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There’s been a lot of talk about Louis CK directly marketing his recent concert online and how he made a million bucks at it in little over a week, and I think it’s well deserved. I paid 5 bucks for a video that at times is fantastically funny and other times (much fewer and further [...]

I just took a quick gander at an old Apple iPhone Service Guide that was sent to me, along with a replacement phone, when I called with problems recently.  I never noticed before, but the staples on the white booklet are also white. Who cares about details like this?  Apple, that’s who.  Despite receiving tons [...]

Who carves an Apple symbol into their head when most kids would probably prefer a mohawk? This kid. I love this story.

It surprises me that no one has talked at all about Tim Cook joining Apple’s board at the same time he’s stepping into the CEO role.  This has been speculated since Eric Schmidt vacated his seat in August 2009 (see http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125019983643730309.html).  One can only infer that this succession plan has been in place for at least [...]

Robert Scoble pens this Steve Jobs retrospective.

The big question in the interim is ‘how’s his health?’ and I’m not sure we’ll have the answer anytime before we hear any really bad news.  He will continue to drive product in his new role as chairman and employee – ain’t collecting COBRA alone.  What he has done is provided Cook with a fantastic [...]

Don’t trust me, listen to Jimmy Fallon: if you live in NYC you need to get your iPhone 4 upgrade now.

The old school Apple guys like me will love this one.

CNET reviews the two big players in Apple mobile video. I keep wondering who was surprised that FaceTime didn’t wind up looking more like iChat.  Is this going to make it easier or harder for those of us who want to use our home boxes to chat with mobile folks?  I want to be able to [...]

Pretty good article on the antenna problems some have experience with their iPhone 4 devices.  Easy to forget this is not the first time the antenna has been the subject of problems for a phone manufacturer.