Best part of Joe Nocera’s article from yesterday’s New York Times (“Apple’s Culture of Secrecy”) was, of course, the quote from Steve Jobs, the one where Nocera picks up the phone and Jobs hits him with this opening line: “This is Steve Jobs. You think I’m an arrogant [expletive] who thinks he’s above the law,… Read more »
CNET reports that Borg marketeers have come up with yet another incredibly stupid trick sly strategy for getting people to use Vista. They find people who say they hate Vista and lure them into a demo of a “new operating system” which they call “Mojave.” The saps start raving about how great Mojave is. The Borg… Read more »
See here. Valleywag, the gold standard for ethics, honesty and responsible behavior in the Valley, is blasting Apple uber-flack Katie Cotton (in photo above), saying she’s putting Steve Jobs’s needs ahead of the needs of Apple and its shareholders by not being forthright about Steve’s health. Money quote: “Cotton should remember this: She doesn’t actually… Read more »
See the video here. Apple retailers have been given Justine Ezarik’s phone number and told to refuse her service. She calls 35 stores and they all tell her they’re sold out. Best part is where she gets an Apple salestard to call Steve Jobs “a big butthead.” Other best part is where Justine doesn’t recognize the Talking Heads… Read more »
This just in from Camillo Miller, who runs an Apple blog in Italy called theAppleLounge.com. Much love, Camillo.
In case you’re wondering what really happened to the Fake Steve blog and why I shut it down, you can check out the videos posted on TalkingHeadTV.com. Special bonus is they also have a video interview with my very good friend Veronica Belmont. Worth a look.
See here. That imbecile who got himself covered with Zune logos says he’s pissed about how much the Zune sucks and so he’s quitting the club. Money quote: “I am done. I have had the Zune since day 1 and have noticed little improvement. … I am in the works of figuring the best way… Read more »
From a reader: Please return to mercilessly lampooning Jonathan Schwartz. You have a strong following inside of Sun. We don’t like MLP, either. No one believes this guy has the right strategy. Unfortunately, he has the Board buffaloed…has them convinced we merely have execution issues. If we execute his strategy more effectively (devalue any remaining… Read more »
“Problems abounded,” and “the Web site was sluggish,” and on and on and on, plus 13 uses of I, me, my or mine this week. See the whole angry GoatScreed here. Money quote: “In my tests, using two Macs, two Dell computers and two iPhones, I ran into problem after problem.” If only Apple had brought Walt in early on the… Read more »
Kara Swisher of AllThingsD wonders who will replace Kevin Johnson as head of online stuff at the Borg. She’s got a list of about a hundred people. That’s a famous Wall Street Journal technique — when in doubt, guess as many people as possible, thereby increasing your odds of getting it right once the company… Read more »
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