ubernerd passive-agressivenessMG Seigler on Paris Lemon.com
MG Seigler discussing the growing spat between Google and Microsoft over Google’s alleged bypassing of Internet Explorer’s security settings.
Could also be the dictionary definition of the personality of one Sheldon Cooper.
While other companies have been criticized for conditions at their operations overseas, Apple has received particular attention because it is the biggest — its market value is more than the combined value of Google and Microsoft — and among the richest. Its stock closed Monday at $502.60, up more than 20 percent this year. The company also has a vast overseas presence, with its contractors employing 700,000 people in China and elsewhere.The New York Times
In a piece about Apple’s press release form Monday that it has asked the Fair Labor Association to perform an Audit of it’s manufacturing partners, The New York times throws in this little ditty as a way to justify its lack of balance when reporting on conditions in China. Of course the writer fails to point out that the chief reason that “Apple has received particular attention” is because his news paper put that attention on Apple.
Sorry, but this is a weak excuse and I stand by my previous conviction that singling out Apple does more harm than good.
A Spanish museum has discovered a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” that one of his students painted in the studio where the masterpiece was completed.Breaking News.ie
If this was today he’d be sued for copyright infringement. Instead it goes to a museum. There’s a lesson in there somewhere.
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.
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’
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?
Saying he still believed "that we have not overstepped any legal boundaries," Tandy Cheung of In Icon announced that it wills top the offer, production and sale of the eerily photogenic Steve Jobs action figure it had offered earlier this monthMac NN
He may not have overstepped any legal boundaries, but he certainly overstepped the boundaries of good taste.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has used his new Twitter account to unleash a stream of abuse against Google, describing the search giant as a “piracy leader” and labelling parts of its business model as “plain stealing”.Macworld UK
Given the current voice mail scandal surrounding Murdoch’s companies I think calling out google for “stealing” is a bit cheeky.
But the main criticism against handheld consoles like the Vita and the 3DS isn't the lack of variety in its games catalogue, but rather that in a world of sub-£1 smartphone games, Sony and Nintendo are pricing themselves out of the market with titles selling for £30 a pop.T3
An interesting observation from an article in T3. While I am a fan of the PS Brand in general it’s hard to see how the PS Vita can compete in the current market place, except with hard-core gamers.
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