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  • How Apple Pay beat the odds because of great design

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    TomE said:
    Of all things, today I forgot my wallet when I went to CVS for my Rx's.  But I had my phone.  If you live in South East Georgia, you might realize that Apple Pay has not reach 100% penetration.  We are not California or NY.  

    But, I had my iPhone and several Cards were already registered in my iPhone.  So, I was able to make 3 different purchases at CVS before I left the store.  Even the staff was surprised I was able to make my purchases.  CVS and others need to realize that I (we) are not going to register our credit cards & debit cards with their own App.  It is not going to happen.  In general, I hope their Payment Systems fail - they deserve to fail.  Any company that tries to make it where Apple Pay cannot be used and the only card payment system is theirs is a loser from the start. 

    So, I made 3 purchases CVS before I left the store without any thing except my phone.  Wake up and smell the roses - If I can pay for it with my iPhone via Wallet, I will do so, otherwise, I just may not buy anything from you at all - Especially if I don't have my wallet.

    3 for Apple Pay, 0 for the competition.

    CVS quietly started enabling ApplePay on its terminals a couple of months ago. According to my local one, even the store manager wasn’t told about it!
    GeorgeBMac

  • Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway increases Apple position by 5 percent

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    nunzy said:
    It's great to see how Apple is owned more and more by institutional investors. Wall Street is finally getting the message.
    Buffet =/= ‘Wall Street’
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  • Ralph Nader once again assails Apple's stock buybacks

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    dysamoria said:
    ...libertarians, ...propaganda repeaters, ...conspiracy theorist commentators... idolize Apple for their stockpiles of money... "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" ... puritanical capitalist apologetics of anti-left commentators, ... using cartoonishly politically extreme language ....Is it all the money....
    Yikes.
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  • Apple at head of massive mid-Atlantic solar power initiative

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    tallest skil said:

    What I don’t understand is why geothermal hasn’t been the go-to for the renewable crowd. No matter where you are, no matter what time of day, if you dig down far enough you’ll get power. What’s not to like about that?
    Geothermal has potential seismic risks.
    tallest skil

  • Apple at head of massive mid-Atlantic solar power initiative

    anantksundaramanantksundaram
    tallest skil said:
    TomE said:
    Build one with a New Technology that does not have these legacy costs.
    If Apple entered the business of thorium reactors, I suspect they could have a monopoly on power production in the US within 20 years.
    The economics of Thorium still needs to be demonstrated (the last real demonstration project was over 50 or so years ago, IIRC) and that will cost $5-10B to do. Not a task for any single company to be able to pull off. It would likely have to be done by a consortium of nations first. Even then, there are two major forks in the technology: the liquid fuel thorium technology (being spearheaded by China), and the solid fuel thorium technology (being spearheaded by countries such as India). Both may have to be tested out, doubling the cost.
    lostkiwitallest skilh2p