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  • It's still cheaper to import iPhones with 25% tariffs, than assemble in the US

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    I’m sure that Tim Cook, and Apple generally, have been waiting for Ming-Chi Kuo to pronounce before they decide on a strategy for iPhone production.
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  • Inside Pages for Mac -- how to get the most out of Apple's best writing tool

    kiltedgreenkiltedgreen
    A reputation for being too basic?

    I can’t even remember when an Apple or any Tech publication even mentioned Pages in any meaningful way so I don’t know where it would get such a reputation.

    I’ve used it since release. It was a nightmare for a while when they introduced the unified platform version but since then it’s got better and better with every update. I love the app and when I had to deal with Word at work it drove me crazy as Pages felt so much more obvious to use (could have been familiarity!) 

    Everyone these days seems to be agreeing that Notes and Reminders are excellent apps despite being “free” - they should look a little wider and include Pages, Numbers and Keynote.

    Alex_Vchasm

  • Trump is too busy for his own tariff negotiations, so will dictate terms instead

    kiltedgreenkiltedgreen
    Too busy? When you’re golfing for 20% of your presidency it must be hard to find time for the day job.

    all those countries lining up to negotiate tariffs? Who? Well, he can’t say because the number is 0. Says he is going to just set a number and send out letters - so, just like “Liberation Day” then. Maybe that island where only penguins live will get their tariff removed …

    Trump is like a 5 year old with a flame thrower.
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  • Lack of updates and new models sees Apple Watch sales decline

    kiltedgreenkiltedgreen
    Just think of this (A lack of significant new features in the Apple Watch Series 10 and no updates to the Apple Watch SE or Apple Watch Ultra, is claimed to be behind another year of declining sales.) concept logically; to address it, Apple would have to build new features into Apple Watch this year, in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037 …

    You get the picture.

    Just what exactly would you expect? How many features can be added to an Apple Watch, every year until the end of the product line? What are buyers demanding? What crucial feature must an Apple Watch have before these others buy it? Maybe everyone who wants one has bought one? Do iPhone sales keep rising every single year?

    I know computers are different from anything else in that they contain software which can be updated whereas your TV, cooker, car, grass mower, microwave and the like stay the boring same, year after year. Such is the strange life we lead as humans in the West today where it’s expected that there will always be more features in our tech products. Every. Single. Year.
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  • China calls Trump's trade war a joke, jumps tariffs on U.S. goods to 125%

    kiltedgreenkiltedgreen
    The problem, for the USA, is that Trump is a delusional, economically illiterate idiot surrounded by a bunch of sycophants. His “plans” can change by the hour as can be seen in the tariff madness. He wants all those 75 countries “kissing his ass” so that he looks like the king. 

    China does not think like Trump or America. They know what they are doing and are leaps and bounds ahead in their determination and economic trading intelligence. They will be in for the long haul and will no doubt come up with retaliation if required to which Trump will have no response. Trump blinking will be just the start.
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