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Apple Snaps Up Several '.Guru' Domain Names on Launch Day
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Like you say, I can only really see this being useful for something generic, similar to goo.gl -- g.mail maybe.
Or iPod.apple, Mac.apple, iCloud.apple, etc.
If it was perfectly fine, why does it charge twice as slow? I'd imagine some (generic) cables are better than others.
Edit: If you're plugging it into the wall and it came with a usb->wall adapter, you may want to try using a different one (such as an Apple one) because they can effect charging times greatly.
I don't understand electricity well, but try using whichever one has higher Amperage because I've seen a correlation between amperage and charging times (regardless of cord). It may be worth looking into. Also, they usually charge faster in the wall than with a computer (their USB ports don't tend to put out as much power).
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The only people who will benefit from these new TLDs are the domain registers. There'll be a huge landgrab and 1000's of squatters will waste their money buying domains that no serious bit hitter would bother with.
Over here in Europe, years ago they released a .eu TLD when there was still only the original .com, .net, etc. They completely made a mess of the process and domain bots registered everything that corporations hadn't paid a large sum to pre-register.
The domain was never taken seriously and sank immediately into oblivion.
The new domains will be nice for amateur photographers, bloggers etc, but that's about it.
Over here in Europe, years ago they released a .eu TLD when there was still only the original .com, .net, etc. They completely made a mess of the process and domain bots registered everything that corporations hadn't paid a large sum to pre-register.
The domain was never taken seriously and sank immediately into oblivion.
The new domains will be nice for amateur photographers, bloggers etc, but that's about it.
Someone's upset they didn't get sex.guru domain.
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There is a reason why it looks like that. Apple Stores and MSFT stores were designed by the same person.
Because I sometimes consult with clients about their online presence, and having to deal with hundreds of TLDs (instead of a handful) which might duplicate their names and make it more difficult for their clients just makes the job more difficult. The only people who benefit from this are domain squatters, registrars, and lawyers, none of whom do anything particularly useful for society. Thanks for pretending to care.
Yup -- I'm pretty sure no-one is going to go to "apple.guru" or any of those other ones. IMO the only domains that are really useful are .com, .org, .gov and the country domains.
They have their own IP address block:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IPv4_address_blocks#List_of_assigned_.2F8_blocks
So why not!?
not exactly the scenario but the fact remains the apple staff in applecare and supervisors there could not offer a better solution than this. ios4 to ios7 works however.
Agreed.
Agreed. I just don't think Apple even supports anything older than iOS 4.3 at this point, most likely 5.1 now. But then again, these older versions of iOS did not automatically upgrade so it would require connecting to iTunes to run to the update. But that means this person was looking for trouble since that's the ONLY way to sync and backup the device in those versions.
They could also look into some software like DiskAid that can extract text messages from the operating system without using iTunes but that may not even support an iOS that old.
Agreed. I just don't think Apple even supports anything older than iOS 4.3 at this point, most likely 5.1 now. But then again, these older versions of iOS did not automatically upgrade so it would require connecting to iTunes to run to the update. But that means this person was looking for trouble since that's the ONLY way to sync and backup the device in those versions.
They could also look into some software like DiskAid that can extract text messages from the operating system without using iTunes but that may not even support an iOS that old.