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  • Kanye West wants Apple to buy Tidal, calls for executive meeting

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    Kanye is a moron
    …however, he's got Prince …    which is a treasure too large to be locked up.
    mac fan

  • Donald Trump says Apple should back down in San Bernardino case

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    @Trump
    Ok, go ahead and open up for the FBI. But be prepared to take the irrevocable rejection of Apple products from the rest of the world thereafter. Or do you intend to open up the iPhones to foreign intelligence agencies as well — like those in China, Belarus, Venezuela, Somalia, or why not Russia? They are all Apple customers.
    Perhaps you should use your head first, and then comb it later.
    calichia

  • Bug in Adobe Creative Cloud updater erases root level Mac data

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    I have a hard time understanding why anyone would be so enormously stupid that they would give root access to a graphics program. If the developer requires that, then say goodbye to them once and for all.
    SpamSandwichdv8or

  • Apple could bring long-distance wireless charging to iPhone, iPad as soon as 2017

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    tenly said:
    ericthehalfbee said:

    Don't think that would work. My understanding is the charging station "locates" the device to be charged and then does a type of "beam forming" where the energy is "aimed" to your device, in a narrow "cone".

    This is far more efficient then simply sending energy everywhere in all directions at once.
    Yeah - that sounds completely likely - but perhaps it could be designed to locate and focus beams on more than a single device simultaneously?  (certainly not in v1)
    It absolutely could. Ericsson has already showcased fully functional 5G base stations doing this kind of beam forming with 64 moving cellphones, simultaneously. And they are now rolling it out to operators globally. Planned go-live in 2018-2020.
    tenly

  • Apple could bring long-distance wireless charging to iPhone, iPad as soon as 2017

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    cnocbui said:
    The losses and inefficiencies with any wireless charging system are pretty big.
    …
    Effective and practical charging at a distance is a Unicorn.
    Do you have any proof for that statement? I doubt you have evaluated any possible design of a wireless charging system. Pretty low losses over large distances have been shown with laser transmitted power, for example. And, did you even consider particle beams? Sure, it's quite likely not what Apple is going for, but that's beside the point here.

    "Any" is a pretty big word. I can clearly tell you're not an inventor cnocbui.
    ericthehalfbeenolamacguy