Mac News: Business

Tea Parties, Pirate Ships and a Kayak: A Summer at Sea

Thursday - July 2, 2009

For seven months, a New York Times reporter named David Rohde was held prisoner by Taliban kidnappers. However, you wouldn't learn that from reading The New York Times -- or even Wikipedia, for that matter. In addition to other news organizations, the Times reportedly asked Wikipedia not to publish information on the abduction. For Wikipedia, that meant monitoring Rohde's entry and quickly deleting information regarding the kidnapping as soon as anyone put it up. Everyone involved seemed to have good intentions. [More...]

Jobs Is Back, Apple's Still Standing, Life Goes On

Wednesday - July 1, 2009

After all the excitement about Steve Jobs' health, the market reaction to news that the Apple CEO had returned to work appeared muted. Apple shares closed at $142.43 at close of trading Tuesday, 46 cents up from the previous day's close. They were actually down from Monday's open of just under $144. [More...]

Grumbling Over Transparency Intensifies as Jobs Returns to Apple

Tuesday - June 30, 2009

Apple has confirmed that CEO Steve Jobs has officially gone back to work, according to numerous media reports. Beyond saying that Jobs would be working both at his office and from home, and that the company was happy to have him back, Apple provided no details about its chief's future involvement with the company. [More...]

Apple's Tally, iSuppli's Breakdown, and Cupertino's Best-Kept Secrets

Friday - June 26, 2009

Apple doesn't talk much publicly, but when it does, it's usually bragging about its awesome products or some special milestone it's achieved. Monday was no different: Apple announced that it had sold more than 1 million iPhone 3G S models over its launch weekend. To put this in summer blockbuster movie opening perspective, the 3G S grossed at least $199 million at the box office in three days. [More...]

Jobs' Return to Apple Is Path Strewn With Controversy

Wednesday - June 24, 2009

The public relations strategists at Apple might want to consider a job in politics for their next gig: It is rare for any company to be so deliberately opaque with information essential to stockholders -- and still manage to stay on this side of the law. Indeed, the company's recent disclosure that CEO Steve Jobs was back at work was a thing of Machiavellian beauty. [More...]

Of Jobs, Wireless Exclusivity and the Competition

Wednesday - June 24, 2009

Are concerns about Steve Jobs are impacting Apple's share prices? Apple's share prices have been slipping since it was learned over the weekend that the company's CEO may have had a liver transplant. Trading in Apple shares was volatile on Tuesday, with prices changing by the minute. [More...]

Reports Fan Flames of Speculation Over Steve Jobs' Health

Tuesday - June 23, 2009

Once again, the technology mediasphere is engrossed with Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health, and the questions are ricocheting off the virtual walls: What did Apple know? When did it know it? What is it legally obliged to reveal? This latest round of speculation was prompted by a weekend Wall Street Journal report revealing that Jobs had a liver transplant in April. [More...]

The Folly of Predicting New Products From Apple's Patents

Tuesday - June 23, 2009

As a user of Apple products, I relish the mystery of what's coming next, eagerly consuming the rumors and speculation dished out by the blogs and Web sites. As a patent lawyer, however, I can't help but to eye with skepticism each new patent application served up by an Apple watcher as potential evidence of the next big thing. [More...]

Jobs Hails iPhone 3G S Sales Milestone as Transplant Rumors Swirl

Monday - June 22, 2009

News-wise, it's been a big weekend for Apple. First came reports that its ailing CEO, Steve Jobs, recently underwent liver-transplant surgery. On the heels of that news, the world learned that sales of the new iPhone 3G S have passed the 1-million mark. Whether investors remain confident in Apple's strength despite Jobs' illness remains to be seen. [More...]

Iran, Technology and Truth: Do You Care If Your Information Is False?

Monday - June 22, 2009

If you look at how people flock to Web sites that are obviously on the extreme right or left of an issue, or if you watch debates on abortion or gay marriage -- or even whether the sitting president has a clue -- don't you often get the sense that for many, believing they are right and putting down those who disagree is more important than actually being right? [More...]

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