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tallest skil said:

Looks like Samsung milked it for all it was worth.

heinlein said:

I can't say I'm very sympathetic to people who get malware in the course of stealing other people's work. It's a bit like getting an STD from a sexual assault.

latifbp said:

singularity said:

Let's try a less dense argument then.
Apple has been accused of getting  preferential tax rate from Ireland. This maybe against EU rules.  If this is found to be true the money owed (the amount they are all edge to have not paid) gets paid to Ireland and has no connection to the EU per se. The EU commission is ensuring all the countries in the EU comply to the rules.
Therefore nothing to do with tax aid to politicians.
As you are argueing (to me)that the EU shouldn't investigate an allegation that may amount to billions of Euros because some politicians maybe corrupt? 

I understand your argument of what illegal state aid is very well. You make this same argument over and over again like a broken record. The problem is that it is a brand new creation, a spin or reframe of a specific tax practice that has been common practice throughout history. Now, after a decade of doing nothing yet fully knowing it was happening, the EU all of a sudden creates a brand new label "illegal state aid." Have you ever heard the saying "pulled the rug out from under them? Well that's exactly what this is. It's nothing but political spin. The EU has plenty of financial problems they got themselves into. And there is a lot more than a corrupt politician here and there. It's just way too convenient to create this new concept, "illegal state aid," and all of a sudden force corporations to pay the EU governments billions of dollars. It's a bunch of horse crap.

cornchip said:

Also; what's the latest on all the mega millions Tizen is pulling in with their related services? 

olivertwist said:

What surprised me the most is that Apple Pay works at many retail, food, and service establishments in Germany and Austria. Yes, you read it right: Germany and Austria! Even Starbucks Coffee in Germany accepted Apple Pay since the day one in October 2014. In Germany, more and more have installed the NFC-enabled card readers integrated with their Point-of-Sale terminals, making card transactions smoother and quicker than before and allowing more widespread use of MasterCard and Visa. ALDI Süd, the stalwart of cheapness, even promoted the new card readers and encouraged the consumers to use contactless payments with both cards. Paying for hamburgers at McDonalds? No problem! A guy filmed the Apple Pay transaction at REWE supermarket in January 2015 (remember that was with iOS 8, which was slower than iOS 9).

In Austria, I have yet come across card reader that does not accept Apple Pay. What an incredible shopping experience!

I certainly hope Apple will add Germany and Austria to its growing list of countries this year.