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  • How an AirTag owner used it to find their stolen vehicle

    felix01felix01
    AirTags hidden in the trunk lids seem to work OK. I'm able to track the cars around town. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Card is 'bright spot' in credit cards, says J.D. Power rankings

    felix01felix01
    My only complaint with the card is that Goldman Sachs won’t take electronic payments from my bank’s bill paying service. So the bank mails a physical check and that takes about a business week before it gets there and is posted.

    Even that was a hassle, prying an address out of Goldman Sachs customer service but I finally got it.

    Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch Lockbox 6112 P.O. Box 7247 Philadelphia, PA 19170-6112
    watto_cobra

  • Apple employees granted paid time off to vote in US election

    felix01felix01
    Paid time off to vote has been in place at all five organizations I’ve worked at since grad school. I’m amazed this is something new (and now newsworthy) for the most valuable public company in the world.  
    Ofer

  • FBI again asks Apple to unlock iPhones belonging to suspected shooter

    felix01felix01
    Maybe the FBI should develop and robustly fund a hacker division dedicated to breaking into iPhones. And if unsuccessful, maybe they'll finally believe Cook. Then their alternative is to pursue legislative solutions. I want to see which congressmen (on the record) are in favor of forcing companies employing encryption in their devices to intentionally build in a backdoor knowing full well it will be broken or given up by a rogue employee with a better offer. 
    watto_cobraRadio_SignalJaiOh81

  • Apple spent 'billions' on revamped Maps service

    felix01felix01
    fastasleep said:

    felix01 said:
    I'm still not using Apple Maps. Three questions for you folks who are. Positive answers might convince me to start giving Apple Maps a serious look:

    1. Does Apple Maps show the posted speed limits (I know temporary work areas won't be correct) along the computed route? And how about if you're just using it to track progress along roads but not a computed route? Speed limits there too?

    2. Are computed arrival times more accurate than on earlier versions? I guess what I'm asking here is whether Apple is tracking the average traffic speeds along major roads and using that dynamic info to continually recalculate arrival times.

    3. Are alternate routes provided around crashes and/or work zones (or just general traffic congestion)? Kind of like Waze does.
    1. No, I speed everywhere, so do not care.

    2. Yes. Improved all the time.

    3. I don't think it has realtime feedback at this point, but I could be wrong.


    Thanks, Fastasleep.
    watto_cobra