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  • Next iPad may look more like an iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard support

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    DAalseth said:
    ... Another leaker on Thursday claimed it would have Touch ID on the power button, ...

    Not a chance. It's too thin. The sensor would have to wrap around the back of the device. As far as having a narrow sensor just in the button, even PC manufacturers have moved away from the single line sensors that you swipe your finger over. They never worked very well.


    The new Surface Duo from Microsoft has a fingerprint reader on the side, so it looks like it’s doable on a very thin device. When the reviews come out, I’m keen to see how well it works, though. 
    CheeseFreezewatto_cobra

  • How to get the most out of your Apple Music subscription

    gregoriusmgregoriusm
    Great article. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple 12th on Fortune's Global 500 list of companies

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    “ Apple has slipped one place in the Fortune Global 500 list of most profitable companies.”

    So, it seems the list is of the companies with the most revenue, not profits. Or am I missing something. 
    FileMakerFeller

  • Notes of interest from Apple's third quarter 2020 earnings report

    gregoriusmgregoriusm
    I don’t understand what this means: 
    • Learning and customer service like restaurant order receipt are big focuses of Apple product growth
    watto_cobra

  • Apple-Google Exposure Notification system worthless due to privacy policies, health expert...

    gregoriusmgregoriusm
    svanstrom said:
    xbit said:
    Rayz2016 said:
    Oh, the whining …

    And I see the users in the UK trial are complaining about the battery drain, as predicted by just about everybody outside NHSX. 

    Next step for the UK: a humiliating climb down smothered in a pack of lies designed to make it look as though this was the plan all along. 

    “Our original system was designed to provide a test baseline for the eventual rollout of our app using the Apple/Google API. We are pleased to report that the real system, which we always planned to release, is working exactly as we intended.”
    The elephant in the room is that Apple’s new API will only work on devices running the very latest version of iOS (and the same for Android). This kind of app requires mass adoption so Apple and Google new API is next to useless. 

    NHSX were right to explore alternatives.
    There's almost never anything wrong with exploring alternatives; but there's a difference between having a bunch of us nerds in a room arguing about best approaches, and butthurt politicians running to the press crying about how the evil tech giants won't allow them to track every person in the world.

    As far as the new API being next to useless… well… at least people on the Apple-side of the isle are quite good at keeping their phones updated, and the app could simply launch a huge "push here to update your phone to a compatible level"-button if it isn't. So no need to call it "next to useless" before actually tried; because it could be just that level of extra needed to "flatten the curve" just right.

    Or save even one life... 
    urahara