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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies in U.S. House antitrust hearing

    I would hope the two common-sense things that come out of this is American companies (like Google) are banned from directly helping the military of other countries and that owners of social media become responsible for the content their users publish on their platform - at the very least social media companies like Facebook should have far stricter policies around user accounts, and ensure it is not possible to create an account without proving your identity.

    I think Cook has done well so far, glad he mentioned web apps being an option for developers instead of the app-store and also that he mentioned PlayStation and Xbox - they have similar app-stores on their platforms. I'm not sure what he said will have been heard or understood though, politicians aren't usually interested in answers to their questions.

    F_Kent_Danantksundaramwatto_cobra
  • Upcoming MacBook or MacBook Air battery regulatory documents surface

    We wants it!
    steve_jobs
  • Epic Games CEO criticizes Apple's App Store policies in interview

    I think the point is that if I develop a game for PS4 or Xbox I can’t sell it without giving Sony or Microsoft a big chunk of every sale.

    Are there third party stores for downloading and installing console games? Nope.

    Any ruling against Apple should equally affect Sony & Microsoft consoles too.

    and this also applies to Valve who usually take 30% from Steam sales too.

    30% is both fair and the industry norm.

    Oh, and it’s apple’s eco-system no-one is making anyone develop apps for iOS app store. 
    They could always just make web based products instead.
    e.g. services that stream through mobile safari.
    or, you know stick to a different platform, or make their own platform.
    matrix077watto_cobraFileMakerFeller
  • Apple plans to dominate all aspects of AR with 'Apple Glass' and more

    Whilst recently watching WWDC videos it occured to me that some of the presenters could actually be wearing Apple Glass this year without us knowing.

    I agree with the general thrust of the article that the amount of effort Apple has expended on AR means it will surely be something big when it lands. 
    watto_cobra
  • Review: iVanky Dual USB-C docking station powers even the beefiest MacBook Pros

    There are so many of these multi-port docking stations. 

    What is needed is hubs and docks that are focused on specific needs not more of the same generic boxes that try to do everything. 

    You can’t for example as far as I can tell buy a usb-c hub that doesn’t have an sd-card, hdmi port, usb2 port, usb3 port etc. 

    If I wanted a hub that i could plug into a usb3 port and get 4 usb-c ports and no other ports where would I get that? 
    rweswatto_cobraDetnator