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Apple is teaching Siri how to read lips
Hope it will only read the user's lips.
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New ad campaign tells you to 'Pay the Apple Way'
1. So you don't use Apple Pay exclusively after all.p-dog said:
1. You go out with at least one physical credit card for those Luddite establishments.mayfly said:
How do you pay at places that don't take Apple Pay? Like almost every gas station? Cash?Cesar Battistini Maziero said:I exclusively use Apple Pay for 2 years now.Best thing ever to just leave home without a wallet.2. You find a new place to purchase your gasoline.When I was in the UK this summer visiting my family, I could pay for absolutely everything using Apple Pay with my Apple Watch, even cabbies and street vendors. And, because I have the Apple Card, I paid no foreign transaction fees. The US is so far behind and so regressive when it comes to payment systems and processing. The worst part are the sheep-like American consumers. I often stand in line at LiDL in the US (which, like any German retail outlet, definitely accepts Apple Pay) and I see people with iPhones wearing Apple Watches whipping out credit cards and punching in a PIN. How retrograde.
2) Europe is about a decade ahead of the U.S. in acceptance of touchless payment systems. Every restaurant there uses handheld payment devices and brings them to your table. They all take Apple Pay. I have yet to visit one restaurant in America, where I live, that offers that. The best you can expect is an Apple Pay POS terminal at the counter, and those are only offered at restaurants where you pay before you eat, not after.
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Amsterdam builds massive bike garage resembling an Apple Store
Nope. I failed to account for tradesmen who work onsite. And I just had my kitchen remodeled by tradesmen. Shame on me!hexclock said:
Not all of us work at home. I work at residential and commercial job sites, and various entertainment venues. Should I pack all my tools into a backpack and ride a bike 15 miles to work? Does that make me selfish?mayfly said:
It's not practical to drive an auto daily anywhere in the world. It's a selfish choice. Either by urban planning which makes commuting by bicycle impossible or dangerous, or geography, or by people who could commute by cycling or mass transportation, but choose to drive.waveparticle said:
Have you been to Amsterdam? LOL Its land area is 64.00 sq mi, or 8 mi across. Most of the 921,402 people probably live inside the city. Is it practical to drive auto daily?mayfly said:What a great way to drive the use of bicycles for everyday commuting, instead of automobiles. While the Netherlands have always been far ahead of anyone else in bike usage, there's always room to improve. They get a lot of rainy days, so being able to park inside has at least two advantages. You don't get soaked while unlocking your bike, and you don't have to sit on a soaking wet saddle.
Bike use benefits the planet's ecosystem, too. And it benefits people, too, as they get more and more fit and healthy.
It's just too bad that America, which overall is moving in the right direction in some cities, political divisions have created anti-bike sentiment in other cities, creating a hazadous climate for cyclists.
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iPhone is never going to get an easy battery replacement door
All Apple needs to do is rent the user the tools that their service techs use, and a link to the instructions.
Mission accomplished. And when you wreck your iPhone, be willing to sell you a new one.
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Amsterdam builds massive bike garage resembling an Apple Store
It's not practical to drive an auto daily anywhere in the world. It's a selfish choice. Either by urban planning which makes commuting by bicycle impossible or dangerous, or geography, or by people who could commute by cycling or mass transportation, but choose to drive.waveparticle said:
Have you been to Amsterdam? LOL Its land area is 64.00 sq mi, or 8 mi across. Most of the 921,402 people probably live inside the city. Is it practical to drive auto daily?mayfly said:What a great way to drive the use of bicycles for everyday commuting, instead of automobiles. While the Netherlands have always been far ahead of anyone else in bike usage, there's always room to improve. They get a lot of rainy days, so being able to park inside has at least two advantages. You don't get soaked while unlocking your bike, and you don't have to sit on a soaking wet saddle.
Bike use benefits the planet's ecosystem, too. And it benefits people, too, as they get more and more fit and healthy.
It's just too bad that America, which overall is moving in the right direction in some cities, political divisions have created anti-bike sentiment in other cities, creating a hazadous climate for cyclists.
It's only a garage, but making it look stylish and hip worth the extra effort.But you failed to mention that as part of "nether" (latin for lower) lands, there are no challenging climbs for cyclists. Or the fact that gasoline is $6.48/gallon. In Goteburg, Sweden, the home of Volvo, driving in the city is almost impossible, even in bad weather. There are too many streets that don't allow cars, and the ones that do are almost all one way. There are bike racks in front of every office building, every market, and every train station. And there are thousands upon thousands of bicycles everywhere in town. This is by design, and when we stayed there on a vacation paid for by Volvo (their European delivery option), bicyclists outnumber motorists by probably 20-30:1. Trains are clean, cheap, ubiquitous, and run on electricity. The U.S. is decades behind Amsterdam and most of Scandinavia in sustainable transportation modeling.
