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Post by chinacat on Nov 13, 2021 6:24:05 GMT -8
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Post by artman1033 on Nov 13, 2021 9:46:44 GMT -8
IS SELLING A LOT OF IPHONES!!! Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) reported third-quarter earnings of NT$36.98 billion (US$1.33 billion), up 24 percent quarter-on-quarter and 20 percent year-on-year, beating its own and analysts’ expectations, the company said yesterday. Strong sales to their biggest customer, Apple Inc, which released its latest iPhone in the period, drove the gains. Earnings per share rose to NT$2.67 last quarter, up from NT$2.23 in the third quarter of last year. The reason we were able to beat our expectations was the strong demand for our smart handset products, while cloud and personal computing sales were as expected,” Hon Hai chairman Young Liu (劉揚偉) told a virtual investors’ conference. “Sales of components and other products were slightly down due to the parts shortage crisis.”
The company expects the shortages to continue through the first half of next year, Liu said. “I expect Hon Hai’s sales to grow by more than 15 percent quarter-on-quarter, because we are entering the busy season, but our growth is limited by the parts shortage,” he said. “On a year-on-year basis, I expect that fourth-quarter [revenue] would slide by 3 to 15 percent.” In addition to production being limited by shortages, fourth-quarter sales last year were also unusually high due to COVID-19-related delays pushing sales into the following quarter. www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2021/11/13/2003767770
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Post by chinacat on Nov 14, 2021 7:57:57 GMT -8
CNBC has Apple is sticking taxpayers with part of the bill for rollout of tech giant’s digital ID card. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, Apple may be the only company that I would trust having this level of control over an important government function; on the other hand I am pretty surprised that states have agreed to cede same to Apple. Also, I must confess that despite being a lifelong techie, at some level I am more comfortable with an actual physical document under my personal control than a virtual one that may be subject to remote technical failures at random, even if quite rare. CNBC has Apple’s ad privacy change impact shows the power it wields over other industries. I would have more concerns about this if so many of those on the other side from Apple had not already demonstrated their ruthless exploitation of their customers’ personal data.
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Post by 4aapl on Nov 14, 2021 8:11:56 GMT -8
CNBC has Apple is sticking taxpayers with part of the bill for rollout of tech giant’s digital ID card. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, Apple may be the only company that I would trust having this level of control over an important government function; on the other hand I am pretty surprised that states have agreed to cede same to Apple. Also, I must confess that despite being a lifelong techie, at some level I am more comfortable with an actual physical document under my personal control than a virtual one that may be subject to remote technical failures at random, even if quite rare. Talk about a sided article. One way to think about it is to substitute in Google, Facebook, or Microsoft for Apple. If one of them were proposing it, would you want them to run the backend servers, add credentials, only offer credentials to some, or be anything more than just a displayer of the credential. That's what it basically comes down to, that the states have to do all of the backend stuff, and Apple displays it, with some security on the end device to help protect an offline version. I don't know about having only digital credential versions. The FAQ for a SF Bay Area Ferry ticket purchasing app (Clipper?) jumps through some of the arguments, such as what happens if you lose your phone, run out of battery, don't have an internet connection (needed to buy the ticket, but can be done earlier), etc. Basically it's the same thing, at a consumer level. For the end user, and for Apple (along with other smart phone makers), having the ability to have everything on their phone makes sense. Credit cards are there. Vehicle door locks have gained the ability to be opened via smart phone. Same with house locks or garage doors. For years people have been told to have a photo or copy of their passport when traveling. And this year, it's been handy to have a picture of your vaccination card, with some states adding electronic versions. This is the next step. But, do you want the tech company, no matter who it is, to run it all end to end? It's a checks and balances to have the state continue to be in charge of parts of it, but I think the article just likes throwing controversy in whatever way it can. If Apple were paying for everything, or running everything, then they'd be sure to point that out. Such is life.
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Post by chinacat on Nov 14, 2021 8:23:25 GMT -8
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Post by Dave on Nov 14, 2021 8:40:58 GMT -8
CNBC has Apple is sticking taxpayers with part of the bill for rollout of tech giant’s digital ID card. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, Apple may be the only company that I would trust having this level of control over an important government function; on the other hand I am pretty surprised that states have agreed to cede same to Apple. Also, I must confess that despite being a lifelong techie, at some level I am more comfortable with an actual physical document under my personal control than a virtual one that may be subject to remote technical failures at random, even if quite rare. Talk about a sided article. One way to think about it is to substitute in Google, Facebook, or Microsoft for Apple. If one of them were proposing it, would you want them to run the backend servers, add credentials, only offer credentials to some, or be anything more than just a displayer of the credential. That's what it basically comes down to, that the states have to do all of the backend stuff, and Apple displays it, with some security on the end device to help protect an offline version. I don't know about having only digital credential versions. The FAQ for a SF Bay Area Ferry ticket purchasing app (Clipper?) jumps through some of the arguments, such as what happens if you lose your phone, run out of battery, don't have an internet connection (needed to buy the ticket, but can be done earlier), etc. Basically it's the same thing, at a consumer level. For the end user, and for Apple (along with other smart phone makers), having the ability to have everything on their phone makes sense. Credit cards are there. Vehicle door locks have gained the ability to be opened via smart phone. Same with house locks or garage doors. For years people have been told to have a photo or copy of their passport when traveling. And this year, it's been handy to have a picture of your vaccination card, with some states adding electronic versions. This is the next step. But, do you want the tech company, no matter who it is, to run it all end to end? It's a checks and balances to have the state continue to be in charge of parts of it, but I think the article just likes throwing controversy in whatever way it can. If Apple were paying for everything, or running everything, then they'd be sure to point that out. Such is life. Let me also add to the list, digital currency and what if/when a corrupt government decides to control its citizens movement’s and actions by simply controlling your information. I think that the world has gone past the tipping point and it’s only a matter of time now. Like anything that is beneficial to society it can also become destructive if not controlled. History is full of examples. As you’ve said, “Such is life”.
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