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Business for Social Responsibility Challenges the facts in the New York Times Piece on Apple’s China Suppliers
Earlier this week, BSR asked the New York Times to correct inaccurate and misleading information in the story that ran on January 26, 2012 entitled “In China, the Human Costs That Are Built Into an iPad.” Here we present our letter to the editor that we submitted following publication of the article, as well as the main points we made to the New York Times in a letter sent on January 17, prior to publication. While some changes were made to the story, we believe that several important inaccuracies and misleading information remained in the story that was published on January 26.Aron Cramer, President and CEO of BSR
It’s worth reading the letter as it highlights what they believe are some pretty big flaws in the New York Times article.
Apple Propping Up The PC Market
When pundits and bloggers keep pushing the notion that Apple will inevitably fail in the smartphone market because it will be a repeat of the Windows / Mac race (it just will – right) they always neglect to mention the current outcome of that so called “failure”. Right now, if it wasn’t for Apple’s Mac numbers propping up the PC industry’s sales figures the industry’s decline would be even worse than reported.
Great analysis by Tom Reestman
Amateurs Beat the Pros at Predicting Apple Results
Humiliated by a bunch of bloggers, amateur analysts and assorted day tradersPhilip Elmer-Dewitt for CNN Money
I don’t know why this should come as a surprise to anyone. “The Street” constantly misread / misunderstand / talk out their collective asses when it comes to Apple.
So many pundits are so obsessed with the idea that Apple might fail that they constantly ignore the evidence to the contrary and keep pushing the notion that the bubble will burst “any day now”. And of course if you poke holes in any of their analysis then you’re just a “crazy fanboy”.
Who’s crazy now?
Samsung Credits Mobile with Half of All Profits
Samsung has detailed its full results following a brief preview earlier in the month. The Korean electronics giant mustered the equivalent of $42 billion in revenue, but owed much of this and its profit to a 30 percent increase in its cellphone business. Almost half of its working profit, $2.3 billion out of $4.7 billion, came from its mobile group; profit as a whole was up 17 percent.Mac NN
What’s curious about the statements from Samsung is they didn’t release Smartphone sales numbers. Or numbers of its Tablets for that matter. You would think, given its very public attacks on Apple in particular, it would want to tout these numbers, so I ind it curious that it is keeping the details to its chest.
Just sayin’
Android Loses Market Share
Looks like the unstoppable force has ….well, stopped.
I’m sure that all those pundits who are convinced that the whole Android / iOS thing is a replay of mac / windows will be convinced by this news, and that of Apple’s earnings.
I’m sure of it.
Motorola Posts 80m Quarterly loss
Ouch. Looks like Google made a really good deal there.
Star Trek The Next Generation Blu Ray Clips
Startrek.com posts some clips from the upcoming blu-ray teaser of the re-mastered Star Trek, The Next Generation. It looks impressive, and I can wait to see it properly.
About Apple’s iBooks Author EULA
Jim Dalrymple over at the Loop points out the nonsense and misinformation that’s been doing the rounds in relation to Apple’s iBooks Author EULA
The Second Most Profitable Quarter in Any US Company’s History – Ever
It was one of the most profitable quarters ever for any U.S. company, trailing only ExxonMobil’s record-setting $14.8 billion quarter from the fall of 2008, when oil prices were at an all-time high.
Starbucks Drive Through Built From Shipping Containers
Starbucks builds a beautiful Drive Through Store by re-cycling old shipping containers. From Protein:
The store was designed by in-house architects and at 448 square feet is similar in size to standard stores with room for three baristas to work. The new store is part of a company initiative to increase sustainability in retail design and reduce energy use and operational costs. Although it’s a one-off for now it’s something that could be rolled out across more locations in the future.
Read the full story on Protein.
Samsunged
Samsung’s latst TV adverts pokes fun at the iPhone 4s for being the same as the iPhone 4 among other things. Funny though, it hasn’t stopped Samsung copying it. Or the iPhone 3g for that matter. I guess Samsung’s Ad agency doesn’t do irony.
Google Kills More Services
Not that any of these were particularly essential or important, but it does highlight the danger of having all you eggs in one cloud.
Educators hope Apple’s textbook foray will begin a “learning revolution”
Ars Technica sums up some of the reactions to today’s announcements from Apple
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