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  • Apple's $4B ad business at odds with internal culture and values

    eriamjh said:
    So, no tracking because privacy.  Got it. 

    However, don’t show kids gambling ads.  Got it.  

    How do I do the latter without doing the former?   Asking for a friend.  
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201084


    eriamjhFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra
  • Apple continues hiring for its mixed-reality headset project

    The win here would be AR, not VR, at least in the early innings IMO. A headset that allows you to see the real world, with overlays of information when needed. A strong focus on vertical markets such as financial, manufacturing, education, quality control, research, law enforement, airlines, customer service, and others that require access to rich and complex data as part of performing the job.

    Very long term, the device (and perhaps a Watch) would be a replacement for the iPhone for a certain segment of the population, as Apple must always think of overthrowing their own kingdom before a competitor does.

    One ancillary but large challenge is individuals' varying visual acuity and size/style depending on how "everyday" the design is meant to be. Though I recall some time ago Apple may have applied or been awarded patents for technology to "adapt" to a users vision?
    watto_cobra
  • Crypto holders left holding the bag as FTX exchange collapses

    Never bought crypto; never understood it, and I suspect 99% of the people who have "invested" don't either. Lemmings should be aware there is always a cliff somewhere ahead...
    omasoustevenozFileMakerFellerradarthekatwatto_cobra
  • iPhone must use USB-C by 2024, says EU law

    What if someone invents a better connector next year? Or: who would be motivated to think of something better?

    It is deeply inappropriate for governments to get this granularly invasive in industrial product design. Moronic is the better way to describe it.


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  • Compared: Apple Watch Ultra vs. Apple Watch Series 8 & Series 7

    Ordered two Ultra's, one for myself and one for my son. Two friends also ordered Ultra's

    None of us do the "rugged/extreme" activities associated with its purpose, but are all active in multiple ways, and I will be adding hiking to my activities in the Spring.

    But really wanted it for the larger and much brighter display - son plays a lot of golf, so I think the same two features would be useful for golf gps GUI's (ie the Tag Heuer app)
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