Re:Apple WWDC 2015
by skc on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @10:07AM
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Biggest, most influential tech company ob the planet. I'd say its pretty accurate.
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Re:Apple WWDC 2015
by maniacalrobot on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @10:40AM
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I'd say that apple were a little bit more influential in 2007 over 2006, you know, the whole iPhone thing, and again in 2010. Google certainly aren't afraid to try new ideas, but they don't close to Apple when launching consumer products
Re:Apple WWDC 2015
by smoothgrips on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @10:21AM
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Biggest in what way? Number of employees? Sure. Revenue? Samsung has got them beat [1]. Also, influential is very difficult to prove definitively. I find that word to be very subjective.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_informatio...
The iPod (MP3 players revolution - everybody got one)
The iPhone (mobile phone/internet always-connected mobile phones became a standard)
The iPad (literally created a new industry sector...)
The ipad hasn't had that big of an influence - sure it's a huge industry and it's good fun, but people would have done almost the same things using large phones pretty well.
Re:Apple WWDC 2015
by jonwinstanley on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @10:37AM
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It's hard to argue Samsung are more influential a company than Apple when the look of Samsung's products are so obviously "influenced" by Apple.
Re:Apple WWDC 2015
by smoothgrips on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @10:45AM
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I never said Samsung is more influential than Apple. I also never said Apple isn't influential. I don't know where you got those ideas from. All I said is, according to what I found, Samsung has more revenue than Apple. Also, I think the word "influential" is subjective. That is all.