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After Apple’s “Antennagate” press event on Friday left the tech press J-School flunkies murmuring about having no carcass left on the horse to kick, there was still an air of apprehension going into Tuesday’s earnings conference call. Would the 3 day window between the release of the iPhone 4 and the end of the quarter [...]

On June 7, John Ciancutti, VP of Personalization Technology for Netflix announced the availability of Netflix for the iPhone “this summer”. A month later, not a word more about the port. The topic’s discussion thread on the Netflix board is filled with “where is it?” posts with nary a peep from management in reply. So [...]

The thing any serious performance artist fears most is being typecast. Newsweek columnist and Fake Steve Jobs pen Daniel Lyons knows this all too well. It’s one thing to be pigeonholed as a writer; it’s much worse when your hole comes off the backside of someone else’s accomplishments. Initially a clever bit of satire, the [...]

The Clock app in the Android 1.5 OS, as featured in the HTC Eris, is an outright theft of the iPhone UI for the same app.

This Time It’s Personal Steve Jobs was not leading Apple when the company lost the infamous “Look and Feel” lawsuit waged against Microsoft. Based on the existence of an ill-advised licensing agreement struck by then-CEO John Sculley, the courts ostensibly  gift-wrapped the Macintosh UI for Microsoft to pillage. When you listen to Jobs talk about [...]

/cue Debussey, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune HTC, upstart mobile phone maker saunters along a beautiful forest path, oblivious to the exquisitely-crafted “No Trespassing” signs. Sun is streaming through the trees as the company approaches a glittering spring. They stoop and drink deeply, savoring the delicious, refreshing water. /cue shotgun pump “Say…you got a purty [...]

Like any good fanboy, I followed the Apple event blogs as SJ and his band of merry men trotted out the iPad and its capabilities.  The best advice I’ve heard on the internets about the device is “don’t knock it till you’ve held it”.  The worst  - well – just hit up any of the [...]

Over the past couple of months, I’ve come to sympathize with AT&T’s infrastructure plight. After trying and trying to accomodate iPhone users, their service is still compromised by the greedy 3% of users who hog 40% of their bandwidth. This isn’t a Marxist state, so people should pay for what they use, right? Tell you [...]

Apple responded to the FCC’s inquiry about the rejection of the Google Voice app, and posted the response on their website.  Most surprising to me: the “continued study” of the app (Apple says it has not rejected it) had nothing to do with AT&T. Apple is acting alone and has not consulted with AT&T about [...]

It’s time for Apple to report on earnings yet again‚ kiddies.  And the tech analyst keystone cop routine continues.  The beat’s worst weatherman is continuing the “yeah‚ but” style of analysis they teach at Harvard.  The consensus from the Street has Apple reporting earnings at $1.16 per share and 10% YOY growth. Pffffffft. Apple will [...]