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  • Apple's Worldwide Video hires former Broadway Video, Netflix executives [u]

    michael scripmichael scrip
    They named it “worldwide video?”

    seriously?

    must have been trying to fly under the radar. 

    Thats such a microsoft name. Like “windows media player.”

    Nothing really wrong with "Windows Media Player". It pretty much lets you know right off the bat what the app does.

    If you tell someone who hasn't been exposed to the apps before, "QuickTime" and "Windows Media Player", chances are that he'd probably know what WMP does but may struggle a bit with QT.

    That said, I agree with you on your first statement. "Worldwide Video" doesn't sound very good. Heck, even "Apple Video Worldwide" sounds better!

    Let's not forget Apple's most creative name: App Store

    BTW... when I hear "Apple Video Worldwide"... I think of Step Brothers... "Prestige Worldwide"

    :)
    patchythepirate

  • Apple Pay likely to get boost from Visa & Mastercard mandating contactless payment termina...

    michael scripmichael scrip
    mike1 said:
    mknelson said:
    Slower speeds of chip card transactions? Do you guys process them "weird" in the US?

    Insert card, hit OK, enter PIN, done. Doesn't really take any more time than signing.
    The process is more like...

    Take wallet out of pocket/purse.
    Remove card from wallet and insert in POS device.
    Stand there for 10 seconds with open wallet in hand.
    Enter PIN if required. (Stores have minimums that require a PIN, so it's not always ncessary)
    Stand there are another 5-10 seconds with wallet in hand and wait for annoying sound telling you you can remove the card.
    Insert card in wallet and replace in pocket/purse.
    Exactly.

    Using Apple Pay on my phone is a one-handed operation. That's my favorite part of it.

    Sure... it's not exactly difficult to remove your debit card with one hand and hold your wallet with the other... but it's using 100% more hands!

    And I love efficiency! :)
    watto_cobrawaverboy

  • Steve Jobs wanted Jeff Goldblum to be 'voice of Apple'

    michael scripmichael scrip
    Must go faster... must go faster...

    :)
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  • Apple Music rival Spotify on verge of turning a profit, board member says

    michael scripmichael scrip
    Spotify might become profitable (actually making a profit after all their expenses are paid)

    But how soon until they pay back the BILLIONS in venture capital money they've taken over the years?

    They gotta pay that money back, right?
    watto_cobra

  • Inside the 2016 MacBook Pro -- CPU choices

    michael scripmichael scrip

    netrox said:
    It's really upsetting that Apple is not being ahead of its game in processor speed. I love Macs and I will NOT go Windows for personal use. I love Apple designs - minimal, clean, and consistent. I have looked at competition and find them poorly designed and "tacky" despite having better performance. It's still Windows - a horrible operating system (I use it everyday). If Apple doesn't want to up its game on laptops and desktops then it should start licensing its software to PC companies.

     CPU speed doesn't matter nowadays.
    Sure... CPU speed doesn't matter for the average user doing standard office tasks. I think we're reached the point where any CPU made in the last 5 years will be fast enough for normal stuff.

    But don't tell me it doesn't matter for rendering/exporting video if one CPU takes 30 minutes and another can do the same job in 15 minutes.  :smile: 
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