Archive for July, 2008
Bottom of the Barrel: Comcast
I write a lot about how Apple is such a leading corporate citizen … the absolute best. Now comes an article in the New York Times about a monopolistic company that is at the extreme opposite end of the scale … a company that has put itself at the absolute bottom of the rubbish can, [...]
Significance of Apple’s Bold Leadership
As you know from reading this blog, I often use Apple as an example of savvy corporate leadership, not only in America but globally. Apple defines vision and achieves success better than anyone else, in my opinion. The company also designs the best quality computers and devices for communications in today’s world, a reality being [...]
iPhone Update + Two Weeks: Poor Crisis Communications
It’s now been two weeks since Apple debuted the new iPhone 3G and made available version 2 of iPhone software for owners of previous iPhones. Even though I am an Apple enthusiast, the new version of iPhone software has ranged from problematic to aggravating to a disaster. If you own an earlier iPhone and have [...]
Product Placement on TV News
I guess it was only a matter of time. We’ve seen product placement advertising in movies for years. You know, the prominently placed can of soda on a desk or the FedEx truck that inexplicably drives through a scene. Now, there is product placement on TV news. The New York Times reports that the ethically [...]
Lack of Accountability at AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless, the cell phone company, is one of those big, faceless corporations that bumps along and manages stays in business despite itself, I believe. Case in point is the fiasco over the announcement on AT&T’s Web site that Apple iPhone users would get free access to AT&T’s 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots around the country. [...]
No Such Thing as a Secret
If you’ve ever wondered whether a blog can become a money making venture, I suggest you read the story of Dr. Arnold Kim and his blog, MacRumors, in today’s New York Times. There is a proliferation of blogs devoted to finding out and revealing secrets about companies and organizations. MacRumors is one that is devoted [...]
New iPhone Apps
At the risk of gushing over the latest iPhone updates from Apple, I must write a few words about the exciting new iPhone feature, called Apps Store. It is a giant WOW! and blows the competitor, the Blackberry, away, in my opinion. A few months ago, Apple made its development software available at a reasonable [...]
Day 2: iPhone 3G & Software Update
A friend went by the ATT store in downtown Washington, D.C., today to buy an iPhone 3G … no joy because the store had sold-out. I suspect both ATT and Apple are celebrating with sales despite yesterday’s significant glitches with activating new iPhones and installing the new software on older iPhones. I had no problems [...]
MobileMe Rollout Stumbles
Apple’s highly anticipated rollout of its new MobileMe service to provide hopefully seamless syncing of calendar, email and contacts between your computers and iPhone is working … its first day … like a train wreck. The primary Me.com Web site (screenshot is left) has crashed, the older .Mac Web site has crashed and other Apple [...]
iPhone Day
The scene (left) at the ATT store in downtown Washington, D.C., this morning was similar to that at other ATT and Apple stores across the nation this morning – lines of people waiting to buy Apple’s new iPhone 3G. Apple has intentionally kept the iPhone off the market for the last month, both to [...]
