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    I think digital businesses big or small should wake to this reality that seams ever closing down upon business

    Posted 1 week ago on Match Group Sues Google, Google Bites Back – 6 Comments

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    The difference is that Apple uses it to justify its App Store as the sole agent for the sale of software progr

    Posted 1 week ago on Review: After Steve – 23 Comments

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    That is so no true in many ways.

    Posted 2 weeks ago on Apple Leads Worldwide PC and Tablet Shipments in Q1 2022 – 48 Comments

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    What is the minimum download number?

    Posted 2 weeks ago on Apple Explains Why Outdated Apps Disappear from the App Store – 20 Comments

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    i subscribe HBO Max, Apple TV+, Netflix and Amazon Prime. Theoretically plenty of choice. Yet I only manage t

    Posted 3 weeks ago on We Need to Talk About Netflix (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    Increasing prices plus inflation.

    Posted 4 weeks ago on Netflix Lost 200,000 Subscribers in Q1 2022 – 25 Comments

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    Also the MBP display quality as well as sound is at another league.

    Posted 1 month ago on Report: Apple is Currently Testing 9 New Macs Using M2 Chips – 35 Comments

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    Meaning I can live with the notch but not with the inefficiency of the Studio.

    Posted 1 month ago on Report: Apple is Currently Testing 9 New Macs Using M2 Chips – 35 Comments

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    A couple of weeks ago had a Surface Studio top of the line with 32GB, Windows 11 and all along with an MBP M1

    Posted 1 month ago on Report: Apple is Currently Testing 9 New Macs Using M2 Chips – 35 Comments

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    To each their own. I don't buy any device that takes a second to open the file manager while on battery .. agg

    Posted 1 month ago on Report: Apple is Currently Testing 9 New Macs Using M2 Chips – 35 Comments

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    It is as hard to say that MS overreacted as it is to imagine if it did not react. Would the iPad be even a big

    Posted 1 month ago on Programming Windows: iPad (Premium) – 16 Comments

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    Hi. I personally don't care less for the positioning of the taskbar. Even though I understand the appeal to to

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft Has No Plans to Let You Move the Windows 11 Taskbar – 104 Comments

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    “Windows is what users turn to when they need power”Humm. No. It’s probably the only tool users invested

    Posted 1 month ago on Windows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    I could only imagine what would be when fully loaded with the usual stuff ... Norton etc etc.

    Posted 1 month ago on Windows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    This weekend, Saturday precisely, went to pick up a brand new Surface Studio 32GB yada yada and of course Wind

    Posted 1 month ago on Windows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium) – 45 Comments

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    The market share of a default web browser of an OS with 83% market share beats the default browser of an OS w

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft Edge Becomes the Second Most Popular Web Browser – 16 Comments

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    You don't need Alfred to do that. MacOS does what you want natively ... the feature is called Spotlight.

    Posted 1 month ago on More Mobile: Trying the OS Alternatives (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    Just wait for the article ... "Why I moved from Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge ..."

    Posted 1 month ago on More Mobile: Trying the OS Alternatives (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    I think it's a new feature on Windows 11. Go to settings to enable it. Don't know if its on Windows 10 ... may

    Posted 1 month ago on More Mobile: Trying the OS Alternatives (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    There are no free apps in the App Store apart from the ones from Apple.

    Posted 1 month ago on Apple TV App for Android TV Drops All In-app Purchases – 24 Comments

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    Well, that is the message meant by Apple ... hiding the fact that it pays no fees in these contexts!!!!!! So i

    Posted 1 month ago on Apple TV App for Android TV Drops All In-app Purchases – 24 Comments

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    I think as far as Tablet goes te future has been already here for sometime. The result is that is not a replac

    Posted 2 months ago on The Future of Computing is … a Tablet? (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    Don't use OneDrive. But Microsoft Teams performance is bad in the M1 Pro.

    Posted 2 months ago on OneDrive for macOS is Now Optimized for Apple Silicon Macs – 8 Comments

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    Very curious about the iMac Pro and Mac Pro performance. Been using the MBP M1 Pro for the last two weeks and

    Posted 2 months ago on Report: Apple Could Launch Four Macs With New M2 Chips This Year – 27 Comments

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    I have 5 AirTags. The thing that bugs me the most is that me and my wife sometimes share keys, say car keys.

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple Finally Comments on AirTag Stalking – 59 Comments

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    I believe tracker of this kind should be forbidden by law. Embedding trackers in purses, smartphones, cars …

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple Finally Comments on AirTag Stalking – 59 Comments

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    It may work as intended but that is not the litmus of a good solution much less of good design.Yes, Apple cann

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple Finally Comments on AirTag Stalking – 59 Comments

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    A Judge can. They can already crack open your place, your place … why such a fuss about a smartphone.

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple Finally Comments on AirTag Stalking – 59 Comments

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    It does not matter. Competition is on the devices, not the App Stores. Still I like the fact the MS is offerin

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft Details its Open App Stores Principles for PC and Xbox consoles – 10 Comments

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    I find this technology of using an smartphone as a credit and debit cards read a security hazard by the way.

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple to Bring Contactless Payments to iPhone – 24 Comments

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    I meant, turning the iPhone into a POS.

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple to Bring Contactless Payments to iPhone – 24 Comments

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    Yes … this is the feature that makes Apple approach unique at the moment. It basically turns any iPhone into

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple to Bring Contactless Payments to iPhone – 24 Comments

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    This already exists in Android. Its provided by third party digital services … not Google.On the iPhone, whe

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple to Bring Contactless Payments to iPhone – 24 Comments

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    Don’t know if people will care that much. I could easily see Microsoft getting into the playfield quick….

    Posted 3 months ago on Meta Could Shut Down Facebook and Instagram in Europe Due to Data Sharing Ban with U.S. – 41 Comments

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    I see PS5 nowhere around here. Can’t be bothered look at stock or make a pre-order for months to get one. Le

    Posted 3 months ago on PlayStation 5 Sales are Already Slowing – 16 Comments

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    Apple App Store is the only mechanism I know that has the ability to enforce fees over things it does not host

    Posted 3 months ago on The Netherlands Starts Fining Apple for In-App Payment Violations – 19 Comments

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    I can’t imagine a company working with two others, than bought by one, if not to undercut the other sometime

    Posted 3 months ago on Phil Spencer Opens Up About Activision Blizzard Plans – 19 Comments

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    MS is amassing a huge amount of “real state” on many subjects. Has someone said, who can’t win … pay t

    Posted 3 months ago on Sony Stumbles in Wake of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Announcement – 24 Comments

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    "Your claims that only Apple has access to NFC is incorrect."For the purpose of implementing the standard that

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    Indeed I'm not versed how the US gov is organized. In Europe, ID cards and drivers license are emitted by each

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    From cherry picking facts to factoids.“Nothing in this situation precludes any other digital wallet from usi

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    Yeah. Vert well cherry picked.

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    I guess the standard also established a service contract between Apple and the governamental institutions.

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    “… Spencer said that the Xbox Series X|S has already outsold all previous generation Xbox consoles despite

    Posted 4 months ago on Report: Microsoft Has Sold 12 Million Xbox Series X|S Consoles – 20 Comments

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    I think you may be outdated regarding European practices. Europeans use SMS messages all the time for work and

    Posted 4 months ago on Google Launches Assault on Apple’s iMessage Abuses – 149 Comments

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    I find it weird that a modern open communication standard does not come already with privacy artifacts in 2022

    Posted 4 months ago on Google Launches Assault on Apple’s iMessage Abuses – 149 Comments

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    Well. I do use Android too. Maybe its because the EU there are more Androids than there are iPhones … or may

    Posted 4 months ago on Google Launches Assault on Apple’s iMessage Abuses – 149 Comments

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    I am very pro standards and I do agree that Apple should support messaging standards at the core as it does on

    Posted 4 months ago on Google Launches Assault on Apple’s iMessage Abuses – 149 Comments

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    ‘Apple’s world-class portfolio of services proved essential in 2021, as people worldwide sought new ways t

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    No. The Microsoft Store on Windows was designed to be like the macOS App Store. These numbers and success aren

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    Oh, and tax payers are being used to enrich this systems … you know … those drivers license and ID that ar

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    This is what happens when a company is allowed to usurp the value created and delivered by others by forcing i

    Posted 4 months ago on Apple Talks Up Its 2021 Services Successes – 32 Comments

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    I’ve been waiting for a robust yet simple to use integration between Windows and Android for a tech. Send an

    Posted 4 months ago on Google is Working to Integrate Android with Windows – 55 Comments

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    It is meant to run o peoples heads … not the computer.For that matter It works as there are even articles wr

    Posted 4 months ago on Windows Developer Team Tweets a Programming Mistake – 19 Comments

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    It will take time.We use the HomePod daily … listen to music, control lights and shades, set reminders and t

    Posted 4 months ago on Report: Amazon Alexa Has an Engagement Problem – 52 Comments

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    "this vaccine is so bad that in less than 6 months CDC Director Rochelle Walensky goes ..."Why don't

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Finally Admits Defeat on a Return to Office Date – 176 Comments

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    "The flu is a completely different beast, varying from year to year."Why is the comparison with polio better?"

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Finally Admits Defeat on a Return to Office Date – 176 Comments

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    ".... But i am still pissed."Be pissed with COVID. Be pissed with the government inability to be truthful ...

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Finally Admits Defeat on a Return to Office Date – 176 Comments

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    "There exists performance issues with the vaccines that are allowing Omnicron to spread in vaccinated populati

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Finally Admits Defeat on a Return to Office Date – 176 Comments

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    What's the size of Cornell population? Right ... Can you provide an example of a flu vaccine that give you 100

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Finally Admits Defeat on a Return to Office Date – 176 Comments

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    Hi. I see several anti-vaccine people here, and other places, talking about their decision is based on data. A

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Finally Admits Defeat on a Return to Office Date – 176 Comments

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    I can’t even find one for sale in Europe … and I don’t care enough to end up in some list waiting for mo

    Posted 5 months ago on Sony to Release PS5 Covers in 2022 – 3 Comments

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    It is happening

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Finally Admits Defeat on a Return to Office Date – 176 Comments

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    So anti-vaxers refuse to take the vaccine because they know for a fact does more harm than good. The proof is

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Finally Admits Defeat on a Return to Office Date – 176 Comments

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    Windows everywhere is failed tech. Get over it.

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Delays Universal Control for Mac, iPad to 2022 – 13 Comments

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    Apple and MS have been using the same kind of hardware for 20 years no by the way … Intel . Only now Apple i

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Delays Universal Control for Mac, iPad to 2022 – 13 Comments

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    By the way in terms both software and devices don’t think Apple has the best ecosystem. Its just that their

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Delays Universal Control for Mac, iPad to 2022 – 13 Comments

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    I believe in the links between devices. It’s akin to distributed personal computing and when it works is min

    Posted 5 months ago on Apple Delays Universal Control for Mac, iPad to 2022 – 13 Comments

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    When it come to these tactics Apple is way worst. It’s the master and MS the pupil.In fact, the MS comeback

    Posted 5 months ago on Vivaldi: Microsoft is Up To Its Old Tricks Again – 29 Comments

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    Qualcomm and MS have a temp exclusivity deal regarding Windows on ARM. A thing that has up until now failed fu

    Posted 5 months ago on Smushed! – Windows Weekly 752 – 4 Comments

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    Hi Paul. Thank you for the typo correction. I agree that names are important, especially people.If I offended

    Posted 5 months ago on First Ring Daily 1166: ARM before the Turkey Leg – 11 Comments

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    Hi Thurrot, I don’t agree with your Industry wide assessments. Also with your conclusions in many reviews re

    Posted 5 months ago on First Ring Daily 1166: ARM before the Turkey Leg – 11 Comments

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    Although I just bought the Apple Watch series 7, sapphire glass et all, Samsung watch are more pleasant to my

    Posted 5 months ago on Report: Samsung Made Major Gains on Apple in Wearables Market – 16 Comments

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    Let’s stop pretending that finger print id was designed to deal with face mask situation.COVID just happened

    Posted 6 months ago on Google Issues Partial Fix for Pixel 6 Fingerprint Sensor Issues – 47 Comments

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    That is why right to repair exists. It might not be worth to spend time fixing something for Apple, but it mig

    Posted 6 months ago on Apple to Open iPhone to Self-Repair in 2022 – 26 Comments

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    This was bound to happen. I bet team of lawyers have concluded …Now, the App Store policies …PS: This prac

    Posted 6 months ago on Apple to Open iPhone to Self-Repair in 2022 – 26 Comments

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    Don’t understand your point. If users couldn’t by any means not use or consumer something would be a dicta

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft to Block Windows 11 Browser Workarounds – 121 Comments

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    This is a natural side effect of governamental agencies lineancy with Apple and other regarding their policie

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft to Block Windows 11 Browser Workarounds – 121 Comments

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    The price is on on par with MDM solutions out there. With the disadvantages of not being cross platform.

    Posted 6 months ago on Apple Finally Targets Small Businesses – 14 Comments

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    The insistence of tech companies over VR, even after years of public rejection is showing.As it stands no comp

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Ignite: Teams Heads to the Metaverse – 53 Comments

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    I know, he should have sniffed some Trump stuff.

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Ignite: Teams Heads to the Metaverse – 53 Comments

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    It’s not the same. Windows Phone solution was never a popular device. Microsoft brand simply obfuscated this

    Posted 6 months ago on Google is Pulling YouTube from Roku – 42 Comments

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    By the way. Why is this a reaction of an abuser? Well in no way it benefits YouTube customers/users … it har

    Posted 6 months ago on Google is Pulling YouTube from Roku – 42 Comments

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    Crazy. Google reaction is one of an abuser.

    Posted 6 months ago on Google is Pulling YouTube from Roku – 42 Comments

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    Take it or leave it aren’t choices. It may look like a choice but aren’t.

    Posted 6 months ago on Google Lowers More Play Store Developer Fees – 9 Comments

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    As long as these App Stores are tied to the OS in ways creating obstacles to users in acquiring and installing

    Posted 6 months ago on Google Lowers More Play Store Developer Fees – 9 Comments

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    What are the constraints of such a design?

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Announces New MacBook Pros, M1 Pro and M1 Max Chipsets – 177 Comments

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    Humm. One can easily argue that the preferences of having a notch from left to right just because that is what

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Announces New MacBook Pros, M1 Pro and M1 Max Chipsets – 177 Comments

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    That would be silly considering that this only make sense in maxOS due to existence of a permanent menu bar. A

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Announces New MacBook Pros, M1 Pro and M1 Max Chipsets – 177 Comments

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    An example of Apple innovating the internals and updating the externals. What outstanding beefy machines these

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Announces New MacBook Pros, M1 Pro and M1 Max Chipsets – 177 Comments

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    I think you should have a look at the DELL XPS OLEDs 13 and 15 and than reevaluate your assessment.

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Announces New MacBook Pros, M1 Pro and M1 Max Chipsets – 177 Comments

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    Hi. In my opinion there is a fair amount of confusion on this topic … a confusion that in my view is steered

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Appeals Epic Games Ruling – 15 Comments

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    Yeah. The major drawback is that the de facto standard is docX.If they did made iWork for Windows for free cou

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Unveils Major Update to iWork – 41 Comments

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    For a free office software kit, iWorks is brilliant. Finely Pivot Tables in Numbers … Curious about the Keyn

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Unveils Major Update to iWork – 41 Comments

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    I like the way the display works. I think they may have nailed it this time.Wish the OS was macOS / Touch and

    Posted 7 months ago on Surface Laptop Studio Specs and Photo Gallery – 38 Comments

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    The entire widgets UI / spring board crashed on me 3 times last night on the iPad Pro 2020 12.9 … In 11 year

    Posted 7 months ago on Apple Ships iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and watchOS 8 – 34 Comments

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    What a senseless observation.

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Announces iPhone 13, Watch Series 7, New iPads – 77 Comments

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    I believe you would argue otherwise if Apple actually moved the needle further every year. No depth just cute

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Announces iPhone 13, Watch Series 7, New iPads – 77 Comments

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    This iPhone developments seam to have been dedicated mostly to video … saw some interesting things there. Th

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Announces iPhone 13, Watch Series 7, New iPads – 77 Comments

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    Let’s be honest. This mall would be worth 0 without the iPhone. So comparing this to a regular mall is nonse

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    ERRATA: 556 Visual Studio seats a year. You would go bankrupt just to pay for a team that could use as many li

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    There are many things Apple can do, including do nothing but remove the clause that is not compliant with the

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    Their answer “just leave the Mac.”

    Posted 8 months ago on First Ring Daily 1117: WhOA M1 – 5 Comments

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    What about without running Office?

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Says No to WOA Support on M1 Macs – 91 Comments

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    By the way, if I was MS I would even stop supporting Office in iOS and Mobile Safari, (gradually) … In 4 yea

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Says No to WOA Support on M1 Macs – 91 Comments

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    But they actively prevented xCould to run on their systems … so …

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Says No to WOA Support on M1 Macs – 91 Comments

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    In my opinion, it makes sense at many levels. The current technological landscape is not to play nice with oth

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Says No to WOA Support on M1 Macs – 91 Comments

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    “It was literally part of the lawsuit. Epic said Apple didn’t have the right to charge a commission on pur

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    This stuff usually looks much better in the pictures. Very few companies are able to make it look and feel the

    Posted 8 months ago on Here Come the Material You Apps – 15 Comments

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    And also said that one of their policies was illegal as per Californian Competition Law, aka anti-competitive.

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    I don’t understand. Why some people ever thought Apple’s right to be compensated for its IP was in questio

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    Apple never forced 30% royalty fees in sales made outside the App Store, either directed or not by the the thi

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    As someone might say … Apple does not want to get into royal mess :)

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    Or even worst … eventually split force Apple to pivot the App Store into a separate company if it is found t

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    Worst … eventually split force Apple to pivot the App Store into a separate company.

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    Success is not illegal of course, but anti-competitive practices are. That is what the Judge said.

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    “This judgement basically says it’s “unfair”, not “monopolistic”.”That is not what I read in the

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    In my opinion is not a monopoly in eCommerce either, the App Store being just an instance. Yet the Judge simpl

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    “I believe this is extremely unfair if no challenging to the principles guiding the Internet that fostered i

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    Apple does not have a Monopoly over the smartphone market. That ship as sailed for now. Don’t understand Epi

    Posted 8 months ago on Epic to Appeal Apple Ruling – 68 Comments

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    I’m very much pro regulating some smartphone manufactures policies and practices, the most prominent being A

    Posted 8 months ago on The First Windows 11 Ad is … Curious – 55 Comments

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    We can always count on Microsoft to do the right thing after doing everything else. This is just another itera

    Posted 8 months ago on The First Windows 11 Ad is … Curious – 55 Comments

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    Don’t think this solves the underlying problem. Which is some companies refusing to repair their products ri

    Posted 8 months ago on Germany Takes an Aggressive Stance on Right to Repair – 33 Comments

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    Don’t think this solves the underlying problem. Which is some companies refusing to repair their products ri

    Posted 8 months ago on Intel to Spend $80 Billion on European Chip Plants – 17 Comments

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    The future is not about choice but the illusion of choice. “Would you rather study for an hour or study for

    Posted 8 months ago on Windows 11 Tip: Use EdgeDeflector to Enforce Your Browser Choice – 39 Comments

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    Humm. It’s beta so things like this can happen and do happen regardless come from features around Ads or som

    Posted 8 months ago on Those Windows 11 Instabilities Were Caused by a Microsoft Ad – 86 Comments

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    This is not an dev problem, its not about Apple making concessions to devs. It’s an Internet problem … if

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Makes Another Concession to Developers – 18 Comments

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    The second part of my comment … I finished the previous one with “The problem in my opinion is that these

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Makes Another Concession to Developers – 18 Comments

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    The problem of all this is that Apple is still controlling the narrative. Apple is not making any concessions

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Makes Another Concession to Developers – 18 Comments

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    Let me try nevertheless write it short. If it does not work, try the longer explanation. My stance has nothing

    Posted 8 months ago on First Ring Daily 1113: Basket of Apples – 13 Comments

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    If I had more time I would write it shorter. But maybe its worth it. Who knows.

    Posted 8 months ago on First Ring Daily 1113: Basket of Apples – 13 Comments

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    Well your is even more bs if not a phenomenon of stupidity in my opinion. Even though we may arrive to the sam

    Posted 8 months ago on First Ring Daily 1113: Basket of Apples – 13 Comments

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    Oh by doing so, maybe than the market actually see what effectively paying for with this scheme and compare wi

    Posted 8 months ago on South Korea Approves New IAP Law – 4 Comments

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    Will see. But hey, maybe Cloud services like AWS, Google owns and Azure got it all wrong. They should instead

    Posted 8 months ago on South Korea Approves New IAP Law – 4 Comments

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    Congrats on the good job you have been doing. Looking forward to see the results of you next venture. Wish you

    Posted 8 months ago on First Ring Daily 1111: Important Personal News and Personal Windows – 32 Comments

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    Net Neutrality passed in 2015. The bill that would allow ISPs to offer tiered lanes per digital service kind o

    Posted 8 months ago on Google Play Had a Profit of $8.5 Billion in 2019 With Margins of 62 Percent – 10 Comments

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    Imagine Apple. These companies policies around their mobile OSs in effect hold ransom internet users, third p

    Posted 8 months ago on Google Play Had a Profit of $8.5 Billion in 2019 With Margins of 62 Percent – 10 Comments

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    This is beyond the warranty.time.I had a 4 year old MacBook Pro that had replaced for free in a similar progr

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Will Repair iPhone 12s with Audio Issues for Free – 12 Comments

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    Given the circumstances I’ve found this trial very vert fishy. Who are the two devs behind these trials, hon

    Posted 8 months ago on Apple Takes Another (Small) Step Back from its Business Abuses (Updated) – 22 Comments

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    Let’s just wait to check how this one goes. This is the thing that annoys me amongst tech reviewers. No one

    Posted 8 months ago on Intel Finally Takes on Arm with x86 – 31 Comments

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    Yes. The idea that this article creates the this kinds of feature release delays appears recurrently and as of

    Posted 9 months ago on Apple Delays SharePlay – 14 Comments

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    SharePlay is an iOS thing, a mobile OS. As closed as Windows Phone was … now that was a dead end street.I a

    Posted 9 months ago on Apple Delays SharePlay – 14 Comments

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    Well those over payed deigned and developer need to justify their salary every year right?

    Posted 9 months ago on Windows 11 Feature Focus: Start – 88 Comments

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    I thing MS has thrown the Single Responsibility Principle down the toilet.Honestly, all I needed to start any

    Posted 9 months ago on Windows 11 Feature Focus: Start – 88 Comments

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    Sounds good on paper. Like everything that MS announces.I personally need to trust MS back … Apple decisions

    Posted 9 months ago on Microsoft Teases Spotify Integration with Windows 11 – 23 Comments

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    So no, not everyone really wants to know just that.

    Posted 9 months ago on Alphabet Reports Revenues of $61.9 Billion in Q2 2021 – 9 Comments

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    Adverstising is not illegal.

    Posted 9 months ago on Alphabet Reports Revenues of $61.9 Billion in Q2 2021 – 9 Comments

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    In other words, if and when one trick ponies become illegal, bye bye 90%+ of US companies. Than it begs the qu

    Posted 9 months ago on Alphabet Reports Revenues of $61.9 Billion in Q2 2021 – 9 Comments

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    Hopefully being one trick pony will never be illegal. Most companies have only one single source of revenue.

    Posted 9 months ago on Alphabet Reports Revenues of $61.9 Billion in Q2 2021 – 9 Comments

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    From the biggest launch flops due to lack of stock to the fastest selling ever …

    Posted 9 months ago on Sony Has Sold 10 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles – 16 Comments

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    Heheh, The no stock strategy has payed. Can’t find one anywhere …. But still the fastest sale …. Hehhehe

    Posted 9 months ago on Sony Has Sold 10 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles – 16 Comments

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    What a money printing machine. Absolutely gravity defying.As I see it, the thing of Apple it marks innovation

    Posted 9 months ago on Apple Posts Revenues of $81.4 Billion in Q2 2021 – 25 Comments

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    Using customer assets as products, data assets or other forms of assets is a thing that needs to be regulated.

    Posted 10 months ago on Google Delays IAP Requirement After Antitrust Suit – 17 Comments

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    I would argue otherwise. Never had a security problem with macOS. Furthermore have the freedom to choose App S

    Posted 10 months ago on Google Delays IAP Requirement After Antitrust Suit – 17 Comments

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    #3 it is possible, they do it on macOS. Apple would not be force to run at a loss as they don't run at a loss

    Posted 10 months ago on Google Delays IAP Requirement After Antitrust Suit – 17 Comments

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    I simply like the fact that in macOS, just hits CMD-Space and faster than a bunk of an eye a google like searc

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Could Miss an Opportunity with Windows 11 (Premium) – 82 Comments

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    Well it could but I think it is not either. Neither it is about App Store in general.For me its more wether it

    Posted 10 months ago on U.S. States Sue Google for Play Store Abuses – 36 Comments

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    Well actually the regulator have done a lot in that matter. If it wasn’t for them they would probably be req

    Posted 10 months ago on U.S. States Sue Google for Play Store Abuses – 36 Comments

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    They don’t need to lower the fees. No regulator can do that. What a regulator can do is in the context of pl

    Posted 10 months ago on U.S. States Sue Google for Play Store Abuses – 36 Comments

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    Yes Apple its an amazing company. Still its nothing but a supplier of the world … like any other company. Th

    Posted 10 months ago on U.S. States Sue Google for Play Store Abuses – 36 Comments

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    The idea that Apple critiques are forcing the App Store to be run at a loss is absurd.

    Posted 10 months ago on U.S. States Sue Google for Play Store Abuses – 36 Comments

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    This is not about Epic.

    Posted 10 months ago on U.S. States Sue Google for Play Store Abuses – 36 Comments

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    Curtis, I believe people should never be afraid to fight for the right thing. These companies are attempting t

    Posted 10 months ago on U.S. States Sue Google for Play Store Abuses – 36 Comments

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    Something I would pay for … in the waiting list

    Posted 10 months ago on Neeva is Yet Another Search Engine Not Named Google – 27 Comments

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    The Backbone was released in 2020. I believe that Kishi was even prior to that. Just marketing.

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Brings Designed for Xbox Mobile Accessories to iPhone – 11 Comments

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    I must say that Satya closing speech was one of the best I’ve seen this decade on creators and customers. So

    Posted 10 months ago on First Ring Daily 1067: Windows 11 Hangover – 22 Comments

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    Even though I personally don’t have much use for such a feature in macOS you can m. Windows not sure.

    Posted 10 months ago on Windows 11: Real-World Use – 61 Comments

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    So now we have everything pushed to the left and a huge space of nothing on the right. Looks like a balanced u

    Posted 10 months ago on Windows 11: Real-World Use – 61 Comments

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    Special kettles for the perfect XBOX coffee brew is the next. Let’s just go wild.

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Adds Monitors to its “Designed for Xbox” Program – 20 Comments

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    Its not at all condescending. If you want to believe that “money grab” means the same as “selling” its

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Adds Monitors to its “Designed for Xbox” Program – 20 Comments

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    Interesting POV. When I buy bread, strawberries, petrol … one does not think of “money grab” buy a simpl

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Adds Monitors to its “Designed for Xbox” Program – 20 Comments

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    Money grab

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Adds Monitors to its “Designed for Xbox” Program – 20 Comments

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    Hi think you maybe confusing issues that may clogging issues that may harm the Anti Trust cause by putting ima

    Posted 11 months ago on Better Together (Premium) – 71 Comments

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    Why is MS doing this just now after WWDC 3 weeks ago or so. I mean, common one can say that Apple hasn’t don

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11 First Impressions – 136 Comments

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    Yes. I think Apple will allow floating windows in scenarios where it makes sense in a 13” display.IMHO the e

    Posted 11 months ago on Apple WWDC21 Kicks Off with a Slew of Product Updates – 55 Comments

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    Just to add one more note. Its tru that the FaceTime new feature presentation kind of looks awkward as a novel

    Posted 11 months ago on First Ring Daily 1059: WWDC Aftermath – 5 Comments

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    Its not really about mouse without borders or copy in paste between devices. Its really multitasking taken to

    Posted 11 months ago on First Ring Daily 1059: WWDC Aftermath – 5 Comments

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    MS and their demos … we also did it :)

    Posted 11 months ago on Apple WWDC21 Kicks Off with a Slew of Product Updates – 55 Comments

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    Why Apple fans and not macOS and iOS users only? Kind of look like that someone that uses Apple products must

    Posted 11 months ago on Apple WWDC21 Kicks Off with a Slew of Product Updates – 55 Comments

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    Apple just dropped the mic IMHO. The presentation was feature packed in and out. So much that will take time t

    Posted 11 months ago on Apple WWDC21 Kicks Off with a Slew of Product Updates – 55 Comments

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    That is how iOS works. You can make your iPad, Apple TY or HomePod your home hub.

    Posted 11 months ago on Huawei Launches HarmonyOS on Phones, Tablets, Smartwatches – 14 Comments

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    Superficially, just by looking at the images, the iOS UI looks like a iOS ripoff with a touch of Samsung Andro

    Posted 11 months ago on Huawei Launches HarmonyOS on Phones, Tablets, Smartwatches – 14 Comments

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    Been enjoying this for quite a few months now on all Apple devices. Apple TV UI itself defaults to Dolby Visio

    Posted 11 months ago on Xbox Has a Two-Year Console Exclusive on Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (Updated) – 23 Comments

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    Dolby Vision & Atmos on Apple TV, iPad s … Apple TV+, Netflix so on and so forth. Als

    Posted 11 months ago on Xbox Has a Two-Year Console Exclusive on Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (Updated) – 23 Comments

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    When will MS learn that people want just that gets out of the way. What’s next … Ads?

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft Edge 91 Adds Price History, Bing Rebates, More – 22 Comments

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    “Dolby Atmos, however, will only be made available to a limited selection of music in the catalog and only v

    Posted 11 months ago on Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos are Coming to Apple Music for Free – 74 Comments

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    Absolutely. Both AptX HD and LDAC are lossy.

    Posted 11 months ago on HomePods to Gain Apple Music Lossless Support – 20 Comments

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    For me the previous remote was ok. But I’ve found something better even when compared with the new remote.Tw

    Posted 11 months ago on Hands-On with the Apple Siri Remote (2nd Generation) – 25 Comments

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    Simply put, App Store policies demanding digital services to build their own devices and OS in order compete w

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Music Makes HD/Lossless Music Available for No Additional Cost – 33 Comments

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    See. No anti trust. Anti trust is played on the App Store policies and how it unbalances the relationship betw

    Posted 1 year ago on Amazon Music Makes HD/Lossless Music Available for No Additional Cost – 33 Comments

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    Don’t think there is any anti trust here. Others could already provide lossless and 3D audio like Sony does.

    Posted 1 year ago on Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos are Coming to Apple Music for Free – 74 Comments

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    Another time waster.

    Posted 1 year ago on Project Moca Preview Comes to the Web – 27 Comments

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    I find al this fine based monitoring unfair to the market and makes regulators look like stupid. Instead Europ

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Fined in Italy for Abuse of Market Dominance – 12 Comments

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    Windows is a hammer that thinks everything is a nail. If hammers could think that is.

    Posted 1 year ago on The Way Forward for Windows (Premium) – 122 Comments

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    The way forward for Windows is just to be … Windows on the PC … faster … mode efficient. There no is ne

    Posted 1 year ago on The Way Forward for Windows (Premium) – 122 Comments

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    Devices sales don’t subsidize the App Store. They do not provide that service at a loss by a wide margin.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Doesn’t Make a Profit on Xbox Consoles – 18 Comments

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    So basically either share 30% of your revenue for App Store hosting services or free?

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Charges Apple with App Store Antitrust Violations – 58 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:makes sense.

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Charges Apple with App Store Antitrust Violations – 58 Comments

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    In reply to dftf:Don’t think that games is the same. The App Store does distribute and guarantees the delive

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Charges Apple with App Store Antitrust Violations – 58 Comments

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    In reply to dftf:“A little disappointing that the focus seems to solely be on music-streaming apps. I&#

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Charges Apple with App Store Antitrust Violations – 58 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:“I’ve seen the AWS bills of plenty of SaaS web apps. The monthly bill is a lit

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:“But I don’t think it will be good for consumers. It will likely be far more c

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:I think that is fair enough. Meaning, Apple editorials are marketing assets of App

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:Take a Book Store. When you buy in a Book Store you don't need to go to another sto

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: EU to Charge Apple With Antitrust Violations – 33 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Ugh. A developer that forced me to install their own App Store in order to buy and

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to toukale:Why? Family Share is currently not a mandatory policy in the App Store. Meaning that if yo

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to toukale:I think Govs should learn from Apple. They should do an US State In App purchase device an

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to RM:Dont agree access to iOS APIs should be free. Either licensed or free, at Apple discretion. It

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Well here is the problem. I understand you might use trust Apple. But as a general

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Fine, keep on using App Pay, App Store Payment if available. The issue at hand is

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Peanuts.

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to bettyblue:Fine. Use Apple Pay, Pay Pall. No need to supply your credit card details each time. Hec

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:“*IF* every dev were to use their own payment system and now people have to repe

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Curtis,If regulation comes down to the fact that App Store such as Apple can only

    Posted 1 year ago on Australia Takes on Apple and Google Apps Stores – 60 Comments

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    In reply to bettyblue:The question is not so much if there is a “backdoor” to Apple and Google in app pur

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: EU to Charge Apple With Antitrust Violations – 33 Comments

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    The crux of the matter is the in-app purchase policy. If the commission focuses on that they will have a very

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: EU to Charge Apple With Antitrust Violations – 33 Comments

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    This is just another example how companies are all open and idealistic until they become big enough and procee

    Posted 1 year ago on Roku May Lose YouTube TV – 26 Comments

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    In reply to Geoff:Have you tested it when is in someone else’s wrist close by? This only works if you are we

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases iOS 14.5 with New Privacy Controls – 39 Comments

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    The unlock through the Apple Watch when using a mask works 100%. Super.PS: Don’t see myself stop using the m

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases iOS 14.5 with New Privacy Controls – 39 Comments

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    This looks like an attempt to buy the Justice / Political system considering the on going cases. As for Jobs c

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Increases Its U.S. Investments – 7 Comments

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    In reply to crunchyfrog:Basically Apple can charge whatever for whatever goes through devices that they have b

    Posted 1 year ago on Tile Testifies Against Apple in Antitrust Case – 66 Comments

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    In reply to Calibr21:Don’t forget that you also need an iPhone to know that you aren’t being tracked by so

    Posted 1 year ago on Tile Testifies Against Apple in Antitrust Case – 66 Comments

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    Another feature for the do more slow people that will soon be moved out of place if not removed. MS suffers fr

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Launching News and Interests in Windows 10 – 69 Comments

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    This is a good move. Digital pens should not cost 100 times more than a regular pen. It does not deliver 100 t

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Classroom Pen 2 Arrives Next Week – 6 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It depends on what is typical. If typical is word processing and web browsing, PPTs

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) Review – 53 Comments

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    In reply to innitrichie:Personally I will go with the $10 Belkin option also on the site. Or even cheaper in s

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Event Recap: iMac, AirTags, iPad Pro, More – 113 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:The battery is replaceable.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Event Recap: iMac, AirTags, iPad Pro, More – 113 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:I was expecting this chip on entry level iMacs... but was not expecting the 8GB for starter

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Event Recap: iMac, AirTags, iPad Pro, More – 113 Comments

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    In reply to garrygbain:No. Its stealing again. “No one” is buying Surface Studios :)

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Event Recap: iMac, AirTags, iPad Pro, More – 113 Comments

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    What’s with that chin in the iMac? Jezzz

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Event Recap: iMac, AirTags, iPad Pro, More – 113 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:True. But I don’t recall that to be an issue on other Windows laptops that are rev

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) Review – 53 Comments

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    You know what? Apple will do Timeline right :)The way I see it the ability to go to one place where we can qui

    Posted 1 year ago on FLoC Blockers – Windows Weekly 720 – 3 Comments

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    Heheh. A political stunt, Boris style. No one believes of course that UK thinks that the US presents a Nationa

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Government Intervenes in NVIDIA Acquisition of ARM – 17 Comments

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    The only reason I don’t touch Blazor and MAUI at the moment its because of MS history in abandoning stuff. S

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2022 – 19 Comments

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    “Oddly, and despite their rampant reliability issues, curious design choices, and outright rejection of mode

    Posted 1 year ago on Baby Steps Don’t Win the Race (Premium) – 91 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Was really thinking about Gaming laptop PCs. Yes, a good desktop gaming PC is usually

    Posted 1 year ago on In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium) – 78 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Fully agree with you that the iPadOS FS User Interface targets a different kind of us

    Posted 1 year ago on In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium) – 78 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Sorry, for the mess, don’t know precisely what happened. Read your reply, went to a

    Posted 1 year ago on In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium) – 78 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:I agree that the iPadOS is a true productivity tool and it’s brilliant. Myself and

    Posted 1 year ago on In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium) – 78 Comments

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    In reply to sarenberg:The iPad Pro sound is brilliant for this type of device. Bass and everything. If you ar

    Posted 1 year ago on In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium) – 78 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:I’ve moved to a combination of the iPad Pro and the an iMac, left the laptop beh

    Posted 1 year ago on In Praise of the Apple iPad Air (Premium) – 78 Comments

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    Well people are tired of spending lots of money and things still not going well. It happens a lot. I think peo

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 1028: Obvious iMessage – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Vladimir:Had the same problem. Kids want Roblox, Minecraft, Among US as do they friends.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Arcade Expands to Include Past Classics – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Michael_Jones:I had the same problems you describe on top of others with SP3. After two pens, two

    Posted 1 year ago on Here Comes Surface Laptop 4 – 44 Comments

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    In reply to irfaanwahid:Some people need to provide validation for their paycheck.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Paint is Finally Available in the Microsoft Store, Sort Of – 36 Comments

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    Technical people in the active know and understand the speed gains on the M[ compared to Intel devices in the

    Posted 1 year ago on Opera Says Its Browser Runs 2X Faster on M1 – 14 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Hi. My opinion diverges from those articles. Through their narrative we can conclude

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Kills Cortana on Mobile – 48 Comments

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    In reply to MutualCore:What?Apple did not fail with the HomePod. That’s the wrong conclusion. It discontinue

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Kills Cortana on Mobile – 48 Comments

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    Hands free computing devices such as speakers are the ones that benefit the most from voice user interfaces. S

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Kills Cortana on Mobile – 48 Comments

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    Glasses here we go ....

    Posted 1 year ago on WWDC Will Be Virtual Again This Year – 3 Comments

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    MS buying out potential competition to its MS Teams. Will we see an MS Teams for gamers? Most probably.

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: Microsoft in “Exclusive” Talks with Discord – 18 Comments

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    There seams to be someone inside the company that it is a compulsive shopper.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft May Buy Discord for $10+ Billion – 33 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:If war breaks out with China better open fabs in Mars.You are correct in pointing out th

    Posted 1 year ago on Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads – 173 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Yes it does. But we have learned in history that it just takes half a decade to go f

    Posted 1 year ago on Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads – 173 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:I think its fair to say regarding the M1 Macs that there are still a few trade-ins

    Posted 1 year ago on Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads – 173 Comments

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    In reply to dftf:“Compared to most low-end to mid-range AMD and Intel CPUs right now, the Apple M1 is superi

    Posted 1 year ago on Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads – 173 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:“I think their concern, and it is a valid concern, is that Apple will continue to humilia

    Posted 1 year ago on Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads – 173 Comments

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    In reply to lwetzel:Its a bit weak to be honest. They should rather focus on convincing OEMs.

    Posted 1 year ago on Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads – 173 Comments

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    I believe Intel lost the the long term plot some time ago when it comes to the value of its products. The PC

    Posted 1 year ago on Justin Long is No Longer a Mac in New Intel Ads – 173 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:By discontinuing the HomePod in what way is not doing the right thing? My HomePod is

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:We will have plenty updates for the HomePod for years and years to come. As many as you may

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Discontinues the HomePod – 54 Comments

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    It was just a badly priced product IMHO. If it was $599 would be more in the ballpark.Whoever would appreciate

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: iPhone 12 Mini is a Failure as Apple Cuts Production – 87 Comments

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    In reply to b6gd:Find incredible the animosity Apple accolades have against competing companies.As customer or

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues Apple and Google in Australia – 38 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:As a customer I like the App Store, as a digital service businessman I find the p

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    I believe that the strategy of MS is to be wherever customers are while trying to deliver the best experiences

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Cleared in US and EU to Close Bethesda Acquisition – 7 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal: “I have the notion that any discussion of how well the policy works and how it

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:The facts aren’t the point but it’s interpretation. The point is that conside

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:Lower prices or higher, that is not the point. Still probably be lower, or one wo

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:Fine. So I'm not ignoring anything you said. Simply counter argued some of y

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:Hi. What is really strange is that your are assuming that your experience in sell

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:“Probably the most compelling thing they offer is simplifying international sal

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    In reply to dftf: As I’ve said, brick and mortar world of Stores does not charge for 30% of the businesses t

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    I believe the core issue is that the 30% comission, 15% if one does not really have a business yet, is simply

    Posted 1 year ago on UK Launches Antitrust Investigation of Apple App Store – 40 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:Maybe start running like its 2021?

    Posted 1 year ago on Panay Touts “the Next Generation of Windows” – 106 Comments

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    I think it always did like everyone else. It just made it easier for people with a massive number of photos in

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Now Lets Users Move Photos from iCloud – 28 Comments

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    In reply to Calibr21:Google is one of the main culprits of this situation. It abused the trust and a system th

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Says It Wants a “Privacy-First” Web – 35 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Frankstein software design. But it pays of. Not for me, but for Microsoft.

    Posted 1 year ago on Panay Touts “the Next Generation of Windows” – 106 Comments

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    In reply to jolla:I really liked him in the first talks. Than I used its creations and stopped believing the v

    Posted 1 year ago on Panay Touts “the Next Generation of Windows” – 106 Comments

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    So Shortcuts come to Windows 10.

    Posted 1 year ago on Power Automate Desktop App for Windows 10 is Now Available – 10 Comments

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    In reply to Pungkuss:If you think businesses have a the free choice of to be or not to be in Google search, yo

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Calls for Australian-Style Media Arbitration in EU – 24 Comments

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    Super

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 1000: Our Wives Answer Your Questions – 60 Comments

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    In reply to b6gd:"is wrong in so many ways. Nice attempt to take this down some woke path FFS. You failed, mis

    Posted 1 year ago on Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020 – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:“The App Store is, provably by a high margin, far more profitable for developers than all

    Posted 1 year ago on Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020 – 46 Comments

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    In reply to b6gd:“then let's open up Xbox and let all Xbox users get games and services from anywhere o

    Posted 1 year ago on Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020 – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:Today do you think its is the App Store that converts the lead into a sale or is the devel

    Posted 1 year ago on Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020 – 46 Comments

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    In reply to toukale:Imagine two roads, one leading to place A and the other to place B. The people that you ne

    Posted 1 year ago on Smartphone Sales Fell Almost 10 Percent in 2020 – 46 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:The main problem is not Google Search, but what it does beyond. As for instance selec

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Calls for Australian-Style Media Arbitration in EU – 24 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:So was the PC market before Windows.Or say cars before Ford.The Internet before Goog

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:No it is not.. You are evaluating this product. And if your beating this product de

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Hardware Compatibility – 85 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:No. I’m saying that developers would have the choice. They don´t. Take Office s

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Apple has a bunch of options. Make multiple App Store plans like Cloud services do. Indeed fo

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Yes. I want that. I don’t need sugar cubes, that is for monkeys. The fact is developer

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to codymesh:Less for Facebook. People will flock to Google News to get the News :) It’s called comp

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Starts Paying for News in Australia – 27 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Peoe have in front a perfect example. MacOS. You can use exclusively the App Store if yo

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:No one is saying that you couldn’t be using the App Store still. Thatis not in questio

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to toukale:If N iOS user could get the app %30 cheaper elsewhere, including subscription ... wait ...

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Yes it should! They should charge the infrastructure required to deploy and update the a

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:But that is it. The App Store is no supplier of anything but Apps. It does not for insta

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to toukale:No one wants to get a piece of Apple platform. The smartphone market already existed, so d

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    Epic has a case that either way it will shape the digital world “forever”. Competition is being eschewed d

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple in the EU – 35 Comments

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    In reply to dftf:In reply to Brett_B:Limitation is a limitation a problem is a problem. Some limitations becom

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Hardware Compatibility – 85 Comments

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    The MBP two ports, up to two displays, one up to 6K. One can use something like this to get 8 ports, no need f

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Hardware Compatibility – 85 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Yup. That is absolutely true. The idea that people use Windows virtual machines on

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Takes on Apple M1 with New Series of “Go PC” Ads – 86 Comments

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    In reply to dftf:Yes! I believe that it’s just great. Pushing the industry forward not sideways as its usual

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Takes on Apple M1 with New Series of “Go PC” Ads – 86 Comments

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    The argument here seams to incline toward that any reviewer that puts this new tech clearly ahead of WinTel is

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Takes on Apple M1 with New Series of “Go PC” Ads – 86 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Yosemite, Mid 2007. With a patch we could install even Mojave, but it would not work wit

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:XP was far from that. It was the first proper Microsoft do it all OS, Before that it was

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to onetokeep:Wow and Apple is expensive.MS must be subsidizing this to be that cheap.EDIT: Oh and the

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Duo Drops to $999, Heads to the UK – 35 Comments

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    In reply to RoundaboutSkid:Yeah. It looks like 20 year old tech. UMPC much?

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Duo Drops to $999, Heads to the UK – 35 Comments

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    I wonder about Gmail. YouTube don’t mind the tracking. Don’t use any other Google app anyway.I believe tha

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Continues to Drag on iOS App Updates – 21 Comments

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    Total waste of time. These are just example apps. The bulletin feature is mostly useless.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Adds Two New Power Apps to Teams – 2 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I was not expecting you would agree. The purpose of these reviews is to explain to t

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:The last major OS update for iMac 24” 2007 was El Capitain. El Capitain support ended

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:The viable time of the current M1 is at least the same as the Razer Book. The metal

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    In reply to Prebengh:True. Apple may opt to follow the way it phases out older designs in iOS. These will prob

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    If you need more performance, better display, way longer battery life, silence ... MBP M1. Heck, even the MB A

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Evo vs. Apple M1: Preliminary Head-to-Head – 110 Comments

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    Microsoft Teams in iOS still sucks. Buggy like hell.PS: By the way, in iOS still does not work in the browser.

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 986: Viva Las Arm – 2 Comments

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    I still couldn’t get a unit :(. Mind you haven’t tried hard.

    Posted 1 year ago on Sony Shipped 4.5 Million PlayStation 5s, Record Gaming Revenue – 15 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Maybe you already have the right solution. A tablet paired with a desktop its a power

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Posts Record Quarter – 54 Comments

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    As expected the iOS apps performance is top notch in the M1. Yet are less usable in the macOS than in iOS. I

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1): Initial iPhone and iPad App Compatibility – 30 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:I believe that Apple does not care less how it compares with MS or what MS has. Th

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple by the Numbers (Premium) – 93 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:You also found odd Apple clames about the M1. Don’t think at all they are manipula

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple by the Numbers (Premium) – 93 Comments

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    In reply to reefer2:Today, customers have basically two options, either go Windows or macOS. Talking about lo

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple by the Numbers (Premium) – 93 Comments

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    In reply to ianbetteridge:I think Robert is simply incorporating reports on problems around Apple for the sak

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple by the Numbers (Premium) – 93 Comments

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    In reply to ianbetteridge:Taking the Surface has an example: My case, bought two of them ... refrained to buy

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple by the Numbers (Premium) – 93 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:You attention seeker :)

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Posts Record Quarter – 54 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:A MS fart with some good Marketing makes money. This applies to Apple too. It does not m

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple by the Numbers (Premium) – 93 Comments

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    I attribute Apple success to a mix bag of:A number of ice breaking technology. Technology that others up until

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple by the Numbers (Premium) – 93 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:In certain workflows, you bet.Yes, at first sight it is weird. Than it becomes normal

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Posts Record Quarter – 54 Comments

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    in their product line, the weakest link was macOS Intel ... and they are sorting that out.Can’t wait to see

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Posts Record Quarter – 54 Comments

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    In reply to Dan:No consumer knows. And you are correct, it’s does not need to. It is not about PWA.Soon you

    Posted 1 year ago on PWAs Now Support Profiles in Microsoft Edge – 13 Comments

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    In reply to arthemis:Eventually they will. The market needs to keep in the pressure on platforms offering alte

    Posted 1 year ago on PWAs Now Support Profiles in Microsoft Edge – 13 Comments

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    Windows is the best platform supporting PWAs. This is great for devs.I think this is the future for most produ

    Posted 1 year ago on PWAs Now Support Profiles in Microsoft Edge – 13 Comments

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    Let the party begin. Intel is buying Macs for reviewers to compare with. MS is slashing prices showing the pat

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Takes on M1 MacBook Pro in New Surface Ad – 127 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Replacing an MBA battery costs $130 including servicing on Apple.I suppose the op jus

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    In reply to bluvg:It does not crush the M1 in any shape or form. But yeah, the chrome engine behind Electron i

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    In reply to Michael_Babiuk:Personally do t use it much neither bother me. Don’t understand all the fuss. PS:

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    In reply to CasualAdventurer:Nonsense

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple MacBook Pro (M1) First Impressions – 68 Comments

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    Any links for the legislation?

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Threatens to Pull Search From Australia – 42 Comments

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    In reply to Mike_Peluso:I agree that the branding is flawed ... something like Xbook would sound better.There

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10X for Single Screens Leaks – 50 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:My 10 year old, in tech perspective he comes from the iPad generation, has been aski

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10X for Single Screens Leaks – 50 Comments

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    In reply to VancouverNinja:Is that a user problem?I can’t imagine a user saying: “hey I have a problem, do

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10X for Single Screens Leaks – 50 Comments

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    What user problem does this solve?

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10X for Single Screens Leaks – 50 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Please, please don’t get bothered. My intent was not in attacking you, but providi

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): One More Thing – 71 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Agreed that for today’s standards is not good enough.But a couple of notes that di

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): One More Thing – 71 Comments

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    In reply to Bob_Shutts:It is in several countries. Usually at the expense of the reseller.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): Winding Down – 56 Comments

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    Ok. The process of factory resetting the an Windows PC is more user friendly. How many times does a user do th

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): One More Thing – 71 Comments

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    I always thought for your usage, getting a Mac desktop made no sense apart from the cost savings compared to a

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): Winding Down – 56 Comments

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    In reply to sharpsone:And the digital promise of being cheaper than physical copies has sailed! Content is mor

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Once Tried to Buy Nintendo But Thankfully Failed – 10 Comments

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    People using specialized mouses such as the Logitech MX3 have been reporting some problems. Also people connec

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1): The Morning After – 59 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:I fully agree. I think MBAs can be compared high end laptops from DELL, Surface, HP, In

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1) First Impressions – 54 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Sure, use a MacBook Air M1 for that matter using the same workflows (we have) That is wh

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1) First Impressions – 54 Comments

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    In reply to crunchyfrog:Using the Mini it’s impossible to ascertain the performance / / battery life ratio.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1) First Impressions – 54 Comments

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    It’s kind of weird your choice of the Mac Mini to review the M1 when clearly this first gen chip was targete

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1) First Impressions – 54 Comments

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    “...Sam Burd told Reuters this month that the PC industry was experiencing a “renaissance” ...”Th

    Posted 1 year ago on The Great PC Renaissance of 2020 (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    Happy new year to all. May 2021 bring to all growth, prosperity and friendships in all areas of life.

    Posted 1 year ago on Thurrott.com Top 10 Articles of 2020 – 14 Comments

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    In reply to Markld:Well It looks like it has achieved far more than XBOX Series X already, so maybe it stands

    Posted 1 year ago on The Perfect Thing 2020 (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Markld:As I said. I thought Thurrot had. So my thoughts were in such a scenario as it did not comp

    Posted 1 year ago on The Perfect Thing 2020 (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Ok. Got it. I thought you had. It’s your list anyway.

    Posted 1 year ago on The Perfect Thing 2020 (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    I guess you may have missed the break through product of 2020 as far as personal computing goes.The Mac M1.I d

    Posted 1 year ago on The Perfect Thing 2020 (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    So US companies can on mass move their production to Asia, heck not move, actually hire Asian production in pa

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Companies Complain that Chinese Sanction Favors U.S. Tech Firms – 14 Comments

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    Just don’t understand why digital copies, except probably for books, are more expensive than analogue copie

    Posted 1 year ago on Living with Game Streaming: Google Stadia (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:The user said that there are other alternatives that do as well. But I agree with yo

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1) Preview – 63 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Still. It’s not a good practice. There are many many things that need to be regulated to p

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1) Preview – 63 Comments

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    Hehehe. A smile over the last two paragraphs.I believe the fundamental point deviding opinions is if a company

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Responds to U.S. Antitrust Suit – 29 Comments

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    I think they should have honored the quote provided and not change it after the goods were received. On the is

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Mac Mini (M1) Preview – 63 Comments

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    In reply to Jim_Vernon:Well, I’m sure your car is yours yet you can’t just roll over other people propert

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Fires Back at Facebook – 25 Comments

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    I must say that the speed things are being ported to M1 exceeds all my expectations. Not to take credit from t

    Posted 1 year ago on Adobe Brings Premiere Pro to M1 Macs – 7 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:I’m not trying to claim it is illegal. I don’t care about legality in this par

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Its just coincidental. If Epic was in the same position as Apple would probably play

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    I use the Mac for all things productivity and don’t use Chrome as a primary browser for the web. Only use it

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Edge Heads to M1 Macs in Preview – 27 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:If Epic Game store had a 60% market share in the mobile device scene (smartphones

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    I personally don’t use Ad blockers. I simply don’t go to sites that over use them. For instance, Thurrot s

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Fires Back at Facebook – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:Of course a company wants to make money. What’s wrong with that?Now Epic is fighting agai

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:Consent forms should be standardized by the OS / Browser. Of course the text over what its

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    So FB is fighting for the right to bug users devices with no consent. How sweet.Tech companies have been playi

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Attacks Apple in Newspaper Ads – 54 Comments

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    PS5 is fresh and well cooked while XBOX Series X its just well cooked. Even if little better cooked in the hig

    Posted 1 year ago on PS5 Leads the Way with Record November – 17 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Enterprise will not move for slower and more expensive devices. That is for sure!

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Windows 10 on ARM x64 Emulation – 81 Comments

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    In reply to evox81:No. I’m not advocating not doing public beta tests. Is this a public beta test? What is

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Begins Publicly Testing Windows 10 on ARM x64 Emulation – 22 Comments

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    Can’t just they test this thing internally considering the device is also of their doing / Surface X? How la

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Begins Publicly Testing Windows 10 on ARM x64 Emulation – 22 Comments

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    In reply to sammyg:The issue of these companies is not regarding a specific feature, rather than a collection

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. Government, Most States Seek to Break Up Facebook – 38 Comments

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    In reply to sammyg:"You can easily switch platforms. Apple is not sticking a gun to your head. It is not a law

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. Government, Most States Seek to Break Up Facebook – 38 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:True. But people tend to compare with the previous transition with an erroneous mindset

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s M-Series Mac Roadmap Leaks – 30 Comments

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    In reply to scovious:“Pro’s” usually upgrade every 3-5 years. More so the ones that actually use the su

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s M-Series Mac Roadmap Leaks – 30 Comments

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    In reply to jolla:you can video calls, share screen and all that.so I guess you may not know what slack isbut

    Posted 1 year ago on Salesforce to Acquire Slack for $27.7 Billion – 32 Comments

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    I think this makes sense. Slack is a very well made tool for its purpose. Since ever it integrates text messag

    Posted 1 year ago on Salesforce to Acquire Slack for $27.7 Billion – 32 Comments

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    There is no public data to conclude the impact of the issues in terms of numbers of users ... well if one does

    Posted 1 year ago on The PS5 has Launch Hardware Issues Too – 18 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I think fans of any brand behave the same way regardless if they are Apple’s, Micr

    Posted 1 year ago on Disappointing Surface Laptop 4, Pro 8 Images Leak – 52 Comments

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    I’ve bought SP2 to try out ... than came the SP3 ... was really excited. It’ sounded and looked perfect, j

    Posted 1 year ago on Beneath a Surface Commentary: A Hard Computer Science Problem (Premium) – 1 Comments

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    Aside from another bad technical design decision don’t see for much of a problem with this.What is the prob

    Posted 1 year ago on Sidewalk is Amazon’s Latest Creepy Service – 43 Comments

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    Guys if you don't fine tune your perception over the M1 you'll miss the decade ...Hell was unleashed

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 941: M1 of Resolve – 7 Comments

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    Two corrections:T2 is not TPM. Both platforms aim the same but its not. In fact ask any expert about the diffe

    Posted 1 year ago on Strictly Plutonic – Windows Weekly 699 – 14 Comments

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    In reply to truerock2:OMG you got Apple back to back with a single line of “code”.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:“you need medical attention“I guess not. The scale has changed. What used high p

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 936: Apple Event Hangover – 9 Comments

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    I think this is a good move. An Apple T2 like security chip for Windows machines.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces Pluton Security Processor – 11 Comments

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    In reply to bitcortex:The most expensive PC you can buy is a laptop. The price / performance ratio compared to

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:Yes. I’m very worried too. It’s not good to go from a monoculture to another one.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to sammyg:I disagree. I think Apple does cut off, but it takes time. MS does not cut off, it lets it

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to shameer_mulji:Well, the Windows Phone was not Windows. People understood that. Talking about actua

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to bitcortex:If you consider the history of tech you will conclude that price performance is never at

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Corrected the spell of your name. Sorry for the offense, wasn’t meant.A title ”L

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    @thurrott, so it seams that they weren't lying. I'm with you in thinking that the company squeezes t

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to bitcortex:I disagree entirely. There is nothing more loyal than a Windows user. With 80% plus mark

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    In reply to MikeCerm:On comments about the Mac. That is what happens in a successful technical transition. Don

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Finally Opens Up on Surface Support Lifecycle – 23 Comments

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    In my Mac as well as of others that I know, from 2012 up to 2019, the final Big Sur seams to run a bit faster

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases macOS Big Sur – 28 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:AnandTech would disagree. Lies of Omission, yet Apple actually posted on the site th

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:will see.Digress of course that benchmarks today still mean nothing. It means far mo

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 936: Apple Event Hangover – 9 Comments

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    It seams Apple is being modest ....https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/11/m1-macbook-air-first-benchmark/If more

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 936: Apple Event Hangover – 9 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:It might be a rip off, but is less than any Surface offering.By the way, for $500 jus

    Posted 1 year ago on This Is Apple’s First ARM Processor for the Mac – 101 Comments

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    If you go here: https://www.apple.com/mac/m1/They list all the Intel models used for comparing performance.Che

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 936: Apple Event Hangover – 9 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Agreed. On Windows, developers care even less about ARM than they cared about the Wi

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    It would not make sense for them bet on half truths and lies when it can be discredited in the following week

    Posted 1 year ago on Lies of Omission (Premium) – 104 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:“Apple's true advantage is its complete disregard for its users and developers.&n

    Posted 1 year ago on This Is Apple’s First ARM Processor for the Mac – 101 Comments

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    In reply to james.h.robinson:I did not say that Nadella does not know what he is talking about. I’m sure he

    Posted 1 year ago on This Is Apple’s First ARM Processor for the Mac – 101 Comments

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    This is an impressive new beginning. It’s true that others have aimed the same cross device / platform and s

    Posted 1 year ago on This Is Apple’s First ARM Processor for the Mac – 101 Comments

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    This thing as previous gens does so many things at launch, great specs. But I can’t really figure out what

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Series X Review – 54 Comments

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    In reply to thurrotcommentator:I know we can program for XBOX using a Windows machine. Back in the days we cou

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Bogarts Xbox Series X|S Day for Mac Event – 46 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:Not necessarily. In practice what we have seen is that power efficiency comes with a pen

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: Apple Preps ARM-Based MacBook Pros, MacBook Air – 77 Comments

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    Really hope they come up with a new design so that people just by looking at it, know it’s something else, f

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: Apple Preps ARM-Based MacBook Pros, MacBook Air – 77 Comments

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    The thing Im most curious about is if Apple will take this as an opportunity to close the macOS app “sidelo

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Bogarts Xbox Series X|S Day for Mac Event – 46 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Well batteries used to be easily replaceable :)I don’t buy into this idea that ba

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Has an AirPods Pro Problem – 20 Comments

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    In reply to binarytb:It does not seam that independent when they arguing in favor of the dependency.

    Posted 1 year ago on Mozilla Says It Will Be Victimized by U.S. Action Against Google – 38 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:“The DOJ seems to be attacking the wrong problem to begin with... the bigger issue is

    Posted 1 year ago on Mozilla Says It Will Be Victimized by U.S. Action Against Google – 38 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:I’m no Google fan but this is hilarious. MS interpretation of standards lead to the IE

    Posted 1 year ago on Mozilla Says It Will Be Victimized by U.S. Action Against Google – 38 Comments

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    The Max has a much better image stabilization, moving sensor, giving 2.5 stops leverage in low light. Which me

    Posted 1 year ago on The iPhone Sweet Spot (Premium) – 52 Comments

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    Thurrot, I bet that if the reviews of the Max for photos and videos are has positive as I think it will you’

    Posted 1 year ago on The iPhone Sweet Spot (Premium) – 52 Comments

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    in this hour long sales pitch, it’s quite clear they are selling a pocketable personal computer. Not a thing

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Introduces iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini – 14 Comments

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    In reply to scovious:Yes it would. Australia? EU is trying todo what is right. The way this is going today is

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Moves to Curb Market Power of Big Tech – 16 Comments

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    What enclosure is that? Looks nice.

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Previews Rocket Lake Processors – 13 Comments

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    In reply to toukale:The average Joe does not care for the App Store either. They care for the use of their dev

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Has a Plan for Cloud Streaming on Apple Devices – 32 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Why is Apple cutting of Xbox users?

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Has a Plan for Cloud Streaming on Apple Devices – 32 Comments

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    In reply to sammyg:“You have choices. Go with an Android phone. “What you are arguing is precondition

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Offers Up 10 Principles for App Stores – 101 Comments

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    In reply to Greg Green:We are talking about buying and selling digital services and apps on personal computers

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Offers Up 10 Principles for App Stores – 101 Comments

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    Personally I believe MS could pressure by leaving out iOS and keep on attributing Apple the responsibility for

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Has a Plan for Cloud Streaming on Apple Devices – 32 Comments

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    In reply to RM:Nope. The point is not that Apple is a closed ecosystem. There is no problem with that.The prob

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Offers Up 10 Principles for App Stores – 101 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:It did not start that way. It turned to be that way once it became a waste land. They ar

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Offers Up 10 Principles for App Stores – 101 Comments

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    In reply to toukale:“Actually, consumers love the current arrangement.”I guess you come to that conclusion

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Offers Up 10 Principles for App Stores – 101 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:I have said that is not a Store and gave a specific example that was not disputed. Kobo

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Developers Have One Year to Switch to Google Billing – 47 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:show us the policy

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pulls an Apple with Play Store Rules – 83 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:First it was just like Best Buy, now it's an Agency following an Agency model. Or h

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Developers Have One Year to Switch to Google Billing – 47 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:True. But you don't go to Apple house / app to buy an Apple TV and then be charged

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Developers Have One Year to Switch to Google Billing – 47 Comments

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    In reply to bkkcanuck:I think if you going to argue that that an App Store is like an analog store, case in ca

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Developers Have One Year to Switch to Google Billing – 47 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:This is not a store. It’s a device to install apps on the users device. Best Buy does

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Developers Have One Year to Switch to Google Billing – 47 Comments

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    It's the same. They haven't just enforced their policies. These services should be regulated across

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Developers Have One Year to Switch to Google Billing – 47 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:Spotify is in violation of the App Store written policies. So Apple must be apply

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pulls an Apple with Play Store Rules – 83 Comments

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    For Windows you have a tool called Persistent Windows that solves the problem described. On the Mac I used Moo

    Posted 1 year ago on Living with a Laptop: Dual Displays (Premium) – 67 Comments

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    In reply to OntarioPundit:Probably you have seen by other answers how different this new reality is from analo

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pulls an Apple with Play Store Rules – 83 Comments

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    This was bound to happen. Next will be MS for sure.The inability of GOV to understand the digital medium and i

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pulls an Apple with Play Store Rules – 83 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:True. But we are talking about a monopoly over the sale of someone else’s produ

    Posted 1 year ago on Spotify Issues Antitrust Complaint About Apple One – 46 Comments

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    Apple has little to no appreciation for devs and ther participation in helping them sell iOS devices. No? If I

    Posted 1 year ago on iOS 14 is Here. Where are the Microsoft Widgets? (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    I’m waiting to see how the actual gaming experience and games will be on each platform.The rest is folk.

    Posted 1 year ago on Backward (In)Compatible: PlayStation 5 Will Not Support PS3, PS2, or PS1 Games – 20 Comments

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    I like Spotify. I don’t condone Apple practices on the matter of the App Store.Still, they are getting what

    Posted 1 year ago on Spotify Issues Antitrust Complaint About Apple One – 46 Comments

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    Now you can setup the Apple Watch without an iPhone sort of. You need at least one in the family. You can setu

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Watch, Fitness+, and … My Wife (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    I think this is a good move from NVidia. ARM designs need more quality competition.

    Posted 1 year ago on NVIDIA to Buy Arm for $40 Billion – 12 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:MS put out a product for people to buy, including me.Just gave my opinion.What is yours apa

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 900: Duos – 15 Comments

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    Apple is just pushing its envelope to see as far will the actors in the market allow this. When I mean the mar

    Posted 1 year ago on App Store Revisions Are a Middle Finger to Microsoft (Updated) – 124 Comments

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    I think is for people who want the best Office experience in the pocket. Eschewing the concept of productivity

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily 900: Duos – 15 Comments

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    It’s kind of like:If you can only take a device on your pocket on a daily basis what would you take? I guess

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Duo Review – 38 Comments

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    In reply to adam.mt:I remember that.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Provides More Details About Xbox Series S – 38 Comments

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    I suppose that the X supports double the framerate at 1440p

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Provides More Details About Xbox Series S – 38 Comments

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    In reply to scovious:Not really. There is little moral in speeding up the justice system and a weak resolution

    Posted 1 year ago on Premature Regulation: DOJ to File Antitrust Charges Against Google – 20 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:Election time.

    Posted 1 year ago on Premature Regulation: DOJ to File Antitrust Charges Against Google – 20 Comments

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    Hi,What wallpaper is that? Do you have a link?Cheers.

    Posted 1 year ago on Wi-Fi Sync, More Coming to Chrome OS – 8 Comments

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    In reply to yaddamaster:The digital market place is totally different from the analog space. Comparisons betwe

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Terminates Epic’s Developer Account – 63 Comments

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    I guess this only applied to the Government right?“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Airs Its Apple Grievances – 64 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:On the first point, actually it does work that way in many cases.On the second point, th

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Airs Its Apple Grievances – 64 Comments

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    In reply to Greg Green:The idea that they can run it the way they want it is a fallacy. They can run it accor

    Posted 1 year ago on Facebook Airs Its Apple Grievances – 64 Comments

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    What about the other integrations. messaging, voice call relay, copy and paste, we browser history ..., notes

    Posted 1 year ago on Not the Android Apps Solution We Were Looking For … Yet (Updated) – 54 Comments

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    I really like what Samsung is doing ... on paper. I get a good impression in the first months. After that it

    Posted 1 year ago on Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra First Impressions – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Mcgillivray:#and suddenly the App store will be making $0 per day”If for some devs is just what

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s At It Again, This Time With WordPress – 74 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:3.1.1: If you want to unlock features or functionality within your app, (by way of examp

    Posted 1 year ago on Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple – 55 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:A general-purpose computer is one that, given the appropriate software de

    Posted 1 year ago on Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple – 55 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:This is not for Epic alone. These cases have come to the “public” attention several time

    Posted 1 year ago on Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple – 55 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:This or regulate over general purpose devices and specialty devices.General purpos

    Posted 1 year ago on Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple – 55 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:Yes. But still. If you look at Apple contract / agreement, the company can do bas

    Posted 1 year ago on Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple – 55 Comments

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    I think Epic got what they expected as most likely. Apple and its accolades probably did not. As per Apple con

    Posted 1 year ago on Judge Issues Split Decision in Epic v. Apple – 55 Comments

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    In reply to RM:I subscribe Apple Arcade, and both my kinds, one 9 and the other 13 prefer Minecraft, Fortnite

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Backs Epic in Fight with Apple – 47 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:If you have a digital business you need to where you customer are. Case in case in the US o

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s At It Again, This Time With WordPress – 74 Comments

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    In reply to A_lurker:Its my impression that it may have to do with the Political landscape Lin the US. It may

    Posted 1 year ago on Now Oracle is Considering a TikTok Bid Too – 14 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Maybe Epic thinks differently, yet considering the Epics move of putting they own

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Retaliates Against Epic – 108 Comments

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    It’s out for the grab. Courtesy of the Gov. I don’t understand Amazon not bidding. They could surveil the

    Posted 1 year ago on Now Oracle is Considering a TikTok Bid Too – 14 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Epic is looking to find the contract illegal, which can be if it is considered emp

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Retaliates Against Epic – 108 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Bringing Xbox and PlayStation at the moment is based on a fallacy. Not one in two Americ

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues Google Too, But with a Twist – 27 Comments

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    Hi. I think you are moving backwards as far as performance and fault tolerance goes. If you have wiring clutte

    Posted 1 year ago on Living with a Laptop: Docking (Premium) – 27 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Just the fact that you take a 15%-30% revenue share of any digital business that goes through

    Posted 1 year ago on Russia Finds Apple Guilty of Antitrust Abuse – 26 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:“If I created an app I would submit it and basically wait for my payments.”Is that dire

    Posted 1 year ago on Russia Finds Apple Guilty of Antitrust Abuse – 26 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Yes. But it’s not about say Thurrot not buying. If 1 in 2 of its mobile customers have ch

    Posted 1 year ago on Russia Finds Apple Guilty of Antitrust Abuse – 26 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I’m not saying that its about you, I’m saying that you seam to be using the same

    Posted 1 year ago on Russia Finds Apple Guilty of Antitrust Abuse – 26 Comments

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    This is ridiculous from Russsia.Still Apple is getting what it deserves for charging 30% revenue share for som

    Posted 1 year ago on Russia Finds Apple Guilty of Antitrust Abuse – 26 Comments

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    Those load times kill the experience for me. I would need to be pretty desperate to get an Xbox fix/

    Posted 1 year ago on Razer Kishi Review: A Better Way to Play xCloud – 10 Comments

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    You don’t need to be one player to have major control.Here is the thing Leo, most business are going digital

    Posted 1 year ago on The Purposeful Luddite – Windows Weekly 683 – 1 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:I agree with you it shouldn’t count. But iOS devices market share is indeed winged to

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech – 74 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:My the understanding of what you have said was within the context of the article topic.

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech – 74 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:I have no problem with an company success up to and including being Monopoly.I do have a

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech – 74 Comments

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    In reply to Prebengh:“So Apple plays a gatekeeper role on its own platforms. But it can also see which servi

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech – 74 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:If you think that $45 is down to the cost of the infrastructure for you to be able to do

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech – 74 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:That someone is the developer. Has it happens with any business. Spotify is willing to p

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech – 74 Comments

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    In reply to toukale:The free Apps are established by Apple's POLICY. All Apps need to offer a free venue

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech – 74 Comments

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    I really like Apple devices and software offerings. So this share has little to do with it. Has more to do wit

    Posted 1 year ago on EU Proposes New Laws to Rein in Big Tech – 74 Comments

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    Qualcomm might get their image burned from this as I suspected the perception would fall on “Its a Qualcomm

    Posted 1 year ago on Lenovo Flex 5G Review – 25 Comments

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    Hi, were does it end? Leverage it not illegal neither is offering apps for free. In my mind I guess it becomes

    Posted 1 year ago on First Ring Daily Live: Slackage of Xbox – 2 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:People forget that MS had its shared of punished illegal practices.Around here it do

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft’s Smith Spoke to Congressional Committee About Apple – 39 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Humm, Teams is like Skype as much as Slack is like Zoom ... well for now as it seam

    Posted 1 year ago on Slacks Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft – 78 Comments

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    In reply to Geoff:If you have a dominant position in a market and you bundle new products for free that aim to

    Posted 1 year ago on Slacks Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft – 78 Comments

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    It’s kind of a bummer when you define a product category only to see someone else fully subsidizing a compe

    Posted 1 year ago on Slacks Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft – 78 Comments

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    Oh no not another one. Every 6 months or so they launch another UX future. It looks like more internal org mar

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Teases Its Next-Generation Productivity UX – 49 Comments

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    Apple practices have not yet been found illegal. This is important. Neither seams to be the stance of MS.Still

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft’s Smith Spoke to Congressional Committee About Apple – 39 Comments

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    The problem I have with these new languages is that they don’t solve the fundamental problem of today’s ap

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Offers a Free Android/Kotlin Developer Class for Beginners – 4 Comments

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    In reply to kevinbouwman:The EU is financially not United. Even values seam to be taking a hit.At the moment t

    Posted 1 year ago on Ireland Wins Appeal of Apple Tax Case – 28 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:You can say the same about Ireland.Apple or any other company Multi national company i

    Posted 1 year ago on Ireland Wins Appeal of Apple Tax Case – 28 Comments

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    In reply to cavalier_eternal:Well, why not? Apple wants an percentage over the overall service provided by thi

    Posted 1 year ago on ARM Taking Over The World – What The Tech Ep. 476 – 13 Comments

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    Hi,“What this case is really about, of course, is that Apple was able to find a legal workaround to paying t

    Posted 1 year ago on Ireland Wins Appeal of Apple Tax Case – 28 Comments

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    In reply to JanesJr1:Your line of questioning is based on sophisms. Asking people if they want to be given shi

    Posted 1 year ago on Most Surface PCs are Not Getting Windows 10 Version 2004 Yet – 41 Comments

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    In reply to behindmyscreen:Man, I am the admin of the system. The upload button one day is there and the other

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces New Teams Features, Including Smart Displays – 26 Comments

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    Just judging by the picture it looks like a regular plastic tower where the grI’ll mildly resembles the Mac

    Posted 1 year ago on Dell Announces Stunning New XPS Desktop – 35 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Call it a hunch.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Acquires 60 Employees from Surface Duo OS Partner Movial (Updated) – 23 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Yeah. And no insiders, no rings, no feature dropping bit by bit for months on end pump

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS 11, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7 Developer Beta 2 – 13 Comments

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    That is all fine and dandy. But in the iPad we cannot even upload or delete files. Amongst so many other thing

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces New Teams Features, Including Smart Displays – 26 Comments

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    In reply to HellcatM:Yeah. We all know what that will be all about. Sell the company in pieces, make it cheape

    Posted 1 year ago on Peggy Johnson is Leaving Microsoft – 14 Comments

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    So MS was sub contracting the development of the OS for the Duo? That's commitment.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Acquires 60 Employees from Surface Duo OS Partner Movial (Updated) – 23 Comments

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    In reply to red77star:It might not, for the same reason that probably MS has plenty of time to get ARM PC to

    Posted 1 year ago on Dumbing Down MacOS – What The Tech Ep. 475 – 10 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:As a software engineer I believe that everything configurable is not optimum neither

    Posted 1 year ago on Customizing Your Windows 10 Desktop – 38 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I use the command-space combo a lot to launch apps.I barely use the dock for that m

    Posted 1 year ago on Customizing Your Windows 10 Desktop – 38 Comments

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    As far as competition goes conglomerates like the one of Apple, Google, Microsoft ... just to name there of th

    Posted 1 year ago on Dumbing Down MacOS – What The Tech Ep. 475 – 10 Comments

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    SoThe search thing looks like a bad version of macOS SpotilightThe task bar customisation looks like a bad ver

    Posted 1 year ago on Customizing Your Windows 10 Desktop – 38 Comments

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    In reply to Geoff:“And most people, including Paul, generally accept that benchmarks are untrustworthy most

    Posted 1 year ago on First Apple Silicon Benchmarks Destroy Surface Pro X – 73 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:No now you have declared iPad OS is 10 years behind in FS and Finder is 8. That asses

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Humm. So now we a resorting to reports?On iOS 11, “On My iPad” location would no

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:It is impossible to work well in iCloud Drive and badly in the local file system. The

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:”I do not use a mounted cloud server drive. In fact, I have never used any cloud bu

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Hey. It’s very simple. You cannot have access to OS system files or app system file

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:“Apple advertises the iPad (Pro) as a computer (of sort). “There are many ki

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:"You mention cloud. While cloud can be used by those wishing to use it, it is no solu

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:”management of files of all apps together instead of app-centric and operations for

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Today we have clouds. Clouds means rain. Therefore today it will rain.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:What would you like improved in the file management department?

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    Let me try to explain somethings inexplicable for some. At least the way I see it.Most people want to pick the

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with the New iOS 14 User Experience – 55 Comments

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    I don’t care much for widgets. I’ve seen many implementations since Apple (macOS X Tiger, 2005) and Window

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Announces iOS 14 with Widgets, PIP, Threads, and More – 34 Comments

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    In reply to jgraebner:Hopefully its gonna shake something. I’m tired of throttle boxes. The issue is not how

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:Maybe its because people got tired for caring about MS pushes only to be than disappointe

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    Windows users will not change because of this. They will change if Apple disrupts the Desktop and Portable com

    Posted 1 year ago on Game, Set, Match? (Premium) – 141 Comments

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    This presentation was like if Microsoft presented ... Windows on ARM, x64 on ARM and UWP with millions of apps

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:The company improved because it lost mobile and the web (IE). So it needed to adapt.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    In reply to shameermuljiI do have an idea. I can say this, a analog shop as many customers would be financial

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Hey Thurrott. A company has a monopoly when it dominates a sector or industry. No wa

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Where is yours that it would not?

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    In reply to dftf:"Apple is providing a service to these companies and not getting compensated for it because t

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    In reply to Omen_20:I disagree. I think the intent was initially to simplify app downloads, updates and billin

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    In reply to mjarosch:As you I like the App Store service. But is it valued at 30% revenue share of businesses

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:In the end who gets charged its the consumer unless you think the money in those 30% com

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Is At It Again – 59 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:You in turn sell a metaphor. Here is another one.What if all Telcos decided to charge Ap

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Is At It Again – 59 Comments

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    Apple should be fined heavily and forced to abandoned the practice of charging for services and goods that doe

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Is At It Again – 59 Comments

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    In reply to RonV42:There is something rotten in that stance. The only way is to compete technologically and in

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. Steps Back a Bit from the Huawei Cliff – 8 Comments

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    "The United States will not cede leadership in global innovation"Meaning a non American leader in global innov

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. Steps Back a Bit from the Huawei Cliff – 8 Comments

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    Somehow I got access to this article. Don’t know why because I’m not a Premium user.Just a quick note to w

    Posted 1 year ago on Throwback: The Right Tool for the Job (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    Just wished they opened up this facilities to countries with better consumer credit ratings than the US. Count

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Launches Zero-Interest Financing for Most Hardware – 7 Comments

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    This is just the regular features with an education label and for the peculiar we need to wait until when the

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces New Teams Features for Education – 12 Comments

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    In reply to Oreo:Mac Pro uses an ARM chips but not within the scope of the current conversation. It’s functi

    Posted 1 year ago on ARM Chips For Mac – What The Tech Ep. 473 – 5 Comments

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    I honestly can’t see a reason at the moment why Apple who do this apart from moving stock options. If that i

    Posted 1 year ago on ARM Chips For Mac – What The Tech Ep. 473 – 5 Comments

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    In reply to mjgerrard:Having owned those things for a fact In the Windows case not even sure if gen 7 is enoug

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel’s Newest Processor Family is Aimed Squarely at ARM – 49 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:‘Personally I don’t care who wins or looses. Been using laptops since 97 and non

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel’s Newest Processor Family is Aimed Squarely at ARM – 49 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:You mean regular computers as Windows 10 right?Because there are plenty evidences that A

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel’s Newest Processor Family is Aimed Squarely at ARM – 49 Comments

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    In reply to miamimauler:There seams to be trend in the US where any internal problems in the country are due

    Posted 1 year ago on Report: Huawei is Now “in a State of War” – 9 Comments

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    In reply to longhorn:Its a gamble.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Planning to Announce ARM Shift for Macs at WWDC – 24 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:In such a small screen, up to 13", the only usable Window is the one on top, max two windows

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Planning to Announce ARM Shift for Macs at WWDC – 24 Comments

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    In reply to maggiej:I have no problems doing that task. Both with touch, trackpad or mouse. In fact the File M

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Planning to Announce ARM Shift for Macs at WWDC – 24 Comments

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    Personally I think this is too soon. If it happens. They should improve iPad OS and make it the best small mob

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Planning to Announce ARM Shift for Macs at WWDC – 24 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:For Excel Pivot Tables you need to use the Excel web app on the iPP. Unfortunately iPad

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Surface Go 2 Review – 56 Comments

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    In reply to Vladimir:Agreed.But as it is, the day I see it, if eventually Google get split, who stands to win

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. States Would Like to Break Up Google – 22 Comments

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    In reply to MikeCerm:What about Microsoft Office, Windows, XBox, Smartphones (no bother lost it), MS Cloud., S

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. States Would Like to Break Up Google – 22 Comments

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    1) Android / Huawai US Gov attack;2) MS wins questionably a mega contract with US state department 3) US is th

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S. States Would Like to Break Up Google – 22 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:The first thing, it’s not just better. It’s a HUGE difference. Especially if you go

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Surface Go 2 Review – 56 Comments

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    In reply to scan:So this device is a good and cost efficient solution because by buying it I’m supporting

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Surface Go 2 Review – 56 Comments

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    In reply to scan:How does all that mambo jambo help me using this ultra smart system? On the other hand the O

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Surface Go 2 Review – 56 Comments

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    Still dealing with IE technical devastation in customers sites ...

    Posted 1 year ago on The New Edge is Rolling Out via Windows Update – 23 Comments

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    In reply to scan:It seams that we have a different definition of what Hardware is.Also I’ve heard Surface X

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Surface Go 2 Review – 56 Comments

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    It’s piece of beautified junk that plays on the over sold fallacy a PC is an efficient shape shifter. Pocket

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Surface Go 2 Review – 56 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:I don't understand why you were even considering an iPhone. Honestly, it seams t

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Announces New $399 iPhone SE With A13 Bionic Processor – 63 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:You can still buy a phone within those requirements.its your decision not buy one. No

    Posted 2 years ago on Report: Apple to Launch New iPhone SE This Month – 23 Comments

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    If it is not, It should be Illegal for any retailer to charge for anything they don't sell and or distrib

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Makes First Major Concession to In-App Vig – 31 Comments

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    I don't see the appeal of an ARM based macOS. As much as I don't see the appeal of a ARM based Windo

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Reportedly Planning ‘several’ ARM-based Mac Devices for 2021 – 19 Comments

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    People that choose either and are happy, do so for quite different reasons. Who ever looks at t as a replaceme

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Reportedly Planning ‘several’ ARM-based Mac Devices for 2021 – 19 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:I agree with you on the first paragraph (One thumbs for that). But the rest was in m

    Posted 2 years ago on iPadOS Gets Trackpad Support – What The Tech Ep. 468 – 8 Comments

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    In reply to truerock2:In the video Paul said at 22:40 say that "eventually they released keyboard support". Th

    Posted 2 years ago on iPadOS Gets Trackpad Support – What The Tech Ep. 468 – 8 Comments

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    Hi, Just to share a theory of mine around how Apple has been managing the evolution of iPad. I believe the way

    Posted 2 years ago on iPadOS Gets Trackpad Support – What The Tech Ep. 468 – 8 Comments

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    In reply to truerock2:The interesting bit is how can iPad can still be a game changer in 2020?How can a device

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Releases iPadOS 13.4 With Mouse and Trackpad Support – 7 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Well, with over 35 years in the IT industry, when it comes to buying devices for work and the

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Unveils Upgraded iPad Pro With Trackpad Support – 40 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Your last paragraph, you came across like an angry person. That profile "horrendous"? If you

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Unveils Upgraded iPad Pro With Trackpad Support – 40 Comments

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    It will be interesting to see how this innovative keyboard approach holds on the lap, how that hinge will get

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Unveils Upgraded iPad Pro With Trackpad Support – 40 Comments

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    This will be good for Microsoft. Windows did it’s role and it’s evolving. Time for a broader vision becaus

    Posted 2 years ago on Bill Gates Is Stepping Down From the Microsoft Board – 5 Comments

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    In reply to orbsitron:Why is SMS support weak in iOS? I personally find it excellent in comparison. For ages I

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Reported Working on New iMessage Features, Fitness App for iOS 14 – 5 Comments

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    My Toshiba M300 back in 2005 with Windows XP Tablet Edition did what is described with the stylus (Pen input s

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Working on Surface Pen-like Handwriting Features for Apple Pencil – 10 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:One could never buy absolute security. I’m more tired of subliminar messages telling me I

    Posted 2 years ago on Security Researchers Discover New ‘Unfixable’ Flaw on Intel CPUs – 19 Comments

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    I've never seen Ads oping up in notifications from Apple. Have you ever seen it Thurrot? The articule poi

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Will Now Allow Apps to Send Ads Via Push Notifications – 13 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Lol

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Reportedly Launching 14.1-inch MacBook Pro, iMac Pro This Year – 5 Comments

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    “Through these lawsuits, we will continue sending a message to people trying to abuse our services that Face

    Posted 2 years ago on Facebook Sues Analytics Firms That Stole User Data Through Third-Party Apps – 4 Comments

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    In reply to John_Craig:So the foundation for your truth it's about how well your share portfolio goes?Int

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Reopening Factories in China As the Country Gets Coronavirus ‘under Control’ – 9 Comments

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    In reply to jupast:Rubino’s has always been a Microsoft propaganda backyard.On the Apple side we have Rene R

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reiterates Cortana’s Role in Windows 10 – 30 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:These devices are not tailored for development tasks. They are ok for remoting to

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s iPad Keyboard Might Finally Get a Trackpad – 22 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Well there is fact and there is fiction. I state for a fact using the same kind of apps that

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s iPad Keyboard Might Finally Get a Trackpad – 22 Comments

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    What does it mean to be a personal productivity assistant? Even less useful than it was?I have heard that is o

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reiterates Cortana’s Role in Windows 10 – 30 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:I think mouse will be progressively fill its rightful role as the primary input method on t

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s iPad Keyboard Might Finally Get a Trackpad – 22 Comments

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    This is gonna flop just like the MacBook.There is Apple interest and Professional/Dev interest. 1) As one of

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Reportedly Planning ARM-powered Mac for 2021 – 32 Comments

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    This is a potential Win Win cenario for Apple:its good for users to have more service options in their favorit

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Reportedly Will Reverse Some Monopolistic Practices – 43 Comments

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    There should be no phone app. Instead just pair the phone with the PC/MS Cloud and have the all thing transpar

    Posted 2 years ago on RCS Messaging Comes to Windows 10’s Your Phone App – 19 Comments

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    Glad to know it’s not a phone but a Duo. Made the decision easier.

    Posted 2 years ago on You Can Download the Surface Duo Ringtone – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:I see no subscribe button on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify and many streaming services. Not

    Posted 2 years ago on Project xCloud Comes to iOS in Limited Preview – 10 Comments

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    Which policy is that? It would be a nice subject for good old journalistic research.People can steam games fro

    Posted 2 years ago on Project xCloud Comes to iOS in Limited Preview – 10 Comments

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    Devs will only touch this if it helps them sell more. With no customer base in dual screen products ... it wil

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Proposes a Dual-Screen Future for Web Apps – 2 Comments

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    In reply to 7ajefmz:Why should it even be supported at the start?

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Shares More Details on Windows 10X – 57 Comments

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    Another Windows version.I'm both e heavy Windows and macOS user. Granted, more of a macOs user in the las

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Shares More Details on Windows 10X – 57 Comments

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    In reply to trevorcurtis:Ive was right about the need to evolve the look of iOS. Yes, it was not a easy journe

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reorg Puts Panos Panay in Charge of Windows – 19 Comments

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    In reply to trevorcurtis:I wish I’m wrong. But it will buggier than ever. Check Surface firmware bug fixes s

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reorg Puts Panos Panay in Charge of Windows – 19 Comments

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    It's definitely a story teller.. He is driven and hungry. Yet products ... full of systemic problems (che

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reorg Puts Panos Panay in Charge of Windows – 19 Comments

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    In reply to c3po2:Because it is not revolutionary but workanary.

    Posted 2 years ago on Universal App Purchases Coming to iOS, tvOS, and macOS – 8 Comments

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    In reply to c3po2:Wow. So bitter.

    Posted 2 years ago on Universal App Purchases Coming to iOS, tvOS, and macOS – 8 Comments

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    In reply to cayo:I personally don’t trust the Smart TV OSs for longevity. You end up need to upgrade not due

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple TV+ Comes to 2019 LG TVs – 5 Comments

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    In reply to bnyklue:In Windows you can get the x64 version. Why would you want the UWP version?

    Posted 2 years ago on Outlook for iPadOS Gets Massive Multi-Tasking Improvements – 10 Comments

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    It will be interesting to see how will Apple address its weaknesses. For now TC has been playing by the book,

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Posts Another Record Quarter – 15 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated: Price will kill this product.This is not a scalable business at all.

    Posted 2 years ago on Motorola Announces New Release Date for Its Foldable Razr – 6 Comments

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    Carbon Negative, Mobile First, Cloud First, Intelligent Edge ...I like Nadella, but his speech is so full of

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Plans to be Carbon Negative by 2030 – 19 Comments

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    This Google initiative is going on for years. Instead of winning about it why doesn't MS and other really

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Backsteps a Bit on Its Security Disclosure Policy – 5 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:We probably would say that it was a glitch in the AÍ improvement code. We already h

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Disables Xiaomi Access to Assistant, Home, and Nest – 8 Comments

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    In reply to m_p_w_84:Absolutely. They have shown that the customer is the product.The question is why are they

    Posted 2 years ago on Facebook is Working on Its Own Operating System – 51 Comments

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    I must say I like the design. Simple and elegant.PS: There are many ways to design a rectangular cuboid after

    Posted 2 years ago on Xbox Series X: Sizing Up The Hardware Iterations – 10 Comments

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    So the trash can is in near release.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Slowly Pulling the Plug On the Harman Kardon Invoke – 53 Comments

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    In reply to Saarek:I agree with you. Yet I must say that the approach to marketing these products is superfici

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Go on Sale – 14 Comments

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    In reply to illrigger:Agreed. But it’s important to understand if we are dealing with scrutiny or some form

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Admits to iPhone Location Tracking, Will Fix – 11 Comments

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    The company did not admit that its tracking user's location, because its not!“The management of ultra

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Admits to iPhone Location Tracking, Will Fix – 11 Comments

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    MS almost every year redesigns its apps. At least that's the impression I get. Or so they make it look li

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Redesigning Its Mobile Apps – 12 Comments

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    In reply to AnthonyE1778:If that's the actual case with no hidden agenda why didn't MS deployed such

    Posted 2 years ago on At $149.99, It’s the Xbox All Digital Editions Last Stand – 14 Comments

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    In reply to ecumenical:MS pushed a bunch of foggy uncertain if not unofficial statements. It got crucified for

    Posted 2 years ago on At $149.99, It’s the Xbox All Digital Editions Last Stand – 14 Comments

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    The future is here, customers are ready for this approach to consoles, as you so well described, just look ar

    Posted 2 years ago on At $149.99, It’s the Xbox All Digital Editions Last Stand – 14 Comments

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    At $50 to $70 a game plus subscription ... it’s crazy, a curiosity. Cloud Gaming At the moment it’s an add

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Stadia Review: A Future of Uncertainty – 23 Comments

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    In reply to TriplePlayed:"I guess what Stadia also really needs is an offline license as well."My impression i

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Stadia Review: A Future of Uncertainty – 23 Comments

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    VS Code is great

    Posted 2 years ago on Facebook Adopts Visual Studio Code Internally Following Microsoft Partnership – 2 Comments

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    Do you guys believe that they would not have a clue if the thing would get to the shops a month before?This wa

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Delays Surface Earbuds to Spring 2020 – 18 Comments

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    We use Slack. It is simpler Tobias and for that matter more efficient.

    Posted 2 years ago on Slack Claims Higher Engagement Than Microsoft Teams – 45 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:In that respect Microsoft does it far better. That is one thing they do not bead a lesson f

    Posted 2 years ago on iFixit: New MacBook Pro Keyboard Isn’t So New – 42 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:In a way I'm said that I'm moving away from laptops to a combination of iMac and

    Posted 2 years ago on iFixit: New MacBook Pro Keyboard Isn’t So New – 42 Comments

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    In reply to Bob_Shutts:He is ticked off because he can no longer write about how bad the Macbook keyboards are

    Posted 2 years ago on iFixit: New MacBook Pro Keyboard Isn’t So New – 42 Comments

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    In reply to ncwalz:... Windows RT, Groove, Silverlight , SP3/4/5 bogged firmwares .... haaaa for so many magic

    Posted 2 years ago on iFixit: New MacBook Pro Keyboard Isn’t So New – 42 Comments

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    Its new as when you build a new house or you buy a new car. It's not new has it if was never done.It feel

    Posted 2 years ago on iFixit: New MacBook Pro Keyboard Isn’t So New – 42 Comments

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    When actually getting the product to work is a feature. How low is the bar?

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows Search Gets More Efficient in Latest Windows 10 20H1 Build – 10 Comments

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    There is. a serious mental health problem in Apple dome.

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Exec Disparages Schools That Can Only Afford Chromebooks – 65 Comments

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    In reply to EraseYourself:That might be what is expected by customers. But knowing MS it never does what its e

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Announces the Games Coming to Stadia – 26 Comments

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    You are comparing Apple to oranges. Any exclusives? Nope. Apple launched with exclusives only ... for the good

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Announces the Games Coming to Stadia – 26 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:It is funny because you have been missing the point in the last 10 years. I think its t

    Posted 2 years ago on Photoshop Launches on iPad, Illustrator is Next – 24 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Yes. It’s a lot harder especially when MS can’t get it right even in their own produ

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple HomePod’s Latest Software Update Is Bricking Devices – 30 Comments

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    In terms of functional robustness of major software releases, by now it’s clear that this year was worst in

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple HomePod’s Latest Software Update Is Bricking Devices – 30 Comments

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    Reports of bricked HomePods due to the update are going wild.

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple HomePod Gets More Multi-User Support With Latest Software Update – 10 Comments

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    In reply to audiofreak39:Indexation can and should happen locally by default. Only by user request should be a

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10X Details Leak, Confirm Laptop Support – 40 Comments

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    I liked Live Tiles in the Windows Phone. On Windows Tablets & PCs I felt it interrupted the flow.I think m

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10X Details Leak, Confirm Laptop Support – 40 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:As excellent as the Azure can be, betting all in on one technical approach, in a projec

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Wins $10 Billion Pentagon Contract – 84 Comments

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    From all the devices in the Surface line, the Surface Laptop is the one I believe that it’s the most well ba

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Latest Surface Laptop Finally Makes It Way Easier to Repair Than Before – 7 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Engineering “Sir, for the first time we did! We achieved the goal of releasing a new

    Posted 2 years ago on Surface Pro 7, Laptop 3 Receive Day-One Firmware Updates – 8 Comments

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    I'm confused if MS is pulling an Apple or simply doing what it does best.

    Posted 2 years ago on Surface Pro 7, Laptop 3 Receive Day-One Firmware Updates – 8 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:So because it has the “same” design as some Huawei phone is now a guarantee of qual

    Posted 2 years ago on Adobe Photoshop for iPad is Almost Ready – 23 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:How come? I just told you that not even form iPad Fresco was mentioned on this site.You

    Posted 2 years ago on Adobe Photoshop for iPad is Almost Ready – 23 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:Do not recall Fresco on the iPad being mentioned on this site either.A total fail :)

    Posted 2 years ago on Adobe Photoshop for iPad is Almost Ready – 23 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:Nobody complains because such a thing is part of the Windows tech economy. When it come

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s iOS 13 Already Powering 50% of All iPhones – 28 Comments

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    In reply to sannyashi:I share the same concern. Quality as been falling while devices get shinier and prices g

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s iOS 13 Already Powering 50% of All iPhones – 28 Comments

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    I don't think is lack of capabilities of the device to deal with full blown Photoshop capabilities. But r

    Posted 2 years ago on Adobe Photoshop for iPad is Almost Ready – 23 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:Yup :)

    Posted 2 years ago on Adobe Photoshop for iPad is Almost Ready – 23 Comments

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    In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:Yes. I agree with you that how the last major update went through was quite unchara

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s iOS 13 Already Powering 50% of All iPhones – 28 Comments

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    In reply to Bill_Russell:Objectively this means that we have over 700 million active devices with IOS13 after

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s iOS 13 Already Powering 50% of All iPhones – 28 Comments

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    I don't recall any kind of default apps in iOS that does not come by default in the Android devices that

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Review – 35 Comments

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    Let me see. So a phone with one less lens equally lovely display if not better, super fast Face ID , not made

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Pixel 4 XL Preview – 48 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I know. I guess that Paul being veteran tech journalist I was expecting a more thoughtfu

    Posted 2 years ago on Astropad is Coming to Windows – 36 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It is true indeed in one perspective at least. Yet it is charged with a negative and

    Posted 2 years ago on Astropad is Coming to Windows – 36 Comments

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    In macOS you don't need a USB drive with the OS to make a clean install. You already have one bakes in yo

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Surface Duo & Surface Neo – What The Tech Ep. 454 – 2 Comments

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    I am amazed that MS took so long to make this first step. If Microsoft starts to implement features that take

    Posted 2 years ago on First Ring Daily 697: Your Phone, Our Phone – 1 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:Call and receive calls to and from people with your cell phone from a PC for which you alre

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Expands Your Phone ‘Calling’ Functionality to More Android Devices – 19 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:It would be relevant in the sense that iOS developers can than bake also proper mouse suppor

    Posted 2 years ago on MacOS Catalina’s Best New Feature is Off to a Rough Start – 28 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:That is not true. Remember USB to USB-C. Or Apple first ditching internal CD/DVD drives

    Posted 2 years ago on MacOS Catalina’s Best New Feature is Off to a Rough Start – 28 Comments

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    In reply to shameermulji:The only way to seriousley re-energize the Mac App Store market is to match the Apple

    Posted 2 years ago on MacOS Catalina’s Best New Feature is Off to a Rough Start – 28 Comments

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    I think this is a great feature ... if it works well.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Expands Your Phone ‘Calling’ Functionality to More Android Devices – 19 Comments

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    I think this is a great feature ... if it works well. But they had to wait until Catalina was out?

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Now Lets You Set App Usage Limits Across Android, Windows 10, and Xbox – 12 Comments

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    In reply to ecumenical:Details :)

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Now Lets You Set App Usage Limits Across Android, Windows 10, and Xbox – 12 Comments

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    Here is a different perspective. In the 100 million Mac users most users don’t care if more and better apps

    Posted 2 years ago on MacOS Catalina’s Best New Feature is Off to a Rough Start – 28 Comments

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    Isn’t What’s App also from Facebook?. So Facebook wants to know who your close friends and family actually

    Posted 2 years ago on Instagram’s Latest Snapchat Competitor Is a Dedicated App for Close Friends – 2 Comments

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    Do you guys really think that a unproven tech, in this case Windows on ARM, should come at the same price if n

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands On: Surface Pro X – 34 Comments

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    Só MS presents a laptop with Windows on ARM and an innovative mobile device (Neo) with Intel x86. How confus

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Announces Windows 10X for Dual-Screen and Folding Devices – 16 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:To all the votes down. I sincerely hope that my not so positive impression is totally off

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Event Photo Gallery – 23 Comments

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    In reply to bluvg:Better late than never.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Making a Foldable Android Phone. Yes. – 151 Comments

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    In reply to F4IL:If not later. Delays are not uncommon in these contexts.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Making a Foldable Android Phone. Yes. – 151 Comments

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    In reply to aretzios:It happens all the time with Microsoft and Panos. All the time.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Making a Foldable Android Phone. Yes. – 151 Comments

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    I have been in this position quite often. Feeling inspired by a Panos presentation, but disinspired by the re

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Is Making a Foldable Android Phone. Yes. – 151 Comments

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    I must say that if Pano's did not push the boundaries of his own pleasure in hearing his voice so much he

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Event Photo Gallery – 23 Comments

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    While ahead could have bring PSNow to mobile, tables and major TV sets such has LG and Samsung including thei

    Posted 2 years ago on Sony Drops PlayStation Now Pricing – 7 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Yup. Microsoft school.Blame someone else. Its a bit like "you are holding it wrong" yet

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 Version 1903 is Finally Reliable Enough for Everyone – 23 Comments

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    The smart glasses with no display it’s a brilliant idea while the tech gurus .... so simple yet .... Pair th

    Posted 2 years ago on Amazon’s Now Putting Alexa on Glasses and Rings – 1 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:Absolutely. Spot on. Just put a thumbs up on your reply.

    Posted 2 years ago on HP’s Latest Notebook Is a Really Light Business Laptop – 9 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:Same thing for MacBook's and MacBooks Airs. lI guess you don't disagree with

    Posted 2 years ago on HP’s Latest Notebook Is a Really Light Business Laptop – 9 Comments

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    If they could only make them in such way it stops delivering Pentium II level performance would be nice.

    Posted 2 years ago on Surface Laptop 3 Will Reportedly Have a 15-inch Variant – 9 Comments

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    In reply to andyhi:Ok.

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s New iPad Pro Could Feature iPhone 11 Pro’s Camera Design – 15 Comments

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    In my experience all vendors of thin and light Windows based PCs equipped with what looks to be powerful CPUs,

    Posted 2 years ago on HP’s Latest Notebook Is a Really Light Business Laptop – 9 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:All of the issues you point out has nothing to the with the file manager. If the app

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Announces Release Dates for iOS 13, iOS 13.1, iPadOS, macOS Catalina, and watchOS 6 – 10 Comments

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    It might be interesting for film makers. For most people the bump will be probably a nuisance.

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple’s New iPad Pro Could Feature iPhone 11 Pro’s Camera Design – 15 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:What do you mean mean by general file manager? You can store your any of your content

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Announces Release Dates for iOS 13, iOS 13.1, iPadOS, macOS Catalina, and watchOS 6 – 10 Comments

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    I'm going to buy none of this this year. My iPhone X and Apple Watch 3 its just fine (maybe the watch at

    Posted 2 years ago on Here’s Everything Apple Announced at Its iPhone 11 Event – 36 Comments

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    This is weird. The square framing the lenses looks almost identical in style to something I saw a a couple of

    Posted 2 years ago on Google’s Pixel 4 Leaks in New Pictures – 4 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:So Google states that will comply with the huawei embargo imposed for security and marke

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Downplays iPhone Security Issue – 47 Comments

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    So this was an attack done months ago, for which in January there was a patch to fix it by Apple, and now the

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Downplays iPhone Security Issue – 47 Comments

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    In reply to jgraebner:I use call relay between devices all the time. Smartphone, PC, Tablet and smartwatch.Bet

    Posted 2 years ago on Yes, Phone Calling in Windows 10 is Coming to Non-Samsung Handsets – 31 Comments

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    In reply to Rob_Wade:Dare I say that with your superior intelligence you must feel very lonely in this world.

    Posted 2 years ago on Yes, Phone Calling in Windows 10 is Coming to Non-Samsung Handsets – 31 Comments

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    As the Post PC era evolves we are seeing a myriad of speciality new devices. Were there was only the PC / Mac

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple to Reportedly Introduce New Low-Cost iPhone SE Successor in 2020 – 16 Comments

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    Amazon irreverence strikes me. A major retailer that can be more irreverent in consumer tech than both Apple,

    Posted 2 years ago on Amazon Launches Upgraded Fire TV Cube, New Soundbar, and Smart TVs – 7 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil:Hehe T/3

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Bringing Dark Mode to Mobile and the Web – 10 Comments

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    In reply to dontbeevil: Glad you have not a problem with the Headline this time around :)

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Bringing Dark Mode to Mobile and the Web – 10 Comments

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    In reply to PeteB:And that becomes one of the problems of MS these days.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Your Phone App Is Down (Update: It’s back) – 23 Comments

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    In reply to kcorax:Probably. So why do we need the Your Phone App really? to send my SMSs to Microsoft?

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Your Phone App Is Down (Update: It’s back) – 23 Comments

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    Why does this need to connect to the Cloud to connect to the phone centimeters away blows my mind. It’s just

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Your Phone App Is Down (Update: It’s back) – 23 Comments

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    In reply to mister2forme:I find this solution a dead end. It not really one device either. So what's the

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows – 43 Comments

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    It’s just feature for the feature fake. They can say to the users that “we dot it”. Compare approaches u

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows – 43 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:Yeah. That reasoning just busted a few years ago. And it’s coming back . Guess with wh

    Posted 2 years ago on Good Credit Is Optional With the Apple Card – 25 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Yeah. Insane. There is a high risk, ok let’s increase it and than we jump in :)Crazy.

    Posted 2 years ago on Good Credit Is Optional With the Apple Card – 25 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Hooks like this is not the way to keep people loyal. Take for instance marriage.

    Posted 2 years ago on Good Credit Is Optional With the Apple Card – 25 Comments

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    In reply to robinwilson16: We don’t know if such thing even works. But it is in the “brochure” indeed.

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Testing Face ID and Touch ID Sign-In for iCloud.com – 5 Comments

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    Looks more years of beta testing than months. Your mileage may vary of course.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Modern Outlook Experience Is Ready for the Enterprise – 17 Comments

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    In reply to techguy33:What is a true representation of reality?

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Just Fixed One of My Biggest Annoyances With FaceTime – 20 Comments

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    I believe that the iPad OS will disrupt the $200-$800 netbook market. The iPad 2018 ($330) already outperforms

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft’s Foldable Surface Runs Android Apps – What The Tech Ep. 446 – 1 Comments

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    Wow. After 30 years, you gotta have a fake video to show of the new look.

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows Terminal Shows up on the Microsoft Store – 16 Comments

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    I think it’s a good idea.

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Gives Up on Tablets – 54 Comments

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    Why would a tech company with the expertise of Google hire another company to do the scraping?heck they alread

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Says It Didn’t Scrape Data from Genius – 34 Comments

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    Facebook has not yet understood that lacks credibility.They seam to be looking for new ways to have used data

    Posted 2 years ago on Facebook Targets Bitcoin with New Cryptocurrency – 29 Comments

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    It looks that Apple has switched gears this year across the board.

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with iOS 13 Beta – 36 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:You have other options that maybe be a better fit for your adult brain. Don’t unders

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with iOS 13 Beta – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Hifihedgehog:Evil like many words in the American dictionary became voided of meaning. It became a

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with iOS 13 Beta – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:You can. They simply snap on to a grid

    Posted 2 years ago on Hands-On with iOS 13 Beta – 36 Comments

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    Track them while their young, a friend forever

    Posted 2 years ago on Amazon Launches New Echo Dot for Kids – 5 Comments

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    In reply to mystilleef:Hangouts does not work in anything but Chrome as far as my experience goes.

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Now Forces Microsoft Edge Preview Users to Use Chrome for the Modern YouTube Experience – 49 Comments

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    This is unethical towards users. MS pulled this off before. Now they all open until .... the same old lies.Wet

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Now Forces Microsoft Edge Preview Users to Use Chrome for the Modern YouTube Experience – 49 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:As I said, any company dealing with a US blacklisted company may face sanctions in the Amer

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei Runs Into More Roadblocks – 33 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, multiple high end cloths brands .... ... are in the Chinese Mark

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei Runs Into More Roadblocks – 33 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Are you naive?Any company that breaks the US embargo to Huawei can face US sanctions.ARM

    Posted 2 years ago on Huawei Runs Into More Roadblocks – 33 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:"This really is not about the trade war."Lololol. "Huawei was already under tight s

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Pulls Huawei Server Products, Laptop Following US Ban – 35 Comments

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    In my view, Mr. Trump just nuked a major Chinese tech company.Furthermore, he is putting US allies to ransom t

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Pulls Huawei Server Products, Laptop Following US Ban – 35 Comments

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    In reply to codymesh:Maybe they should have branded it Macbrook Pro 19. Maybe that would look newer to you.

    Posted 2 years ago on Apple Announces New MacBook Pro With Improved Keyboard, 8-Core CPU – 34 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Dont think the intention was to justify. But to void some higher moral ground when discu

    Posted 2 years ago on U.S. Steps Back from the Huawei Cliff, for Now – 151 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:I have much stronger ties with the US than China. Cultural, emotional, businesses ... eve

    Posted 2 years ago on U.S. Steps Back from the Huawei Cliff, for Now – 151 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:Sfill waiting for the so called “evidences” of either nuclear or chemical weapons in

    Posted 2 years ago on U.S. Steps Back from the Huawei Cliff, for Now – 151 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:Do you even read the stuff?Has is said. It has no legal ties. In the US there are no CEOs

    Posted 2 years ago on U.S. Steps Back from the Huawei Cliff, for Now – 151 Comments

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    In reply to JustMe:Selling digital content or directing users to a POS outside the boundaries of Safari its f

    Posted 3 years ago on Steam Link is Available Again on iOS and Apple TV – 7 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Why not Amazon?

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Partners with Sony … on Gaming?! – 48 Comments

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    In reply to provision l-3:The App Store it’s a Store not a directory of Apps. Yet I do think that it’s exc

    Posted 3 years ago on U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Apple, Allows Antitrust Suits – 59 Comments

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    This is all fine and dandy, but the prices of apps are the same or more expensive in other stores.What about W

    Posted 3 years ago on U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Apple, Allows Antitrust Suits – 59 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:PWA is UWP for cross platform apps.

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 + PWAs: A Progress Report – 67 Comments

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    It does not look like UWP was the only one being demote in priority. It seams that the Windows Store was as we

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Confirms UWP is Not the Future of Windows Apps – 148 Comments

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    In reply to bzero22:I am from the time where systems root access was the norm. And systems with more than one

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Explanation for Removing Rival Wellness Apps is “Misleading” – 54 Comments

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    In reply to bzero22:Apple Music it’s not a device level app? What about email? If not, why? What about healt

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Explanation for Removing Rival Wellness Apps is “Misleading” – 54 Comments

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    In reply to bzero22:From that stance I can conclude that any email software violates the App Store rules. Why

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Explanation for Removing Rival Wellness Apps is “Misleading” – 54 Comments

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    Not defending Apple as I know it’s no saint. Furthermore, I’m highly critical of the way Apple is handling

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Explanation for Removing Rival Wellness Apps is “Misleading” – 54 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:I guess anything that can exist quite nicely without MS it's a problem.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple TV+ Can Coexist with Netflix, Cook Says – 31 Comments

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    In the end of the day all we have replaced a huge bundle (called Cable) with several mini bundles now called (

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple TV+ Can Coexist with Netflix, Cook Says – 31 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Thank you for helping me. Yet your reasoning does not make much sense for the sole reason tha

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Faces Backlash After Removing Parental Control Apps – 14 Comments

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    In reply to Truffles:I don't disagree with a principle based system. The question is then where the princ

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Faces Backlash After Removing Parental Control Apps – 14 Comments

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    Parental Control is a specific case of device management. Apple has to be careful. Time and time again it has

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Faces Backlash After Removing Parental Control Apps – 14 Comments

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    Why is SSO such a special consideration of Edge and not of other browsers?. I use right now SSO across all bro

    Posted 3 years ago on Edge Mobile Will Support SSO and Conditional Access – 9 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:You don’t see because the somewhat technical.explanation was just baloney. I read the

    Posted 3 years ago on Sorry, But Sets is Dead – 52 Comments

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    I think this happens because one of the executives has a stake in Stardock.

    Posted 3 years ago on Is Microsoft Still Working on Sets? – 25 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:There are Sets of them

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple is Bringing Major iPhone Features to the Mac – 18 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:That and before Hololens and Surface Hub truly leave beta.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple is Bringing Major iPhone Features to the Mac – 18 Comments

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    In reply to Truffles:Nobody buys a Mac because of iMessages.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple is Bringing Major iPhone Features to the Mac – 18 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:What? No icon changes? Shame on them.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple is Bringing Major iPhone Features to the Mac – 18 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Post Windows Phone

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple is Bringing Major iPhone Features to the Mac – 18 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Was just saying why I think one off software license prices came down. Leaving businesse

    Posted 3 years ago on New Report Highlights Importance of Gaming for Apple – 9 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:What contributed to the reduction of the cost of software, is the move from software as

    Posted 3 years ago on New Report Highlights Importance of Gaming for Apple – 9 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:“Win32 compatibility is the only differentiator Windows offers over other pl

    Posted 3 years ago on Firefox for Windows 10 ARM is Ready for Testing – 40 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:Yes I do not need MS failures to validate my choices in Apple products. I also use Mic

    Posted 3 years ago on Skype Is Automatically Answering Some Calls on Android (Updated) – 13 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:Unfortunately they did not copy the time it took to resolve or avoid the issue and let

    Posted 3 years ago on Skype Is Automatically Answering Some Calls on Android (Updated) – 13 Comments

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    Mike brains seam to be quite active on this one :) Yay :)

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Cancels AirPower – 101 Comments

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    From what I’ve heard it rose the bar in smartphone photography indeed. I mean for people who like artifacts

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Announces New Smartphone Flagships – 25 Comments

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    In my option Google should just block Europe from using their search engine. Of course MS would not be willing

    Posted 3 years ago on Controversial New EU Copyright Rules Pass Another Legal Hurdle – 42 Comments

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    Incredible how Internet Browsers in the Windows PC is still major prosumer interest ... thing. This, keyboards

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with Microsoft’s New Edge Browser Built on Chromium – 38 Comments

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    So now calculators are a thing in the Windows camp. So inspiring.MS has you guys going in circles like rats in

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows Calculator Will Soon Have a Graphing Mode – 20 Comments

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    In reply to Greg Green:I am not against doubling my revenues.Pretending to be CEO of one of the companies targ

    Posted 3 years ago on U.S. News Giants Opt Out of Apple News Service – 56 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:Whoever wanted to buy Xbox games already bought an Xbox. Meaning Xbox in the cloud will not b

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Shares a Few More Details about xCloud at GDC – 20 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:If someone told you “I’ll make you rich. All you have todo is give me half of what y

    Posted 3 years ago on U.S. News Giants Opt Out of Apple News Service – 56 Comments

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    Jokes aside, I've been lately concerned about how Apple is treating "their Customers".In several occasion

    Posted 3 years ago on U.S. News Giants Opt Out of Apple News Service – 56 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:Really?"If no OEM stands up to build Windows devices we'll build them. There will

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Announces AirPods 2 with Wireless Charging Optional – 12 Comments

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    Next, it will be in Stadia.

    Posted 3 years ago on Cuphead Is Coming to the Nintendo Switch With Xbox Live Integration – 7 Comments

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    Immediate internal memo? It looks like they are a bit nervous.

    Posted 3 years ago on Phil Spencer on Stadia: Google Went Big Today, We Will Go Big at E3 – 21 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:You sound desperate. Hanging out with Microsoft much?

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Announces AirPods 2 with Wireless Charging Optional – 12 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Innovation starts here. Better than keyboard talk isn’t it?

    Posted 3 years ago on Outlook’s New Logo Is Now Live on iOS – 24 Comments

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    It will do everything smoothly but a cup of coffee. Even that may be possible in the near future.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Launches New Stadia Game Streaming Service – 50 Comments

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    Man Paul. You are full of factoids.As for Netflix not joining because of some Apple is evil notion.They have n

    Posted 3 years ago on No, Netflix is Not Joining New Apple Video Service – 14 Comments

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    It’s common practice for retailers to offer their own products in their stores.I am not saying that it’s

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Apple Responds, We Probably Offend – 5 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:The idea of apps having UIs that scale as the canvas/display size change is as old as comp

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Q Has a Built-In Desktop Mode – 24 Comments

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    In reply to rmlounsbury:Forgot about that one.You nailed it. It was never a cost effective approach. Meaning,

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Q Has a Built-In Desktop Mode – 24 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:Maybe you haven’t heard of Asus Padfone. A product that was here before MS Continuum

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Q Has a Built-In Desktop Mode – 24 Comments

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    In the my Mac this version looks fast.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Brings Dark Mode, PWA Support to Chrome on Mac – 2 Comments

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    So Windows 10 Mobile with some changes in UI, integrated PWA support and ... Windows Lite here we go.PS: Windo

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Hololens 2 Stuff, Xbox Stuff, and Windows Lite Stuff – 2 Comments

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    It makes sense, now that their engeneers have a clear grasp of the problem domain

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Looks to Release New SDK That Lets iPad Apps Run on the Mac – 30 Comments

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    I personally find ad blockers principles perverse if not illegal.If people want to play with content free of a

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Retracts Proposal That Would Have Hobbled Chrome Ad Blockers – 22 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:Albeit I understand you stance on Word and PPT, when it comes to Excel ...

    Posted 3 years ago on Tip: Zoho Suite is Free for Individuals – 16 Comments

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    In reply to HellcatM:what?

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Buys Voice App Startup Used to Build Apps for Google Assistant and Alexa – 4 Comments

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    I thought Samsung was passed it’s mimetic phase . I guess that it’s not the case.

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung’s Newest Android Tablet Features a Thin Design and Bixby 2.0 – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Tallin:I don’t think you understand the dynamics of contention.Starts with purposely the lack of

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Bans Google From Distributing Internal iOS Apps (Updated) – 24 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Precisely.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Bans Google From Distributing Internal iOS Apps (Updated) – 24 Comments

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    The title is misleading. That is not what Apple did and entices hate speach.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Bans Google From Distributing Internal iOS Apps (Updated) – 24 Comments

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    The title is misleading and entices hate speach. That is not what Apple has done.This is a discuting way to wi

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Bans Distribution of Facebook’s Internal Apps (Updated) – 17 Comments

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    Microsoft 365? Will be a CDO.

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Cortana’s new Groove – 6 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:There you have it. After all these years your experience with Milo has been vindicated.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Reportedly Started Production of Long-Delayed AirPower – 15 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:That is it I am not in love with Apple neither in hate with MS. That is simply not my

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Warns of Quarterly Revenue Shortfall – 78 Comments

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    For me this is the only Surface that makes sense if not for the price.

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Studio 2 Now Available for Pre-Order in the UK – 5 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:That is a funny observation on a site made out of Windows buthurts. Sone are recovere

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Warns of Quarterly Revenue Shortfall – 78 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Maybe you should gather a bunch of shareholders and file a complain. Yet a warning to t

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Warns of Quarterly Revenue Shortfall – 78 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:The closest organization to you is Microsoft. We all know that, so stop pretending you a

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Warns of Quarterly Revenue Shortfall – 78 Comments

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    I think Cook should just shut up and admit his error in silence. The crux is that TC and Co pushed the price b

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Warns of Quarterly Revenue Shortfall – 78 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:What? Lololol.show me that number int the financials.

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Prototype That Started it All – 16 Comments

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    In reply to jbinaz:A few corrections. It may have been designed to inspire PC makers but ....it revealed that

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Prototype That Started it All – 16 Comments

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    I don't care why it is bent. It is not supposed to be.I feel Apple is loosing focus of what it is importa

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Says Some iPad Pros Are Bent Out of the Box, Claims It’s Not a Defect – 39 Comments

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    Windows 10 with macOS look a like wallpapers it’s just so desperate :)

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Version 1809 Now Available to Basically Everyone – 30 Comments

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    That is all fine and dandy but on Black Friday in Portugal there were almost no Xbox ‘s to be seen in the ma

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Details Five New Xbox Game Pass Titles Coming This Month – 3 Comments

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    In reply to ChristopherCollins:That’s is fine, But you see, Alexa and Cortana can also use Siri Shortcuts, a

    Posted 3 years ago on “Hey Siri, OK Google” – 30 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:yes people have been misguided and have been taken for a ride in the last 10 years or

    Posted 3 years ago on Bad News for iPhone Sales Just Keeps Piling On – 88 Comments

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    In reply to dsharp75:You guys can’t stand the fact that got your arses lighten up from your mono cultural be

    Posted 3 years ago on Bad News for iPhone Sales Just Keeps Piling On – 88 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Well it looks like Apple does more money with search than Microsoft Bing ... and they do

    Posted 3 years ago on “Hey Siri, OK Google” – 30 Comments

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    It’s not a work around. That and many more is what Siri Shortcuts are for.Man your mind when it comes to App

    Posted 3 years ago on “Hey Siri, OK Google” – 30 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Funny that when it comes anything else but MS stuff you seam unable to apply the same re

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Releases the November 2018 Xbox Update – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Brazbit:How many Surface configurations are out there?MS Windows team can't even get Surface

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Releases the November 2018 Xbox Update – 11 Comments

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    This is more a reflection of Apple extremely unfriendly pricing models to the consumer and prosumer of late,

    Posted 3 years ago on More Evidence Emerges of Soft iPhone Sales – 44 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Funny in 2012 no MacBooks had either DVD or BR players.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple MacBook Air (2018) First Impressions – 39 Comments

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    With the ever increasing prices way beyond inflation Apple it’s becoming in my book just another company ran

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple MacBook Air (2018) First Impressions – 39 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:"Apple call it 'customer service', I call it 'ensuring customer loyalty&

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Admits to Hardware Quality Problems with iPhone X, MacBook Pro – 36 Comments

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    Well I have that problem with SP3 touch after a year and .... basically they told me “either pay to get fix

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Admits to Hardware Quality Problems with iPhone X, MacBook Pro – 36 Comments

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    Products like this make the new iPad Pro a bargain.

    Posted 3 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Intel) Review – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn: Reference please.

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Without* Google? – 149 Comments

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    In reply to Minke:I did not feel insulted considering I have been concerned about probably long before Paul.

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Without* Google? – 149 Comments

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    In reply to ErichK:Just the fact that I'm being voted down even in my second non snarky and more "reasona

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Without* Google? – 149 Comments

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    I think this is great news ... hopefully. Apple needs a slap in the hand considering the rising prices in the

    Posted 3 years ago on Report: iPhone XR Sales are Much Softer Than Expected – 42 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Although your intents may be sincere your approach to the topic of digital privacy d

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Without* Google? – 149 Comments

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    Who would want Android without Google? Windows people :)The vast majority , would probably choose something e

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Without* Google? – 149 Comments

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    In reply to Silversee:The point of Google is to collect data around your interests in context. As long that th

    Posted 3 years ago on Android Without* Google? – 149 Comments

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    In reply to jaredthegeek:Which is way more than any Surface laptop with an integrated graphics card.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Unveils New iPad Pros With Edge-to-Edge Display, Face ID, USB-C More – 88 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:.... without forgetting to save users photos and not deleting files. They still settin

    Posted 3 years ago on iOS 12.1 Lands Tomorrow With Real-Time Depth Control, Group FaceTime – 12 Comments

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    When it comes to the safeguard of digital assets, Privacy and Security is fundamentally the same thing.It jus

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: S9 the Android Security – 3 Comments

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    The S9+ it's a lovely device. The price just came down dramatically, Samsung style ... you will like it.

    Posted 3 years ago on Reevaluating the Samsung Galaxy S9+ – 43 Comments

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    In reply to lilmoe:I am knowledgeable enough. What do you wanna know?

    Posted 3 years ago on Reevaluating the Samsung Galaxy S9+ – 43 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:With the aim of a full edge to edge surface of glass, the notch it's a good workaro

    Posted 3 years ago on Xiaomi’s Latest Phone Has a Gorgeous No-Notch Design – 40 Comments

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    In reply to provision l-3:Of course if this was the design of choice than the TouchID on screen would be also

    Posted 3 years ago on Xiaomi’s Latest Phone Has a Gorgeous No-Notch Design – 40 Comments

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    For me this is what Apple should have done instead of the notch. It is also better for security and privacy ma

    Posted 3 years ago on Xiaomi’s Latest Phone Has a Gorgeous No-Notch Design – 40 Comments

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    In reply to Maktaba:Due to popular culture and Superman.

    Posted 3 years ago on Sticky Notes 3.1 Introduces a New Dark Mode – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:True. But whoever complains about iPhones prices and than change smartphone every year or t

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Finally Gets Serious About Android Security Updates – 16 Comments

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    This is something I have been waiting for years and years since I got cured from the desktop/laptop gaming ri

    Posted 3 years ago on Xbox Insiders Can Now Play Games With Mouse and Keyboard – 18 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:Ot maybe. But the idea of HDR is not to get neither the highlights or darkest shadows clipp

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Promises to Fix iPhone XS Selfie Smoothing – 27 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:It's only a bug if it is not working as intended. Another thing is, can it work bet

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Promises to Fix iPhone XS Selfie Smoothing – 27 Comments

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    In reply to Winner:Where did Apple said it was a bug?

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Promises to Fix iPhone XS Selfie Smoothing – 27 Comments

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    In reply to Bob_Shutts:Yes. The state of journalism. Trump gets it and takes advantage of all the carnaval.It

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Promises to Fix iPhone XS Selfie Smoothing – 27 Comments

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    In reply to jrickel96:They never said it was an accident or a bug. They are not even using an official channel

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Promises to Fix iPhone XS Selfie Smoothing – 27 Comments

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    I’m glad that they are improving this.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Promises to Fix iPhone XS Selfie Smoothing – 27 Comments

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    In reply to maethorechannen:So iif Chrome and Search are the primary vessels of their Ad business, and if they

    Posted 3 years ago on Report Reveals New Android Licensing Fees in Europe – 58 Comments

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    In reply to HellcatM:Yes!!! They should start selling Pixels across Europe too.

    Posted 3 years ago on Report Reveals New Android Licensing Fees in Europe – 58 Comments

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    In reply to maethorechannen:But you were already paying them with the data you create, weren’t you? You know

    Posted 3 years ago on Report Reveals New Android Licensing Fees in Europe – 58 Comments

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    In reply to HellcatM:Most people perceive these apps as free. Now that Google put a value on it, let’s see h

    Posted 3 years ago on Report Reveals New Android Licensing Fees in Europe – 58 Comments

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    In reply to MadsM:That is what Google wants you to think. Honestly, if you were not paying already for the app

    Posted 3 years ago on Report Reveals New Android Licensing Fees in Europe – 58 Comments

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    I am not sure how Google will get away with this. I mean, having users pay for their apps when their apps are

    Posted 3 years ago on Report Reveals New Android Licensing Fees in Europe – 58 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:PWA is more of a dev thing not a user thing. The benefit for the dev is flexibility and

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Chrome Now Lets You Install PWAs As Regular Apps on Windows 10 – 53 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Web apps work the same everywhere.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Chrome Now Lets You Install PWAs As Regular Apps on Windows 10 – 53 Comments

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    This move is good news for MS. It allow them to legally make and distribute Windroid without Google Play and r

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Complies With EU, Will Charge More for Android in Europe – 35 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:The Verge review is over an early release aka alpha for a product that will be liunched nex

    Posted 3 years ago on The Real Photoshop Is Finally Coming to iPad Next Year – 37 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:As an amateur photographer I use Affinity Photo on the iPad Pro. Know someprofession

    Posted 3 years ago on The Real Photoshop Is Finally Coming to iPad Next Year – 37 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Clearly you have more info than Adobe itself. I mean, Adobe repeatedly said its the full Ad

    Posted 3 years ago on The Real Photoshop Is Finally Coming to iPad Next Year – 37 Comments

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    In reply to Prebengh:With me it failed more than that. Every other day it fails here or there much like Touch

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple iPhone XS Review – 60 Comments

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    In reply to Brockman:He seams to prefer the Touch ID, that is all. I was hoping for Touch ID below the glass a

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple iPhone XS Review – 60 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Macs have been the preferred machines for technical and scientific driven people long before

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Is Taking Away Your Ability to Repair Your own laptop – 70 Comments

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    I guess by latest IOS updates you mean two years ago updates?PS: By the way swiftkey is in IOS, but but .... w

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Will Soon Sync Your PC’s Clipboard With Your Android Phone – 8 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Dont understand why people are voting me down. To demonstrate what I’ve said it’s a t

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with macOS Mojave – 41 Comments

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    In reply to longhorn:"So by "modern" OSes you mean OSes without multitasking, advanced window manage

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with macOS Mojave – 41 Comments

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    In reply to longhorn:Yes. It's meant to be subtle ... color changes with the flow of color and "light" in

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with macOS Mojave – 41 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:https://youtu.be/-t90uq80GHAHere is a video I've done to illustrate what I tried to

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with macOS Mojave – 41 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:You have no clue and deserve to be just that, clueless :)

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with macOS Mojave – 41 Comments

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    One thing that impressed me is that in the dark mode both the tone and the brightness of windows change accord

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with macOS Mojave – 41 Comments

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    All businesses align their efforts with their core business model. Apple it's selling devices, Google is

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 482: Surface Is Back on the Menu – 3 Comments

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    I guess the Surface story is also one about integrity.

    Posted 3 years ago on Consumer Reports Recommends Surface Again … But Not Surface Go – 28 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:The amount of misinformation around Apple products and services is incredible.There is

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Ships MacOS Mojave With Dark Mode, Productivity Improvements, More – 9 Comments

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    Windows traditionally had people from the MSDN schools sort of speak. You know, Visual Basic and than C# ... c

    Posted 3 years ago on Framer Launches New Interactive Design Tool Framer X – 13 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:I agree. There is not much if anything for actual users here for now.The title it

    Posted 3 years ago on Now Google Has a Batterygate of Its Own – 16 Comments

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    In reply to SupaPete:Can you point out an instance where Apple changed a setting on people’s phones outside

    Posted 3 years ago on Now Google Has a Batterygate of Its Own – 16 Comments

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    In reply to locust infested orchard inc:A week a go I had an encounter with someone that shared your point of

    Posted 3 years ago on Lost in the Keynote, Apple Raises Prices on iPhone and Watch – 87 Comments

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    In reply to SupaPete:Whatever. Go and buy a WP.

    Posted 3 years ago on Lost in the Keynote, Apple Raises Prices on iPhone and Watch – 87 Comments

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    In reply to SupaPete:I was just answering to this observation:"What they do for a good number of years is that

    Posted 3 years ago on Lost in the Keynote, Apple Raises Prices on iPhone and Watch – 87 Comments

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    In reply to SupaPete:I believe that they have a solid ecosystem, robust devices, the user gets relevant update

    Posted 3 years ago on Lost in the Keynote, Apple Raises Prices on iPhone and Watch – 87 Comments

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    The reality is that Apple has a smartphone offer that goes from 450 to 1500 give or take.Now, the mindless Ame

    Posted 3 years ago on Lost in the Keynote, Apple Raises Prices on iPhone and Watch – 87 Comments

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    Microsoft should stop this nonsense. They should have a Microsoft Message and Microsoft Talk, for iOS, Android

    Posted 3 years ago on SMS Connect Comes to Skype Insider Preview – 20 Comments

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    That wallpaper is a beauty. Can anyone share the link?

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 October 2018 Update Inches Closer to Release – 10 Comments

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    In reply to ajsmsg78:source please

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple’s Largest 2018 iPhone Will Reportedly Be Called iPhone Xs Max – 28 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Did not noticed that on my fully loaded SP3 kit. Worst $2000 investment I did on tech. Really

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:my point Is that we seam to demand way more from device manaufactirers in terms of qual

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Yes. Precisely my point when we compare the extent of devices warranties vs software. Th

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Maybe. But you still don’t have a grasp of the purpose of a warranty for instance..A w

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Yes. But Consumer Report was not about Skylake based Surfaces but Surfaces previous to Skylak

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:Most Mac users are professionals. That is why there has been such big amounts of people compl

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:The mentioned report was referring to Surface Pro 3, there was no Skylake. Skylake cane with

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:The idea that software malfunction has minimal consequences in comparison with hardware

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:So you prefer all China than? What about HP and DELL?Motorola has given up already ....

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:"That's why those class actions suits exist. Because Apple fixes stuff indeed, at your e

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:I never bought Apple Care. In my country by law we get 2 years warranty.

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Yes.It amazes me that the only American company that is in the top 5 of smartphone

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    Yes, every Apple problem is endemic. That is basically what you seam to believe, considering the enumeration.T

    Posted 3 years ago on Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem – 94 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:MS bought PureView to Nokia in the first place. Well, actually they bought almost the en

    Posted 3 years ago on HMD Acquires PureView Trademark from Microsoft – 17 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:Yes. II think my next combination will be a Desktop, probably iMac and an iPad Pr

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple to Launch New MacBook Air, Mac Mini Later This Year – 46 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Vertical mouses has been here for years man. You really should get out more from the Win

    Posted 3 years ago on Logitech Just Made a Crazy, Vertical Mouse – 26 Comments

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    In reply to curtisspendlove:If class action lawsuits over severe CPU throttling were consumer winners, the ent

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple to Launch New MacBook Air, Mac Mini Later This Year – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:"The $1299 Macbook you are talking about goes away at the end of this year. Apple announced

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple to Launch New MacBook Air, Mac Mini Later This Year – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:I don’t understand what you are complaining about than. You wanted a product you bought t

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple to Launch New MacBook Air, Mac Mini Later This Year – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Funny. I have a Mac Mini from 2009, still with DVI outputs and connects my DELL through a

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple to Launch New MacBook Air, Mac Mini Later This Year – 46 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:I understand aspiration of many for any device to work well as both a Workstation, D

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Hi Robert. I don’t think the iPad or Surface Go can be the Workstation for me eithe

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Just replying with a video that might help you with the Files app, but also change t

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    In reply to WP7Mango:That’s what I call positive affirmation :)But in many ways its not inferior to a MacBoo

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Maybe its because you are using One Drive with it.

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    In reply to Andi:You have a file manager just like Windows in case you don’t know.

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    In reply to macguy59:Most Windows users do that too. If you consider active apps instead of running apps.

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    I just wonder, if people applied the same reasoning that makes this thing great for them, but to an iPad Pro o

    Posted 3 years ago on The Surface Go Review – 86 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks: Again, nice deflection.And I could almost bet you have no top of the line MacBook Pro from

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Finally Fixes Surface Pro Pen Problems – 17 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Nice deflection.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Finally Fixes Surface Pro Pen Problems – 17 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:We all got tooled for 30 years. I repeat, up until recentely this company did not knew

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Finally Fixes Surface Pro Pen Problems – 17 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Absurd is to be so categorical over something some people seam to have little experience

    Posted 3 years ago on Pixel 3 Will Ditch Physical Navigation Completely, Coming October 4 – 15 Comments

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    In reply to Michael_Miller:This device is for tools. It’s small, its cute, it has a nice display. After that

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Go Got a Day One Firmware Update – 42 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:“If a computer did NOT have a Day 1 update I'd be more concerned.”WARNING: Real

    Posted 3 years ago on Surface Go Got a Day One Firmware Update – 42 Comments

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    In reply to CaedenV:And once you have one device for everything you will notice how crap such solution is.

    Posted 3 years ago on Samsung Totally Didn’t Leak This Note 9 Launch Video – 9 Comments

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    In reply to JG1170:I guess you consider yourself extremely smart by being baby sitter of your tech. Congrats.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Becomes the First $1 Trillion Company – 34 Comments

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    In reply to DBSync:Yes, and up if you total the three Qs.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Becomes the First $1 Trillion Company – 34 Comments

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    This is a very good advert.

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Just Took a Huge Shot at Windows and Mac in New Chromebook Ad – 183 Comments

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    In reply to bluvg:Maybe that is the case. My unlike was on this piece of marketing material:"These moments can

    Posted 3 years ago on Even the Xbox Adaptive Controller’s Packaging is Accessible – 7 Comments

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    I really don't understand why is this so difficult to achieve by MS.

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 Won’t Waste Your Time With Unexpected Updates Anymore – 38 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Its a not a complaint but an observation.I guess, like art, some things if need a descri

    Posted 3 years ago on Even the Xbox Adaptive Controller’s Packaging is Accessible – 7 Comments

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    In a world of so many bad decisions and doings, I guess that deciding and doing the right thing for the custom

    Posted 3 years ago on Even the Xbox Adaptive Controller’s Packaging is Accessible – 7 Comments

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    I think Air, Macbook and MacBook Air are out. Macbook and MacBook Air will be replaced by the iPad Pro line.Th

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Debuts 2018 Macbook Pro – What The Tech Ep. 408 – 3 Comments

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    I think they should do like MS. We are working on I t, improving day in day out,, wait for a software update.

    Posted 3 years ago on Internal Apple Documentation Confirms MacBook Pro Keyboard Fix – 22 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:I understand. But Nadella says that core to the partnership is their common rivalry wil

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft and Walmart Take on Amazon With New Partnership – 27 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:I think it’s great MS having its tech used by many companies including Walmart. You kn

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft and Walmart Take on Amazon With New Partnership – 27 Comments

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    Why is MS getting into retail wars as if it does not have its own to win, does not make much sense to me. Amaz

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft and Walmart Take on Amazon With New Partnership – 27 Comments

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    I think it should be measured by what problems it solves in that segment and how well it solves them. PS: for

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 437: Surface GOes to the Cat – 1 Comments

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    In terms of reach and modus operandi Google is the new MS, at it has been for some years now. This move puts

    Posted 3 years ago on Google to Enter Video Game Market with Streaming Service, Console – 16 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:1) Understood. This medium has its limits for good communication. ARM architectures are

    Posted 3 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:I am lost about what you are skeptical about and why. I am trying to follow your reasoni

    Posted 3 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    In reply to jrickel96:ARM is not bull for the needs of AutoCAD workstations, or Hollywood type of movies, soft

    Posted 3 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:1) Exactly. Don’t you think he or she will know after taking it to support? Has you sa

    Posted 3 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:On 1)Ok. But the common man will not because he will not know that its emulating an x32

    Posted 3 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Hedlund:Its just Thurrot being honest and telling like it is ;)PS: The betas were immediatel

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Ships Public Betas of iOS 12, tvOS 12, and macOS Mojave – 14 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:"I think a more credible argument is that ARM dilutes the value of Windows by limiting w

    Posted 3 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    I think it is great that more OSs support ARM. More choices for the consumer ... but they need to be good choi

    Posted 3 years ago on Snapdragon 1000 Suggests Qualcomm Is Serious About the PC Market – 71 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:I personally don’t know how many reports exist to judge it as a defective design. All

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Admits to MacBook Keyboard Design Flaw – 66 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Like any other company Apple in my experience passes costs in the product price. In my e

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Admits to MacBook Keyboard Design Flaw – 66 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Not trying to change the subject. Evaluation ialways comes by contrast. Its one of the f

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Admits to MacBook Keyboard Design Flaw – 66 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:As I remember most reports started coming in the second half of last year. As for the cl

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Admits to MacBook Keyboard Design Flaw – 66 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Ask Paul if MS ever admitted there was a design flaw with his Surface Book gen 1,. Or if

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Finally Admits to MacBook Keyboard Design Flaw – 66 Comments

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    In reply to AllThisEv1l:I know. Just because it has a rationale does not make it right.

    Posted 3 years ago on Intel Ousts CEO Over Employee Relationship – 41 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:What is in your opinion their philosophy?I think its more complex for the user to figure ou

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Delays AirPower Charging Mat Once Again Due to Technical Hurdles – 45 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:I fully agree with this observation. Indeed Apple is changing and becoming a lot like MS

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Delays AirPower Charging Mat Once Again Due to Technical Hurdles – 45 Comments

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    In reply to mau47:Spot on.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Delays AirPower Charging Mat Once Again Due to Technical Hurdles – 45 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Amazon, the source of truth :) Have you guys seen the ratings of those devices? https://www.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Delays AirPower Charging Mat Once Again Due to Technical Hurdles – 45 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Has anyone done a Qi unit that actualky charge two or more devices at the same time? No.

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Delays AirPower Charging Mat Once Again Due to Technical Hurdles – 45 Comments

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    As a first stage of MR for general consumers makes more sense tethered to an handheld, like an iPhone or Ninte

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft No Longer Plans to Bring VR to the Xbox One – 40 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:I think the only reason why both MS and Google never got this act toguether it’s becau

    Posted 3 years ago on You Can Now Send Messages on Your Android Phone From the Web – 16 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:The thing should be totally transparent like it is on the iPhone. When you use iMessages

    Posted 3 years ago on You Can Now Send Messages on Your Android Phone From the Web – 16 Comments

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    Can you please clarify why he was flat out wrong in the examples he gave? I've read your previous article

    Posted 3 years ago on First Ring Daily 431: Office Overload – 2 Comments

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    In reply to dontbe_evil:Well he actually wrote something that it’s not misleading in anyway. He went on to R

    Posted 3 years ago on About That Office 365 and JavaScript Thing – 29 Comments

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    In reply to aThingOrTwo:Absolutely.Only a non developer would assume that even a C# application does not make

    Posted 3 years ago on About That Office 365 and JavaScript Thing – 29 Comments

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    Waiting to see when people leave package of toilet paper coupled with a $1000 of bills payed automagically bec

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Working with Retailers to Eliminate Checkout … And Amazon – 41 Comments

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    Some things that seamed off to me in this article.Electron: Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript,

    Posted 3 years ago on About That Office 365 and JavaScript Thing – 29 Comments

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    In reply to trevor.chadwick.3:I understand you’re point of view. As as software engeneer I was educated in s

    Posted 3 years ago on Carmel, Libra, and Andromeda are the next wave of Surface Devices – 81 Comments

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    In reply to Robert_Wade:You're statement just shows to me how confused you seam to be. Reminds me the rem

    Posted 3 years ago on Carmel, Libra, and Andromeda are the next wave of Surface Devices – 81 Comments

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    In reply to bluvg:Yes. Going in circles. Presenting the old as new.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft is Redesigning the Office User Interface – 68 Comments

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    In reply to trevor.chadwick.3:MS was screwed because of the lack of innovation in the Windows camp, day in da

    Posted 3 years ago on Carmel, Libra, and Andromeda are the next wave of Surface Devices – 81 Comments

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    The problem I have with Chromebooks is that I still don't know what they are particularly good at. I unde

    Posted 3 years ago on Google Releases Chrome OS 67 – 58 Comments

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    I still use 2015.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2019 – 11 Comments

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    Yeah and Google is bringing Android apps to iOS with PWA ... catch the drift?This move its all about developer

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple WWDC 2018 Round Up – What The Tech Ep. 402 – 4 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:The end game is to control software, the flow of software. MS does not need to buy L

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft + GitHub – 73 Comments

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    Github its mainly about pushing and storing code publicly making it a good tool for open source projects to th

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft + GitHub – 73 Comments

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    Nice article. Its called a well crafted execution rather than a half baked ideas pushed to customers. It just

    Posted 3 years ago on Hands-On with macOS Mojave Developer Preview – 48 Comments

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    In reply to FalseAgent:Yes. But the point of the article is that Tim/Apple has been telling lies about it. Hav

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Confirms it is Bringing iOS Apps to the Mac – 60 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Cross platform APIs is something that is as old as computing. So are cross platform fram

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Confirms it is Bringing iOS Apps to the Mac – 60 Comments

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    In reply to Jeffsters:A quick recap of facts (not rewriting them as Paul tried to do)...Are they looking to me

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Confirms it is Bringing iOS Apps to the Mac – 60 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:I agree. But MS had its own Git kind of repository that did not work for a reason as wel

    Posted 3 years ago on Report: Microsoft in Talks to Buy GitHub – 35 Comments

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    In reply to pderosa:Forcing these community into any of the Titans harms its not what the community wants or n

    Posted 3 years ago on Report: Microsoft in Talks to Buy GitHub – 35 Comments

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    Please, please don't do it Github. Please don't, not to Microsoft or Google. Keep yourself independe

    Posted 3 years ago on Report: Microsoft in Talks to Buy GitHub – 35 Comments

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    In reply to Mestiphal:Well. My wife, she is a high school maths teacher. Every other week she says “I think

    Posted 3 years ago on April 2018 Update Rolling Out Even Faster than Expected – 52 Comments

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    My wife’s dying SP3 (a three year machine $1700+) updated ok.I think it’s good that MS is achieving this v

    Posted 3 years ago on April 2018 Update Rolling Out Even Faster than Expected – 52 Comments

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    In reply to lbastie:Welcome yo the rabbits hole.I think you should at least try to swap it once to see if it

    Posted 3 years ago on Latest Surface Pro Updated to Improve Reliability – 22 Comments

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    Very, very few people will buy a PC based on how well it supports Alexa or Google Assistant If anyone.At least

    Posted 3 years ago on PC Makers are Embracing Alexa – 42 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:The impact is none for the moment. If you want a PC this might be an option.Whoever is t

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei MateBook X Pro First Impressions – 54 Comments

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    In reply to TEAMSWITCHER:Yes. The Macbook line up has not been updated yet (present release is from June 2017)

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei MateBook X Pro First Impressions – 54 Comments

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    For me, in this context, great user experience don't go well with performance problems and lacking in bat

    Posted 4 years ago on Report: Qualcomm Will Try to Save Wear OS This Year – 31 Comments

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    In reply to WmPitcher:That makes more sense. But I guess MS has the perfect environment to test this thing bet

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Gorgeous New Surface Hub 2 – 46 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:So this is when more or less Corporation remodel their conference rooms. Given and take

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Gorgeous New Surface Hub 2 – 46 Comments

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    This is a lovely realistic practical mockup.MS quite often makes impressive display of tech yet to be released

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Unveils Gorgeous New Surface Hub 2 – 46 Comments

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    Android:New gestures, notch support, no home button.The biggest, mostly a follow up on Apple stance.Google New

    Posted 4 years ago on Google I/O 2018: Everything You Need to Know – 34 Comments

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    In reply to JG1170:Yes, if you pair with a Mac OS device you actually get the future as far as Windows / Andro

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 is Getting New Cross-Platform Experiences This Year – 22 Comments

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    When will MS launch its Windroid - a MS driven Android variant?The way MS its approaching the edge, in particu

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 is Getting New Cross-Platform Experiences This Year – 22 Comments

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    The big news is the evenue share policy.

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 is Getting New Cross-Platform Experiences This Year – 22 Comments

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    I don’t understand your reasoning. At one moment you find great value in bringing handheld apps to Windows 1

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple is Killing the Texture App for Windows 10 – 22 Comments

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    In reply to plettza:Spotify core business is not in selling music copies. But selling the ability to listen to

    Posted 4 years ago on Spotify Now Has 170 Million Active Users – 28 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:True. Yet Apple it’s basically leveraging here. They came really late to the music

    Posted 4 years ago on Spotify Now Has 170 Million Active Users – 28 Comments

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    It’s well deserved. They basically came up with the revolution in music streaming services after downloads.

    Posted 4 years ago on Spotify Now Has 170 Million Active Users – 28 Comments

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    The rumours were around Apple selling iPhone X's less than Apple predicted. From that, the "negative" min

    Posted 4 years ago on Surprise: Apple Delivers Another Blockbuster Quarter – 57 Comments

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    In reply to Saxwulf:I am glad they are well. Just stay there.

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple’s AR and VR Headset Reportedly Packs 8K Displays – 19 Comments

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    There we go again. Apple needs to sort this spills of information.Google will now come charging. Samsung altog

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple’s AR and VR Headset Reportedly Packs 8K Displays – 19 Comments

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    You have surprised me for the candid, open and objective review over a brand new Windows thing. Don't tak

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review – 81 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:A PC Laptop its a mobile device. What a PC Laptop is not, its an handheld device. It

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Revamps Mobile Broadband in Windows 10 – 15 Comments

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    Timeline it’s a feature that makes a lot of sense. Hopefully it will be searchable.

    Posted 4 years ago on Edge Mobile Gets Timeline Support As Microsoft Readies Windows 10 April 2018 Update – 5 Comments

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    Considering that MS is such a global company why don’t they go for city names all over the globe?Windows New

    Posted 4 years ago on Behold the April (2018) Update. Sorry (Updated) – 72 Comments

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    In reply to reverseswing:In iOS it’s called spoken notifications I think. One can turn it in on and of. But

    Posted 4 years ago on Cortana Is Getting the Ability to Read Messages Aloud – 27 Comments

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    In reply to obarthelemy:So your mom does not play Scrabble in Windows because "her app" as you put it is not t

    Posted 4 years ago on Tim Cook Shoots Down Convergence Rumors – 133 Comments

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    In reply to Ugur:I don’t think Handheld apps are crappy in comparison with desktop/laptop apps. They are act

    Posted 4 years ago on Tim Cook Shoots Down Convergence Rumors – 133 Comments

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    In reply to FalseAgent:Let me try to make it more bearable :)Neither Windows or OSX have an app problem. Both

    Posted 4 years ago on Tim Cook Shoots Down Convergence Rumors – 133 Comments

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    Apple Is not bringing iPad apps to OSX ok. Did not think it was necessary. Don’t really think users are aski

    Posted 4 years ago on Tim Cook Shoots Down Convergence Rumors – 133 Comments

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    "Faced with the unacceptable, I’m trying to solve my Pixel audio issues the way an Apple user would. By thro

    Posted 4 years ago on Quick Look: Libratone Q Adapt USB-C Earphones – 32 Comments

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    if there is an a far bigger and damaging error was when the PC industry adopted the 16:9 for laptops. Compared

    Posted 4 years ago on What Is The Best Smartphone? – What The Tech Ep. 396 – 3 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Apple is dropping the ball in that aspect. In 10 yearsI haven’t got used to present somet

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Struggles to Sell the HomePod – 42 Comments

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    Hi. I still have not seen or heard a sound from the HomePod. But judging by the reviews I would say its not a

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Struggles to Sell the HomePod – 42 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Yes. I don't know if it is a fad or not. But I'm still not convinced by this devi

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Struggles to Sell the HomePod – 42 Comments

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    The AirPods are good well rounded product for whoever owns iPhone or other Apple devices and came in the right

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily 403: The Error of our Pods – 2 Comments

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    What irritates me is not the publicity that MS is pushing in Windows 10. Is that we get the publicity and we s

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily 402: Where is the Mystery – 3 Comments

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    In reply to devSpeed:You should have switched to iOS than because this feature has been there for years."Hey S

    Posted 4 years ago on Cortana Is Getting the Ability to Read Messages Aloud – 27 Comments

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    In reply to waclark57:Yes. Have both of course. I find touch for scroll great as well as for many other things

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Introduces New $299 iPad Geared Towards Education – 84 Comments

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    Nadella is saying Windows is no longer the core MS development platform. Azure/Cloud is the MS platform now. T

    Posted 4 years ago on The Sams Report: Making the Big Decisions – 3 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:We have to agree that the statement its an exaggeration, the question is how close is it fr

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Says it Runs on 100 Percent Renewable Energy (Updated) – 44 Comments

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    In reply to Jeffery_Commaroto:I think no one wants to pay for anything in principle. Don't need a study f

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Finally Has a True Chromebook Competitor to the Surface Pro – 67 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:If the technology was so great so would be the experience. If the experience was great, consi

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Finally Has a True Chromebook Competitor to the Surface Pro – 67 Comments

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    I'm a bit puzzled about the ability of HP to sell these well proven devices at $600, yet it asks $1000 fo

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Finally Has a True Chromebook Competitor to the Surface Pro – 67 Comments

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    Embedded Windows CE all over again.

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Announces a $5 Billion Investment in IoT – 18 Comments

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    Its interesting to see how each company has entirely different strategies to tackle the future.Apple is at its

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple to Ditch Intel in Favour of Its Custom Chips in Macs From 2020 – 53 Comments

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    I think Nadella once he saw what Windows on ARM is ... he had enough.The future of Windows is to be a MS Cloud

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Windows Gets a New Leader – 71 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Valid when such common meaning is not used to simply wing around a rehetoric devoided of

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) First Impressions – 51 Comments

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    In reply to alissa914g:Yes, a $30 discount its lame.

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Introduces New $299 iPad Geared Towards Education – 84 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Yes. Don’t think turning iOS into a desktop OS is the way to go. Nevertheless its use

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Introduces New $299 iPad Geared Towards Education – 84 Comments

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    Saw the event last night and ...I really disliked the tone of the event. I felt that both teachers and student

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Introduces New $299 iPad Geared Towards Education – 84 Comments

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    There we go. Paul will return his Samsung, put Pixel 2 in a shelve and buy this one.Since I tried the Huawei c

    Posted 4 years ago on Huawei Unveils New P20 Flagships – 5 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:As I remember my tablet PC, to work with it as a Tablet I really needed a stylus. It was

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Introduces New $299 iPad Geared Towards Education – 84 Comments

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    This is going to sell like hot cakes if the pencil support is as great as the iPad Pro. I can see a lot of edu

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Introduces New $299 iPad Geared Towards Education – 84 Comments

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    If I went to Android again probably this would be my phone of choice because of photography. I particularly li

    Posted 4 years ago on Huawei Mate 10 Pro Review – 18 Comments

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    Due to probably my age, 45 with still young children, with not as much time to dedicate to myself and resolvin

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Taking Stock – 75 Comments

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    Not even Apple did this move. I mean, hardwiring their Apple Store with the App Store. Instead they have opted

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Now Sells Hardware from its Windows 10 Store – 17 Comments

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    In reply to jaredthegeek:The biggest problem I have is that it does not perform closed to either a Tablet or a

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Performance – 69 Comments

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    I think naivety on top of profit its a difficult point to be made.The fact is the Facebook is setup for users

    Posted 4 years ago on Cambridge Analytica Isn’t Facebook’s Fault – 109 Comments

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    Don’t think there is much of a problem here. I remember when tech moved from x32 to x64. One even needed to

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: App Compatibility – 59 Comments

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    Battery life for video playback is really, really impressive. This kind of values I've never seen.Nice,

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) Review Check-In: Battery Life – 54 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:HiThe idea that form and function are two different things is not correct. Form and functio

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) First Impressions – 51 Comments

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    If we cut through the chase, for the price, this is neither a premium content consumption tablet (1) or a mid

    Posted 4 years ago on HP Envy x2 (Qualcomm) First Impressions – 51 Comments

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    I find it hard to believe this justification considering a company like MS. I mean, they have built Teams mean

    Posted 4 years ago on Wonder What’s Happening With Wunderlist? Wonder No More – 43 Comments

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    Hi Paul,Maybe one day you can write about MS history because the way I see, when it comes to totally assimilat

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily 351: Apple Screens the Windows Problem – 4 Comments

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    Don’t understand. So it achieves human parity but is not good enough to be used by humans.J wonder with who

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Reaches Human Parity With Chinese to English News Translation – 5 Comments

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    It is interesting how Apple chooses its business. It is trying to fix the magazine publishing business as it t

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Acquires Digital Magazine Subscription Service Texture – 9 Comments

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    Just downloaded it. Put a paper on top of my couch. Camera parallel to the couch, nothing. Only cought the pap

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Pix for iOS Update with More AI Smarts – 7 Comments

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    I don't understand whats all the fuss about the Always Connected PC. I had an Always Connected Tablet, an

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 560: Windows à la S Mode – 6 Comments

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    In reply to lordbaal1:When I used Windows 10, since the beginning used Edge to browse the web. Used chrome jus

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 560: Windows à la S Mode – 6 Comments

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    On the Ireland Case:Even though the nature of digital its fluid at some point it meets the physical nature of

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 559: Wear Socks to Bed – 1 Comments

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    I agree with you. Especially when such copies are devoided of any technical constraints. Just Cosmetic.For ins

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Notches Another Victory (Premium) – 27 Comments

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    "The best — maybe the only? — real, direct measure of “innovation” is change in human behaviou

    Posted 4 years ago on Samsung Innovates, Android Lags – What The Tech Ep. 390 – 1 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:Anti-Trurst is about what companies cannot do to others rather than limiting what t

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 558: 150 Bottles of Ranch Dressing on the Wall – 1 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:That is a nice start :)

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 on ARM to Launch with 3 PCs on 14 Carriers – 56 Comments

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    I'm really "glad" that my MacBook Pro for 2009 was protected first than my SP3 from 2014.

    Posted 4 years ago on Surface Pro 3 Updated to Protect Against Spectre and Meltdown – 3 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:Did it? I simply saw a couple of screens and a guy clicking an install button or somethin

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 on ARM to Launch with 3 PCs on 14 Carriers – 56 Comments

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    Here is what Office Watch says about desktop Office 365 on ARM:"It’s also possible to get ‘full’ Of

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 on ARM to Launch with 3 PCs on 14 Carriers – 56 Comments

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    In reply to Bill_Russell:Yeah. I’ve noticed that lately the wording of Paul seams to be towards Hijacking th

    Posted 4 years ago on Yes, Google and Apple Support PWAs Too – 28 Comments

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    I’m super excited about the potential of PWAs and MS anticipation move to supporte it in the App Store is gr

    Posted 4 years ago on Yes, Google and Apple Support PWAs Too – 28 Comments

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    The problem I have with Google approach is that there is no way to ascertain if they hold themselves to the sa

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Reveals Another Microsoft Vulnerability Before Its Fixed – 96 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:I can comment on the first because I've done some simple non scientific tests. We c

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Finally Documents the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM – 117 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:It depends. Standard productivity software from a speed perspective, the cheapest iPad P

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Finally Documents the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM – 117 Comments

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    I think too many people are assuming that ARM based Windows PC will be cheaper than Intel based PCs.There is n

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Finally Documents the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM – 117 Comments

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    On Windows 10 Modes (S, Home, Home Advanced, Pro, Pro Workstation)I find that all this very unacessarly comple

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 556: 90% Cacao, 10% PWA – 1 Comments

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    Even though I've noticed that videos are not commented as Article here is another try ...The Battery / Th

    Posted 4 years ago on The State Of Apple In 2018 – What The Tech Ep. 386 – 2 Comments

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    Saying X or Y active users with no time frame attached is worth very little.Is it per month? Per quarter? Per

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple: Siri Now Has Over 500 Million Active Users – 39 Comments

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    In reply to PincasX:No for me the solution it’s not making it a preference. As I’ve alured in my post in t

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple to Let Users Control CPU Throttling on iPhones – 24 Comments

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    My views over this have been changing over time. For me it is a simple technical solution to a technical probl

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple to Let Users Control CPU Throttling on iPhones – 24 Comments

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    Google today its what Microsoft was decades ago, but much faster and efficient. The future of MS may well be t

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 552: CES Blackout – 3 Comments

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    In reply to Pulagatha:The idea that just because MS does software it should sell all sorts of digital things

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft (Kind Of) Kills Cortana’s Music Recognition Feature – 35 Comments

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    I rarely used this feature on the iPhone and certainly never on a PC.Groove Music was doomed from the start. T

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft (Kind Of) Kills Cortana’s Music Recognition Feature – 35 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:It was actually Google Research along with other Researchers that spotted the issue.

    Posted 4 years ago on Intel Misled Industry on Security Vulnerabilities – 39 Comments

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    This is a complex issue that cannot be seen like this IMHO.1) There are two new found classes of "flaws" or "b

    Posted 4 years ago on Intel Misled Industry on Security Vulnerabilities – 39 Comments

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    This I think its nice for people that mainly use Amazon and Microsoft services. I have an Alexa speaker, mainl

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft and Amazon Miss Integration Deadline for Cortana and Alexa – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Nevertheless from what I’ve said ....I fully understand that it’s mainly an engineering

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Apologizes for Throttling iPhones, Offers $29 Replacement Batteries – 66 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:Yes. I bought an Alexa integrated speaker to see what was all about. Although I liked some

    Posted 4 years ago on Amazon Pushes Further Ahead of Apple, Google and Microsoft with Alexa – 53 Comments

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    In reply to 1armedGeek:Look. I know people prefer t think that Apple is slowing down their phones to force the

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Apologizes for Throttling iPhones, Offers $29 Replacement Batteries – 66 Comments

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    What about what all other companies do? Why don’t journalists that are supposed to be technically way above

    Posted 4 years ago on The Sams Report: Here’s Everything I use – 2 Comments

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    In reply to 1armedGeek:Here is what you may not understand. This phenomena is experienced in any mobile device

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Apologizes for Throttling iPhones, Offers $29 Replacement Batteries – 66 Comments

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    In reply to 1armedGeek:Yes. But all of them slow down due to an eroding battery, some not even just due to tha

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Apologizes for Throttling iPhones, Offers $29 Replacement Batteries – 66 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Well from what I’ve said you can delusionally conclude anything really.But to put it s

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPhone X Review – 91 Comments

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    Rarely Apple disappointed me and this is no exception. The only disappointement I have with Apple at the momen

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Apologizes for Throttling iPhones, Offers $29 Replacement Batteries – 66 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:So basically you have a problem with all companies but decide to voice your lovely crite

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPhone X Review – 91 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:In my experience the UX to operate an app effcientely with the thumb needs to be quite d

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Set to Combine iOS and Mac Apps As It Looks to Build a Unified Platform – 45 Comments

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    In reply to JG1170:You are being sarcastic over Windows users in the coffee shop for sure :)Becausein that sce

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Set to Combine iOS and Mac Apps As It Looks to Build a Unified Platform – 45 Comments

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    “Apple’s idea behind merging iOS and Mac apps is almost exactly like Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platf

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Set to Combine iOS and Mac Apps As It Looks to Build a Unified Platform – 45 Comments

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    In reply to Locust Infested Orchard Inc.:Mine was a PSION Series 3 from 1991 or so. There were a bunch of hand

    Posted 4 years ago on Our Best Look at Microsoft’s Foldable ‘Androdmeda’ Device Yet – 42 Comments

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    It looks like a PSION Computer with dual display.I had it a long time ago. Even before Windows CE come to town

    Posted 4 years ago on Our Best Look at Microsoft’s Foldable ‘Androdmeda’ Device Yet – 42 Comments

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    In reply to Locust Infested Orchard Inc.:Are you still in the humor mode?

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPhone X First Impressions – 87 Comments

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    i understand we need to try these machines.Yet I’ve noticed how reluctant is the marketing spiel around thes

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 547: Windows on ARM – 1 Comments

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    In reply to William_Kempf:Ok. My point is that I don’t have an issue I guess. For me they can test it howeve

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 546: A/B Testing – 5 Comments

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    In reply to William_Kempf:So you have a issue with the way they test things.

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 546: A/B Testing – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Jeffsters:There is a random down voter around. Maybe is a bug or something . Or maybe it’s not s

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Rushes iOS 11.2 Release As New iPhone Crashing Bug Emerges – 37 Comments

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    In reply to SocialDanny123:They do. I know of schools in Europe that use the G Suite on Windows machines.

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Touts ‘Strong Growth’ for Windows in Education – 52 Comments

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    Google has not marketed Chrome OS outside the US as far as I can tell. This is what the graphs shows. There wa

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Touts ‘Strong Growth’ for Windows in Education – 52 Comments

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    In reply to Jeffsters:All companies are.

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Rushes iOS 11.2 Release As New iPhone Crashing Bug Emerges – 37 Comments

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    An insider is a tester, it’s not a person that gets features sooner todo whatever. The “whatever” it’s

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 546: A/B Testing – 5 Comments

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    It seams to me Apple quality is cracking with their success. They always had eventual problems but lately it h

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Rushes iOS 11.2 Release As New iPhone Crashing Bug Emerges – 37 Comments

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    In reply to Brazbit:I just woke up and was patched. So honestely do not know the story in between.

    Posted 4 years ago on And It Just Roots: New MacOS Security Flaw Emerges – 53 Comments

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    Yup, bad. Hours later, patched, good.

    Posted 4 years ago on And It Just Roots: New MacOS Security Flaw Emerges – 53 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:Yeah. There is a huge disconnect between what all the big 4 companies (except one) are sa

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Testing New MacOS Spotlight-like Search UI for Windows 10 – 38 Comments

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    2018 and MS is still walking circles with this for years and years :( Maybe now with Hadoop they can sort this

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Testing New MacOS Spotlight-like Search UI for Windows 10 – 38 Comments

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    Hi, talking about smart speaker and Alexa ... last week I bought cheap smart speaker with Alexa for the first

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily: When the Lights Go Out – 2 Comments

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    Hehe, Paul and his saga against Apple reviewers.But have a look at my comment/review on Brads article about th

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Headphone Adapter Review – 84 Comments

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    Hi Brad,I think if you bought the Air Pods for the purpose of using it main at the gym, this was not definitel

    Posted 4 years ago on Review: AirPods are Apple’s “Okayiest” Thing They Sell Today – 36 Comments

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    This is interesting. MS is doing really good stuff in Azure and Visual Studio Code.Visial Studio? It’s getti

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Is Bringing Real-Time Collaboration to Visual Studio – 9 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Thank you for the reply.Would you say that the core strengths of this device is Proj

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Pixel 2 XL Review: I’m Calling It – 75 Comments

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    Interesting that the picture opening the post does not coincide with actual pictures of the device in Android

    Posted 4 years ago on OnePlus 5T Leaks Ahead of Launch, and It Looks Great – 20 Comments

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    $1000 device future proof for one year? I don’t get this kind of future proof.I understand it might fill you

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Pixel 2 XL Review: I’m Calling It – 75 Comments

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    The advantage of Pixel 2 XL over the iPhone X in this context is clear. Comparable camera ... cheaper.If that

    Posted 4 years ago on DxOMark: Pixel 2 Finishes Ahead of iPhone X in Camera Tests – 6 Comments

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    In reply to Rob_Wade:Wha does Apple has to do with it? Can you care to explain?Because it look like by your re

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One X: The Ultimate Entertainment Console? – 49 Comments

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    To be honest for the first time since the iPhone 1, even I am surprised.Need to ponder ... Because there is s

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple fourth quarter results – 18 Comments

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    In reply to JG1170:The deck of cards for app switching its pretty much standard on any phone today.Palm Pre an

    Posted 4 years ago on Here’s What the Reviewers are Saying About iPhone X Facial Recognition – 113 Comments

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    Hi Paul,I agree that the initial review on The Verge looks like the most balanced amongst this set.But we arri

    Posted 4 years ago on Here’s What the Reviewers are Saying About iPhone X Facial Recognition – 113 Comments

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    These are excellent news. Let’s hope MS seeks it through 200%.Cheers.

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s Bold Plan to Bring PWAs to Windows 10 – 69 Comments

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    I like the looks. A simple clean look packing what it looks like tons of horsepower.Pair that with robustness

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One X Unboxing – 44 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:PWA aims to integrate in the same umbrella a series of technologies and concepts tha

    Posted 4 years ago on Mozilla Embraces Progressive Web Apps – 17 Comments

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    In reply to unkinected:“Apple quietly told suppliers they could reduce the accuracy of the face-recognition

    Posted 4 years ago on X-Cuses: iPhone X Facial Recognition Will Not Meet Expectations – 130 Comments

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    In reply to winlonghorn:Ha ok. So this announcement it’s all about the party over an announced release date

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Announces a Global Launch for Xbox One X – 10 Comments

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    How many times MS needs to announce the same thing, over and over and over and over ...

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Announces a Global Launch for Xbox One X – 10 Comments

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    For some reason I see people very interested in this vision. But can one person talk me through the disadvanta

    Posted 4 years ago on Samsung is Bringing Linux Desktop to DeX … What About Windows? – 114 Comments

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    I'm glad that out of the three there is at least one big consumer targeting company that its out of this

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Gets Security Disclosure Revenge on Google – 47 Comments

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    I like the specs. I’m looking forward to see if it works up to the specs in real life. In the past this has

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About Surface Book 2 Specs and Configurations – 38 Comments

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    I think if MS is aiming any kind of robust integration between Windows 10 PC workflows and Android its has at

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft + Android: A Fresh Start – 91 Comments

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    In reply to Jacob Klein:People and developers are waiting anyway with this pace.The challenge is not so much i

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Promotes Fall Creators Update to Developers – 34 Comments

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    Considering Surfaces, at least in Europe, are easy easy to be seen on shops, MS tried to pull an Apple, iMHO t

    Posted 4 years ago on Fake News: Microsoft to End Surface in 2019? – 54 Comments

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    In reply to Jacob Klein:I think the goal should not be releasing features but features that millions of people

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Promotes Fall Creators Update to Developers – 34 Comments

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    I don't know what its so exciting about this. Been doing that for over 5 years in the iPhone, with family

    Posted 4 years ago on Google is Bringing Video Calling to Android – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Jacob Klein:I was being sarcastic. If it’s a known difficulty to get users to vupdate in mass wi

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Promotes Fall Creators Update to Developers – 34 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:Microsft it’s promoting Office 365, Bing and Azure. Windows 10 it’s just a means for

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Promotes Fall Creators Update to Developers – 34 Comments

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    The problem of this two times a year update scheme is that ....Ok ... a certain amount of user is with Windows

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Promotes Fall Creators Update to Developers – 34 Comments

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    Its alive until they killed it. I say this because historically in my book, the word of MS as an institution,

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft: No, We’re Not Killing Surface – 49 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Looking forward to read about your experience.Your are spot on in clearly identifyin

    Posted 4 years ago on Deep Dive: The AI Innovations Across Google’s 2017 Devices Lineup – 52 Comments

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    The article is mostly a reiteration if Google’s Presentation. The tone ... everything. Hummm.I was expecting

    Posted 4 years ago on Deep Dive: The AI Innovations Across Google’s 2017 Devices Lineup – 52 Comments

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    This should have happened a long time ago:Users would have adopted a reliable way to deal with audio assets so

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Ends Groove Music Pass, Offers Transition to Spotify – 215 Comments

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    It looks like Google is testing out the consolidation between YouTube and Google Play.

    Posted 4 years ago on Tip: Access Google Play Movies & TV on Apple TV – 11 Comments

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    In reply to PincasX:Clarifying why tech savvy Apple users did not gave their opinion on this move immediately.

    Posted 4 years ago on The Android Switch: Bringing My Phone Number to Android and Project Fi – 48 Comments

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    In reply to PincasX:Apple fans like carrier neutrality as much as net neutrality from an OS/Device functional

    Posted 4 years ago on The Android Switch: Bringing My Phone Number to Android and Project Fi – 48 Comments

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    Amazon has been playing its cards in very very intelligent way. Kind of reminds me Apple when it came with the

    Posted 4 years ago on Amazon Announces New Alexa-Powered Echo, Fire TV Devices – 7 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Yes. For embedded Android TV along with satellite and cable tunners is for me the bigge

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Assistant Arrives on Android TV – 12 Comments

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    I find it funny that people are drooling over Google Assistant coming to premium Android TV setup boxes justi

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Assistant Arrives on Android TV – 12 Comments

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    Makes sense.

    Posted 4 years ago on It’s Official: Microsoft Teams Will Replace Skype for Business – 26 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:I think you are quite right in your conclusion about what Paul is saying. But calling 21

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple TV 4K First Impressions – 44 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:I think we are going on a tangent here. You have to decide, as well as Paul, if you want

    Posted 4 years ago on iOS 11 Arrives Today … And it is a Mess – 64 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:People Will not think in terms of differences but in terms of how to use the devices tak

    Posted 4 years ago on iOS 11 Arrives Today … And it is a Mess – 64 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:So it's more a question of expectation not complexity. It is easily solved as long

    Posted 4 years ago on iOS 11 Arrives Today … And it is a Mess – 64 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Do people get frustrated when they switch from a Surface Pro to their iPhone and back be

    Posted 4 years ago on iOS 11 Arrives Today … And it is a Mess – 64 Comments

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    "There are a few arguments to be made about how people just adapt to what they use. But that’s where iOS rea

    Posted 4 years ago on iOS 11 Arrives Today … And it is a Mess – 64 Comments

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    In reply to Roger Ramjet:The problem in your reasoning is that browser market share is calculated based on usa

    Posted 4 years ago on 330 Million Microsoft Edge Users? – 95 Comments

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    MS is going on circles with this comm stuff without ever tackling the things that matter in this context.Apple

    Posted 4 years ago on Fall Creators Update Feature Focus: My People – 31 Comments

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    I am with you on this Brad. It is just way to expensive for not to be precise in such critical operation as un

    Posted 4 years ago on The Sams Report Special Edition: Apple’s X Moment – 6 Comments

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    I just want say this. Don't confuse cinicism with intelligence. There seams to be too much of the first a

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Announces New iPhones, Other Products, as Expected – 95 Comments

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    In reply to FalseAgent:I too was not impressed with the performance of the facial recognition to unlock it. Al

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Announces New iPhones, Other Products, as Expected – 95 Comments

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    In reply to Darmok N Jalad:One particular evident example was the iWatch Rumor. Started long before smartwatch

    Posted 4 years ago on Qualcomm Fires a Shot at Apple on Eve of iPhone Launch – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Speednet:He was referring to face recognition / sign in on phones. Does MS have a phone that does

    Posted 4 years ago on Qualcomm Fires a Shot at Apple on Eve of iPhone Launch – 46 Comments

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    Bezel-less design is a Qualcom innovation? OLED? Heheh. One can imagine the rest than ... right?Qualcomm its n

    Posted 4 years ago on Qualcomm Fires a Shot at Apple on Eve of iPhone Launch – 46 Comments

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    Personally I think we are 75 to 100 years far from a conversational UI. Everything looks highly scripted, not

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Discusses the Future of its Assistant – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:I think what you meant is that buying a phone from Google, Samsung, Acer, Lenovo

    Posted 4 years ago on Now Android One is Like Signature PC for Smartphones – 15 Comments

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    I think the world needs to promote another multiplatorm browser but chrome.Has long as tech journalists keep p

    Posted 4 years ago on Vivaldi Says Google Abuses Its Monopoly Power – 49 Comments

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    i think overall at the moment, apart from phones, regularpeople are just experimententing alternative forms of

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: IFA Aftermath – 3 Comments

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    This Cortana, Siri or Google Assistant centric way to talk with AI does not work well from many angles easy in

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 533: Sumo in a Sidecar – 1 Comments

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    I thought that Alexa had a Skills API :)I wonder how than well integrated will be Amazon/Alexa on Windows 10S

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft and Amazon are Partnering on Cortana and Alexa Integration (Updated x 2) – 81 Comments

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    I think all stakes are open for next gen productivity ecossystems. Each with its advantages and weaknesses. Wi

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 532: The Foley SKU – 6 Comments

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    What this phone can do really sounds awesome. I was not excited by Galaxy S8 but this ...Let's see how it

    Posted 4 years ago on Samsung Announces Note 8 “Super Phablet” – 32 Comments

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    This Cortana centric way to talk with AI does not work well. This is not just the fault of Cortana, but Siri,

    Posted 4 years ago on Cortana Picks Up Fitbit Skills – 11 Comments

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    I don't use Windows 10 S and personally I will probably never will. If I wanted something like an iPad Pr

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 531: B is for Broadwell – 1 Comments

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    What about years and years denying the problems and promising fixes that never came? What about they keyboard

    Posted 4 years ago on Putting Surface Reliability in Perspective – 22 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Hi. The difficulty is not that one for a company like Google. They have solved the described

    Posted 4 years ago on Hands-Free Calling Comes to Google Home – 13 Comments

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    I don't understand this way of rolling out features ...Why is handsfree calling such a difficult feature

    Posted 4 years ago on Hands-Free Calling Comes to Google Home – 13 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:People only report hardware problems in case of total failure. For instance, would. MS acc

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Mounts Its Defense of Surface Reliability – 67 Comments

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    The more MS fights the CR the worst it will get for them. It is becoming clear by the day that they turned a b

    Posted 4 years ago on Here’s What Microsoft is Saying Internally About Surface Quality and Reliability – 121 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:I have no problems admitting it when I detect a mistake of mine about anything. Thank yo

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Mounts Its Defense of Surface Reliability – 67 Comments

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    In reply to Roger Ramjet:Read it again ... you may be correct.My point of confusion was the "bulshit". Paul w

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Mounts Its Defense of Surface Reliability – 67 Comments

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    In reply to Roger Ramjet:On another note, take a deep look at this chart: chart.jpgWhat can be said? Instead o

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Mounts Its Defense of Surface Reliability – 67 Comments

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    In reply to Roger Ramjet:The author my have all the issues he feels with MS response. Never refered to it as b

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Mounts Its Defense of Surface Reliability – 67 Comments

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    "But the biggest issue I have with “customer satisfaction” is that it’s kind of a bullshit measurement w

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Mounts Its Defense of Surface Reliability – 67 Comments

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    In reply to Roger Ramjet:Haven't read it until now. Yes you noticed your error, but further comment goes

    Posted 4 years ago on Consumer Reports: Microsoft Surface is Dead Last for Reliability – 134 Comments

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    In reply to Roger Ramjet: Do you know how to read? Look at the graph ... it says laptops. Why you came up with

    Posted 4 years ago on Consumer Reports: Microsoft Surface is Dead Last for Reliability – 134 Comments

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    This was to be expected in my experience with Surface. It's strange that took so long for consumer report

    Posted 4 years ago on Consumer Reports: Microsoft Surface is Dead Last for Reliability – 134 Comments

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    Has far as i am concerned if PQ for Videos in the Apple TV is better than in other devices, including the ones

    Posted 4 years ago on Two Years Later, Apple Will Undo Its TV Embarrassments – 40 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:I know they have ....I think is not about "me too" but I am not so sure if the priority trig

    Posted 4 years ago on Eye Control is Coming to Windows 10 – 8 Comments

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    "Apple’s Surface rip-offs ..."Bring on the violines ....

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Finally Reverses Years of Declining iPad Sales – 22 Comments

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    What a heartening story. Kudus to MS for giving a shot at this finally ... pushed by Apple of course, who else

    Posted 4 years ago on Eye Control is Coming to Windows 10 – 8 Comments

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    Hi. I don't go on on in an run of the mill of what is the best camera in abstract. To put it in simple te

    Posted 4 years ago on Vic Gundotra is Wrong About Smartphone Cameras – 31 Comments

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    I don't remember MS doing the same thing Paul would like Apple to do. To be honest as a customer I would

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Paint’s Death is Gravely Exaggerated – What The Tech Ep. 363 – 2 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider:That is why it should be free download install and use. That would be a different appro

    Posted 4 years ago on Living with Windows 10 S: The Basics – 92 Comments

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    For imaging Paint does not do the job at any level. Most people I see, use Paint to crop or rescale images and

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 528: B is for Brad – 2 Comments

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    In reply to Roger Ramjet:Personally I am a bit tired of MS grand plans. I have way too many times analysed MS

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Shows Off a Smart Thermostat – 32 Comments

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    I just wonder if this product will be bought because it makes use of Microsoft tech. Maybe for companies but e

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Shows Off a Smart Thermostat – 32 Comments

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    From a journalist point of view it might be interesting to pinpoint in great certainty the sources of revenue.

    Posted 4 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: 90 Billion Reasons – 4 Comments

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    Probably I'll be the last one providing a comment on this theme. With the Windows Store MS needs to focus

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About the Future of UWP, Windows Store, and Windows 10 S (Premium) – 88 Comments

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    In reply to Wiredcoach:Did Android Stores got rid of piracy? That is the closest equivalent to Windows Store I

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About the Future of UWP, Windows Store, and Windows 10 S (Premium) – 88 Comments

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    In reply to brad-sams:Thank you Brad. I am glad the my English skills were not an impediment to me this time t

    Posted 4 years ago on The PC Market Decline Continued in Q2 2017 – 29 Comments

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    I personally don't see this has much of a problem. Not even I see it has a failure of the PC standard aka

    Posted 4 years ago on The PC Market Decline Continued in Q2 2017 – 29 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:I think Gardener/IDDC considers that any computer running Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Hom

    Posted 4 years ago on The PC Market Decline Continued in Q2 2017 – 29 Comments

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    This makes sense. Now this will come to end user sometime.You see, they sell you the Windows S. Than if you wa

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft 365 is Microsoft as a Service – 28 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:I would like also add the following to my comment based on my experience with my iPad Pro

    Posted 4 years ago on Rethinking the iPad Pro as a Laptop Replacement – 91 Comments

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    Hi Paul, I bought the iPad Pro and still have not decided for the keyboard.Have you tried the cursor controll

    Posted 4 years ago on Rethinking the iPad Pro as a Laptop Replacement – 91 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:An MVP is not a MS representative by any means. Its an award given by MS to people that a

    Posted 4 years ago on New Surface Pro Has a Hibernation Problem – 88 Comments

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    I agree that devices should just work out of the box. Most the stuff I use does. Still I think its not uncommo

    Posted 4 years ago on New Surface Pro Has a Hibernation Problem – 88 Comments

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    Hi. I really don't understand why people think that this practice founded in "vaporware" as anything posi

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 525: Token Ring’s Back – 1 Comments

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    In reply to Win74ever:I digress. I think Windows 10 is full of groundbreaking features within the Windows cont

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Delays Windows 10 Timeline Feature, Won’t Ship with Fall Creators Update – 68 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:I guess the down votes may mean that most people have a very narrow view over what vaporw

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Delays Windows 10 Timeline Feature, Won’t Ship with Fall Creators Update – 68 Comments

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    There is a new epedemy of vaporware in overehelming proportions. Some people may call it transparency but that

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Delays Windows 10 Timeline Feature, Won’t Ship with Fall Creators Update – 68 Comments

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    IMHO Windows 10 S should be free and MS should strive to strive to get revenue through the App Store and other

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 524: Dysfunctional Family Circus – 1 Comments

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    In reply to jgraebner:Yes. It was a big upgrade in many ways but not so much in the features he argues he

    Posted 4 years ago on 10 Years Later: My Original Apple iPhone First Impressions – 34 Comments

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    In reply to OntarioPundit:If it needs charging is dead.The problem we have today is that there are simply too

    Posted 4 years ago on Token Biometric Ring Will be Windows Hello Compatible – 22 Comments

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    This is very interesting and it can be huge, really huge.

    Posted 4 years ago on Token Biometric Ring Will be Windows Hello Compatible – 22 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:So what is the problem with that? For instance Window 10 Aniversary got more attenti

    Posted 4 years ago on 10 Years Later: My Original (and Epic) Apple iPhone Review – 36 Comments

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    This article was a funny. Full of paradoxes. For instance: "The iPhone is awesome. There’s just one problem:

    Posted 4 years ago on 10 Years Later: My Original (and Epic) Apple iPhone Review – 36 Comments

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    I find this review odd, extremely odd. I get that people experiences may be different, but being so different

    Posted 4 years ago on 10 Years Later: My Original Apple iPhone First Impressions – 34 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Keep wandering.

    Posted 4 years ago on 10 Years Later: My Original Apple iPhone First Impressions – 34 Comments

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    In reply to ezraward:If MS does not bother updating both my SP2 and SP3 as advertised by the fantastic new u

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows 10 Device Usage: New Surface Devices Hit the Charts – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Jeffsters:I may be mistaken but the patent only covers automatic activation of the "do not disturb

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Releases iOS 11 Developer Beta 2 – 20 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Saying that Google is a one trick poney in that manner is the same as saying MS is a one

    Posted 4 years ago on Scroogled No More: Google Will Stop Scanning Gmail for Ads – 18 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Well they did not claim that invented it, did they? So are you saying that MS did? Hopef

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Releases iOS 11 Developer Beta 2 – 20 Comments

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    In reply to Locust Infested Orchard Inc.:Productivity is the amount of value you create with what you produce.

    Posted 4 years ago on Understanding What Productivity Looks Like on an iPad Pro – 59 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Yes. I tend to see PC has a form factor, so a Mac is a PC much like a Windows PC. I thin

    Posted 4 years ago on Understanding What Productivity Looks Like on an iPad Pro – 59 Comments

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    FUD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt).Having said this Personally I use Edge in Wind

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Tackles Chromebook in New Ads – 62 Comments

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    Who put VR and MR in Windows gamers agenda drumming it up with formidable tech marketing initiatives was MS. N

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About Xbox One X and VR/MR – 19 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:iPads are not loosing to Chromeboks but to Smartphonesjust like anything else. You might sa

    Posted 4 years ago on Understanding What Productivity Looks Like on an iPad Pro – 59 Comments

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    Hi a couple of notes:1) Surface RT did not had the power or the form factor, in other words the context, for s

    Posted 4 years ago on Understanding What Productivity Looks Like on an iPad Pro – 59 Comments

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    This is a shame. Ive never mind tech arriving to such level that i could not repair it myself. But now even pe

    Posted 4 years ago on iFixIt Gives Surface Laptop Lowest-Possible Score – 117 Comments

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    In reply to sberti:So 3 years, 3 Surfaces Pro in roll?

    Posted 4 years ago on First Impressions: Apple Pencil and New Surface Pen Compared – 39 Comments

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    Wow Andrew that is unlucky say the least. To be honest, considering the update that came so fast you might be

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One X Unveiled – What The Tech Ep. 359 – 1 Comments

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    Nice review.Not that I give much to synthetic benchmarks but in this case, considering such a discrepancy in

    Posted 4 years ago on First Impressions: Apple Pencil and New Surface Pen Compared – 39 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:The unit of time does not change with system. It might be the case that this new iPad is so

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro 10.5 First Impressions: The Post PC World Isn’t Here Yet – 69 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:They have not blew anything yet. Why are people in such a rush to replace the PCs?I think t

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro 10.5 First Impressions: The Post PC World Isn’t Here Yet – 69 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:I keep linking that article because I think its important, I think it is interesting that a

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro 10.5 First Impressions: The Post PC World Isn’t Here Yet – 69 Comments

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    In reply to Locust Infested Orchard Inc.:All i have to say ia this: https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/tablets/

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro 10.5 First Impressions: The Post PC World Isn’t Here Yet – 69 Comments

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    In reply to Ugur:https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/tablets/apple-ipad-pro-10-5

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro 10.5 First Impressions: The Post PC World Isn’t Here Yet – 69 Comments

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    In reply to Angusmatheson:https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/tablets/apple-ipad-pro-10-5

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro 10.5 First Impressions: The Post PC World Isn’t Here Yet – 69 Comments

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    In reply to Ugur:Generically speaking I find people on the Windows camp including the Microsoft Press too eage

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro 10.5 First Impressions: The Post PC World Isn’t Here Yet – 69 Comments

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    I would like to have your opinion how this works comparatively say to say a Surface Pro in the same price rang

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro 10.5 First Impressions: The Post PC World Isn’t Here Yet – 69 Comments

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    In reply to Brian Hodges::) Surface Car:Can you imagine needing to detach and reattach the steering wheel at 1

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple CEO Admits to Autonomous Car Project – 28 Comments

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    The interesting bit about AI in self driving cars it is not driven by the Cloud :) Data is not much of a probl

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple CEO Admits to Autonomous Car Project – 28 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:I'm not here to tell MS what to do. I'm just a user that payed for solutions n

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One X to Debut at $499 – 47 Comments

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    In reply to Luka Radunovic:If you think that consoles gaming is loosing users to the PC ... think twice. If yo

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One X to Debut at $499 – 47 Comments

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    In reply to Lars lalaa:Don't know. I don't think it will be this year. On another hand Apple always

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One X to Debut at $499 – 47 Comments

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    "This is, I think, a winning formula"Hi Paul. I would like to present the following.https://www.statista.com/s

    Posted 4 years ago on Xbox One X to Debut at $499 – 47 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:You seam to enjoy distorting reality? What is the point of that? It does not really help

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Has Allegedly Killed Its Andromeda Project – 93 Comments

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    In reply to Grizzly:No, there will be a way to lock this down to the operator, This is a way for MS start some

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft’s “Always Connected PCs” Initiative Brings eSIMs to PCs – 45 Comments

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    Hi Brad, I think you are loosing focus on important stuff. Well known technologists are not gushing over drag

    Posted 4 years ago on The Sams Report EP 92: Ready To Move – 2 Comments

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    In reply to Jorge Garcia:I do not think Microsoft has cracked the code yet ... in my experience of course."Tru

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro (2017) Preview – 46 Comments

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    In reply to William Clark:I agree with you. The iPad Pro is way too expensive for not to make all the dues of

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple One-Ups Microsoft With New iPad Pro, Pencil – 62 Comments

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    In reply to Jorge Garcia:I don't think they ever will merge OS X with iOS. I believe that there is a meth

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro (2017) Preview – 46 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Given what you have just said, I get the impression you know very little about anything

    Posted 4 years ago on Kaspersky Files Antitrust Complaints Against Microsoft in Europe (Updated) – 66 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:I think we cannot compare the power position that MS had back than in the consumer space

    Posted 4 years ago on Kaspersky Files Antitrust Complaints Against Microsoft in Europe (Updated) – 66 Comments

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    "Given all this, I’ve ordered a 10.5-inch iPad Pro to see whether the future has finally arrived. Or whether

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple iPad Pro (2017) Preview – 46 Comments

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    I think this kind of thinking has evolved for the good. The idea everything in an OS should be replaceable but

    Posted 4 years ago on Kaspersky Files Antitrust Complaints Against Microsoft in Europe (Updated) – 66 Comments

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    One the reasons I like WWDC is that there is very little speculation, talk about vision, demos show the real t

    Posted 4 years ago on WWDC 2017: Apple Announces iOS 11, New Macs and iPad Pro, HomePod, More – 62 Comments

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    File history never really work that well. Like most MS Windows solutions is not hassle free for one. Onedrive

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About Windows 10 File History – 67 Comments

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    Hi, just to say that I find there is a fare amount of romanticism regarding Microsoft vs the rest of the tech

    Posted 4 years ago on MS Dev Show Episode 155: The More You Know with Paul Thurrott – 13 Comments

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    Hi Paul, I don't like the point of view of Boring vs non Boring. I think it is obvious that MS tech marke

    Posted 4 years ago on If Windows 10 on ARM Works Properly, It Will Be Boring – 121 Comments

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    In reply to Matthias Kraßnitzer:Imagine, imagine, imagine .... Take for instance project Natal:https://www.yo

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 520: Digging Up Jason Voorhees – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Jallopy:No, it did it 2006 already. Just FYI.In 2007 everyone that listen to the broader world of

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 520: Digging Up Jason Voorhees – 9 Comments

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    "Mixed Reality", "Half Lie" and "Half Truth" is all the same thing. Its like "Universal Windows Platform", aft

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 520: Digging Up Jason Voorhees – 9 Comments

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    Some people finding it exciting the overwhelming cadence of futuristic things that don't actually work. T

    Posted 4 years ago on The iPhone is Boring (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    Everyone is talking about the next big thing and AI this AI, or is it Mixreality or is it ..... I remember whe

    Posted 4 years ago on Windows Weekly 519: It’s Brad’s Fault – 1 Comments

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    For me, Tim Cook is not the man for the job. His strategy is a very profitable one but also looks very fragile

    Posted 4 years ago on Apple Makes an Education Push Of Its Own – 36 Comments

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    In reply to Tallin:With Windows you need to have your account in each device in order to share anything. Furth

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Brings Family Features to YouTube TV, Calendar, Keep and Photos – 26 Comments

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    In reply to Chris Lindloff:In spite of the above take this in practice observation about costs.For work &

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Brings Family Features to YouTube TV, Calendar, Keep and Photos – 26 Comments

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    In reply to Chris Lindloff:Once I was with the Macbook with my SP3 on the side, don't remember why. A guy

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Brings Family Features to YouTube TV, Calendar, Keep and Photos – 26 Comments

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    In reply to PeteB:"WGAF"Well Paul likes to compare stuff across Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. and you

    Posted 4 years ago on Google Brings Family Features to YouTube TV, Calendar, Keep and Photos – 26 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:You half right. Yes several time Paul made it look like that MS invented this specific format

    Posted 4 years ago on Thinking About the New Surface Pro – 67 Comments

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    In reply to Luka Pribanić:Don't think that will ever anytime soon. PWAs are good enough for most apps to

    Posted 4 years ago on This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O – 23 Comments

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    In reply to lordbaal1:Its so simple isn't it? If that was true here is a joke that could be said about UW

    Posted 4 years ago on This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O – 23 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Thank you for clarifying.My point is simple: Today when we develop an a digital service

    Posted 4 years ago on This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O – 23 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:Don't understand why the down vote. Clearly considering your answer I communicated

    Posted 4 years ago on This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O – 23 Comments

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    Hi,I think a lot of times MS thinks too far into the future where things are still very immature for a technol

    Posted 4 years ago on This is What Google Said About Progressive Web Apps at I/O – 23 Comments

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    In reply to Chris Lindloff:If you ask anyone why they choose its definitely not because of Ads. So if it not b

    Posted 5 years ago on 2 Billion – 83 Comments

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    In reply to Ugur:I agree that they went to sort out and service big data problems starting with search. Still

    Posted 5 years ago on 2 Billion – 83 Comments

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    There are several things that made Google a great success.1) Google Search. Has I remember it all started here

    Posted 5 years ago on 2 Billion – 83 Comments

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    Hi Paul, I'm not sure if you are looking for an full online only Web App or a Progressive App, meaning th

    Posted 5 years ago on On the Hunt for Great Web Apps – 38 Comments

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    Hi,1) It's not so much that Windows 10 runs PWA's, but that PWA's run on Windows 10. This is an

    Posted 5 years ago on This is What Microsoft Said About Progressive Web Apps at Build – 26 Comments

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    Yes this was to be expected. iTunes and iCloud is already on Windows, supporting the App Store its just a natu

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple is Bringing iTunes to the Windows Store! – 94 Comments

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    Microsoft seams still following a business model based licensing the OS for its consumer / prosumer oriented O

    Posted 5 years ago on Study Suggests That the Battle for K-12 is Already Over – 78 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Progressive apps started by being apps that run within a browser with the sophistication an

    Posted 5 years ago on What I Expect from Microsoft Build This Week – 38 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Further if this is was not confusing emough MS Windows branch is now promissing that some

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 516: Gong Yourself – 5 Comments

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    I don't understand how a $50 different in price make it an alternative. But hey, I'm sure I will.In

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10 S: The Inside Story – 51 Comments

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    In reply to SvenJ:Yes. That bugs me a lot. That is why I only use Gmail, Search and Google Maps. Even that I&#

    Posted 5 years ago on One Year Later, Google’s Vision of Android Apps on Chrome Has Collapsed – 122 Comments

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    Its difficult to follow what MS is doing. It seams to be riddled with hoops and loops, both for developers and

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 516: Gong Yourself – 5 Comments

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    I agree. It seams that Google failed in bringing Androids Apps to Chrome in a sound, robust and convincing way

    Posted 5 years ago on One Year Later, Google’s Vision of Android Apps on Chrome Has Collapsed – 122 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Why is this observation voted down I have no clue. It's the truth of the matter.The

    Posted 5 years ago on iPhone 7 Sales Cool Faster than Expected – 39 Comments

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    In reply to rameshthanikodi:Not surprising. Apple conference is in June, so they are just bringing on some pre

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft’s Hosting Another Surface Event, This Time in China – 46 Comments

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    In reply to RobertJasiek:Battery replacement and repair for fair prices is not Apple.Yet I agree with the rest

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft’s Hosting Another Surface Event, This Time in China – 46 Comments

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    The all collage of Windows 10 S with this laptop is just totally fake and manipulative. No one in its proper m

    Posted 5 years ago on Surface Laptop: A Contrary View – 118 Comments

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    In reply to obarthelemy:I would not say they are luxury. I'm a tech guy and tech guys tend to buy stuff b

    Posted 5 years ago on iPhone 7 Sales Cool Faster than Expected – 39 Comments

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    In reply to Bats:A tend to read Paul thoughts with large pits of salt. I find him to be more sober when he tal

    Posted 5 years ago on iPhone 7 Sales Cool Faster than Expected – 39 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:I is also interesting that after an event dedicated to Education ... no one is talking ab

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10 S: The Fine Print – 91 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:One more note. Panos Panay about Surface is in hight contrast with my experience with the

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10 S: The Fine Print – 91 Comments

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    Hi,I think someone should actually write a review of this MS presentation from an Education perspective. I mea

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10 S: The Fine Print – 91 Comments

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    In reply to Simard57:No. It has to do with the user culture I guess. Technical people use whatever browser is

    Posted 5 years ago on Some Thoughts About Microsoft Edge and Updating – 60 Comments

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    In reply to Jeff Jones:I fully agree with your first sentence.But you counter argument seams to be in the line

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Cannot Afford to Lose the Education Market – 121 Comments

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    This device looks really nice. It looks more polished than both Surface Pro and Sufacebook. I guess that the S

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Leaks Ahead of Education Event – 45 Comments

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    Personally I believe that there is still no good solution on the market that can fully replace pen and paper i

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Cannot Afford to Lose the Education Market – 121 Comments

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    Good find.

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform – 30 Comments

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    Hi Paul,Here are my two cents regarding the forces sustaining pushing Windows Cloud. Of course there maybe oth

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 514: Bash on Windows – 2 Comments

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    Personally I think its bad play for Samsung to get into the PC space. Clearly they do not speak to the Windows

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung Galaxy Book Launch Begins April 21 – 19 Comments

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    Samsung has been on my tech radar for quite sometime, more so since the advent of Galaxy S6.One thing that I k

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung Galaxy S8+ First Impressions – 66 Comments

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    I think MS is on to something with this. If only they get the details right. I could see even in the video som

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Announces Creativity App Support for Surface Dial – 18 Comments

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    That is one of the reasons why I'm not buying anything else from MS for personal use. There are many othe

    Posted 5 years ago on Fact Check: Microsoft’s Creators Update Introduction Video – 15 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Examples of already healthy markets that MS decided to "contribute" to:Productivity Solut

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 512: Windows as a Disservice – 2 Comments

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    What is doing with its productivity suite regarding other platforms but Windows is no more than the same with

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 512: Windows as a Disservice – 2 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:There is more in this MS support to Samsung Galaxy S8 than contracts or promoting its ser

    Posted 5 years ago on Relax, Android Ascendance Was Inevitable – 101 Comments

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    In reply to Mark from CO:My point was that like you, many times I also think that MS is better positioned to m

    Posted 5 years ago on Relax, Android Ascendance Was Inevitable – 101 Comments

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    In reply to Mark from CO:The error of MS comes prior to the happening of the iPhone. The iPhone came so much a

    Posted 5 years ago on Relax, Android Ascendance Was Inevitable – 101 Comments

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    There is no indication that these Android or iOS growth is done at the expense of PC form factor. What the sta

    Posted 5 years ago on Relax, Android Ascendance Was Inevitable – 101 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos:Paul also reported that Apple is looking for total platform control. Any statistics on t

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Finds Itself With Its Back Against The Wall – 48 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Mac Pro was the odd bit on the update cycle. Now we know why.

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Finds Itself With Its Back Against The Wall – 48 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:I don't think they are loosing money on the Macbook's or iMac's, but Mac

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Finds Itself With Its Back Against The Wall – 48 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:People that need a PC will never go for a tablet whatever. Mac user or Windows user. I t

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Finds Itself With Its Back Against The Wall – 48 Comments

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    I think is interesting that one can see the company this way and looking for total control platform.Apple / Co

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Finds Itself With Its Back Against The Wall – 48 Comments

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    The perfect OS for ADHD.

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off Share Pane Advertising – 19 Comments

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    On another note I don't understand what Paul is complaining. Having a device that does not work properly

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung Announces The Galaxy S8 – What The Tech Ep. 349 – 2 Comments

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    When I bought the Samsung A5 S it came with all a lot of MS apps installed side by side with Samsung apps. One

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung Announces The Galaxy S8 – What The Tech Ep. 349 – 2 Comments

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    I tend to agree more with what Paul says than what he writes :)You guys never said the words "technological m

    Posted 5 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Mixed Reality Upgrades – 5 Comments

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    I think it makes sense MS to release the update to systems that they have tested. Because even in those in the

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft: “Seamless” Rollout of Creators Update to Take “Several Months” – 18 Comments

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    In reply to lilmoe:Samsung was almost nothing in the smartphone scene before Android or copying Apple. Blaming

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung Galaxy S8 Preview – 64 Comments

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    I saw last night the presentation summary on another site. What stroke me is how Apple unshamely copy Apple, e

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung Galaxy S8 Preview – 64 Comments

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    The best thing is that it feels faster. I still dislike the overall experience.

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Delivers the Xbox One Creators Update – 29 Comments

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    It's an error to dismiss Samsung Dex and Bixby. Especially if we consider the Asian market. Most Androids

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung Galaxy S8 Preview – 64 Comments

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    Considering the feature improvement an new features list why is this called Creators? Gamer Update would prob

    Posted 5 years ago on It’s a Date! Windows 10 Creators Update to Ship on April 11 – 44 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Take for instance Xmarin ...

    Posted 5 years ago on Thinking About Android Studio on Chrome OS – 47 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:On another note, using development machines with third party Ohs to build a platform or a

    Posted 5 years ago on Thinking About Android Studio on Chrome OS – 47 Comments

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    If the future of "new gen" devices is to look and feel much like a Windows PC than they failed! Yes. they can

    Posted 5 years ago on Thinking About Android Studio on Chrome OS – 47 Comments

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    In reply to wocowboy:And some say Apple enforces a closed system when comparing with Windows. It is and always

    Posted 5 years ago on Testing the Android O Developer Preview – 19 Comments

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    I'm curious what are the iOS/Apple apps and services that do not work well on iOS. My experience is that

    Posted 5 years ago on Testing the Android O Developer Preview – 19 Comments

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    This number is absolutely incredible at all counts. Basically the size of one small country in population or

    Posted 5 years ago on There Are Now 10 Million Windows Insiders – 11 Comments

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    In reply to GeekWithKids:You are payiing 20 bucks a month for custon domain support. Everything else you can g

    Posted 5 years ago on Reminder: Act Fast, Save Big on Outlook.com Premium – 29 Comments

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    In reply to ym73:I would not want that to be standard either. I think diversity is important for evolution to

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Subtly Updates Its i-Device Lineup – 43 Comments

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    This expensive

    Posted 5 years ago on Reminder: Act Fast, Save Big on Outlook.com Premium – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Ugur:If these things run well whatever they propose to be run why does it matter if it is an A8, A

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Subtly Updates Its i-Device Lineup – 43 Comments

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    In reply to Mharm:My experience is that overall Macs are simpler to use because its features are not only more

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft’s Mac to Surface Assistant Leaks, is Pulled – 8 Comments

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    I don't really see the big deal either. I believe people should be allowed to chose the tools they feel m

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft’s Mac to Surface Assistant Leaks, is Pulled – 8 Comments

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    If we take into account all the aspects that make a good product we can only conclude that Surface Studio in-s

    Posted 5 years ago on Learning To Walk With The Surface Studio – 48 Comments

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    I think what what the viewer said about being half baked is that are certain parts of the system that seam raw

    Posted 5 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Windows Goes Critical – 6 Comments

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    In reply to Darmok N Jalad:Yes I know. I have two of those, that is why I said what I said. These thin U syste

    Posted 5 years ago on LG Gram 15 Review – 20 Comments

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    In reply to Paul Thurrott:I think you are correct and I was wrong, got confused. I just wonder how this thing

    Posted 5 years ago on LG Gram 15 Review – 20 Comments

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    I would just like to note that these are basically Core M Processors!!!! Intel rebranded the all thing. So all

    Posted 5 years ago on LG Gram 15 Review – 20 Comments

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    In reply to FlightControl:Give it time. MS will relentlessly absorb every single feature of Slack. By offering

    Posted 5 years ago on Surprise: Microsoft Teams Makes Plenty of Sense – 27 Comments

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    Integration with third party Cloud Storage providers is baked in for instance with iOS default Email client (y

    Posted 5 years ago on Android for the Windows Guy: Microsoft Outlook – 44 Comments

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    In reply to Vidua:Don't confuse software developers with software developer consultants. One builds produ

    Posted 5 years ago on Surprise: Microsoft Teams Makes Plenty of Sense – 27 Comments

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    MS decided to attack Slack business. There is no way around it. And took the core functions of the successful

    Posted 5 years ago on Surprise: Microsoft Teams Makes Plenty of Sense – 27 Comments

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    Posted 5 years ago on Android for the Windows Guy: Redmondize Your Smartphone – 94 Comments

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    Today its not just about performance independently of anything else. We moved on from the need of more perform

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 508: ARM Yourself – 1 Comments

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    Wow, the incredible Skype tech now on UWP with the amazing Pip mode. This PiP mode on Windows 10 appeared in m

    Posted 5 years ago on Hands-On with Skype Preview’s New Picture-in-Picture Mode – 9 Comments

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    I find it impressive that the home broadband in the US is so tight and costs so much. Considering that the maj

    Posted 5 years ago on What The Tech Ep. 345: Project Scorpio Will Support Mixed Reality – 2 Comments

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    I remember that article. The reasoning was really weird ... something like this."I'm really in love with

    Posted 5 years ago on First Ring Daily EP 101: Welcoming Paul – 5 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600:I think the software market in Windows gives you the answer no matter what you and I thi

    Posted 5 years ago on New Windows 10 Feature Blocks Desktop Apps – 70 Comments

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    "Many companies had no trouble creating sophisticated Windows 3.0 and 3.1 programs despite not having access t

    Posted 5 years ago on New Windows 10 Feature Blocks Desktop Apps – 70 Comments

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    Nokia is an interesting company again (HMD). Still a strong brand world wide (shared memory) coupled with a sm

    Posted 5 years ago on HMD Announces a Family of New Nokia Smartphones – 39 Comments

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    In reply to Tony Barrett:I'm not an MS fan, but this analysis does not seam right. Windows Store serviced

    Posted 5 years ago on New Windows 10 Feature Blocks Desktop Apps – 70 Comments

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    In reply to Luka Radunovic:I think enterprises can custom the store. For them it's just a secured distrib

    Posted 5 years ago on New Windows 10 Feature Blocks Desktop Apps – 70 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:The Store is not just about UWP. But secured containers of win32 apps. Meaning added secur

    Posted 5 years ago on New Windows 10 Feature Blocks Desktop Apps – 70 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:True. This feature has been If I remember in OSX since the App Store appeared. I don&#

    Posted 5 years ago on New Windows 10 Feature Blocks Desktop Apps – 70 Comments

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    This looks similar OSX. By default only App Store apps are granted OS permission to install, no questions aske

    Posted 5 years ago on New Windows 10 Feature Blocks Desktop Apps – 70 Comments

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    So it's not a positive sign I guess. If not what would it be?Granted long term success is never guarantee

    Posted 5 years ago on Sony’s PlayStation VR More Popular Than Expected? We’ll See – 23 Comments

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    In reply to jjaegers:1) The computing base of XBOX One is puny comported with tablets and even more with smart

    Posted 5 years ago on Gartner: In 2016, Android and iPhone Killed Off All Smartphone Competition – 55 Comments

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    In reply to jboman32768:Sidesync works by mirroring the phone screen, at least to take and make calls from the

    Posted 5 years ago on Whatever Happened to SMS Relay for Android? – 44 Comments

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    In reply to Neville Bagnall:Hehehe. Why did MS abandoned Xenix even though it predicted it could well be the b

    Posted 5 years ago on Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Edition – 47 Comments

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    Instragram its like twitter but for photos.

    Posted 5 years ago on Instagram Finally Gets a Basic Photo-Sharing Feature – 6 Comments

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    We are slowly going back to the age were high price stuff works but poorly.

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Accelerates HoloLens V3 Development, Sidesteps V2 – 48 Comments

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    On the new Paul article about the Ads of iPad Pro using Word to show it can be a productivity tool too.If this

    Posted 5 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Apple’s Build Party – 4 Comments

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    That awesome reset feature that is coming to Windows 10 (Interne Recovery)... the company that Paul likes to t

    Posted 5 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Apple’s Build Party – 4 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:One more Info for educational purposes. Have you have heard about NeXT Step / Open Step f

    Posted 5 years ago on Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Edition – 47 Comments

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    In reply to nbplopes:Sophisticated cross platform app development (notive) is entirely feasible today. Have a

    Posted 5 years ago on Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Edition – 47 Comments

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    In reply to jbuccola:Clearly you don't know what Open Source is. Any code referred in that page can not o

    Posted 5 years ago on Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Edition – 47 Comments

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    It was already a subpar OS for the time. Apple is such a closed system according to Paul but back than it was

    Posted 5 years ago on Throwback Thursday: Windows Millennium Edition – 47 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878: Backup and recovery has been an utility like a toaster in the Mac world for years and y

    Posted 5 years ago on Ask Paul: Is Microsoft Excluding Third-Party Recovery Environments from Windows 10? – 23 Comments

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    In reply to mmcewan: It does blend until you actually use a system that makes mostly no noise at all. Than it

    Posted 5 years ago on The Morning After: HP ENVY Curved All-in-One PC (2017) Second Impressions – 42 Comments

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    Another good looking PC device with questionable engeneering for the price I guess. This is seams to be a recu

    Posted 5 years ago on The Morning After: HP ENVY Curved All-in-One PC (2017) Second Impressions – 42 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police: Absolutely. Eventually one more, the Windows Cloud with the App Store constraint. W

    Posted 5 years ago on Ask Paul: Is Windows To Go Coming to Windows 10 Pro? – 12 Comments

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    In reply to ym73: Nice assessment. Some people stay in the LA LA Land of the past. Just one note. If MS is doi

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10’s New Design Language Shown Off In Concept Image – 29 Comments

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    It looks good, but will it bend?

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows 10’s New Design Language Shown Off In Concept Image – 29 Comments

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    I'm converted to Visual Studio Code for everything Web development supporting tenths of thousands of user. I s

    Posted 5 years ago on Visual Studio 2017 Arrives March 7 – 10 Comments

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    If the licensing is actually free, its only natural that the Windows Store only apps will be the policy.

    Posted 5 years ago on First Screenshots of Windows Cloud Leak – 23 Comments

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    There is one thing that puzzles me still. Microsoft is all about "Mobile first, Cloud First".  Unfortunat

    Posted 5 years ago on Why Surface Studio? – 25 Comments

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    In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein: I think most user don't update their phones because of fear to break or loose s

    Posted 5 years ago on Google Begins Testing Android Nougat 7.1.2 – 8 Comments

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    In reply to RM: So could MS with Windows 10 and ... I don't think that such move is what Google has in mind. H

    Posted 5 years ago on Google Begins Testing Android Nougat 7.1.2 – 8 Comments

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    You don't need Apple TV to play iTunes content on the TV wirelessly. There are plenty third party devices that

    Posted 5 years ago on First Steps: Choosing a Living Room Set-Top Box – 39 Comments

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    The Insider scheme on XBOX One seams to be working better considering the quality of their output vs Windows 1

    Posted 5 years ago on The Xbox Insider Program Gets Even Weirder – 27 Comments

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    Microsoft announced Hololens in January 2015. I think it is quite clear that the reason was just one ... to be

    Posted 5 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Hololens Goes Thousands – 7 Comments

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    I think its clear that Microsoft lost the mobile computing bandwagon, the mobile computing era. They were one

    Posted 5 years ago on Next-Generation Chromebook Lineup Comes Into Focus – 51 Comments

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    In reply to Pbike908: "Google can potentially kick some serious a$$ with Android capable Chromebooks" Consider

    Posted 5 years ago on Next-Generation Chromebook Lineup Comes Into Focus – 51 Comments

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    Hi, My father used to say, "there is not free lunch". Considering Google's great comes from Ads in their

    Posted 5 years ago on Next-Generation Chromebook Lineup Comes Into Focus – 51 Comments

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    Windows 10 "has" this feature. The "has" is in quotes because I tried to use it with several Windows 10 Mobile

    Posted 5 years ago on Android is Getting an Instant Tethering Feature – 27 Comments

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    Personally if budget is not the core concern I would put the Mac on top anytime. I'm a technical person,

    Posted 5 years ago on Thinking About Windows 10 Alternatives – 102 Comments

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    In reply to rdenos: What you fail to mention is that most security features you tout require new hardware to b

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 501: No-mentum – 5 Comments

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    I find it odd that MS has prioritized the launch of the People Feature (whatever the is) after an entire

    Posted 5 years ago on Hands-On with Microsoft’s New Books Experience – 57 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder: I was not talking about your particularly. After one year from launch it is expected th

    Posted 5 years ago on Thinking About Surface Book with Performance Base – 26 Comments

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    In reply to RM: They will go has far has they ever went as a content provider. Including shutting down the act

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft is Finally Bringing an E-Book Store to Windows 10 – 38 Comments

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    In reply to JudaZuk: All Ads are suggestions. If a company suggests you to buy something directly or indirectl

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Has Added Another Advertisement Inside of Windows 10 – 58 Comments

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    Windows 10, the ADHD paradise. PS: Does Windows 10 have ADHD?

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Has Added Another Advertisement Inside of Windows 10 – 58 Comments

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    In december I considered buying this machine. Being a owner of 2 Surface Pro's, 2 and 3, and familiar with the

    Posted 5 years ago on Thinking About Surface Book with Performance Base – 26 Comments

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    Looks like MS is putting its folding display patent to use. But who ever designed MS business model in the ebo

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft is Finally Bringing an E-Book Store to Windows 10 – 38 Comments

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    Just to report a thing that happen just a few hours ago. I opened up my SP2 tried to login with the my regular

    Posted 5 years ago on First Steps: Use Your Microsoft Account with Window 10 – 11 Comments

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    In reply to jlmerrill: It has been working like that since OSX Lion or so. Maybe there something different wit

    Posted 5 years ago on First Steps: Use Your Microsoft Account on Your Mac – 39 Comments

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    In reply to warren: It works if the Website to support it. Because none do, it does not work.  The way fo

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Touts Progress with Windows Hello – 32 Comments

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    Paul I'm sorry but this post is really weird. After the Consumer Report came out this is what Apple did: Phill

    Posted 5 years ago on Consumer Reports v. Apple: It’s About Trust (Premium) – 59 Comments

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    I find hilarious and sad this MS fanbase grudge over Nokia. A brand most Americans probably did not knew befor

    Posted 5 years ago on HMD Announces Its First Nokia Smartphone – 17 Comments

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    In reply to woelfel: Yup. A Zunified images of Grove and Emails apps. That is all we can see here. I love

    Posted 5 years ago on Alleged Windows 10 Design Makeover Surfaces – 54 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police: The same problems diagnosed in Surface Pro 3 and 4 were in Surface Pro 1 an 2. At l

    Posted 5 years ago on CES 2017: Intel Kaby Lake Release Finally Puts Skylake Drama to Rest – 25 Comments

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    People still believe in the magic wand, year after year. Sometimes I wonder if MS has good engineers for 

    Posted 5 years ago on Dell’s Upcoming XPS 13 Convertible Will Be A Top Laptop For 2017 – 18 Comments

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    Comparing Apple to Blackberry because of iMessage ... its a forceful bridge ... wishful thinking? Why on

    Posted 5 years ago on The Sams Report EP 71: Apple’s Blackberry, Microsoft’s Clipboard – 10 Comments

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    "Why anyone might consider a MacBook Pro over this baffles me. " Because its not just about the machine?

    Posted 5 years ago on The Next ThinkPad X1 Carbon Looks Incredible – 29 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos: Steve Jobs made that statement in the context where most if not all smartphones require

    Posted 5 years ago on Cortana Unbound: Microsoft Finally Opens Up Its Digital Assistant to Devices – 36 Comments

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     If they could just fix the WiFi in SP3 once and for all (and other system gliches)   You know I got

    Posted 5 years ago on Leaked Windows 10 Build Offers Tons of Promise for 2017 – 55 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is: I have the Volt enabled on the OSX (bitlocker) .  So the entire Windows 10 virtual

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple’s Curious PR Cycle – 19 Comments

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    Nokia is not a patent Troll. The company never acquired or patented stuff in  order to be able to sue oth

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: December 21 – 12 Comments

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    In reply to mystilleef: :) So true. I think integrity has nothing to do with Paul's preferences. It's more of

    Posted 5 years ago on 2016 Year in Review: Microsoft – 38 Comments

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    In reply to MutualCore: Its hard no to give them money. I just bought a MacBook Pro 15" from 2015. Guess what

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple’s Curious PR Cycle – 19 Comments

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    DISCLAIMER: I just like good products. The cheaper the the more I like them, yet that has nothing to do with b

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple’s Curious PR Cycle – 19 Comments

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    I find it hard to use these statistics to ascertain the conclusions exposed in this article. There are too man

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Device Stats for December Looks at Windows 10 Mobile and Surface – 45 Comments

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    In reply to kenhes: I think what is mostly pissing off customers is  combination of two things.  1)

    Posted 5 years ago on November Was “Best Month Ever” for Surface – 27 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn: MS is very good at playing the rumor game. Rumor is a marketing tool. Its a way for a co

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: December 13 – 20 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos: Give me a break. Are you that naïve? How many times MS missed launch dates? Have y

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: December 13 – 20 Comments

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    Hehehe. If MS delays something there comes a throughout analysis ... https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: December 13 – 20 Comments

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    Apple will never come up with a stylus based phones. No one wants that, no one!  https://www.youtube.com/

    Posted 5 years ago on First Ring Daily Live: Taking On The Future and Xbox – 8 Comments

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    I In reply to PeteB: By experience I think you may be correct. Pairing the Surface Book with  displa

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 494: The Surface in Studio – 3 Comments

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    Here is my wish for Christmas to come from Microsoft. 1) Make Surface Book really really stable and robus

    Posted 5 years ago on Windows Weekly 494: The Surface in Studio – 3 Comments

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    I said before, the Windows Insider Program is mostly a marketing tool and not a QA measure. At least on t

    Posted 5 years ago on Next Up for the Windows Insider Program: Changing the World – 41 Comments

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    In reply to Joe_Blo: I tend to agree with you. I believe that Paul is as much an emotional tech writer. To the

    Posted 5 years ago on Satya Nadella Toasts Tim Cook – 52 Comments

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    I think that there is a market expectation that either the smartphone or the tablet, or a combination of both

    Posted 5 years ago on Thinking About Microsoft’s “Most Ultimate Mobile Device” – 36 Comments

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    In reply to ken_loewen: Yeah. I think the size of the windows app store shows how forced the 2 in 1s are. This

    Posted 5 years ago on Satya Nadella Toasts Tim Cook – 52 Comments

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    The surface line has termal problems which void the value of any high end configuration. These do not manifest

    Posted 5 years ago on Eve V 2-in-1 Sells Out Immediately – 26 Comments

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    I rreally like MS aesthetics for the Surface line.A breath of fresh air in the market. But given what they aim

    Posted 5 years ago on Surface Studios Will Begin Shipping This Week – 15 Comments

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    Linux is quite relevant in the server world.  Most developers build client / server applications, not jus

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: November 20 – 21 Comments

    comment
    The pricing of this book its an exercise in stupidity. I am getting worried about the future of buying tech lo

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: November 15 – 15 Comments

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    In reply to zybch: Yes I have that game.

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Releases the Xbox Holiday Update – 6 Comments

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    In reply to mark_rasmussen: Wrong. No one would by an Amiga (unless you are a collector). PS: Stuff is worth w

    Posted 5 years ago on What The Tech 331: Direct TV Now Free Apple TV – 3 Comments

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    I would really would like go be able to do more stuff with Xbox One. This update for my usage totally misses t

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Releases the Xbox Holiday Update – 6 Comments

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    In reply to allanwith:   "We need"? Yeah right :) Just a side note on another article that I have not rea

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft’s Xbox Media Streamer Joins The Surface Mini – 39 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos: When Apple dropped integrated Floppy drives, DVD drives and so on, was also a flawed de

    Posted 5 years ago on Dongleworld? We’ve Always Lived in Dongleworld – 72 Comments

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    In reply to fastoy: That is where I think Apple dropped the ball. The new iPhone should have adopted USB-C alr

    Posted 5 years ago on Dongleworld? We’ve Always Lived in Dongleworld – 72 Comments

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    In reply to kenhes: It is being phased out. That is why adapters for legacy tech is supported. This  just

    Posted 5 years ago on Dongleworld? We’ve Always Lived in Dongleworld – 72 Comments

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    In reply to lordbaal1: You don't need more. Actually you'll less in the middle term. But even the ones you nee

    Posted 5 years ago on Welcome to the USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 Era – 69 Comments

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    Yes, Yes, Yes. By the way, make those docks integrated with the monitors. So we simply connect one cabe from t

    Posted 5 years ago on Welcome to the USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 Era – 69 Comments

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    I am interested in knowing how many trade ins they achieved with the previous program. And with this one. I th

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Launches Surface Trade-Up Offer for MacBook Users – 13 Comments

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    In reply to jjaegers: Putting Amazon aside, because their ambition is to be a one stop shop for absolutely eve

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple TV Offers Yet Another Way to Watch TV on Your TV – 30 Comments

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    Its the Apple approach to a problem that XBOX One Guide also tries to solve. I don0t think neither Netfli

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple TV Offers Yet Another Way to Watch TV on Your TV – 30 Comments

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    I don't care much about being or not a last year CPU. I don't buy CPU's. I'm more interested in knowing if thi

    Posted 5 years ago on Apple Announces New MacBook Pro Laptops – 76 Comments

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    In reply to Adam_Desrosiers: The Windows crowd has gone mad. Totally mad. The thing looks great with a price t

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Announces Surface Studio All-in-One PC – 60 Comments

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    A Macupdate maybe long overdue, but the fact is that even without an update it handles the DPI across mulriple

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: October 24 – 31 Comments

    comment
    In reply to FalseAgent: If I would even prefer in a failed product ... that says much about this pro

    Posted 5 years ago on Nintendo Unveils Its Mobile First Vision for the Future Video Games – 65 Comments

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    My kids have the Wii U and one 3DS each. They share an iPad with me but each want their own. Oh and the oldest

    Posted 5 years ago on Nintendo Unveils Its Mobile First Vision for the Future Video Games – 65 Comments

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    In reply to FalseAgent: ARM has the performance not the spec if you know what I mean. I have a Surface Pro 3 C

    Posted 5 years ago on Samsung’s Chromebook Pro Nudges Deeper Into Windows Territory – 64 Comments

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    In reply to Alkaidia:   Yes, But didn't they simply just changed some settings on the Store to

    Posted 5 years ago on Instagram Comes to Windows 10 – 24 Comments

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    Another atrocious app that people will not use. Bridge much? Some people might think that MS is not at fault b

    Posted 5 years ago on Instagram Comes to Windows 10 – 24 Comments

    comment
    The family plan of Spotify is better. This convollutted pricing model is the future? The only thing worst than

    Posted 5 years ago on Amazon Unveils Unlimited Music Service – 19 Comments

    comment
    MS fans will always be disappointed by any MS "Discontinuity". Still what I notice is that Windows i

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Band 3 Prototype Finds Its Way To the Web – 45 Comments

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    This is really a smart move from Google.

    Posted 5 years ago on Google Adds a Group Plan to Project Fi – 10 Comments

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    I have all other GOWs. I'm not buying this ome. To be honest I feel that probably XBOX One is that last consol

    Posted 5 years ago on Gears of War 4 Review: A Quick Follow-Up – 3 Comments

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    In reply to trevor_chdwck: Uau, Senior Architect. Looks impressive. But you forgot to answer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ..

    Posted 5 years ago on Hints for the Future in Our First Real Peek at Redstone 2 – 59 Comments

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    In reply to DemBones: The One Windows vision is so shiny that basically hides the underlying problems. The rea

    Posted 5 years ago on Hints for the Future in Our First Real Peek at Redstone 2 – 59 Comments

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    I dont get how people still gets excited about this stuff. These guys are always in the airwaves. Its the upda

    Posted 5 years ago on It’s On! Microsoft Confirms Its October Windows 10 Event – 42 Comments

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    The most important aspec of this launch is not the Pixel, but all set of devices around Google Assistant.

    Posted 5 years ago on Google Pixel Preview – 41 Comments

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    Microsoft IMHO has given up leading the future of personal computing. The emphasis on enterprise security

    Posted 5 years ago on Disbanded: Microsoft Confirms It Will Not Sell a Band 3 – 69 Comments

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    I would like to know what is the business case of something like the Elite X3 at $1200 aprox. I ask this becau

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Discusses a Very Limited Future for Windows 10 Mobile – 92 Comments

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    Its not about the features. The correct question should be IMHO.  What problems people care about Windows

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: September 29 – 41 Comments

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    There are too many Julio Vernes at MS. I've seen many videos from MS about the MS Vision of the future. F

    Posted 5 years ago on Thurrott Daily: September 29 – 41 Comments

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