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  • Apple removes Siri team lead as part of AI strategy shift

    thrangthrang
    No issues with Maps in the US

    cornchipwatto_cobra

  • Apple rumored to sell Apple TV 4K, HomePod at cost

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    disneylandman said:

    StrangeDays said:
    bitmod said:
    MisterKit said:
    The technology in HomePod is indeed not appreciated by many. It’s in a class of its own at any price.
    No. No it's not. Not even close. Not even in the same ball park as other offerings. So far behind you think it's first. 
    Venture into a hifi shop and not your local dollar store - you will be amazed. 
    Bullshit. For $350, the mic array, beamforming, and 7 drivers in the HP toast the competition, even the more expensive shelf speakers. 
    No, it doesn't.  It is an overpriced speaker in which you cannot even adjust the tone control.  Even at clearance prices of $250, they could not clear them off store shelves.  My $150 Polk Audio tower speakers sound 100x better than a HomePod, and I can play any source of music and adjust the bass, treble, and midrange through my receiver.  Oh, and I did not need to spend $700 for stereo sound either.  Don't forget how useless Siri is.  You cannot even use Bluetooth on the HomePod because Apple disabled it.  Keep blowing smoke to make yourself feel better for wasting money on a soon to be dead product.  Remember the iPod Hi-Fi?
    Whoa! A HUNDRED TIMES? Gee thats really good! Perhaps I should sell my six HP's!

    We've given four as gifts, and everyone comments back to use how incredibly impressed they are with the sound. I use a stereo pair in my office and have not experienced that kind of sound from such a small tabletop footprint before. And I've owned a lot of AV gear (and still do)...


    MisterKit

  • Apple restores Facebook enterprise certificates following 'Facebook Research' fallout

    thrangthrang
    So what changed in a day and half? Isn't that the paramount question to include in the article, even if there isn't an immediate answer?
    tyler82Alex1NmacseekerberndogosmartormenajrjbdragonolsMisterKitdelreyjonesn2itivguy

  • Apple spends $150M a year on United flights, Shanghai is No. 1 destination

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    macxpress said:
    I feel sorry for all of those Apple Employees who have to fly United. That would be the absolute LAST airline I'd ever consider flying on. I cannot stand United. 
    My wife flies to China quite a bit, and even United first class sucks in comparison to many other airlines. Cathay and Emirates I think are among the best she said...

    But what idiot or (unmanaged team of idiots) thought it was a good idea to share private customer data as a public marketing campaign>

    This is like data from an internal powerpoint presentation.. oh, those wacky millennials in marketing... If this is how United pays attention to details, I wonder how equipment inspections are going...

    entropysagilealtitudefastasleepviclauyycanantksundaramwatto_cobra

  • Bad Lip Reading skewers Apple's keynotes in latest video

    thrangthrang
    Kudos for the effort, but not very humorous.
    watto_cobra