[Ads-l] A comment re the Apple WWDC

Mark Mandel mark.a.mandel at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 6 12:03:22 UTC 2018


Not such a stretch when considered as a back formation from "wireless
charger".

Mark


On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 5:43 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> "... the iPad Pro will be able to _wireless-charge_ via AirPower ..."
>
> This sort of thing has become so common that noting instances of it is
> getting be a waste of time, although "wireless-charge" instead of "charge
> wirelessly" is a bit extreme.
>
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