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  • Microsoft Surface blamed for NFL football playoffs meltdown

    birkobirko
    tezgno said:
    While I can understand bashing the competition... unfortunately, this issue can't be blamed on the Microsoft Surface (or Microsoft at all). As has been reported on (and confirmed by) the NFL before, the issue has nothing to do with the Surface. Rather, it's the NFL's servers and application that went down (hence why it goes down across multiple teams at the same time). The tablet runs an application that connects to NFL servers and pulls in data including pictures, replay information, etc. It is that system that has been going down recently. To be honest, while Microsoft has paid a large sum of money for their tablets to be shown and used, the entire process is technically platform agnostic. They can run the application on anything. Unfortunately, it wouldn't matter which tablet they chose in these cases... if their servers are down, then there is nothing that can be done.
    Surely you could have duplicate copies of plays saved on the surface. Airplanes have their entire flight manuals on an iPad.
    mwhiteargonautwetlander

  • Apple grants widow access to husband's Apple ID after demanding court order

    birkobirko
    plovell said:
    In many instances, digital rights can not be assigned through a Will or similar document. Even if the Will has that language, the assignment is not valid because of the terms of the digital rights.
    Terms of the digital rights can not overwrite laws of the land. In most countries you have to right to transfer ownership of digital media you have legally bought.
    cnocbui

  • Apple denies Kim Kardashian emoji app 'broke' iOS App Store

    birkobirko
    Despite my dislike for people who make lots of money and are famous for doing nothing noteworthy, it is obvious that this is a joke designed to get attention. Apple should not have dignified this with a response.
    cornchip

  • Pandora, others must raise streaming royalties after Copyright Royalty Board ruling

    birkobirko
    Hey Siri play chuck willis... "Sorry, but I can not help with that request. I do have some standards."
    hill60

  • Samsung to follow Apple, Huawei with pressure-sensing display in 'Galaxy S7'

    birkobirko
    igorsky said:
    birko said:
    There has been well published research on pressure sensitive capacitive touchscreens since 2009. Why would anyone assume that most companies were not developing these themselves?


    If that's the case then why didn't Samsung release a capacitive screen years ago?  Why didn't they release a fingerprint sensor years ago?  Why didn't they release Samsung Pay years ago?  Samsung works on a lot of things, yet for some reason only releases them immediately after Apple does.

    Please stop making excuses for this sleazebag company.
    The finger print sensor, that is another story. Not made by Apple. Apple and Motorola both looking at same company as supplier, but Motorola ready to roll out a year ahead of Apple. Apple buy company and Motorola can not use product - rival company products not yet up to scratch. Apple lauded by fans for its innovation.
    gatorguy