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Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by masklinn »

inspector-g wrote: post #14
rayiner wrote: post #12

Big reveal: robots will now do the dirty work of recycling iPhones, instead of Bangladeshi children.

I think this is showing another benefit of focusing on a smaller number of products and controlling their development from (virtually) top-to-bottom. Apple has such a limited number of products that they can build robots to disassemble said products piece-by-piece, which is arguably a more efficient manner to recycle individual parts. Other companies that have a zillion products would likely find it difficult to achi…

OTOH a great way to reduce waste is to make products repairable and upgradable, which is something Apple keeps moving away from, especially on popular products.

Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by rayiner »

matt4077 wrote: post #19
rayiner wrote: post #12

Big reveal: robots will now do the dirty work of recycling iPhones, instead of Bangladeshi children.

I'm pretty sure the rep Apple has on labor and environmental issues is highly unfair. Greenpeace actually admitted targeting Apple because it's better PR, one of the main 'journalists' accusing Apple of child labor was actually caught in a web lof lies( http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/460/r... ). See also http://fortune.com/2015/09/28/apple-sorkin-children-factchec...

I don't mean to single out Apple except to the extent that these sorts of events don't lend themselves to honestly discussing the huge environmental impact of the disposable electronics Apple and others produces. I'm willing to believe they're better than most other companies in this regard, but that doesn't mean much when there is almost zero accountability in this area.

Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by elsurudo »

marklawrutgers wrote: post #8
netinstructions wrote: post #4

I'm curious why my modern browser "doesn’t support live streaming of the event" according to Apple. It was the same issue last year. I need an Apple product (or a Windows 10 PC with Microsoft Edge) to watch a livestream on the internet. Odd for 2016. Is this really a technical barrier or a marketing/strategic barrier?

They use some sort of proprietary streaming .hls that for some reason doesn't support third-party browsers (DRM?) and Microsoft supports it but only wants it to be available in their Edge browser.

It's not that proprietary. FFMpeg supports creating these streams – I once created an encoding pipeline using HLS for a gig. The idea behind the tech is pretty good.

But yeah, browser support is very poor – I had to use a Flash fallback for browsers that didn't support it (which was basically everything but Safari at the time... looks like that sadly still hasn't changed).

At the time it was the best thing for the job, but I haven't done anything with video lately. What would be the best tool for the job these days? Regarding browsers support, etc.

Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by azefiel »

nabaraz wrote: post #6

Edit - doesn't work on Chrome 49 --------------------------------- Non safari users, you can change your user agent to Safari for live stream. Chrome extension- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switche... Firefox extension- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-sw...

Works on Edge...

Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by tux1968 »

bthrn wrote: post #3
berberous wrote: post #2

Anybody have a tip on how to watch on Windows 7?

Open this network stream with VLC: http://p.events-delivery.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1603kjbnadc...

Thank you. Why wouldn't they just put this on their website? Crazy that they make it so uninviting for so many people.

Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by schnide05095 »

teraflop wrote: post #15
realityking wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They use HTTP Live Streaming ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming ) which is Apple's own protocol and hasn't been adopted by anyone but Microsoft. To be fair, when they first implemented it MPEG DASH was a long way off.

HLS is used in plenty of places outside Apple and Microsoft. For example, Twitch.tv uses it in their HTML5 player which works in all modern browsers. If you paste the playlist URL from another subthread into an open-source HTML5 player [1], it works perfectly. There's literally no reason that Apple couldn't embed this on their home page except stubbornness. [1]: http://dailymotion.github.io/hls.js/demo/

For those looking for the link to copy:

http://p.events-delivery.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1603kjbnadc...

Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by sabertoothed »

I found that keynote terribly disappointing and uninspired. I had really hoped for Apple that they show something new and innovative - instead of two smaller versions of existing products.

EDIT: I did not mean that in an Apple-bashing way. But I wonder what Elon Musk would come up with if he had time and - let's say - 100 billion USD at his disposal.

Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by beachwood23 »

sabertoothed wrote: post #27

I found that keynote terribly disappointing and uninspired. I had really hoped for Apple that they show something new and innovative - instead of two smaller versions of existing products. EDIT: I did not mean that in an Apple-bashing way. But I wonder what Elon Musk would come up with if he had time and - let's say - 100 billion USD at his disposal.

I agree. There was little sign of the old Apple Arrogance that paved new product lines and pushed tech forward. Instead, the presentation explicitly mentioned several times that they only released these products because "customers asked for them."

As Steve Jobs famously said, "customers don't know what they want." This change of motivation in their product development is a significant one.

Re: Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT

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Post by twoodfin »

JonCox wrote: post #28

No updated MacBook Pro? That's annoying. I was rather hoping for a small refresh to include the new Skylake processors, it's certainly due one: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Mac

I think one of two things is true:

- There's no big redesign planned this year, and the Macbook and Macbook Pro will see press-release releases with updated guts (most notably Skylake) before too long.

- There is a significant redesign of the Macbook Pro coming up, and it'll be announced at WWDC.

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