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Hadas Gold at Politico, quoting Donald Trump:
“One of the things I’m going to do if I win, and I hope we do and we’re certainly leading. I’m going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We’re going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they’re totally protected.”
The problem with the Apple Watch is that we’re being asked to strap something to our wrist—to attach it to our very body—without it delivering on the corresponding promise that it will be much faster to use than our phones. The stale data and the lack of speed means that either you have to stare at your Watch for several seconds and hope the data updates; or tap on the complication to load the Watch app, which as we all know takes a good long while as well; or simply give up and pull out your phone.
On this week’s Connected, the whole gang is back this week to discuss my semi-smart watch, Federico’s annual iPad checkup and more.
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“In order to comply with the Gov’t demands, Apple would need to create a new “GovtOS” and FBI forensics lab on site that has the potential to be used on hundreds of phones now in law enforcements possession in conflict with existing law as well as the First and Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” says Apple in the act.
Apple also states that the request violates Apple’s constitutional rights. The demand violates Apple’s First Amendment rights against compelled speech and viewpoint discrimination. Apple wrote code for its operating system that reflects Apple’s strong view about consumer security and privacy. By forcing Apple to write software that would undermine those values, the government seeks to compel Apple’s speech and to force Apple to express the government’s viewpoint on security and privacy instead of its own.
This month on iMore, I looked at one of my all-time favorite Macs: the iMac G4: 
I just bought a QuickTake 100 camera, and it’s already a dud.
On September 20, 1989, Jean-Louis Gassée introduced the Macintosh Portable in what has to be one of the more unique keynotes Apple ever held:
In the video, you can see Gassée explain the company’s goals for the system, then he assembles a unit on stage. It’s great, albeit pretty weird.
Mark Gurman, writing at 9to5 Mac, says Siri is coming to the next version of Mac OS X:
Siri on the Mac will have its own pane in System Preferences and users are said to also have the option to choose a keyboard shortcut for activating the service. Like with recent versions of iOS, users will be able to enable Siri at the first startup of OS X 10.12, according to sources. If the Mac running the new OS X version is plugged into power, a “Hey Siri” command will work much like with recent iPhone and iPad models.
Since 1994 with its first consumer offering, Apple has been a company that loves cameras.
Apple has been into cameras for a long time with its iOS devices, computers and even iPods.
Of course, today, we use FaceTime video without a second thought, but a decade ago, video chatting seemed like magic. In 2003, Apple brought it to the masses with iChat AV and the iSight camera.
Since we buy so many Mac mini parts, I’ve noticed some real trends over the years. When it comes to upgrading Mac minis, I think we’re in a pretty nice sweet spot right now. I think that most people don’t know the current opportunity so I thought I’d do some digging and get some of that data out.
Brian is right; upgrading an old Mac mini is cheaper than ever before, and these machines are definitely worth the investment.