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4G iPhone, courtesy Gizmodo.com

Nothing is Secret … Even for Apple

Whether lost, stolen or leaked, the story of Apple’s next generation 4G iPhone has become big news in the business, consumer and technology media. A prototype Apple 4G iPhone, which is expected to be available to users this summer, was reportedly found in a Redwood City, Ca., bar and sold to the tech blog, Gizmodo.com.

Apple's Steve Jobs holding the iPad

News Alert: Steve Jobs is Speaking!

Good friends – senior execs in the field of corporate communications – tell me of getting calls from executive search recruiters who are trying to fill senior level PR positions at Dell Computer in Austin, Texas. A couple have gone through the interview process … “It’s like falling down a rabbit hole,” one said.

More About the New MacBooks

More About the New MacBooks

Jason Snell, editorial director of MacWorld Magazine, provides perhaps the best detailed look at the new Apple MacBook laptops. If there seems to be a weakness in the new model of MacBook, it is the curious lack of a Firewire port to enable high speed transfer of data to an external drive, a major drawback, [...]

Just About The Perfect Laptop

Just About The Perfect Laptop

Apple introduced new updates today in its highly successful line of Macbook and Macbook Pro computers, and the improvements are authentically outstanding. What Apple has done is to make the world’s best laptops better than anything else on the market. A battery that will power the Macbook for five hours. A bright, high resolution LED [...]

Apple PowerBook G4 Musings

Apple PowerBook G4 Musings

Apple’s core problem (pun intended) is that the company designs and builds such outstanding and high quality computers. Other companies should have such problems. If you buy a Dell, by comparison, it will break and need to be trashed/replaced in a couple of years. But Apple Macs seemingly run forever. Tomorrow, Apple‘s Steve Jobs is [...]

iPhone Original Vs. 3G, Part 2

iPhone Original Vs. 3G, Part 2

No blog posting I have ever written before has sparked as much controversy as “iPhone Original Works 3G … Anywhere But America.”  As you can see, there have been comments posted in response that explain everything from the inner chips of the iPhone, and technical specifications of mobile phone systems in Europe to outright outrage [...]

iPhone Original Works 3G … Anywhere But America

iPhone Original Works 3G … Anywhere But America

Here’s a headline for you — the original iPhone works on 3G data networks, and works just as fast as the new iPhone 3G. In fact, the iPhone original is a quad-band cell phone, and capable of operating on 3G networks. But in America, however, original iPhones are throttled back by Apple’s software and forced [...]

Steve Jobs Is Not Dead

Steve Jobs Is Not Dead

Bloomberg, the financial newswire service, accidentally published its 17-page obituary for Apple Co-Founder and CEO Steve Jobs. The news service said it was updating the document when it was inadvertently published online. “An incomplete story referencing Apple Inc. was inadvertently published by Bloomberg News at 4:27 p.m. New York time today,” Bloomberg said. “The item [...]

Apple Wins on Campus

Apple Wins on Campus

At a time when Dell continues to define an old style of technology by announcing it would get into the online music business … trailing nearly everyone from Apple to Wal-mart … it seems as if Apple increases its rule on many college campuses. Today’s New York Times has a terrific story about how Freed-Hardeman [...]

Journalistic Quality: International Herald Tribune

Journalistic Quality: International Herald Tribune

While vacationing in a remote valley of the Swiss Alps, I still want to keep up on news of the world between hiking through forests and enjoying outstanding food. And, I have been reminded of how fabulous the International Herald Tribune is as a newspaper that covers world and U.S. news. I think it is [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]