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Laptop customer service and tech support: 2019 ratings and reviews
Laptop released its customer service and tech support: 2019 ratings and reviews. Apple has dominated the top spot in our rankings for the past few years, and that hasn’t changed for 2019. The Cupertino company’s tech support agents continue to be among the fastest and most knowledgeable in the business, delivering accurate answers to our…
AirPods are the second-best selling Apple product within two years of launch, search rate up 500% YoY
Alex Allegro reported for 9to5Mac that AirPods are the second-best selling Apple product within two years of launch with search rate up 500% year-on-yar. When comparing between AirPods search interest from December 2016 — the initial month of release — and data from December 2018, Google search rates have skyrocketed a massive ten times over.…
How did Apple’s AirPods go from mockery to millennial status symbol?
Elena Cresci reported on how Apple’s AirPods went from mockery to millennial status symbol. Of all the widely ridiculed tech products, Apple’s AirPods have experienced an extraordinary turnaround. Back in 2016, they were roundly mocked by the tech industry. Tiny wireless earbuds? It seemed like a recipe for disaster – streets would be littered with…
Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code
Zack Whittaker reported for TechCrunch that Apple is telling app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code. It follows an investigation by TechCrunch that revealed major companies, like Expedia, Hollister and Hotels.com, were using a third-party analytics tool to record every tap and swipe inside the app. We found that none of the apps…
A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be Assembled in USA
Jack Nikas reported for The New York Times on why iPhones won’t be assembled in USA. In China, Apple relied on factories that can produce vast quantities of custom screws on short notice. In Texas, where they say everything is bigger, it turned out the screw suppliers were not. Tests of new versions of the…
Dirty PR tactics used by Qualcomm
Jack Nicas reported for The New York Times about how Facebook’s PR firm brought political trickery to tech. While working for Qualcomm, Definers pushed the idea that Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, was a viable presidential candidate in 2020, according to a former Definers employee and digital records. Presumably, it was an attempt to…
Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Calling for Bloomberg to Retract Its Chinese Spy Chip Story
John Gruber wrote on Apple CEO Tim Cook is calling for Bloomberg to retract its Chinese spy chip story. Read their statement closely — they’re not saying their story is true or that Apple and Tim Cook are wrong. All they say is they spent a year on the story and spoke to 17 sources…
Sorry Apple, your “most advanced” features are already commonplace in China
Gang Lu wrote that Apple’s “most advanced” features are already commonplace in China. The title is a perfect clickbait. After he goes on about how he has been a loyal Apple fan, he then laid into Apple for the disappointing new iPhone. Those who praise iPhones’ borderless screens, they should take a look at Find…
Facebook removed Onavo VPN from Apple App Store for violating data collection policies
Mac Rumors reported that Facebook removed Onavo VPN from App Store after Apple says it violates data collection policies. Onavo, a free VPN, promised to “keep you and your data safe when you browse and share information on the web,” but the app’s real purpose was tracking user activity across multiple different apps to learn…
Apple at $1Trillion: The Missing Theory
Jean-Louis Gassée wrote the missing theory of Apple at $1Trillion. This is where we get into some intriguing comparisons. Microsoft’s P/E is a solid 48 and Alphabet’s hovers around 50…but Apple’s is a meager 17. Caricaturing just a bit: “Apple still trades like a steel mill going out of business.” In more sober words, investor…