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Did Apple sue New York city over the nickname Big Apple?
An article in The Guardian - Apple's rot starts with its Samsung lawsuit win
Makes the following claim:
Apple is one of the most aggressive intellectual property litigators of all time
... It's sued about the lower case "i"; it's sued about the…
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Is there a text string that crashes iPhones?
WARNING: DON'T VISIT THE LINK BELOW ON AN IPHONE
A colleague of mine, who works in the technology field, told me that there is a specific text string that can crash any iPhone (specifically iOS 6) which tries to display it.
He alleges that the…
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Does Apple have more cash reserves than the U.S. government?
There are stories like this floating in the internet.
Apple is now more liquid than the United States government, the Financial Post reports.
As the government struggles to resolve the debt ceiling debate, the operating balance in Washington is at…
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Did Apple "jumpstart" the USB market?
Did Apple "jumpstart the USB market"? An example of the claim is as follows:
When Apple released their iMac there was a rush to release peripherals to support them. Before that nobody really cared about USB despite the fact that it was present on…
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Did the FBI not require assistance from Apple to unlock the San Bernadino terrorist's phone?
Edward Snowden's official Twitter account posted the following tweet:
The first 4 points are not in contention, but the 5th point states that the FBI does not require Apple's assistance to unlock the phone, implying that the FBI is using this case…
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Did Steve Jobs say "We've always been shameless about stealing great ideas."?
Did Steve Jobs make following statement:
"We've always been shameless about stealing great ideas"
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Does Apple install suicide prevention nets at their Chinese factories?
I had a discussion with a friend about the sometimes poor working conditions in China and especially the electronics market. Now what really surprised me was his statement that Apple and other companies installed "Nets to prevent suicide" around…
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Does Apple support half a million American jobs?
Apple recently posted the results of an external analysis that suggested their business was responsible for supporting more than 500,000 jobs in the USA (though they only directly employ of the order of 50,000). Apple Page here.
The headline…
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Does the Retina Display cause less eyestrain than other screens?
Apple Mac Retina display screens make text look great.
Retina pixel density = 220.5 PPI, vs. 135 PPI for the 2018 non-Retina MacBook Air (according to The Verge).
Gary Heiting, an optometrist told Mashable:
“A key factor in something that’s called…
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Did Apple steal trademarks like iPad, iOS and iPhone from other companies?
I found the following post on Google+:
So it Turns Out LG Released a Linux Based Tablet Called iPad 9 Years Ago
Apparently iPad was first introduced by South Korean hardware
manufacturer LG Electronics at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover,
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Does Apple do no market research?
I have just been at a company conference and several fans of Steve Jobs quoted more than once how we should innovate like Apple because they "don't do market research" so we don't need to do market research. This made me highly skeptical: how true…
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Was an air hostess electrocuted by her iPhone 5
Several Chinese news sources are reporting that at some time in the last 24 hours an air hostess was electrocuted when she was talking on her iPhone 5 at the same time it was charging.
Hong Kong News Yahoo Video report
Sing Tao Daily - Charging…
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Are Apple products sold at a premium price?
I have often heard people talk about to an Apple tax in reference to Apple products (especially their Mac products). This is one of many references to Apple having overly high prices compared with competitors, and is particularly popular on-line.…
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Did Apple help the Chinese government unlock thousands of iPhones?
The BBC and Ars Technica, amongst other sources, have reported regarding the FBI's latest filing in the FBI vs. Apple case regarding government-mandated unlocking of the phone owned by the San Bernadino terrorist.
The US Government's reply to Apple…
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Was Apple Maps hacked to show "Ministry of Fascism" in place of the Russian Ministry of Defense?
It's a story that originated with RT, but I haven't seen it covered in Western publications. (I've linked to an Indian one--Republicworld.)
According to Russia's state-controlled television network RT, Apple Maps was hacked to rename the Russian…
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