Yearly Archives: 2012

Analyst: HP is worthless

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HP this morning lost one of the few Wall Street analysts that was still giving it the benefit of the doubt. Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu downgraded his recommendation to neutral, telling us that HP’s balance sheet is so awful, the company’s stock is really worth negative $2.

Actually, less than worthless.

‘Best iPhone yet’

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The Apple iPhone 5 is among the best smart phones in our Ratings and the best iPhone yet, our completed tests confirm.

I still don’t trust Consumer Reports.

Sidekick

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Geo-intelligent laptop settings.

Great app.

Studiometry

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I’d like to thank Studiometry for sponsoring The Loop’s RSS feed this week. Much respect.

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About Steve

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I am still incredibly sad about Steve’s death. I haven’t been able to read the book published last year and I wonder what he could have accomplished. I will leave you with Steve narrating “The Crazy Ones.”

Cheers Steve.

Vox Active Guitar Headphones

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Headphones with built-in amPlug technology that allows you to obtain full-fledged guitar/bass sounds.

What a great idea. Vox has been doing some great digital gear over the last few years.

Exchange and iOS

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Mike Rose:

The issue manifests as one recipient declining an invitation which mistakenly cancels the meeting for everyone, “hijacking” the meeting out from under the original organizer.

Reports are the bug has actually gotten worse with iOS 6.

Cats in the Cradle

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I worked far too much when my kids were young (and still do). I missed a lot. […]

Apple offered Samsung a patent license deal

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According to court papers revealed recently, Apple offered to license Samsung’s 3G/UMTS technology for 33 cents per unit before they got to trial. Samsung wouldn’t agree to the deal.

André the Giant

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In honor of the classic flick, we took a look at one of its biggest stars (literally and figuratively) André Roussimoff — known to the world as André the Giant. The legend himself has been gone for almost twenty years but his name and image are still a major part of pop culture.

Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg

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In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook (FB) from his Harvard University dorm room, hoping to see what his classmates were up to on campus. The following eight years brought international fame, unimaginable wealth, a hit Hollywood movie, a disastrous initial public offering, a sagging stock price—and one unprecedented achievement. On Sept. 14, the company reached 1 billion active users.

It is amazing.

AssistiveWare adds American children’s voices to Proloquo2Go

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Founded in 2000, AssistiveWare has established itself as the worldwide leader in innovative assistive technology software for Mac OS X and iOS.

I got a demo of the voices from CEO David Niemeijer in June. I can’t tell you how impressed I was.

Apple named No. 2 global brand

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Mikey Campbell for AppleInsider:

According to Interbrand, Apple’s brand value increased 129 percent to reach an estimated $76.5 billion, the most growth shown by any of the top 100 companies on the global list. In determining value, the firm measures financial performance of branded products or services, the role of brand in the purchase decision process and the overall strength of the brand.

Coca-Cola was No. 1.