Archives: October 2007

Now Why Didn't I Think Of That?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 31

Chris Anderson, editor at Wired and author of "The Long Tail" has a pretty good idea: Public humiliation of PR people who don't do their homework. Those who don't do...

Loving Leopard, Not Alone

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 30

I installed Leopard this weekend. So far, it rocks. Word today from Apple is that it moved 2 million copies of the new operating system over the weekend....

So Paul Otellini Stopped By Monday....

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 24

Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel was in our offices here in New York on Monday. I would have been in on the meeting, but was busy listening to Apple's earnings...

iGod Cover Up For Award, And Thoughts On Earnings

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 22

The American Society of Magazine Editors today unveiled the finalists in its Best Cover contest, and one of them features -- you guessed it -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs. I...

Le Googlephone N'Existe Pas

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 22

There is no Googlephone. So insists Valleywag's Owen Thomas. His source is a Foxconn exec who was overheard talking to a Google VP. Instead the Googlephone served as a useful...

Guest Post: A Toxic iPhone?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 17

I have a guest-post here from my colleague Rachael King, who's reacting to the news that Greenpeace is calling out Apple over the iPhone saying the device contains hazardous chemicals....

It's Official: Apple's Number Three In The U.S.

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 17

The latest PC market share figures from Gartner just landed in my inbox about an hour ago, and they are very interesting. By Gartner's reckoning — and it should be...

Apple Confirms iPhone and iPod Touch SDK for Feb. 2008

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 17

Steve Jobs is today personally confirming what we reported yesterday that Apple has plans to release a software development kit of the iPhone early in 2008. "We want native third...

So how will Apple maintain that golden rep for customer service?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on October 12

In recent weeks, we've been picking up more and more anecdotal evidence of people who were frustrated with Apple's customer service. That, together with some recent customer satisfaction surveys showing...

Free Music Everywhere Soon?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 09

Radiohead did it, and now Oasis and Jamiroquai are making noise about following their lead. And today I heard reliably that REM is thinking along the same lines. Techdirt has...

iPhone France Release In Trouble?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 08

Buzz is building that the French debut of the iPhone is hitting some serious turbulence. Word is that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was irritated that Orange CEO Didier Lombard jumped...

Nano Teardown Update

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on October 08

Last month, I did a story on iSuppli's teardown analysis of the latest iPod nano. Among the things I reported, citing iSuppli's analysis, was that Cypress Semiconductor had been supplanted...