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  • Apple says hidden Safari setting led to flawed Consumer Reports MacBook Pro battery tests

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    Pretty clear CR was just looking for attention/headlines. No other reason to publish something with such widly inconsistent results. If they were reputable they would have contacted Apple before publishing to ensure there was nothing wrong with their testing before publishing.
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  • Is Apple getting Siri-ous in the face of Amazon's Alexa Echo?

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    hmurchison said:
    rogifan_new said:
    awilliams87 said:
    I was praying to the God in Hades that this was a DED article. Now I can sit down and have an enjoyable time reading it.
    Because it will tell you what you want to hear? Even Ben Bajarin, normally very bullish on Apple was worried about the lack of Apple love at CES. Outside of iPhone cases/chargers the only real Apple presence was companies providing solutions for the ports Apple removed on the new Macs. Siri and HomeKit aren't dominating anything.
    CES 2017 has been a dumpster fire.  The only thing i've been wowed by have been paper thin 65" OLED screens.  Home Automation crapped the bed.  Nest hasn't made a significant advance in two years.  Netgear delivered a baby monitor (????) . Samsung wanted to flog overpriced Fridges with embedded TV more than SmartThings.  

    Basically people have screamed "I work with Alexa" because nothing of note came out that pushed us forward.  The think CES is rapidly becoming irrelevant to many companies who don't need it to create buzz. 
    Clearly Alexa is just the latest thing the tech community has decided to hype. Last year it was bots and any tech company not all in on bots was doomed. BUT when someone like Ben Bajarin expresses concerns about HomeKit and Apple's presence in general at CES I get worried. He's typical bullish on Apple and if he's hearing concerns from 3rd party vendors that's a problem. One of Apple's strengths is it's ecosystem. If there are cracks in the ecosystem that's not good.
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  • CEO Tim Cook's compensation cut by $1.5M following Apple's 2016 decline in sales

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    According to the Mac Rumors buyers guide the Mac Pro was last updated 1,115 days ago. It's absolutely absurd that people here are defending that. The Mac mini was last updated 813 days ago. Is that Intel's fault too?
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  • Apple working with Consumer Reports on MacBook Pro battery findings, says Phil Schiller

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    pulseimages said:
    Damage control!
    Damage control? Did you actually read their report? They got wildly different battery results and on the high end much higher than anyone else has gotten. How could they publish a report with such variation?
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  • AirPods orders begin to arrive, stock available for purchase at some Apple stores

    rogifan_newrogifan_new
    From all the reviews I'm reading it seems like these would be a homerun if they were gestures for volume up and volume down. Having to invoke Siri for this is a pain. You can change the gesture from Siri to play/pause but then you lose Siri and have to adjust volume from another source like iPhone or Apple Watch. Hopefully Apple is able to add more gesture support in the future. 
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