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  • Apple's Find my iPhone fingers a phone finagler

    "Dumb it down for America."  Nice. Now you've pissed off a larger demographic - including your own readers.  Lol.  Well done.  And what the hell does being American have anything to do with this dialogue?

    And as the majority of commenters have noted, the analogy was not apt.  So, it's not as clever as you seem to think.   
    Is that actually what he said before he edited his post?

    if so, very troubling. And no it wasn't clever. It was an attempt at being clever without having any real genius behind it. Kind of a shame as most of his stuff is well researched  

    Yes, this is on his Twitter. 




    dysamoria
  • One Apple GPU, one giant leap in graphics for iPhone 8

    [1] Google keeps their handsets up to date. They even have Android O and 7.1.2 images for current handsets. They make it clear they do not support devices older than 2 years.

    [2] If you buy a device from another party, like Samsung, LG, etc. it is not Google's fault if they do not provide the updates. Or if the carrier is no longer doing updates. That is like the milk farmer complaining that the cupcake shop is using expired milk in their products.

    [3] Please have a look and see the MacOS breakdown figures. While Windows 10 might only be on 400 million devices, MacOS is just as fragmented as other operating systems. IOS has such a high upgrade rate because Apple forces you to roll up the new version. Your device might be fine, but do a restore and it gets updated. Other devices you can roll back to older versions if needed.

    [4] Just because Apple now has a font doesn't make them king of the GPU world now. What they have done is good, but the competition is just as good - and more focussed on a single product. You can't tell me the company that can't even make a Pro macbook is all of a sudden going to make a Pro GPU.
    williamlondonbrucemc
  • Curious J.D. Power report scores 2017 tablet makers by screen size, bundled apps, mouse su...

    So it's curious because The iPad didn't score #1? Hasn't Apple been #1 with this survey before?

    I don't think of Surface as a tablet but I guess because it's multi touch and the keyboard is detachable it's classified as such. 
    Curious in that JD Power has been doing this for 6 years, and each report is based on a different set of criteria. Microsoft Surface wasn't in previous reports (despite being more of a tablet 2012-2014 before canceling the whole ARM WinRT thing. Microsoft bills Surface Pro as a MBA competitor.

    2016 report has the Surface as one point below the iPad
    http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-surface-apples-ipad-in-customer-satisfaction-dead-heat/

    How can we trust anything from someone who can't even find last year's report?

    sirlance99brucemcgatorguy
  • As Apple's GPU plans go public, Imagination fears becoming a tech orphan

    "Metal to the Mac, demonstrating that the technology wasnt tied to Imaginations GPU but could also work on GPUs ranging from the Mac Pros workstation-class AMD FirePro to notebook-class Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon GPUs in MacBook Pros to even basic Intel HD graphics in entry level iMacs, Retina MacBooks and Mac minis."

    That was uncomfortable to read, like someone trying to type that barely speaks English as a third language. 
    iqatedocognomen42williamlondon
  • Samsung's Galaxy S8 facial recognition feature defeated with digital photo

    Who cares. No one is forced to use the facial recognition feature.


    saltyzipSpamSandwichbrucemc