Sentences with phrase «direct jab»

There's also a 5 - megapixel f / 1.7 camera up front, 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac dual - band Wi - Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, an iris scanner, NFC, HDR, IP68 water and dust rating, a USB Type - C connector, wireless charging and yes, even a 3.5 mm headphone jack (a direct jab at Apple).

That's obviously a direct jab at Samsung, and Motorola has indeed featured a similar — arguably much better implemented — feature since the original Moto X.

Just this weekend, he echoed that statement, with a more direct jab at Facebook, following the Cambridge Analytica revelations, telling the audience at a conference in China, «The ability of anyone to know what you've been browsing about for years, who your contacts are, who their contacts are, things you like and dislike and every intimate detail of your life — from my own point of view it shouldn't exist.»

The «O dominant one» was a direct jab at her for being a woman while being host (i.e., in charge of the discussion).

Just this weekend, he echoed that statement, with a more direct jab at Facebook, following the Cambridge Analytica revelations, telling the audience at a conference in China, «The ability of anyone to know what you've been browsing about for years, who your contacts are, who their contacts are, things you like and dislike and every intimate detail of your life — from my own point of view it shouldn't exist.»

The most direct jab at Trumpism, which doubled as a reference to Mormonism, was Romney's declaration, «Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world [while] Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion.»

Not exact matches

While the jab was probably directed at Google, whom Cook has previously called Apple's chief adversary, Zuckerberg came out swinging.

He directed some final jabs at Michael Dell, reiterating that he still thought the founder's buyout offer was too low, and compared the company's board — which postponed the shareholder vote numerous times and changed the voting rules to better Michael Dell's takeover chances — to a dictatorship.

History and Political Science Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) lecturer, Dr. Samuel Adu - Gyamfi, urged Nana Akufo - Addo, to measurably react to constant jabs directed at him by President Mahama.

Palin is remaining silent about a sharp jab directed at her Friday by former John McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt.

The movie, co-written and directed by Troma graduate James Gunn, is so self - conscious of its familiar plot machinations that it calls out this MacGuffin with a jab from Quill, who says the orb gives off a «shiny suitcase, Ark of the Covenant, Maltese Falcon kind of vibe.»

Religious organizations such as Exchange Ministries, which claims to be able to stamp the homosexuality out of people, or Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda, a Puerto Rican minister in Miami who tells his followers that he is the second coming of Jesus Christ, and a direct descendant, are probably hilarious to those outside of their organizations, especially in the way that Maher playfully gives them skeptical jabs throughout his interview.

Endless series of one - liners, sarcastic quips, and hilarious jabs that are more directed to adults then kidlets.

In a Hollywood climate that has promoted accuser empathy and largely avoided direct public mentions of figures like Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, the hosts gleefully took jabs at the disgraced men before a crowd that included Jordan Peele, Greta Gerwig and Salma Hayek.

Despite my jabbing the gas pedal, working the direct - injection, turbocharged 1.6 - liter engine up to redline, the exhaust note remained gentle.

It had come after a series of unconsidered and callous jabs and was interspersed with racial jokes directed at others that were, in part, responsible for the double crease lines between my eyebrows.