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  • Alleged source within Foxconn takes to Reddit to blab about Apple smart glasses, 'iPhone 8...

    Why bring back the glowing logo? The solid logo on Macbooks/iPhones looks better, uses no power, is cheaper to manufacture and is one less part to break.
    MacBook glowing logos never used extra power. Just a hole in the metal case where the LCD backlight shined through. I miss them.
    cornchipHyperealitypscooter63StrangeDays
  • Apple AirPort Extreme claims top marks in consumer-grade wireless router survey

    Maybe Apple hasn't given an official statement about stopping AirPort development is because they HAVEN'T? Remember how many times the Mac Mini was reported dead? I certainly wouldn't change my buying decision based on this rumor. According to this article, the AirPort Extreme is still the best router in the world. I run my entire office (mixed PC and Mac and iOS) on one AirPort Extreme, and haven't needed to restart it once.
    randominternetperson
  • Apple invention uses ferrofluids to enhance induction charging performance

    mike1 said:
    boredumb said:
    Can someone help me see the efficacy of this entire technology?
    As long as the unit you set your device on has to be plugged in, you aren't really "wireless",
    and you're still confined to a certain radius based on that cord length anyway...
    So, are the economies of space gained by removing the lightning or whatever connector from the equation,
    really not counterbalanced by whatever internal receptors receive and convey the charge?
    Or is the only real difference and benefit, closing that portal to incursion of moisture & dust?
    I also wonder if anybody has tested the effect of micro-charges on the overall health and lifetime of a battery. What happens if you if you place the phone on a charging mat at say 15% battery charge, leave it on there for 10 minutes, pick it up to make a call for 5 minutes, put it back for 2 minutes, pick it up to do some e-mail. Maybe the battery bounces between 20% and 30% charge all day. Then do this every day. Unless something has changed in battery tech, which I don't think has happened, I see this use pattern seriously degrading the max life of a fully charged battery.
    I don't believe lithium batteries suffer any "memory" effect like older rechargeables, so they don't mind frequent, partial charges that would have quickly killed old NiCad batteries.
    baconstang