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    Apple Feeds the Haters

    July 1st, 2010

    All right, you know that most anyone who doesn’t much care for Apple must be cheering now. The company may be facing some serious trouble with the spectacularly successful iPhone 4 rollout, because of alleged antenna issues. As you’ve no doubt heard, if you hold the iPhone 4 in your left hand and move your […]


    Apple’s Iron Fist

    February 23rd, 2010

    All right you know that Apple Inc. is brilliant when it comes to spin control. They have managed to control their corporate message far better than any other company and, in fact, probably better than many governments. Whether it’s all due to the iron fist of Steve Jobs, or it’s a cooperative approach formulated by […]


    Does Apple Exert Too Much Control?

    December 2nd, 2009

    On this week’s episode of The Tech Night Owl LIVE, Ted Landau reminds us how he once wrote a book entitled “Mac OS X Disaster Relief.” Unfortunately, Apple chose, in its infinite wisdom, not to offer this book to their customers because someone “higher up” in the Apple food chain decided that the words “disaster” […]


    Newsletter #479 Preview: Microsoft Has More to Fear Than Apple These Days

    February 1st, 2009

    You have to wonder just what Bill Gates is thinking, upon learning that the company he co-founded is laying off 5,000 workers. This is the very first time Microsoft has had to resort to this unfortunate practice in its 34 years, and the situation may actually get worse before it gets better. As you might […]