John Gruber had a great post today about how the media jumps on stories that reflect poorly on Apple. I agree wholeheartedly with his points. It’s like the mainstream media are waiting with bated breath for the slightest mishap so they can bash Apple. A lot of times, they are just plain wrong.
Meanwhile Google left an I/O problem in its Nexus tablet for a year and nary a mention from the press.
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JCPenney isn’t doing any better now that Ron Johnson is out of the picture, it seems.
Jim and Dan discuss the relationship between consumer and content, the Chromecast, the rumored September 6 iPhone announcement, new Nexus 7, waterproof Samsung phones, why Bob Mansfield left the Apple Executive Team, and Microsoft’s 900 million dollar Surface RT loss.
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The company “selected the name ‘Bang With Friends’ for its casual sex matchmaking app with Zynga’s game trademarks fully in mind,” according to the complaint. The application’s name infringes Zynga’s trademark covering games such as “Words With Friends” and “Chess With Friends,” according to the filing.
I do not think of Zynga when I see “Bang with Friends.” Case dismissed.
Reviewers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said on Tuesday the school could have taken steps that would have reduced pressure on Internet activist Aaron Swartz such as taking a public stand against his controversial prosecution.
It’s too bad it takes such a tragedy for people to realize that.
Zuckerberg said last week that he’s sensitive to how users react to advertising in general. He plans to limit the amount of ads people see to about one for every 20 updates. That would comprise about 5 percent of a user’s news feed.
Why do I think people won’t like these.
“The fact is that Forbes, as a corporate communication enterprise, is now consumed by a mathematical game of just generating ‘hits,’ he writes. His base pay of $200 month worked out to less than $3 an hour for the 40 hours he spent on writing his agreed-upon four posts, Monagan says.
Clearly the writer made a mistake in this case, but the way Forbes and others do business is leading to more of this happening.
BlackBerry is definitely not in trouble, not at all. The world is full of rainbows and unicorns.
Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug for AnandTech:
What this does mean however is that you should be careful about comparing Exynos 5 Octa based Galaxy S 4s using any of the affected benchmarks to other devices and drawing conclusions based on that. This seems to be purely an optimization to produce repeatable (and high) results in CPU tests, and deliver the highest possible GPU performance benchmarks.
Oh Samsung.
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Some of the world’s brightest minds have speculated that a vacuum tube is the only way to do it — but before that idea could even get off the ground, Musk said that the Hyperloop is not based on an evacuated tunnel. With that possibility ruled out, there aren’t actually that many ways of safely and economically propelling carriages at 700 mph (1126 kph). Furthermore, when you factor in Musk’s comments that the Hyperloop “can never crash,” has no need for rails, and is “immune to weather,” the architecture of the system becomes a real head-scratcher. Oh, did I mention that Musk envisions the entire system being self-powered by solar panels, and that it somehow stores energy inside the system itself, without the need for batteries?
The Hyperloop is from Tesla founder, Elon Musk. He is set to unveil the plan on August 12—I’ll be interested to see what it is.
An AT&T employee sealed up the Samsung phone, took it in the water and it leaked like a sieve. Oh, and the warranty doesn’t cover water damage.
Happens every day.
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Amazon.com Inc shares hit a record on Friday after quarterly results increased optimism about the Internet retailer’s U.S. business.
The company reported a second-quarter net loss and weaker international growth on Thursday. However, its domestic business expanded quickly and profit in the region improved.
What kind of crazy upside down world are we living in when this happens.
It’s pretty safe to say that Apple is more open about its environment improvements and supply chain responsibility than most companies in the world. Recently the company took that a step further by forming an academic advisory board for its Supplier Responsibility program.
Siri’s kind of an asshole if you make her your Dungeon Master.
Jim and Dan discuss the recent Apple security exploit, whitehat hacking in general, Apple’s Quarterly Results, and more.
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While many have questioned the post-Steve Jobs fate of Apple, the company continues to hold its spot as a top technology brand across three mainstream categories, according to findings from the 2013 Harris Poll EquiTrend (EQ) study. In its first full year under Tim Cook’s stewardship, Apple took home repeat Brand of the Year distinctions in three categories – Computer, Tablet and Mobile Phone – in the annual study, which measures the perceptions of 38,500+ American consumers on more than 1,500 lifestyle, product and service brands across over 155 categories.
Well that settles it, Apple is doomed.
During his company’s quarterly earnings call today, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed how Instagram will be monetized. The answer isn’t too surprising: there is a big expectation for the app to one day be profititable, and advertising will be the name of the game.
Not a big surprise. You are the product being sold.
Realmac has been making great apps for years; Ember is another great example of why they’re a successful company.
Not a big surprise, but I always feel bad for the workers. I hate seeing anyone lose their job, especially when it’s because a company is being mismanaged.
The developer site still isn’t live, but at least you can see the status.
I just can’t imagine doing this, but I’m sure there are a lot of people that would.
Typical day in Canada.
Nathan Conyngham:
Just say No. Don’t use fluffy, doublespeak language. Just say it.
No.
Sometimes it is the right thing to do.
Yes, the articles saying Apple is doomed are back, but Bryan Chaffin takes one to task for clearly not paying attention.
Ben Bajarin sees a sea change in the way PCs are being sold.