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  • Apple Store unexpectedly goes down ahead of WWDC

    bmatthewsbmatthews
    Mightn't just be for updating the Vision Pro availability in new countries?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple beats lawsuit over racially diverse emoji

    bmatthewsbmatthews
    Two things I don't understand: 1) Why didn't the designer apply for a patent for the concept of inclusive emoji rather than rely on a copyright for the artwork? 2) Wouldn't this case have more to do with the Unicode Consortium than with Apple?
    dewmeviclauyycwatto_cobra

  • Kanye West's 'Donda' was on Apple Music, until it wasn't

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    beadlien said:
    I literally couldn’t care less.
    Ostensibly, you could care a bit less so as not even to bother commenting on how little you care.

    Personally, I find this whole thing fascinating from a PR and implementation perspective. I can't say as I'm a fan of Yeezy myself, but I'm super curious as to how much of this is staged buzz and how much of it is organic, ie. is a delay really a delay when there are organized events to drip feed more hype. It's like meta-hype--press coverage about the press coverage. Makes for a great media studies case study.

    I do find the structure of this article kind of confusing though. The headline makes it sound as the the album is no longer available, the article itself clarifies that it's only impacting a small number of people.
    muthuk_vanalingamBeatswilliamlondon

  • Apple opposes logo for new German bike path, claiming too many similarities

    bmatthewsbmatthews
    This might look like an evil corporation going after something frivolous, but they actually have to take action because of the way trademark cases go these days. As someone that has seen the flip side of trademark disputes, for every trademark that is in anyway similar to yours that you don't dispute can actually be used against you by another company to demonstrate a lack of suitable protection. It's the law that's messed up, not the companies.
    beowulfschmidtdarelrex

  • Hands on: There need to be more games like Civilization VI on iPad

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    fastasleep said:
    bmatthews said:
    Could anyone share how quickly this eats battery power?  I travel a lot and would love to have this on my 10.5" iPad Pro for long haul flights, but feel like it may not survive if I can't use in-seat power.
    It's free to try, so why not just try it? 
    It’s a fair question, but my experience has been that the early game uses far fewer resources and power. So those free 60 turns will fly by too fast to gauge power consumption accurately. That’s why I’m hoping to hear from someone that’s played it through.
    watto_cobra