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  • Meta CEO mocks Apple for 'sitting on' iPhone 20 years later despite doing the same with Fa...

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    The end of so called “fact checkers” is a welcome relief for true free speech. When one person, or group, has the power to decide what is ‘true’ or not, we are all in trouble. See exhibit one: China, or even worse, North Korea. We all need to fight against this sort of abuse of money and power, and while I am not a huge Facebook fan, I’m glad that they are following X’s lead in allowing free speech. 
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  • Evolved and more powerful macOS malware strain sold cheaply to criminals

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    So, not only are they expecting cyber criminals to purchase their malware software, they’re asking them to adopt a subscription model! Let’s hope they’re keeping it above board by not sharing their passwords with each other. 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple apologizes for iPad Pro 'Crush' ad after massive backlash

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    The real concern is that the advert appears to have been rather heavily “inspired” by a 2008 LG advert. Someone at Apple’s Ad Agency is going to get their butt kicked. Hard. 
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  • United States Apple Watch import ban has begun with no resolution in sight

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    thadec said:

    As for Android, "the whole Android OS I heavily infringes on Apple’s iPhone inventions" is not true and never has been.

    Sorry, but I have to side with Steve Jobs on this one, that Android is stolen technology. The evidence is overwhelming that Samsung’s whole game plan was to blatantly copy (and infringe) Apple’s design and IP, as it was the only way to survive. And it worked for them. Regardless, there are countless other cheap Chinese knock offs that heavily infringe on Apple’s patents, but nothing is done about it as China is untouchable. And there’s no money in chasing these Chinese pop-ups. Apple, on the other hand, is held to a different standard, and it’s this hypocrisy and inconsistency that annoys me. 
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  • United States Apple Watch import ban has begun with no resolution in sight

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    Firstly, the ITC need to look at how all the other watchmakers, including all the cheap Chines knockoffs, are monitoring blood oxygen. If they infringe the same patents, then bans need to be implemented across the board. Too often, Apple is seen as an easy target for law suits, because they’re cashed up, but the ITC needs to ensure consistency in these matters. 

    Apple doesn’t like licensing/pay-per-purchase deals, as their volume of sales becomes a cash cow for other companies, and an open door for patent trolls. If this is determined to be a legitimate patent infringement, then Apple will need to work through the options. 

    That said, there are thousands of Apple patents that are infringed regularly. The whole Android OS I heavily infringes on Apple’s iPhone inventions (“and boy did we patent it” - Steve Jobs), so there needs to be consistency here. Do they ban every android device, not to mention all the other Chinese and Samsung copied products, from AirPods to laptops, that continue to be sold despite obvious copyright and patent violations. 

    In the short term, Apple could simply stop the alleged patent violations and simply “estimate” the blood oxygen, until they either come up with another sensor, or buy the patent. I would expect a software update to do this in the coming weeks, and a more long term fix in about a month. 
    watto_cobra