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  1. Re: For me, it's about Siri on Apple Music Was Always Going To Win (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither does the iPhone if the app implements SiriKit.

  2. Re:Keep in mind this is Unites States only on Apple Music Was Always Going To Win (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple music only works on Apple devices as far as I know.

    There is an Apple Music App for Android and iTunes on the PC includes Apple Music support.

  3. I remember CP/M getting customized by the harware maker, but not MS-DOS.

  4. Iâ(TM)ve not seen any battery problems leaving WiFi or Bluetooth enabled, and Iâ(TM)m in coastal Southern California where such signals abound. I have seen crappy carrier WiFi cause connectivity issues (thanks AT&T) but the iOS 11 settings would let you disconnect. What model iPhone are you seeing problems on?

  5. Re:You'll never know if your phone is off on iOS 11's Misleading 'Off-ish' Setting For Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is Bad for User Security (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    "Hey Siri" is processed locally on the phone, nothing is sent off they device unless you activate Siri, and the data that is sent is anonymized.

    https://techcrunch.com/2015/09...

  6. Re:Does turning off the device work? on iOS 11's Misleading 'Off-ish' Setting For Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is Bad for User Security (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Airplane mode in iOS 11 does disable the radios and the control panel UI changes to reflect that the WiFi and Bluetooth radios are completely off (the icons are slashed out).

  7. With LTE it's certainly true that very weak or no signal on LTE can kill any phones battery very fast. On an iPhone that's not really true for WiFi or Bluetooth, so there is no need to over-manage them.

  8. Re:Does turning off the device work? on iOS 11's Misleading 'Off-ish' Setting For Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is Bad for User Security (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Airplane mode turns off WifFI and Bluetooth radios, and even changes the UI in control panel to refelct that (slashes through the icons), so no plane problems.

  9. Re:What's so special about it? on Not Many People Are Buying Andy Rubin's iPhone-Killer Essential Phone, It Seems (fiercewireless.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, and the iPhone has a pretty small market share, so calling something an iPhone killer seem to be setting a pretty low bar...

    Apple is the 3rd largest smartphone maker in the world, just barely behind Huawei. Killing the iPhone is a very high bar for a manufacturer.

  10. Re:Patches for some systems already released on BlueBorne Vulnerabilities Impact Over 5 Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    iOS 10 was initially released in September of 2016, so Apple devices have been safe for almost a year. macOS was not vulnerable.

  11. Re:I am shocked, shocked I tell you on BlueBorne Vulnerabilities Impact Over 5 Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    iOS 10 (released in September 2016) fixed the Bluetooth vulnerability.

  12. Re:I am shocked, shocked I tell you on BlueBorne Vulnerabilities Impact Over 5 Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    iOS 11 allows you to lock out Touch ID and Face ID using the wake/sleep physical switch on the phone. So easy you can do it without taking the phone ou of your pocket.

  13. Re: Apple's Response on Apple Taken To Court For Refusing To Fix Devices (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I was talking about the iPad 1, not the iPad 2. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

  14. Re:Apple's Response on Apple Taken To Court For Refusing To Fix Devices (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope, I mean exactly what I said.

  15. Re:Apple's Response on Apple Taken To Court For Refusing To Fix Devices (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I had an iPad 1, the updates made it far from useless.

  16. Re:Apple's Response on Apple Taken To Court For Refusing To Fix Devices (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    The iPad 2 shipped just three weeks shy of one year from when the iPad 1 shipped - nothing unusual about a 1 year upgrade cycle. It initially shipped with iOS 3.2 and continued to receive updates for several years through iOS 5.1.1. The primary reason it did not receive further iOS updates was that there was only 256MB of ram, not enough to run iOS 6 or later.

  17. Facebook's market cap is $390 billion, a buyout is unlikely.

  18. Re:cross platform books & music on Microsoft Plans To Add an Ebook Store To Windows 10 (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 1

    Where you shop is certainly your choice to make, but since it's not about proprietary lock-in (the topic of this sub-thread), it's irrelevant to the conversation.

  19. Re:cross platform books & music on Microsoft Plans To Add an Ebook Store To Windows 10 (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 1

    Years ago, I bought some songs from iTunes, but if I have to do so today, I'd use Vevo.

    I guess you're not aware that iTunes eliminated DRM on music years ago.

  20. Restrictions on the First Amendment are subject to strict scrutiny, a "rational purpose" will not withstand strict scrutiny in court.

  21. Re: Apple's recent performance: Let's review on Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls AirPods 'a Runaway Success' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    More Big Mac units are sold (a little under 4X more) but they represent far less in overall revenue (about 30X less). But it's hardly relevant as the two markets are completely unrelated, while iDevices and Surface devices do go head to head.

  22. Re: Apple's recent performance: Let's review on Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls AirPods 'a Runaway Success' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty much the whole Surface line. The Studio is amazing.

    You do not that the iPad Pro (just the Pro) outsells the entire Surface line, right?

  23. Re:Samsung is the winner here on Apple Tops Holiday Sales With 44 Percent of All New Device Activations (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Last quarter Apple had 104% of the profits. I wouldn't call Samsung "significantly profitable." http://www.investors.com/news/...

  24. Re:IMDb is a Delaware Company on IMDb Sues California To Overturn Law Forcing Them To Remove Actors' Ages (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, once you go Jupiterian you never go back.

  25. Re:I hope Apple Pay will die on Apple is 'Intransigent, Closed and Controlling' Say Banks (afr.com) · · Score: 2

    That assumes chip and pin systems are all using tokenization (they aren't).