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A couple of years ago there was this scandal when it came to light that Apple was purposely slowing down older iPhone models without acknowledging it. There was a WAN Show segment about this. Tim Cook even apologized in multiple interviews, stating that Apple did this to increase battery longevity of older models, but acknowledged that he understood why people were upset and promised that they would put in a switch in the iOS Settings-app where the user could choose between keeping higher performance or keeping longer battery life for older devices. Now, many years later, in 2023, where is this switch?

Summary Norfolk County Council in England is taking the tech giant to court, claiming that they mislead investors about handset demand in November 2018. The council holds shares in Apple as part of an employee pension scheme. Quotes My thoughts Its seems Apple is in the courts a lot recently with the ongoing suit with Epic Games and the US monopoly investigations. I feel that the pensions group working on behalf of the council (my council, I should add, not that it changes my opinion because they're pretty naff) would have to come up with some serious evidence that Tim Apple did anything wrong if it wants to compete with both Apple and the US court system. Tomato Sources https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/norfolk-county-council-suing-apple-1-6920108

iPhone 3 Models IP7S: 4.7' LCD, IP68, A11, 3gb RAM, 32,128,256GB strorage, 16MP Rear , 8MP Front, facial scanning. $649 IP7SP: 5.5' LCD, IP68, A11, 4gb RAM, 32,128,256GB strorage, 16MP Rear 2x , 8MP Front, facial scanning. $769 IPX: 5.8" OLED, IP68, A11, 4gb RAM, 128,256GB strorage, 16MP Rear 2x , 8MP Front, facial scanning, iris scanning, touch id in display, on screen home button, no bezels, glass front and back, stainless steel frame. $999 iPad 5 Models Matte black replaces space grey. iP7.9- A9X, P3 Display, 12mp back, 5mp front, 3gb ram, iP9.7- A9, P3 Display. Already Released. iP10.5- 10.5' LCD, IP67, A10x, 4gb RAM, 32,128,256GB strorage, 16MP Rear , 8MP Front, facial scanning. iPP9.7- 9.7' LCD, IP67, A10x, 3gb RAM, 32,128,256GB strorage, 16MP Rear , 8MP Front, price drop. iPP12.9- 12.9' LCD, IP67, A11, 4gb RAM, 32,128,256GB strorage, 16MP Rear , 8MP Front. Feel free to add your own predictions/wishes!

Here is my wishlist for apple's 2017 laptop lineup. Feel free to add your own ideas. Kill MacBook Air. MacBook: Kaby Lake Actually Core i CPUs instead of Core m Price Drop to ~$800 16GB RAM Option Matte Black to replace space grey 720p or 1080p webcam. MacBook Pro: Kaby Lake or Coffee Lake Quad Core CPU in 13" Model Actual GPU in 13" Model Real 1060 or AMD Equivalent in 15" Model Price Cut to ~$1200 32GB Ram option Base i7 for all 1080p webcam Matte Black Option Will post mac desktop wishlist soon.

9to5 Mac just posted this : Leaked email (through wikileaks) had implied that Apple current CEO might be a possible VP candidate. Source: https://9to5mac.com/2016/10/18/apple-ceo-tim-cook-hillary-clinton-vp-email-leaks/ Another email that was leaked: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/2616 (Seen in pic 2) I am not from the United States and had no idea how this can impact the country as well as Apple itself....

Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43619410 Tim Cook is dead right for sure - and I'm glad Apple isn't heading in the same way as FaceBook, Twitter and Google etc. Like Apple or not, they have the best privacy policy around now. Mark's response was (implicitly to Apple): In my view, Zuckerberg is still a very young and naive CEO and doesn't understand this world as much as Cook - he could learn a lot. Such as sniffing into peoples messages and personal data - and selling them off is not a good idea. Moreso lying about it . Tim Cook's statement is pretty spot-on, especially as these online services can only grow. There is still a strong future for these services but only if people arent put off.

source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11984806/Apples-Tim-Cook-declares-the-end-of-the-PC-and-hints-at-new-medical-product.html while you're reading the article, I'm gonna roll on the floor and laughing my ass off --- the better question is: why would I buy a tablet (namely iPad Pro) when a PC can do it better? tablets .. tablets aren't about portability, not even productivity, they are about convenience - and do you know what's funny? tablets from either Apple or Microsoft are backpedaling towards laptops (netbooks specifically) by adding physical keyboards now, let's get back to the point of tablets vs PC PC configurability upgradability storage capacity connectivity performance / $ versatility of use scenarios tabletportabilitythat's it!? surely Tim doesn't expect people to just drop all the benefits of PCs over a tablet how about it Mr. Cook, put your money where your mouth is and stop manufacturing and selling iMacs - surely it would be a astonishing business decision .. NOT! I dunno what the hell Apple's management is on, but they clearly lost their marbles

According to Tim Cook CEO of Apple, the iPad Pro will be the death of the PC industry. Has he totally lost it? Has all his wealth and status gotten the best of him? What do you think? Source Link: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/tim-cook-reckons-that-the-ipad-pro-is-the-final-nail-in-the-pc-s-coffin-1308597

Talk about irony. What Tim Cook predicted exactly happened. Main intention of the FBI was to set up a precedent and they're already in line with 175 other iPhones Pretty sure this case is going all the way to Supreme court now especially since everyone both in tech and public are equally divided on where to stand Source: http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/26/fbi-apple-iphone-precedent-poll-candidates/

Tim Cook appears to be using his international tour, which so far includes Israel, Germany and the UK. In an interview with the German newspaper BILD posted yesterday, Cook went as far as to praise Edward Snowden for his role in prompting discussion of the issue. Cook has in the past resisted FBI pressure to compromise its strong encryption, and was the only tech CEO to attend a recent White House cybersecurity summit. In the BILD interview, Cook reiterated Apple’s stance on privacy, and also said that as Apple had grown larger, it had taken deliberate decisions to be less secretive about some aspects of its business … Cook stressed that Apple takes pains to ensure that it does not have access to unnecessary data about its customers. He said that when Apple does request permission to use customer data, it is always used to improve products and customers “have a right to stop that at any time.“ Cook said that Apple had chosen to be extremely transparent about privacy issues, and also to share its work on improving working conditions in its supply chain in the hope that this would help accelerate the pace of change. There would, though, be no change in Apple’s secrecy about its product plans. Shortly after what would have been Steve Job’s 60th birthday, Cook described Steve as the best teacher he’d ever had. Source: http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/02/tim-cook-edward-snowden/

Last night Apple CEO Tim Cook attended the WSJDLive, a vibrant, international technology conference hosted by The Wall Street Journal’s senior editors. In this event, Tim Cook explained why Apple quietly killed the iPod Classic last month. Tim Cook said they no longer can get the parts to build the iPod Classic, and it is not worthy for Apple to design a new iPod Classic. This may not be surprising, as iPod is a declining business for Apple. Sales of iPod products had been steadily declining since 2008, and even Tim Cook once said on a company's earnings conference call, that "The way we look at it, our business is a sell-through point of view less iPod -- all of us have known for some time that iPod is a declining business." But fo you think it is not worthy for Apple to design a new IPod Classic? Interestingly, Tim Cook also confirmed in the same event, that the upcoming Apple Watch need to be charged daily, He said, "You're going to wind up charging it daily," Tim Cook refused to provide a specific battery life for the device as Apple is still examining how people use it. http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/28/7082095/tim-cook-says-apple-killed-the-ipod-classic-because-it-couldnt-get http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/28/tim-cook-on-apple-watch/

Crowd sourced table of contents... maybe not needed this week. News Apple Vs Retailers. War On Nfc Payment Technology. Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Ijks Snow Source 2: finance.yahoo.com Source 3: slate.com CVS and Rite Aid in the US have stopped accepting Apple Pay no official statement from those companies speculation is that they are developing their own NFC payment software to save the 2-3% on each transaction Tim Cook “It’s a skirmish. Merchants have different objectives sometimes. But in the long arc of time, you only are relevant as a retailer or merchant if your customers love you.” On Saturday, the pharmacies Rite Aid and CVS (both members of the MCX) disabled Apple Pay from their stores, even though they have the compatible equipment that was working when Apple Pay launched last week. They also blocked Google Wallet, a similar system for Android phones that Google launched in 2012 MCX happens to be working on its own mobile payments app, CurrentC, which is in beta testing and is expected to launch next year. CurrentC requires you to scan a barcode to make payments, something proved to not be as secure as near-field communication and other encrypted technology used by Apple Pay and Google Wallet. Tesla Runs Into Trouble Again Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Victorious Secret Source 2: washingtonpost.com Source 3: freep.com Source 4: forbes.com US government seems to be giving GM and other traditional automakers preferential treatment new law states that anyone wishing to sell a car in Michigan has to do so through an independent dealership Tesla prefers to sell through corporate-owned stores and galleries Michigan law forbids even having galleries where pricing can be discussed Michigan customers can still purchase the vehicles online or travel out of state to a corporate-owned store 18-Core Xeon E7 v3 ‘Haswell-E3’ Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Xacraf Source 2: digitimes.com Source 3: kitguru.net Coming Q2 2015 (According to Digitimes) Will feature up to 18 cores with hyperthreading. Quad channel DDR4 controller. Integrated PCI-E 3 links. New Xeon family will offer more reliability and bring them closer to Itanium products. No comment from Intel. Apple Watch Os Running On An Iphone Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Dayo26 Source 2: theverge.com Source 3: 9to5mac.com Current iPhone home screen is still the same design as the original iPhone. The Apple Watch home screen is far more fluid, scales to any screen size without looking cramped or spaced out. All your apps are close by, all the time. The new ‘reachability’ feature that makes your screen slide down so you can reach items at the top of your screen is as good as an admission from apple that the current design is not meant for a screen this size. Apple has created an entirely new, modern home screen that is more intuitive, more flexible and adaptive as well. Only time will tell if this design trickles down to the iPhone, but the benefits it brings make it a strong contender for a new face of iOS. 1000 MPH On Land. Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Benediction Source 2: wired.co.uk Source 3: wired.co.uk Richard Noble is spearheading a project called ‘Bloodhound SSC’. Richard is responsible for the previous land speed records in 1983 and 1997. The problem with land speed records is that drag from air increases with a squared ratio in proportion to the speed. Lockheed's A-12 could cruise at Mach 3, more than 2,000mph, for as long as it had fuel. The Bloodhound SSC’s wheels are solid disks of aluminum, each weighing more than 200lbs. At record-breaking speed, each wheel will become a centrifuge, subjecting the rim to the same G forces scientists use to separate DNA out of cells. At 1,000mph the radial load on each of Bloodhound SSC's wheels will be ~50,000G. It’s disk brakes are only meant to be used under 200mph. The car should reach 800 to 850mph in 2015, and then coming back the following year to hit 1,000mph. Alienware Graphics Amplifier Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Rok Source 2: theverge.com Source 3: engadget.com Source 4: digitaltrends.com Allows for full sized GPUs for laptops. Costs $300. Supports any GPU (up to 375W) Measures 6.8 x 7.3 x 16.1-inches, and weighs 7.7 pounds. You can order one now. Only works on Alienware laptops. Msi Laptop With Real Cherry Mechanical Keyboard Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Nagby Source 2: cowcotland.com named the GT80 Titan switches mentioned in this article are Cherry MX brown - maybe others to come keyboard takes up the bottom half of an 18.4” notebook as it’s too thick to allow cooling or internals underneath touchpad & numpad combo on the right of the keyboard 49.1mm thick, 4.5kg Motorola Droid Turbo Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Mcmad358 Source 2: imgur.com Source 3: droid-life.com Source 4: theverge.com Source 5: phonearena.com Source 6: imgur.com Source 7: verizonwireless.com Source 8: imgur.com Source 9: motorola.com Up to 48 hours battery life, 8 hours of charge in 15 mins. 21 MP (5248x3936) in 4:3, 15.5 MP (2952x5248) in 16:9, f/2.0 aperture 4K at 24fps, 1080p at 30fps, 720p Slow Motion Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 805 processor with 2.7 GHz quad-core CPU (APQ8084) with 64-bit memory access Adreno 420 @ 600 MHz GPU 3GB of RAM 5.2” 1440p Quad HD 2560x1440 AMOLED, 565 ppi. 3900 mAh Water Resistant, NFC 32GB and 64GB models. Android 4.4.4, KitKat Back is made of fine woven materials Mono, front-ported speakers. Far Cry 4 Dev: Resolution Doesn't Sell Games Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Rafbanaan Source 2: neogaf.com Source 3: totalxbox.com “1080p or not 1080p isn’t an interesting question. It is certainly not something I care about in a game” said Alex Hutchinson, Far Cry 4 creative director said this after confirming a target resolution and frame rate of 1080p 30 “It feels weird to me that people are cool about playing a sort of retro pixel game, and yet the resolution somehow matters. It’s like: is it fun, is it interesting, is it new, is it fresh, are there interesting questions?” Hutchinson think enthusiasm for high-end visuals is waning “If our thing is ‘woo, the same exact thing you had before, at twice the resolution, instead of a new thing’... A new spin or an evolution, I think is much more interesting.” missing the point - it’s not about “pushing boundaries” it’s about providing a playable experience at 1080p 60fps Wow Ibm Fighting Ebola With Supercomputer Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Timothy teaming up with Sierra Leone’s Open Government Initiative, Cambridge University’s Africa’s Voices project, telco firm Airetel, and Kenya’s Echo mobile developed a system that lets people report Ebola-related issues and concerns via SMS or voice calls “For us to tackle Ebola, it is crucial to maintain an open dialogue between the government and the people of Sierra Leone.” creating opinion-based heat-maps that show areas of worry and areas of infection has already highlighted regions with growing numbers of suspected infections also working with Nigeria (they have been cleared of disease) to support preparedness for future outbreaks overall goal is to create a global cloud-based Ebola Open Data Repository T-Mobile Ceo: “Don’t Buy Your Ipad From Us" Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Topwargamer Source 2: slashgear.com new iPads from major USA carriers are network locked even T-mobile was guilty of it John Legere revealed that Apple shipped the iPads to T-Mobile with SIMs pre-locked to T-Mobile’s network Tweeted out “My advice to everyone - and I’ll get in trouble for this: buy it from the Apple Store” X-Wing And Tie Fighter - Pc Gamin Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Demonunicornkiller Source 2: kotaku.com have been digitally re-released on Good Old Games $10 each special editions of the games (slightly higher resolution and improved sound, both games’ expansions) will run on any modern PC both the 1994 and 1998 versions Amd Is Going To Re-Launch The R9 290X With 8Gb Of Memory Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Tro Source 2: kitguru.net only major change is the 8GB of GDDR5 (up from 4) currently only available from Sapphire Technologies Club3D, PowerColor, and Sapphire will all be available for the holiday season in a bid to compete better with the GTX 980 custom cooling with a higher clock-rate Sapphire board was clocked at 1060MHz (normally 1000MHz) memory was clocked at 5600MHz (5000MHz on normal card) from article “While 8GB of GDDR5 memory sounds impressive, not everyone needs a frame-buffer that large at present” Youtube 60Fps Its Finally Here Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Brownninja97 Source 2: kotaku.com Source 3: forbes.com Rollout of 60FPS started on wednesday. Currently only for chrome. You need to select the ‘1080p60’ or ‘720p60’ option in quality settings. YouTube retains control over what videos will appear at 60fps and says it will only be enabled for ‘motion intense’ videos so your average vlog or cat video is unlikely to qualify. 48fps will also be released. *Forum Member ‘Smogsy’ built a man-cave Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Smogsy All info/pics in linked post. Build of the week: Mr. Tuf 2.0 n.b.: You can full screen the prezi slideshow for the stream. Source 1: prezi.com Voter’s Pick. Built by forum member: Anirbas Nice build, clean. Digi camo on the case and on the board and interior. Uses fittings instead of bends for tubing. Build of the week: ARK Source 1: prezi.com Staff Pick. Built by forum member: Ikem Another really nice build. Takes a excellent system to begin with and converts it to water cooling. Lot of gear packed in the case, storage, dual CPU, dual GPU, etc… There are two more topics you missed RAPID FIRE Lg Releases 31' Cinema 4K Ips Monitor Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: M Tieu Source 2: t.co $1400 in the US. IPS display featuring Maxx Audio and Adobe RGB Color Space which should make for a brilliant display quality. Reddit Opens A New Crowdfunding Site Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Tech Dreamer Source 2: redditmade.com Site called Redditmade. Focuses more on physical goods like t-shirts. The company will take a small cut of the campaign to cover the costs of its platform. So, Tim Cook Is Gay. Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Majinferno Source 2: money.cnn.com "Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," he wrote in a column in Bloomberg Businessweek. “If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade-off with my own privacy." Project Ara Update Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Plasma Source 2: blog.phonebloks.com Source 3: gizmodo.com Source 4: gizmodo.com The engineering team at NK Labs has shown Phonebloks a real, honest-to-goodness functioning test phone that boots into Android. Google now plans to hold its second Ara conference on January 14th.

I know this was published a while ago but I recently got time to watch the whole interview. It's the best interview of Tim Cook I've seen to date. He talks about a lot of insights in his company like how he became the CEO, how apple became more open, what Tim thinks of the competition, acquisition of beats, partnering up with IBM, how they develop very few products in order to be the best in those categories, about iCloud hacking, their interest in TV because today's TV's suck in general and much more I've listed the table of contents below the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yISM7eaxwtk Table of Contents (Recommended ones in bold) 01:15 - Apple Watch 02:34 - iPhone 6 and 6 Plus 03:50 - Was Apple challenged by Samsung's Phones 04:48 - Philosophy of Apple, Is it to be the first or to be the best? 06:30 - Hiring of Mark Newson 06:40 - Designing the Apple Watch (Took 3 years to develop) 08:30 - Healthkit 09:37 - Steve Jobs's memories and his goals and visions 11:15 - Why Apple have very less products 11:50 - Apple TV and why current TV's suck 13:05 - Can Tim Cook continue Steve Jobs's Apple and How Tim Cook became CEO 18:15 - Do you have another Tim how Steve had a Tim and insights in the company 21:50 - Is Apple becoming more open and where is Apple going? Talks about IBM 25:30 - Why did you buy Beats? 28:24 - Apple is becoming less of an Hardware company. Talks about customer experiences 29:55 - About Developers and the magic they perform on iOS, talks about lack of fragmentation in iOS compared to Android 32:05 - Who is your competition? 33:35 - Is amazon a competitor? 34:19 - What happened with Apple Maps? 35:30 - How did Tim get the courage to join Apple when Apple was almost on the verge of extinction. What did Steve say to make Tim join 41:13 - Why did Apple partner up with Credit Cards rather than making their own version 43:09 : How Apple Pay works 43:56 - How does Apple see emerging markets 45:07 - Does Apple's pricing becomes a problem in the emerging markets? 46:04 - Apple spends a lot of money in R&D 47:16 - Apple's working on products that haven't been in rumors yet 47:54 - iPad was developed many years ago but was put on a pause to create iPhone 49:32 - Hacking of iCloud Part 2 is going to air on Monday with many more questions including "What comes after the Internet"

In Cook’s latest interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Apple CEO largely reiterates his comments about the company’s values and the product creation process but also expanded on his opinion of mobile payments. Cook said that their strong results should qualm some of the recent anti-Apple chatter. However, he added that it will likely take the addition of some new products to change people’s minds… As you might expect, Cook repeated his comments about new product categories without being the least bit specific. Cook echoed the message that new products are under development, but is in no rush to release something until it is ready. “You want to take the time to get it right. Our objective has never been to be first. It’s to be the best. To do things really well, it takes time. You can see a lot of products that have been brought to market where the thinking isn’t really deep and, as a consequence, these things don’t do very well. We don’t do very many things so we spend a lot of time on every detail and that part of Apple isn’t changing. It’s the way we’ve operated for years and it’s the way we still operate. I feel great about what we’ve got coming. Really great and it’s closer than it’s ever been” Samsung Gear is actually a great example. I guess when they heard that Apple was working on iWatch, they decided to release one as early as possible to snatch the smartwatch market The “closer than it’s ever been” comment is strange, almost meaningless, but not expected. Aside from saying that their pipeline is “really great”, Cook is never going to spoil the ‘surprise’. While Apple’s current products are doing great, quoting Apple’s 15% EPS growth, he said new things will “make it better.” There is one area of intrigue though. Daisuke Wakabayashi asked Cook about the mobile payments market. “I think it’s a really interesting area. We have almost 800 million iTunes accounts and the majority of those have credit cards behind them. We already have people using Touch ID to buy things across our store, so it’s an area of interest to us. And it’s an area where nobody has figured it out yet. I realize that there are some companies playing in it, but you still have a wallet in your back pocket and I do too which probably means it hasn’t been figured out just yet.” This lines up with what Cook said on the call, about looking for new ways to monetize the customer base. In the first-quarter call, Cook even more strongly hinted that Apple is working on something in this space in relation to Touch ID. Sorurce: http://9to5mac.com/2014/04/24/cook-says-new-products-closer-than-its-ever-been-ponders-mobile-payments/

What will happen to apple under Tim Cook?

How much hassle is there when it comes to drivers? Is it mainly for the bragging rights of saying "I have a Hackintosh" or is there any tangible benefit? Is it a pain in the butt to set up (generally speaking)?

Just stopped by to drop this quick announcement. Are friend Tim Cook has come out about his homosexuality. Don't think to much on it. Source:http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/30/technology/tim-cook-gay/index.html?sr=tw103014appleceogay745aStoryPhoto Congratulations Tim. What do you guys think? Saw it coming? Note: On mobile right now. I'll be back to edit later. Quotes from Me Edit: Looks like the thread got moved. I hope the mods understand why I thought this relates to tech news.