I agree with EU on the anti-competitive nature of the Apple AppStore, but this is a step too far. If they want to force Apple to open up AirPlay & AirDrop, then Microsoft should be forced to open up NTFS, SMB, DirectoryAuth and all the various tech they use to keep people locked into their ecosystem. Google should also be similarly forced to open up the Gmail API and not restrict features like “Snooze” to their own apps.

In Indian IT Engineering colleges, Infosys is seen as the employer of last resort. They will hire any of the graduates that apply, as they don't pay well, have long hours, managers play weird carrot & stick games with employees, which leads to this slave like culture. As a result, they don't really get the top talent, but instead are left with desperate bottom tier graduates. Anyone even remotely talented, ends up leaving in as soon as they can.

Even amongst the Indian IT outsourcing industry, they do not have a very good reputation and in the latest rankings by CIO.com, they were 7th out of 10. They are even behind companies that started after them, originated abroad, had little understanding of the local landscape and faced insurmountable challenges in getting a foothold in India.

These efforts seem more about trying to establish some guidelines for the commercialization of space, such as mining etc. Which is probably a good thing to have some global consensus on.

Lol. Trump will do it and in the process make billions for himself & his buddies. At the end of 4 years, Americans will be stuck with the bill and a tenth of what was promised

Skype credit worked really well for me for the infrequent international call. Without that there is no reason for me to use Skype at all

I think, we should try and fix the minefield of digital media licensing, rather than trying to hold on to physical media. One idea that could potentially work, would be to make licensing of media legally mean the same thing as buying a physical copy.

Ok, now his âoeresignationâ makes a lot of sense

Well yeah. It only takes like 30 minutes to actually push out a code change.

But to figure what needs to be changed, where and the best way to achieve it, can take a lot of digging & experience.

Itâ(TM)s like that old joke with the machine repair man.

A repairman was hired to repair a large machine in a factory. He showed up, examined the machine, then tapped it once with a hammer. It started up. The factory owner was pleased, but not when he got a bill from the repairman for $10000. He thought that was outrageous, and he asked for an itemized bill. So the repairman handed him a bill which said:

Tapping machine with hammer: $1

Knowing where to tap: $9999

Wish I could mod you up. You are spot on

Yes, that sounds like a great idea to me. Ban companies from being able to buy or own other companies.

Not only does it fix the corporate takeover problem, but also makes the whole concept of shell companies redundant

This is what you get for price gouging. Broadcom execs should be thankful they are not facing jail time like Martin Shkreli

Unless you are running old software, it won't be able to get much. On either Android or iOS

Attitudes like this are exactly why the smartest Indians leave India, to go work abroad. Just look at Indosys. Started way before most of FAANG, but is barely a shadow compared to them.

Excellent. Killing off the problem at it's root

I think people are underestimating how long the iPhone really took to make. I was recently watching General Magic, and it shows that such a device was being envisioned back in the 80s. The interfaces they were working on back then, look remarkably similar to what the iPhone looks like. Particularly the OG iPhone 2G. From the Newtons to the Palm Pilots to Windows Mobile, it took a lot of iterations to make a good product.

Maybe in the next couple of decades, we will have the next iPhone.