Apple subscription – death to periodicals
So, it finally happened, Apple has announced subscription service for in-store purchases, and, by definition, will now be prohibiting any “tricks” with linking to an outside web site to complete the purchase. All while taking the same 30% cut of the sales price. Given the margins that subscription services work on, it’s insane. And it…
Continue reading…Apple to Ekstra Bladet: remove page 9 topless girl or no iPad for you
Oh those Danes and their liberal tastes. Newspaper Ekstra Bladet has been just a bit naughty for the past 35 years. Every issue of the newspaper contains a photo of a topless girl on page 9. And this little ray of sunshine in gloomy daily routine was fine, until Ekstra Bladet decided to make an…
Continue reading…The Beatles and the iTunes: pure marketing genius
I mean it has to be Steve Jobs’es pure marketing genius streak, otherwise how can you blow up a completely irrelevant non-event into this giant mega-gala announcement that’s supposed to be unforgettable and all? Front page of Apple.com being occupied by a band that hasn’t released a new album since… well… a very long time…
Continue reading…Shareholders to Apple: give us the money NOW!
That’s why I don’t like shareholders and those “Wall Street Analysts” in general. They are near-sighted, behave like spoiled brats and generally bring to companies nothing but grief (and some money during IPO). Because Apple managed to amass $45.8 billion in cash, investors demand that those funds be given to them in the form of…
Continue reading…iPhone 4 – “our bars are all wrong”
So, I’ve read the Apple’s press release about the iPhone 4 death grip reception problem. Lovely. Now I have just a few questions: – why was AT&T’s “recently recommended” formula for calculating and displaying number of bars ignored in the first place? Was it something that AT&T did when Apple asked them? Or they never…
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