They're not really recording as much as listening and transcribing. I can listen and transcribe myself without recording so it's not a leap to see a device do it.

  I've had the original Bee since its release and it's a surprisingly useful and capable gadget. Its summaries are really good and have improved tremendously over the last couple of years. But is it worth $12 a month, no, not for me. I'd pay $1 a month but $144 a year is excessive.

They then cease to be rumors. There would proof of claims. And they're fact. Reporting is in such bad shape now there's really no one left to believe.

Why do the aliens with such advanced technology keep crashing in the desert? No internal dampeners? No advanced healing medical tech? Makes no sense.

Because it's really good for you. And you don't give a shit about anyone else.

>Why shouldn't people be free to live an unhealthy lifestyle, and accept the consequences?

They should. But how many really want to? They are victims of their biology. If we can help them the way we'll help the businessman who couldn't control his stupid financial instincts or underestimated his capabilities (bankruptcy) why can't we help with a drug that will help these people transform and maybe even contribute back more than we give them.

Would they react similarly to an obviously well intended device named "Not a BOMB!"?

So would the Olympics on steroids be a self-limiting event. It would have to ban itself, but if it were banned how could it ban itself?

$100 off for education on the hugely popular Mac. Seems like that's just too tempting even for honest people.

Turn by turn maps... yes, it did.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120922233922/http://www.apple.com/iphone/built-in-apps/

Lighten up. I acknowledged it wasnâ€(TM)t for everyone. But acting like it wasnâ€(TM)t worth the bits itâ€(TM)s coded in is gaslighting pretty darn hard as well. How about we offer our opinion for what itâ€(TM)s worth and stop trying to burn down the work.

For me in a large west coast city in the US. It was great. I get that it wasn't great for a lot of people, but I can't be hostile towards something that I have used 100% of the time since its launch and found it to be easier to look at and just as accurate as the Google's. I'm sorry it didn't work for you, but it worked really well for me. And Apple gets and deserves my praise as much as your scorn.

They just care that they get paid for the ads.

Why cares where the Sun is? The only reason we need time is to coordinate with each other. It doesn't matter what the time is, so long as everyone can see what it is at any moment.

So, there's an artificial constraint that prevents me from profiting from the information that happens to be in my head, the information that I helped to contribute to with my own hard work?

But I can use all that information to help the shareholders profit, including the CEO, and the board of directors who themselves probable put this rule into place.

So, it's work really hard for me but stay poor so I can control you.