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  • Apple objects to app's pear logo trademark application

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    Beats said:
    agilealtitude said:
    A bit weak. Does this mean that if my logo involves a coffee cup with the handle on the right side that Apple is going to come after me because from a distance, at night, through the fog and heavy rain my logo might resemble a piece of fruit?

    No.

    mainyehc said:
    Objectively and geometrically speaking, the leaf design is way too similar and it’s on the same side. Also, its angle is similar, only mirrored. Apple does have a bit of a leg to stand on here, I’m afraid.

    And no, I’m not (just) a fanboy, but a future PhD in design, and even an undergrad with a keen eye would spot the similarities right away… This isn’t much different from spotting plagiarism in typography, you just have to overlay the curves and see how well they match. Do you want me to?

    How the hell does Samsung get away with blatantly biting Apple?




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    Money. And maybe different laws in SK that would just make it difficult for Apple. Easier to hit some small companies to show you are defending your trademarks. 
    Beatsanantksundaramrezwits

  • Apple objects to app's pear logo trademark application

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    agilealtitude said:
    A bit weak. Does this mean that if my logo involves a coffee cup with the handle on the right side that Apple is going to come after me because from a distance, at night, through the fog and heavy rain my logo might resemble a piece of fruit?

    I’m guessing that Tim was out of the office when this decision was made. 
    It was probably on the day he was on his inquisition about the 25 computers that got shipped to SK instead of Japan! Tomorrow some poor employee is going to have to listen to Cook’s questions about this!
    agilealtitudeelijahgronn

  • Tim Cook's leadership style has 'reshaped how Apple staff work and think'

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    So I went and read the whole article on the WSJ. The big takeaways for me are:

    Tim Cook is not about radical innovation but claiming an area like the iPhone and then building increasingly larger moats around it to gain more ground like adding the watch and BT headphones, services etc. 

    Unlike Jobs, he is much more risk adverse as he fears a failure will tarnish the brand so what appears like evolution to some is revolution for him. Jobs had some spectacular failures, including being fired from the company he founded. That is a different world than what Cook came from and following Jobs’ advice he took his own road. 

    How this all plays out in the long run will be interesting to see but I do have a lot more respect for him as a person and leader. Now that the company has been remade in his image I wonder if there is room for people to work through the fragile stages of creating something new when you are immediately expected to have all the answers when the CEO demands them. They talk about the HomePod development - basically the guy who had ideas about it shelved them after Cook did his impatient questioning schtick and then when he heard about Amazon and Googles devices suddenly wanted one
    and the guy had to go back and ramp it all up. 

    Worth reading the whole article though as it fills in some important details. 
    elijahgGG1

  • Tim Cook's leadership style has 'reshaped how Apple staff work and think'

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    Apple needs a creative visionary who makes their products exciting again, not just thinner. I just bought a bunch of new iPad Pros. They are nice but they are just a tablet to our staff who appreciate new tools but were “meh, thanks” and went back to work. One person hasn’t even gotten around to opening the box yet. The AS thing is disruptive to the chip industry but most consumers are not going to care unless their favorite piece of software stops running on it. Safari opening 100th of a second faster is not a disruption to them. @"mr lizard" Some great observations there BTW. 
    get seriousBeats

  • Apple's block of Xcloud & Stadia game streaming apps is at best consumer-hostile

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    velasarius said:
    This article is extremely one sided. Who is to say that big game publishers wouldn't absorb significant numbers of mobile game developers to their own streaming platforms and practically deprive Apple iOS and Mac game stores over night. This is a standalone business model so you bet your ass that big game publishers or even new venture capital wouldn't try this. Not all gaming should work this way, mobile games should run locally so Apple is right and they cant open the flood gates by letting MS or Google do it.
    I feel exactly the opposite! 😀 Kudos to AI for writing an objective article on the issue that goes beyond feeding “red meat” to the fanboys. Actually learned a lot about this that I never knew (but not much of a gamer.) 
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