Archive | July 30th, 2009
Rob Enderle was bullish on MSFT stock hours before Microsoft reported its worst quarter in 23 years
Last week, Microsoft reported disappointing earnings, missed 4Q analyst estimates, and saw their profits fall by a staggering 29%. A few hours earlier, everyone’s favorite “analyst”, Rob Enderle, appeared on CNBC and was particularly bullish about Microsoft’s financial prospects. “I’m expecting some really good news in terms of outlook for [Microsoft]. They just released their […]
Continue reading...Foxconn suicide raises issue of Chinese counterfeits
30. July 2009
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It’s been about a week since a Foxconn employee committed suicide after losing a fourth generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for. Since then, a number of issues have been raised about Apple’s prevailing culture of secrecy and the working conditions of Chinese employees who help manufacture Apple products. The missing iPhone that was at […]
Continue reading...Ryan Block disputes WSJ article re: Apple attending CES
30. July 2009
Yesterday, Ben Charny of the Wall Street Journal wrote that Apple would make an official appearance at CES 2010, with the basis of his scoop being a conversation from a journalist dinner he attended with Gary Shapiro, the head of the trade organization that puts on CES. Charney, however, did not directly source his information, […]
Continue reading...Photo of Steve Jobs leaving Apple Campus
30. July 2009
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TMZ published a photo yesterday of Steve Jobs leaving Apple headquarters. Gizmodo thinks that he’s walking with famed Apple designer Jonathan Ive, but we’re not so sure about that. In any event, this is the first public photo of Jobs in a long time, and as luck would have it, the photo was taken with […]
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30. July 2009
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