submitted your CV yet to be her advisor? Your input would be soooooo valuable!robin huber said:Why is she taking on outside work when there is so much left undone at Apple? The stores are a mess. Very stylish, yes, but within that visually zen-like shell chaos reigns. In one corner a class is being conducted with the instructor shouting to be heard. Right next to that are a dozen people sitting on cubes waiting for or being helped by geniuses. Everywhere else team members are conversing loudly with customers while others loiter, waiting for their chance to get help. The din is mind numbing. I can’t wait to conclude my business and get out into the relative serenity of the mall. Driving customers out is not a good result. Sound deadening materials are needed badly to counteract all the hard reflective surfaces. A separate theatre is needed for classes. Some visual cues are needed for folks to understand where they should be for purpose for which they came. Come on Angela, do your homework before you go out to play with Ralph.
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Apple sends emails to WWDC 2018 scholarship winners
I see these annual WWDC conferences as ever-more-significant components of various STEM-related curricula, from the de facto, in the case of individual training and enhancement initiatives, to those at accredited educational institutions.
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Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt 2 eGPU compatibility purged from macOS High Sierra beta 5
This was my thinking when Thunderbolt first appeared with the trashcan Mac Pro: a modular expansion capability via daisy-chained devices.GeorgeBMac said:I see eGPU was potentially revolutionizing computing by expanding high end computing to low end devices.
I am hoping Apple takes this seriously and does it right (as they usually, but not always, do)
We are currently contemplating upgrading our aging iMacs, and may very well take a "lower end" approach: buying iMacs, albeit with 64GB RAM, as long as there is this type of upgrade option for the GPU.
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Series 3 sales help crown Apple Watch king of 2017 wearables market
My son now has my Apple Watch Series 0, which served me well. But I love, love, love my Series 3 with cellular (AT&T)!
It's faster, brighter, and more functional, and I take my iPhone 7+ out of my pocket far less often.
I love the watch for placing and answering calls via my Beats X earphones. They're quick and easy to pair, and they stay in my ears far better than my previous PowerBeats Wireless 3 set.
Apple Pay works great with the watch, and is yet another way NOT to take out my phone.
And I love playing my Apple Music tunes from the watch with its easy-to-use interface.
Like with most Apple products I use, I don't care very much what are the various marketshares. I just know that there's no way I'd consider any other brand of comparable devices.
Next for us is the Home Pod—maybe two once Air Play 2 arrives!
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Apple releases photos of first retail outlet in Austria ahead of Feb. 24 opening
It's just you.robin huber said:Is it just me, or are interiors beginning to have a little TOO much matchy-matchy sameness? I love the way they respect the integrity of exterior architecture, and wish that even on new construction that the interiors could have notes that acknowledge a sense of place. Even Trader Joe’s does this. They make it YOUR neighborhood’s store, not just another corporate rubber stamp.
Also, I miss the old screen that showed your place in the virtual queue. Now, you are just told to wait with no feedback as to how long your wait might be. Frustrating.
Apple's design strategies are obviously working, as evidenced by their ever-rising statistics (e.g. new store openings).
Leave well enough alone.
