Apple’s invitation to the media for their October 16, 2014 special event
Posted on 10/08/2014 6:52:36 PM PDT by Swordmaker
It’s official: Apple’s invitation to media outlets has confirmed they will be holding a special media event on Thursday, October 16, 2014.
No word, yet, on whether Apple will attempt a live streaming broadcast of the event. If so, hopefully, it’ll go better than their last attempt.
Rumors and speculation call for new iPads, including a svelte new A8-powered iPad Air with Touch ID, and new Macs, including the possibility of a new 27-inch iMac with Retina display and maybe even a new Mac mini.
Also expected is the public release of OS X Yosemite, so we all finally get some Continuity into our lives between our Macs and iPhones, iPad, and iPod touches.
And, as always, the possibility of “one more thing” looms.
MacDailyNews will offer live notes that day starting at 10am PDT/1pm EDT. Check our home page that day for the article link!
Oh, and do another cold reboot afterwards, too. Just to be safe.
Missed a few. Start here. It’s kinda the most important one since the rest followed it.
Wednesday, October 08, 2014 7:06:53 PM · 8 of 101
Norm Lenhart to FlingWingFlyer
Don’t forget all the staunch rock ribbed conservatives already making plans to give more of their cash to fund a company that openly attacks -everything- they claim to believe in and redistributes that money to the DNC and other leftist causes.
You can identify them easily by how much the above simple truth ‘offends’ them.
Answer, or not, it’s your call... why it is that despite Apple is open about hating anything conservative that you insist on giving them your cash when other potions exist. Or do you support global warming and the rest? Well ya since you give them cash to propagandize the world about it but anyway...
Then we can go one by one through homosexuality/marriage, Democrats and the rest.
And if it’s not a prob fer ya, why are you perfectly demonstrating my point?
Thanks for the tip. I will do that when I finally get back to my home.
Ive seen photos that ive made...on a retina equipped imac...and the resolution is near;y as good as a print
Thank you
There are already 4K displays on the market. Way beyond retina.
I going to have to go on a window shopping trip.
Thank you.
I’ve got ios8 running on an iPad 3. Works fine. First time my iPhone rang and the call also showed up on the pad was kinda cool. I can also make calls from my iPad at they’re routed through the Phone.
That’s called growing older and wiser. I agree.
Yea, and when apple went to buy Beats, it was cheaper for them to take out a loan for $3.2B than reapatriate their own cash held overseas.
Drat! I just got a 2012 Mac Mini to replace a 2009/10 model. Got the HDMI port hooked up to my home theater box connected to a 52” Sony HDTV. It’s great for streaming shows, and playing my iTunes library.
Make sure to encrypt your backup, or you’ll have to re-enter all your passwords for routers and such.
Thanks all. So far so good.
No, Norm, I did not miss any of your FUD. Reply #8 was the very first one I quoted. . . and it is as empty of anything substantial as all the rest. . . not to mention demonstrably false as shown in reply #22.
Nope, they aren't. A 28" 4K monitor is only 156 PPI . . . and at 20" viewing distance that is not a "Retina" display by definition. It would need a minimum 220-250 PPI at that distance to meet the requirement. Pixels would be easily discernible at 156 PPI at 20".
It would have been, but they didn't buy Beats for cash. It was a stock deal. . . Besides, Apple has plenty of liquid cash available stateside too.
I see sarcasm is lost on you. Whatever.
When you stop pretending the many points brought up don’t exist, ping me. Because it’s pretty clear you simply don’t want to upend your stated positions with things like ‘the truth’.
Nope, that's pretty much completely wrong. Apple uses almost all of that money to develop great new products, manufacture said products, and increase shareholder value. Apple also has $164 billion in cash to invest in new technologies as it sees fit.
Nice try though. Too bad you see fit to bash a great story of American capitalism...
Nope. It’s exactly right. All that social justice/eco stuff carries a price tag.
What you posted was not sarcasm. . . and you had no valid points. After you claimed I had not addressed any of your points you had brought up earlier in the thread, I hoist you on your own petard proving that your posted Innuendo and vague rumors are not anything worth debating by sequentially posting every single one of them. THAT'S sarcasm. There's NOTHING to debate because you presented NO FACTS, just hints of something that you heard on a grapevine.
On the other hand, we presented solid data. . . or evidence of the lack of Apple being a participant in what you decry, and you come up with a dismissive "Whatever. . ." and proceed to ignore the factual evidence in favor of your preferred bias toward rumors and innuendo.
As I've said before, debating you is like nailing jello to a wall. It can't be done because there is no substance there! It just slides away. . . Oozes, rather.
We are STILL looking for your any proof of your allegations. How about a breakdown of what percentage of the cost of an iPhone or an iMac is spent on what you claim is "social justice/eco stuff"?
Political donations are not made by Apple Inc., but are made by the employee controlled Apple Employees PAC. . . from donations by employees. By law, Apple Inc cannot put any money into it.
Only in the past two years has Apple started matching employee charitable donations. . . and that is ANY charitable donation to ANY 501(c)3 tax deductible charity, regardless of purpose chosen by the employee. The Apple Employee PAC does not qualify.
Prior to that, Apple simply did not donate cash to much of anything except business and standards organizations, preferring to donate hardware, software, and expertise.
In fact, in 2011, Apple was roundly criticized by Business Ethics experts for not donating much at all to anything worthwhile (even mischaracterizing what they thought a "good" worthwhile donation from the Apple Employees PAC to oppose California's Proposition 8 as being an Apple corporate donation, which would actually have been illegal if it had been made by Apple itself!).
A Google search question will return that if asked in 2003 if Apple made donations to charities resulted in a flat respone of "No." However, that was not quite true. Prior to Steve Jobs death, Apple donated computer equipment and software for specific areas:
Apple Computer does make corporate donations, mainly to educational programs, through the Worldwide Corporate Affairs and Worldwide Community Affairs departments. They also support programs in which Apple employees act as teachers and mentors in local schools.One major exception to cash donation prohibition is Apple's participation in "Product Red" products where the profits from the sales of these special "Red" colored iPods, iPhones, IMacs, etc., are donated to the charity.Electronic Network to Aid the Hungry and Homeless
"Apple Gives Grants To Nonprofit Groups
Under the Community Affairs program, Apple Corporate Grants awards computer systems to nonprofit social service and arts groups. Awards are made in five categories: the arts, the disabled, citizen action, research and development, and innovation challenge (innovative uses of computers in the nonprofit sector). Groups are working in such areas as housing, substance abuse, the needs of the elderly, and refugeeism. Guidelines require, among other things, that groups be classified as 501(c)3 by the IRS, have full-time paid staff, maintain regular office hours, and have annual budgets of less than $500,000.
The program emphasizes the awarding of computer systems to networks of groups that are working on similar problems. The intention is that networking via computer will enable groups to share resources and information, to collaborate on major projects, and to access centralized sources of information.
Community Affairs grantees are located throughout the United States. The Cupertino office can provide interested parties with information about groups in their geographic area or area of social service. Deadlines for submitting proposals are November 15 and April 15. For complete guidelines and application forms, contact Apple Corporate Grants, 20525 Mariani Avenue M/S 5-B, Cupertino, CA 95014."
Apple iLife Educators Award
"Apple wants to celebrate YOU and your commitment to education! Send them your innovative, curriculum-based iLife projects and lesson plans for a chance to win fantastic technology for both you and your school. In addition, winning projects will be published and highlighted on the Apple Education website for educators across the globe to replicate."
After resuming control of Apple in 1997, Jobs initially eliminated all corporate philanthropy programs. Jobs's friends told The New York Times that he felt that expanding Apple would have done more good than giving money to charity Later, under Jobs, Apple signed to participate in the Product Red program, producing red versions of devices to give profits from sales to charity. Apple has gone on to become the largest contributor to the charity since its initial involvement with it. The chief of the Product Red project, singer Bono, cited Jobs saying there was "nothing better than the chance to save lives", when he initially approached Apple with the invitation to participate in the program. Through its sales, Apple has been the largest contributor to Product Red's gift to the Global Fund, which fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, according to Bono. — Wikipedia: Steve Jobs
Apple has raised over $75 million to fight these diseases.
As I told you earlier, unlike all other major tech companies, Apple did not even maintain a lobbying office in Washington. How could they be so powerful in affecting legislation without one? Simple answer. You're wrong.
And, no, they did not donate software, services, or equipment to the DNC or any candidate.
These are historical, checkable facts, Norm. Against which you post rumor, inuendo, and FUD. . . backed by what? Nothing except more rumor, inuendo, and FUD written by people in an echo chamber writing to others who want to believe what they want to believe. The ultimate in confirmay bias.
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