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Ireland's Sinn Fein party says it will pursue Apple if company owes back taxes
jdgaz said:All taxes are in the end paid by the consumer in the cost of goods.
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Apple wins US ban of Samsung software features, only affects obsolete products
apkrfan77 said:Did any of you happen to see the "60 Minutes" spot on corporate espionage on Sunday? Is everybody going to be aloud to infringe on everybody else's property? How much of an advantage did Samsung gain in the market (when the market was in a huge growth stage) as a result of what is now classified as theft. The damage to Apple is incalculable. Right or wrong, it's a good thing that Apple has the wherewithal to stage this defense of their property. How many companies have failed because of corporate theft? The one presented on 60 minutes nearly did, and a lot of employees and their families were the victims. Maybe one less wont because of the precedents set by this case.
The alleged infringements are for features so minor in the scheme of things I really find it hard to believe people actually think any purchaser made a purchase decision based on them. It's like claiming someone bought a Lamborghini instead of a Ferrari because it had the same shaped window winding switches as the Ferrari.
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Donald Trump promises to make Apple manufacture in US instead of China
digitalclips said:Maybe if Apple could bring home the money that it already paid all the legal taxes on overseas and was not facing double taxation if they did, they just might manufacture more here. IDK, just a thought. I stand ready to be flamed as it's not a subject I know much about.
Why is the issue of repatriation of overseas moneys by US corporations so willfully misrepresented to make it seem as if it's a huge impost on companies when it's not? There should be no need for talk of a tax holiday or special deal. The last time corporations were given a holiday on repatriating overseas income with the supposed promise of greater investment in the US, they did no such thing.
Trump is a very dangerous buffoon.
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False bomb threat at Apple's Ireland facilities leads to evacuation of 4,800 staff
asdasd said:Also, is that the correct photo? Looks a bit dry for Cork.
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Apple to fold iTunes Radio into Apple Music, make Beats 1 lone free-to-stream product
foggyhill said:anantksundaram said:It's sort of weird, looking back at the history of Apple, how much trouble they've had implementing their networked products. Including iCloud (even though I have a subscription, I almost never use it), Mail (I use it only as a secondary email address), iTunes (although I use it a lot, I have to say that it's a bloated mess), iTunes Connect (glad I have folks who do it for me), Airdrop (brilliant idea, but limited in implementation), Ping (?), FaceTime (not useful if you're trying to talk to a non-Apple user)... The list goes on.
They spun out a 10M a year stream system in a few months, that's pretty solid back-end there.