Every once in a while a product comes along that just seems perfect in terms of both form and function. Usually it’s something physical, an object. Once in a while it’s a piece of software (or even a beautiful algorithm).…
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iPhone Business Bigger Than All of Microsoft?!
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This is kind of mind-blowing (via MG Siegler). Especially when you consider that five years ago the iPhone didn’t even exist. [ Check out this slick infographic of the iPhone's evolution ] parislemon • Size Matters: It looks like Apple’s…
Your iPhone Was Built By 13 Year-Olds Working 16 Hours A Day For 70 Cents An Hour
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This question has been going around the Web for months, with it seems a recent uptick in alarm. “Your iPhone Was Built By 13 Year-Olds Working 16 Hours A Day For 70 Cents An Hour, Do You Care?!” This issue…
What’s Up With iPhone 4S / iOS 5 Battery Woes, and INVALID SIM?
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UPDATE (11.2.11 6:45pm): Looks like Apple is on the case and a fix or fixes are coming. (more) UPDATE (11.6.11 4:30pm): Last Thursday and Friday I got the Invalid SIM message two more times on my 4S. I did purchase…
Sweet Sweet Irony, Occupy Wall Street Mac Edition
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I’m not gonna lie, this story warms my heart. Todd Zywicki nails it when he asks, “I wonder what percentage of Americans own a $5,500 Mac computer–less than 1%, I’d guess.” Remedial Economics – WSJ.com: “The Occupy Wall Street protests…
Should I Buy The iPhone 4S, Galaxy S II, or Nexus Prime?
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Update: As I write this I read Wed. evening that Steve Jobs has passed away. Tragic to lose such a visionary, genius, and hero at such a young age. RIP, Mr. Jobs. I think this decides it, I’ll get the…
Thoughts on Steve Jobs Leaving Apple
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I pray that he’s not seriously ill again or still. I wish him the best (his resignation letter). The man has been one of the greatest visionaries of the last century. A true classic story. One of the two geniuses…
Markets In Everything: Chinese Queuing
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I think his story is far more interesting than the much reported Fake Chinese Apple store. (pic Eugene Hoshiko/AP) China’s Professional Queuers Paid To Stand Around : NPR: “But as with most things, one pragmatic Chinese entrepreneur has found a…