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  • Amazon acquires mesh Wi-Fi router startup eero as part of smart home push

    maestro64 said:
    I am sorry I really do not want the likes of Amazon or Google have this much access in my home. It bad enough that Google and Facebook got caught putting VPN software on people phones which routed all your data through their servers so they can see what you were doing when not using their apps. Think about if they have access to your home network.
    2 problems:

    1. 99% of the population do not know this.

    2. 50% of the people that do know, don't care.
    jbdragonmike1watto_cobra
  • Apple's Beddit emerges from hibernation with Beddit Sleep Monitor 3.5

    Rayz2016 said:
    I’m curious. What do folk do with this sleep information?
    Most likely to see if their sleep is being affected by something. There's apparently ways to tell if you're in a deep sleep or partly awake which hurts you're rest.

    Also, integrated in Apple Watch it would provide better information for the doctor.
    watto_cobraRayz2016
  • Apple pitched a standardized version of iMessage to wireless carriers, but they didn't bit...

    mcdave said:
    Given they are still partners at some level, you would have thought Google & Apple would have found a way to interconnect messages/FaceTime & Allo/Duo.

    Surely Google’s new-found love of vertical integration  would fuel a meeting of minds, albeit design genius with evil intent.
    no.
    philboogiewatto_cobrajony0
  • Austrian collection of 1,100 Macs seeks rescue from disposal

    Stories like break my heart a little.

    Apple should buy the collection, open a small museum and hire this man with his incredible knowledge as manager for the new Apple store. Pay him the same salary he would have at his business. A "thanks" for 30 years of service.
    berndogxiao-zhi
  • Intel splitting manufacturing group into three parts after repeated 10nm delays

    lkrupp said:
    More and more, the articles around Intel's 10nm delays are reminding me the speculation leading up to "the G5 PowerBook". I doubt Apple is ready to sour the relationship with Intel before they've got a replacement ready to go, but I wonder if they might diversify with AMD in the near future. AMD's willingness to entertain semi-custom designs and their new series of Zen-based APUs would be good fits for the new Mac Pro and Mac mini, respectively, but Intel would undoubtedly view that... poorly.
    Unlikely to happen. More likely to happen is a transition to in house A processors for the Mac like the iPhone. A unified platform with cross developed apps seems likely for Apple’s future. Traditionalists will foam at the mouth, of course. What about Boot Camp they will sputter. Apple did it once before with the PowerPC to Intel migration. I’d bet serious money that Apple already has macOS running on the A chip architecture in the lab. All they’ll need is a Rosetta style translator to make the jump. Developers like Adobe and Microsoft will follow. Office already runs on iOS.
    If you mean the same exact apps & UI on iOS and macOS, I don’t know how many times Craig and the execs have to say they don’t foresee that happening for reasons they’ve openly discussed. 
    I'm sure that is not what he means.
    williamlondon