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  • Future Macs with Face ID could have gesture detection too

    AppleZuluAppleZulu
    Not sure why, but the headline and first image immediately brought to mind this legendary Johnny cash commentary on the record biz.



    Probably violates all sorts of rules here, but it's also art. And iconic. Delete as you will. 
    davgregdarbus69Alex1Npianoman1962

  • Developer angry that App Store is removing game that hasn't been updated in 7 years

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    I get the idea of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," but I also get that maintaining a level of security and quality in the App Store could require the vendor to provide evidence that they are giving the app a review at least once every three years. If there are no problems, change the date on the splash screen and submit it as an updated app. If that then passes Apple's review, the clock is reset for another three years. This doesn't seem like an unreasonable quality assurance measure.
    williamlondonForumPostmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Folding iPhone may use Samsung's crease-proof screen instead of custom Apple design

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    Why are Kuo's predictions still being taken seriously?

    We are supposed to believe here that Apple is in such a rush to get out a phone design that has no use case beyond novelty, and no evidence of some sort of pent-up demand that they are going to punt an in-house "creaseless" design and use whatever crap Samsung has on hand, just so they can hit a release date? That is profoundly nuts. Never mind Ming Chi Kuo's dicey and disintegrating track record. What is there in Apple's track record that would suggest they would ever take this approach to releasing a "new" product?

    There are plenty of examples of Apple taking a concept that's poorly implemented by others and fundamentally changing it and improving it so that it becomes something that everyone wants because it is actually useful and not just a novelty. But that's not what Kuo is seemingly describing here. Kuo is pushing the idea that Apple is in such a huge "me too" rush to get a folding iPhone copy out that they'll just re-brand a competitor's product that isn't making any particular waves? 

    Sorry kids. This is not going to happen.
    williamlondondanoxentropyspulseimagesneoncat

  • Tim Cook won't get fired by Apple's board of directors -- and is likely to be chairman soo...

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    Since the day he took the job, Tim Cook has weathered the peanut gallery chorus of Apple is doomed and Tim's not Steve, and built Apple into a hugely successful company while still holding tightly to its core ethos and business model. No one is going to push him out, and he's not likely to retire until he does what Steve Jobs did and identifies a successor who can take a hand-off with the confidence that he or she will continue to hold on to that core ethos and business model. 
    jem101dewmewilliamlondon

  • HomeKit may keep some Wemo devices alive after shutdown in 2026

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    My advice is to get rid of any and all wemo devices sooner rather than later. 

    I was an early adopter of Wemo, based on their assurances that they would be adding HomeKit compatibility with an update. Even got it in writing from their tech support. Foolishly, I bought and installed light switches as well as plug adapters. Then they went dark with that promise and for more than a year showed no intention of doing it at all. Then suddenly they came out with a bridge that would make legacy devices HomeKit compatible, and later added new devices that were supposedly natively compatible. 

    The only thing consistent about Wemo was that their devices were always flaky, causing cascading connectivity failures of HomeKit devices throughout the house. I even had to plug their bridge into another brand HomeKit plug adapter and write a shortcut to nightly hard reboot the bridge in hopes of achieving greater stability. Finally, I’d had enough, bit the bullet and bought Leviton replacements for every Wemo switch and plug. After getting rid of every last Wemo device, my HomeKit setup was suddenly rock solid stable. 

    All that’s to say it’s no surprise that Belkin would just abandon support for their crappy devices. If you have any left, I would say don’t waste your time trying to string them along under HomeKit alone. Ditch them as soon as you can and you’ll never look back. 
    retrogustoAlex1Njeffharris