Even better than the iThing: Apple's Cook is strictly pro Bono Apple CEO Tim Cook will be joined on stage tonight by new allies including preposterous boy band U2. The rumours resurfaced despite apparent denials from the band's spokeswoman last week. The band, fronted by Bono, declined to comment further. Rumours in the Applesphere suggest the fruity firm will break out the Mayo to …
Yes, it would be rather entertaining if they'd managed to throw a complete smokescreen and gone into home automation in a big way or something. It would be very entertaining to see all those journalists, analysts and other people that seem to feel the need to blow smoke totally on the back foot.
Alas, we can but hope.
Mayo is expected to show how Apple's new Health app could allow users to beam their data back to a medical centre, helping doctors keep abreast of their condition.
Well, screw that - that would give them even more sensitive data than even Google has tried to squeeze out of me. No thanks.
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Is trolling allowed for journalists? It wasn't like you offered any other options..
"Is trolling allowed for journalists? It wasn't like you offered any other options.."
Quite. The only options were:
And the following three options were definitely not there, oh no, not at all, no siree (Siri?) no:
Mayo is expected to show how Apple's new Health app could allow users to beam their data back to a medical centre, helping doctors keep abreast of their condition.
Presumably it will then be processed to prognostics algorithms and then beamed directly to your life assurance provider who will make the necessary adjustments in your policy
Exactly the reason why they (Apple) shouldn't be involved in the first place. Given all the recent security breaches, would YOU give your keys (SSN) to the Fox?
We have a little thing called HIPAA here. Info about my health conditions is restricted to healthcare PROVIDERS (Doctors and Hospitals) not insurance companies through 3rd party monitoring software (Mayo).
"Your iWatch just reported that you have had a heart attack. We are notifying your insurance company"
What about Emergency Services?
Oh we don't have an agreement with them, just Apple and your Insurance company"
This is a crowded market, and Apple didn't exactly buy a big-hitter either...
The best quality streaming service at the moment, as far as I can see is Qobuz. Tons and tons of tracks, streaming at 44k PCM, and you can buy high-bitrate or raw PCM copies of the albums too (all without DRM, of course) at roughly the same price as iTunes charges for a compressed copy. Also, in a nice gesture to non-pop-music fans, you can opt to only stream their (large) classical catalogue for a lower price.
If you don't want quality, Spotify and Pandora have enormous catalogues and lots of free options.. If you've got a WindowsPhone, Nokia also do a really, really good "Mix Radio" app for free if you buy one of their more expensive phones (or pay the small fee), you get unlimited streaming and can bring a small number of the playlists onto your phone for offline listening -- a really nice feature that I expect Apple are just about to invent, actually.
So into this busy market, Apple's offer will possibly have a big catalogue ("possibly" because owning resale rights to music isn't the same as owning broadcast/streaming rights), and be limited to iOS. And... er?
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