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I wonder if shared family storage will facilitate sharing a Photos library across two or more users.

entropys said:

If you are a passenger in a moving car a GPS solution won't be desirable. Similarly if it is the passenger's phone hooking into the car system via Bluetooth it isn't desirable.  This is not straightforward.

No kidding! Any attempt to fully restrict functionality based on those factors will hugely diminish the value of a phone, particularly to passenger who probably wants to send a few messages while on the ride. Bluetooth as a detection protocol is stupid; passengers use (my kids like to control the music) it or control panel -> off and you have full access. You can argue that this is personal responsibility and it is... so make car mode voluntary like airplane mode. Anyhow, all speculation for now and I will bet that this will more likely be leveraged by Apple to say "we agree, get all manufacturers to implement CarPlay".

I'm going to guess that the upgrade program agreement is pretty clear that you're not guaranteed a phone the day it comes out. This is a blend of ambulance chasing and the very worst of consumerism / entitlement; the quintessential First World Problem.

welshdog said:

I'll be 60 years old next May. I'm not afraid of much, but I do live in fear that the day might come where Macs no longer exist.  It is fairly easy to believe that Apple might choose to kill Macs as a business decision.  I wish Apple would consider a marketing push to get more PC to Mac switchers.  It would also be nice to see more Macs ads.

It's hard to imagine life without a Mac.

Fear not. The Mac is still the primary platform for building iOS apps. There is no XCode for iOS. Unlike Microsoft, Apple has not tried to make an interchangeable desktop/tablet experience. They keep each unique. Apple has always emphasized using the right device for the right moment. Desktops aren't going anywhere. 

Apple does not need to encourage switchers anymore. Look around an airport; in the waiting halls or airline lounges, I see at least 50% Macs. Go to a university campus. You'll find over 75% Macs. The new Swift Playgrounds, intended to teach kids (or anyone) Swift is an amazing way to make Swift the dominant language for the next generation.

Mac sales are down for Apple because PC sales are down for everyone. I don't know what % are holding off for updates but it's probably significant. Apple sensibly doesn't update on every CPU/GPU change because the improvements are marginal and the constant redesign would hurt margins and create obsolete inventory. I'm certain that updates are coming but will not ship until the fall because they tend to always ship with the latest OS. 

foggyhill said:

Their so called service model is not that profitable if they actually respect the law. That's the thing.
Taxi service can be even better than what Uber offer now, if its done correctly
The lack of incentive to improve in the US is what made Taxi worse than it should have done.
Like I said, there is starting to be major push back on Uber (and the like); either they conform or they pack up.

Conform to what? The archaic and corrupt taxi regulations in cities across North America? To the enrichment of the cities with artificial fees, or of the badge owners who sit on the beach holding badges while drivers need to earn hundreds of dollars before they see a penny of profit? The current taxi model is rotten to the core. The solution isn't to make the new like the old, but put a bullet in the old.

We should intervene no more in saving the current taxi structure than we did saving DVD rental shops. Cities pretend to defend the drivers and their investments, but it's all about their own pockets and connections with the taxi industry. Taxis are a business. The business environment has changed.