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  • Disney+ hits 50M subscribers five months after launch

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    Disney's market capitalization is $182 Billion. That's less than the amount of cash on hand Apple has. But Apple doesn't want to run theme parks, and Disney probably would try to prevent a takeover. It may need to be a friendly takeover, arranged between Tim Cook and Bob Chapek for a premium price of $250 Billion.

    Disney invented "The Mouse," while Apple invented "the mouse."
    If Disney's market cap is $182B, then it's more than Apple's cash on hand.  Apple has been spending it's cash reserves hand over fist on stock buybacks.  I'm not really sure what they have now, but I know where it was when this article was written: https://www.cultofmac.com/642492/googles-massive-cash-pile-is-now-bigger-than-apples/

    Apple buying Disney doesn't make good business sense for a lot reasons.  
    pscooter63gatorguyronn

  • Apple Music subscriber base grew 36% in 2019, second only to Spotify

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    apricot88 said:
    Do these “global numbers” include China? 
    Yes.  These global numbers include China.  AI linked the source article but didn't use the source article image.  Tencent leads in China.


    gatorguy

  • Supposed Apple CarKey screenshots reveal how digital key feature works

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    Soli said:
    Truck Access
    Unlock the trunk only

    Looks like a typo when paired with the other options. Seems dubious to me.
    "Teacher? Please explain this discrepancy." It is not like Apple to misspell 'Trunk.'
    As @Soli mentioned, it's an obvious typo.  Trucks do not have trunks.  A key defining feature of a truck is an open bed.  

    On topic:
    "Apple is also a member of the Car Connectivity Consortium, an automotive industry group focusing on the development and integration of universal digital key technologies. The CCC is currently working toward Digital Key Release 3.0, a system that taps Bluetooth Low Energy and UWB technology to deliver passive, location-aware keyless access to smartphones and other mobile equipment."

    Another CCC member, Hyundai introduced their version last year on their Sonata.  Hyundai's version was based on Digital Key Release 2.0 so it doesn't have BT LE and UWB.  I think Apple may be waiting for Release 3.0 that has has the two additional features incorporated.  

    Although I understand using the BMW i8 - brand recognition and the shared use of "i" - it's sort of odd in the same sense since the i8 has been discontinued.
    gatorguy

  • VirnetX versus Apple saga over, with $454M paid for patent infringement

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    spice-boy said:
    Apple must have dragged this out to bleed VirnetX of cash until they gave up. 
    They did not.  Even if that was Apple's plan (it wasn't), they would have had to drag this out for a lot longer.  Virnetx was getting by on that $200+ million dollar settlement they made with MS back in 2010.  Now they're getting at least $450M from Apple with more possibly on the way pending the outcome of the 2nd trial for revised damages.

    Unfortunately, this success over Apple will probably only 1. embolden them to go after another big fish and 2. provide them with a war chest to do it.
    flyingdpjony0

  • Supply chain gearing up for mini LED iPad, MacBooks, monitors

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    StrangeDays said:
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    joechilds said:
    Mini LED displays are not “comparable to OLED”. They’re just LCD displays with many local dimming zones. 
    Yep, Mini LED is just an advanced version of LCD. Main difference is just way more mini LED's on the backlight compared to a traditional LCD display. 

    Comfort is at-least better than current LCDs on iPADs,Macbook/s. By 2022, microLED will come along which projected to be better than OLED.
    True. I can't wait until microLED is here. OLED picture quality is great but burn in remains a huge issue. One of my OLED TV's has pretty severe burn in. No burn in with microLED. From my understanding, the cost to manufacture microLED is still very expensive. 
    What sort of use produces OLED burn in? I recall people said that about plasma but by the time I got my Panasonic plasma I've never seen it. I was thinking I may replace it for OLED this spring since it's small by today's standards. 
    People who watch hours of news like CNN, Fox or hours of sports on ESPN and the like can get bad burn.  The static white in the crawl and the static logos are the usual suspects along with games being paused for a long time on stationary images.  Modern OLED is a lot better at fighting it with pixel shift and refresh when the panel is off (essentially in standby mode).  It's better, but it's not immune.  Older OLED's didn't employ those techniques so they were a lot more susceptible.  If you get a modern OLED it will be pretty hard to cause burn in.  The TV's have profiles based on content so unless you have the TV on for hours you should be fairly safe.  
    StrangeDays