{"id":7032,"date":"2010-09-06T06:43:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T13:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=7032"},"modified":"2010-09-06T06:43:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T13:43:22","slug":"newsletter-issue-562-the-apple-hubris-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2010\/09\/newsletter-issue-562-the-apple-hubris-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #562: The Apple Hubris Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The skeptics say that Apple Inc. has a lot of nerve, pushing out new products with the claims that they are game-changers, magical, insanely great and all that jazz. Certainly no company can hit a home run every single time, and, besides, there are competitors lining up to eat Apple&#8217;s lunch, including the dessert.<\/p>\n<p>Contrast Apple&#8217;s egotistical behavior with that of Microsoft, which promises to imitate a competitor&#8217;s product next year or the year after that. It doesn&#8217;t seem to make sense to want to denigrate your own product, but if you can&#8217;t match or beat the competition, at least show your good intentions.<\/p>\n<p>Now last week&#8217;s product announcements are, as usual a mixed bag. While the chatter is pretty positive about the new iPods and the attempt to take Apple TV beyond the &#8220;hobby&#8221; category, it seems that Apple&#8217;s efforts at social networking, by adding the Ping service to iTunes 10, are drawing criticisms. I mean, do you really need another Face-book or Twitter? Isn&#8217;t one of each quite enough for your busy life?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! 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