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  • Apple TV+ subscriptions & ads predicted to generate $25 billion per year by 2025

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    All quibbling aside, we're a few days into our 7-day free trial, and we're very much enjoying "The Morning Show" and "See".

    These are really quality productions: great casting, intriguing story lines, beautiful camera work, effects, and editing.

    And today we have a new episode of each to watch tonight.

    If Apple can maintain this quality in general, Apple TV+ has a good chance of being yet another success for them.
    cornchipStrangeDayswilliamlondon

  • Apple gearing up to sell 80 million 5G iPhones in 2020

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    mobird said:
    Why wait, I'm already there... ;)
    Another iPhone X feature ahead of its time.


    This is in the Germantown, TN area.
    5Ge is not 5G. Google it.
    AppleExposed

  • Apple fans line up for iPhone 11, Apple Watch Series 5 as first orders arrive

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    zoetmb said:
    I've never understood why anyone would do this.  What's the difference if you buy a new phone on the day it's released, a day later, a week later or a month (or more) later?   And I've never understood how there are people who can both afford the phone and waste so much time.   But I will give them some credit for having the patience to stand on line.   If a line is more than 10-15 minutes for anything, I'm out of there.   


    It's not a waste of time to take part in a unique opportunity to socialize with like-minded people. It's kind of like queueing for tickets to a rock concert. You know others are there for the same reason, and you have common ground with them. A few years ago, I queued up for an iPhone 6 around 7pm the night before at my Apple Store in Tampa, Florida. We were sitting in line in chairs and having pleasant conversations practically all night. One nearby person sprung for a half-dozen pizzas and shared them with some of us. It was fun. We just stayed up all night outside the shopping mall. Come morning, and a couple hours before the store opened, some store staff came out and distributed bottles of water. And then they started taking payments via their hand held devices for phones they had in stock. Once they opened the doors, we then simply waited in more line to pick up our phones.
    cornchipAppleExposedwatto_cobra

  • BMW owners unable to access CarPlay due to apparent subscription service outage

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    Latko said:


    BMW is one of only a handful of carmakers that charge for CarPlay access.


    This is a greed play. Pure and simple.
    Essentially, you are renting your BMV for life. 
    Avoid BMW. 
    Generally speaking, there is a reluctancy for carmakers to get Apple in between themselves and their customers.
    Therefore, many developed their own navi- and infotainment systems and integrated it with the car to a level that Apple/Android can’t match.
    The reason is their intrinsic fear for Apple as it tries to become a force in the automobile world - thereby enforcing their UX onto cars - reducing the role of the carmaker to a casing manufacturer.
    I am not saying what’s right or wrong, but I can understand their reluctancy. And when greed comes into place, we should respect the real champ...
    We leased a new 2018 Honda Accord Touring last December which has Apple Car Play, no extra charge.

    Though it offers NFC connections of Android phones, you do have to physically connect an iPhone to one of two USB ports, though, which is a bit of a pain. 

    But it works great. The sound quality of Honda’s speakers is good. 
    ravnorodom

  • Apple sends emails to WWDC 2018 scholarship winners

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    Soli said:
    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.
    Besides all the WWDC videos, we have access to countless free classes from excellent universities.


    It's an amazing time for autodidacts and self-motivators.
    Indeed! For myself, I've made various attempts to learn Objective C over the years. As voluminous as the documentation is, it seems to be made up majorly, in not completely, with mere descriptions of the myriad components, and very few explanations of what they're for, how they're used, etc. I also tried following the Standford curriculum some years ago, now, but found it, too, to be too "glib."

    Another missing element is a comprehensive dictionary of the terminology, containing "action" definitions (how is it used, where and when is it used, etc.)

    So, now, with the advent of Swift and Swift playgrounds on the iPad, I'm hoping for a better run of it, once I give it another shot!
    Soli