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  • Apple Pay activated on 383 million iPhones, worldwide

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    I can’t wait for the day when I can cut out the credit card middleman....
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  • Editorial: Apple is making us wait for a new iMac for no good reason

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    I have champagne tastes on a beer budget. I’m limping along with my 2000 iMac 27”, but could really use a lot more power for the solid modeling work I do. I’m probably going to upgrade to a new 27” iMac in the next year or two, and I may go with the present version if a new version comes out and the price drops on the present version.

    In the meantime, I haven’t had a lick of trouble with my iMac, which is a testament to Apple taking their time and doing the job right. If it takes them longer, there’s a good reason for it. Time to stop whining and get on with life.
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  • The Nest Secure has a hidden microphone, and Google didn't tell owners for 18 months

    sacto joesacto joe
    dysamoria said:
    StrangeDays said:
    Soli said:
    There's absolutely no evidence that this was a working microphone that was eavesdropping on anyone and let's be clear that Alphabet is the one that announced the update that enabled the microphone, not a blogger that discovered nefarious activity. For those looking for a conspiracy you'll have to look harder. This is no different from countless other tech companies that don't disclose inactive HW for a variety of reasons.

    PS: Let's also be clear that Nest Secure came out almost 4 years after Google acquired the company so anyone with trust issues with Google (which is most of us here) wouldn't have been a customer of this product anyway.
    Doesn’t matter. The fact that it was there should have been disclosed, as it does pose an attack vector should the device software or firmware be compromised. Customers not knowing it’s there, that a vector exists, is outrageous.
    And that’s the real point here: an undisclosed attack vector. Informed consent is a valuable concept to understand, even when talking about potential functionality.
    That’s one point. Perhaps just as important is that folks who thought they were buying something with no ability to record them now find themselves with something that can and maybe even has. Is Google going to give them their money back? And even if they do, is that good enough? I smell class action suit - or at least I would if it were Apple that pulled this stunt!
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  • HomePod sales up in fourth quarter, Amazon and Google extending lead

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    You’d think people would learn by now. It’s not about market share. It’s about quality, privacy, and installed base. Apple plays for the long term. 
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  • Apple shipped 66 million iPhones in fiscal Q1 2019, estimates Strategy Analytics

    sacto joesacto joe
    Don’t trust Strategy Analytics.
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