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  • Microsoft's low-cost Surface Go takes aim at Apple's entry-level iPad

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    ascii said:
    2018: the year of the low cost tablets. First Apple and now MS. Google, everyone is looking at you! Is the Samsung Galaxy Tab still a thing?
    Tack on $100 for the keyboard (who uses a Surface without one?) and most people will probably go for more storage/RAM and then you’re getting close to $700. I wouldn’t call that low cost. 
    redgeminipadewmeGeorgeBMac

  • Researchers claim iPhone and iPad ownership is a wealth indicator

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    maestro64 said:
    Soli said:
    Poor people should not have any privacy.
    I hope that's just a joke.

    Most likely it is, but it net result of the current situation. Google and others are taking advantage of the fact that most people can not afford the things they want so they give up privacy to have it. Apple has chosen not to make money off the backs of someone privacy.
    Hmm...I can afford (and do own) Apple products yet I sometimes use Google (and others services). Why? Because they’re better. I think this whole privacy thing is overrated. If Netflix knows my watch history so its recommendations to me are better I don’t consider that a bad thing. And is Google actually collecting single person by name specific information and selling that to advertisers? Or is it just anonymized? If it’s the latter, why should I care if the services provided are better because of it?
    gatorguymuthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple's Tim Cook drops to 96th place on list of CEOs most popular with workers

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    lkrupp said:
    Soli said:
    MacPro said:
    Soli said:
    Rayz2016 said:
    The folk who aren’t happy will complain. 
    Tbe folk who are happy will just be happy. 
    That general rule would be the same for all companies, so why has Cook fallen while others have risen?
    Brownian motion ;)
    I think we can rule out randomness when the article states, "frequently they're forced to participate in Sunday conference calls, when other people would be unwinding before the weekday." That may be good for the company, but it's not good for employees. If Apple wants to treat personnel as being highly expendable, that's fine, as those employees have the option to get jobs elsewhere, but it would also explain why a CEO or other management aren't popular.

    I didn't see Bezos in the Top 100, but I wouldn't expect to with this recent report.

    No, no, no. We only bitch about Apple here. Comparisons don’t cut the muster. Certain types must, by their negative nature, take any article about anything and make it about the failure of Apple. I wonder where Jobs would have been on this list. Right down there with Bezos I would expect as Jobs was constantly referred to as a maniacal tyrant who fired people at will for daring to question him or failing to meet his expectations.

    But in reality Cook’s fall might just might be somewhat related to his entry into the political realm. Not all of Apple’s tens of thousands of employees are left-wing asshats I would assume and might object to some of his opinions and social agendas
    I’d be very surprised if Tim fell all that way on the list because he speaks out more on political issues.

    Anyway on Glassdoor’s website it has Apple’s CEO rating at 93%, so where is this number coming from?

    https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Apple-Reviews-E1138.htm


    patchythepirate

  • Here are over 150 new features and changes in iOS 12 for iPhone and iPad

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    Apple really needs to fix Siri consistency across devices. Ask HomePod what the current heat index is and Siri tells you how the Dow finished for the day. Ask Siri on your phone and it tells you what the perceived temperature is. How can these two devices not give you the same answer? And if the HomePod can’t answer something why doesn’t it offload it to your phone?
    williamlondonAlex1Npatchythepirate

  • Apple's 2018 6.1-inch iPhone may look like these 'leaked' design renderings

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    nunzy said:
    These are hideous. Apple will not release these.
    ??? They look like an iPhone 8 except without the bezels.
    nunzyaylkcornchip