WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Your Eyes Lie
The printed T-shirt is back with a vengeance
Lots of things from the eighties have made an unwelcome return lately. Leg warmers, deely boppers, Rick Astley, and the economy heading for the toilet faster than last night’s chicken vindaloo.
One thing we’ve quite enjoyed seeing come back though, is the printed T-shirt. It was the height of [...]
Might Be Time to Retire the ‘Smartphone’ Category
Horace Dediu finds that “smartphones”, across the board, are no longer all growing in sales. Nokia’s and RIM’s are down, only Apple’s, Samsung’s, and HTC’s are up:
The fact that not all vendors benefit from a boom indicates that
the early, happy days are over. People are noticing that there is
a difference between smartphones and are not [...]
Samsung Stops Reporting Phone and Tablet Sales Data
Jordan Crook, AOL/TechCrunch:
Anybody notice something missing from Samsung’s Q2 results?
Hint: it was the phone/tablet sales data. But why? Well, according
to Samsung’s “new information policy”, phones and tablets
data will heretofore [sic] remain a secret. “As competition
intensifies, there are increased risks that the information we
provide may adversely affect our own business,” said Samsung’s
investor relations boss Robert Yi [...]
Macworld Benchmarks Core i7 MacBook Airs
Nice performance boost, particularly for the 11-inch model. But I’d like to know if it takes a hit on battery life.
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A Brief History of Apple Not Buying Things
Harry McCracken:
For years, Apple has confounded the rest of us by not buying
things that it should clearly be buying. Not purchasing other
well-known companies is so core to Apple’s strategy that it must
have a whole department devoted to non-mergers and
un-acquisitions.
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