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  • iPhone 13 will support satellite communications, says Ming-Chi Kuo

    tundraboytundraboy
    I am totally ignorant of the tech involved so I'm amazed that an iPhone would have enough power to transmit a signal that can reach a satellite. Even one on low earth orbit.
    williamlondon

  • Tim Cook wants to debut one more big product category before he retires

    tundraboytundraboy
    It should have been home robots based on the technology Apple created to operate its automated factories all over the world ... but Apple did none of that. Cook is an amazing CEO. He has consistently created excellent products with amazing build quality and design containing some of the latest silicon on the market and got it produced in sufficient quantities to satisfy the market and released them on time year after year. Unfortunately he never had the kind of vision for the future that Steve Jobs did. Cook never disrupted the market the way Jobs did routinely. The lack of a $300 Mac Nano which would have moved Apple's 8% computer market share to 25% is the clearest evidence of this fact.
    If there is no Apple home robot, that means the technology is not there yet.  And I mean practical, useable technology that a regular person can use/operate easily.

    A Mac at $300 is a non-starter.  It won't even pay for the tech and customer support for the product.  On top of that, something priced that low, they're in danger of attracting a lot of tech hobbyists and tinkerers, a customer segment that doesn't like to spend a lot, demands a lot of tech support when their tinkering goes awry, is easily dissatisfied with the product, and complains the loudest when dissatisfied.  Same reason the eternally longed-for mid-priced Mac mini-tower is never going to happen.  
    fastasleepmattinozpscooter63

  • Parallels Desktop 17 brings Windows 11 to Mac with enhanced M1 support

    tundraboytundraboy
    Last I checked Fusion for Intel Macs is now free for consumers.  Maybe Parallels is better but better enough to beat Free?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple employees threaten to quit as company takes hard line stance on remote work

    tundraboytundraboy
    MicDorsey said:
    fumi said:
    Lots of woke Snowflakes at Apple and all these tech companies. They need to see what other people have to endure to make a living.
    The entitled of today don't seem to be able to look beyond their own little selves, and for that I pity them. 

    I suppose this is what you get when a generation or two have been deprived of exposure to world history, not to mention the concept of gratitude.
    I hope you are not a member of the baby boom generation who left the succeeding generations the legacy of climate change, messed up international geopolitics, corporate takeover of the national agenda, the erosion of democracy, and Trumpism.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Court rules 'Memoji' trademark holder created app just to sue Apple

    tundraboytundraboy
    Okay, Social Tech files a lawsuit apparently without realizing that when you file a lawsuit, you open yourself to discovery which can make you extremely vulnerable especially if you send out an email that says "We are lining up all of our information, in preparation for a nice lawsuit against Apple, Inc! We are looking REALLY good. Get your Lamborghini picked out!"  They still might get their Lamborghinis-- the Hot Wheels version.
    watto_cobraBeats