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Data advocacy group wants Apple and others to give away mapping data in UK
Indeed, follow the real news. Apple is the largest taxpayer in the US and in the entire world.gc_uk said:
You don’t follow the news much, do you..ihatescreennames said:Aren’t those companies also large tax payers?
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Tim Cook lambastes Bloomberg for iCloud spy chip report, calls for retraction
bulk001 said:Let’s for a moment say that tens of thousands or maybe even hundreds of thousands of servers across the world in governments and the largest companies that handle security, finances, telecommunications and private data of billions of people had been compromised. What do you think the response would be when it came out that a largely (but not totally) respected news organization was going to go public with it. Do you think governments, the NSA, financial institutions, private corporations etc would come out and say “Yeah, we have been hacked, everything has been compromised and there is no quick fix to it but relax it is all going to be okay” or would they deny, deny, deny, give out waivers to companies to deny and then hope that the whole fake news retoric would take over like it has here? If this story were true, it would be catastrophic beyond arguments like they are forced to tell the truth or face a lawsuit for lying to investors and bring down governments, stock markets, large corporations etc.
And while I have no idea if it is true I am not willing to simply dismiss it out of hand like I was when the government said it only had 13 (or whatever the number was that James Clapper testifies to Congress about) FISA warrants to track some phone communications which was true but turned out that each warrant tracked millions and millions of phones.
And alien bodies are being kept in Area 51 and thousands of soldiers and bureaucrats and support people have kept this secret for decades. LOL. Think about what you are saying! The government can't keep fundamental national security secrets from leaking, but thousands of people in the tech industry and government and their tens of thousands of friends and family members are keeping this a secret. LOL. You can't make this conspiracy stuff up. Oh wait. ...
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Apple Maps team spotted doing on-foot sensor recon in San Francisco
Apple has spend billions and many years to build its own "base map." They have been dependent on sources such as TomTom to make updates, etc., but thankfully now Apple is rolling out its own. It will take a good year or so to roll it out worldwide. Enjoy!pascal007 said:As much as I would like it to be otherwise, Volcan’s complaint is real and fully reproducible where I live too. There’s no point in attacking Volcan because he “dares” to note that Apple services are not perfect… because: they clearly aren’t.
Also: while I’d very much like to avoid using Google Map, I have no choice but use it. It’s fun to see all these guys in SF. At this point in time, SF must have near-perfect mapping in Apple Map. Unfortunately, where I live, Apple’s maps are still replete with errors and outdated data, more than 6 years after their debut. (And I’ve sent my fair share of bug reports.) Apple Guys and Cars are nowhere to be seen, but should. Some roads build three years ago are still not updated. How can Apple expect anyone to use their service? Hey, Apple, there’s a whole world outside SanFran!
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Apple brings iPhone power management in-house with $600M Dialog Semiconductor deal
First, while their technology is excellent, Dialog doesn't have a monopoly in the area that it competes, and has many companies that already have licenses to use their technology and products, so there isn't "shutting out rivals from a major technology." Second, Dialog has many components that are of no use/interest to Apple for any number of reasons such as Apple having superior technology, e.g., haptics. It wouldn't make sense for Apple to pay for those aspects of Dialog and then have to manage them. Instead, Apple bought the IP, people (BTW it was only 16% of the workforce, not a "very large percentage" ) and facilities it needed and Dialog can deal with the rest.melgross said:
What I don’t u derstand is that while it’s easy to get what Google did with HTC, because they bought a small portion of what HTC was at the time, what Apple is buying, and licensing, here, is most of the company’s IP, and a very large percentage of the employees. Apple could keep a lot of Dialog’s IP and technology out of the hands of others if they just bought the company.gatorguy said:Was just discussing that. I guess buying the talent rather than the company might become more common? Google did this earlier this year with HTC, buying up the engineering team and licensing the IP but leaving the rest of HTC on its own. Apple appears to be doing the same with Dialog and both seemingly for the same reasons: To take development matters into their own hands.
there are other companies Apple could have bought, over the years, that could have shut out rivals from a major technology. Apple doesn’t seem interested in doing that. I wonder why. It’s not as thought regulators would care.
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Apple accused of unsavory business practices in 'Memoji' trademark lawsuit
You're implying Apple did something wrong or unethical, "but everyone does it." In fact, they did nothing wrong. They simply bought a trademark from an existing owner which is routine and why large companies employ intellectual property attorneys to research names they are contemplating using. The company suing Apple either didn't want to spend the money to have the research done, or simply gambled that no one else would be interested in using that name before they got their application filed.chasm said:Surely no other company — especially not Google — has ever done this. Riiiiight.
