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  • App face-off: Apple iMessage vs. WhatsApp Messenger

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    mdoss said:
    Er... once connectivity has been established with the web interface using the QR code, there is no need to keep re-scanning the QR code for every successive session. It's purely a one time thing.

    I am on an iPhone 5 with an iMac and run WhatsApp on both everyday. I only had to scan the QR code the first time I set up the web interface.

    Second point, audio calling on WhatsApp has not been unreliable as the article seems to suggest. Call quality has always been excellent with crystal clear audio and no lag or echo of any kind.

    Finally, for those of us concerned with Facebook's data mining, there's an equally good alternative - Telegram. Telegram tout security as their USP.

    Unfortunately, as crofford said, until Apple decides to make iMessage cross-platform, WhatsApp is the way to go. The whole world uses WhatsApp.

    The author makes a claim at the very end about iMessage being the more well-rounded robust solution. I am afraid my experience has been quite the opposite. It's WhatsApp that I believe is more well-rounded, sheerly in terms of ubiquity and working on practically every device out there; and more solid in terms of reliability. Again, that is just my experience. YMMV.

    Cheers
    "The whole world uses WhatsApp." Ummm, wrong! A significant part of the world is using a far superior service to WhatsApp - Wechat! WhatsApp is a total POS compared to WeChat. AI, let's get on the ball and compare these two third party apps. As to Wechat, best of all, it's not part of Facebook!
    bloodshotrollin'red

  • Microsoft Surface blamed for NFL football playoffs meltdown

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    Badstroller said:
    "Struggling product" Who wrote this? Surface products are selling like hotcakes. Your example of how Surface failed was Surface RT. Yes, RT was an objective failure, however the x86 implementations of Surface have been resounding commercial successes. The fact that you use this as an example shows that you are either hideously biased, or don't know what you're writing about. Plus you're going to quote NFL players and coaches on technology issues? What do they know? If it's a network or server issue the same thing would happen with any device. If you're not going to be objective or knowledgeable, don't be a journalist.
    That's total bullshit. It is a well known fact that the Surface market share is in the single digits after being on the market for a few years now. Period.
    caliargonautpscooter63

  • AT&T CEO says US encryption policy is up to Congress, not Apple

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    Fk ATT - it's not up to congress, it's up to us, and we vote by buying Apple products! What an a-hole!
    macwise

  • Apple's Siri voice recognition technology target of patent lawsuit

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    Please please please dismantle this court and shut it down! Either that or give Texas back to its rightful owner, Mexico!
    mwhitedysamoriajax44dasanman69montrosemacs

  • Donald Trump promises to make Apple manufacture in US instead of China

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    cnocbui said:
    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.
    There would be no double taxation.  They would get a credit for any taxes paid overseas.  Since they have paid only 1.8% overseas, they would have to pay a sizable difference - which in the end amounts to the same level of tax as domestic earnings.

    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.
    So the phones aren't made here, aren't sold here, aren't used here, yet taxes should be paid at US tax rates? And the reason is??? Meanwhile, companies can keep the money overseas where it is generated and use it in many ways in those markets, including as working capital to promote and build their overseas business with no US tax implications. They can also use it as cash reserves for future use. Seems like the right thing to do. Nothing wrong here.
    chia