Archive | March 16th, 2012
Is Mike Daisey a fraud? Why yes, yes he is
Remember Mike Daisey? The guy who gleaned a ton of publicity and money with his sensational reports of what life is like over in the factories where Apple products are manufactured? Well, it seems that he must have been a fan of McNulty from The Wire because he made a lot of his “information” up […]
Continue reading...CBS CEO Leslie Moonves rebuffed Steve Jobs’ invitation to provide content for an Apple HDTV
16. March 2012
Before Apple officially entered the phone business and the iPhone was nothing more than a rumor, people were skeptical of Apple’s ability to enter the phone business and succeed. After all, what the hell did Apple know about phones? Of course, the revolutionary iPhone made instant believers out of everyone and changed the smartphone landscape […]
Continue reading...What Regis McKenna told Steve Jobs in the wake of iPhone 4 antennagate
16. March 2012
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The antenna problems associated with the iPhone 4 were largely overblown. Nevertheless, the ongoing media frenzy that surrounded the iPhone 4 back in the Summer of 2010 was so negative that Apple was forced to act – and it did by offering free bumper cases to all iPhone 4 users. The reality is that customer […]
Continue reading...Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppleman looks just like George Clooney
16. March 2012
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Yelp went public two weeks ago, and as these things tend to go, the stock quickly rose up to $25ish a share, giving the online review site a valuation of $1.5 billion. Not too bad for a company still looking to deliver positive earnings. But we’re not here to talk about the merits of Yelp’s […]
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16. March 2012
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