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Apple to DOJ: Bite me; U.S. Justice Department may regret trying to make its e-book antitrust suit stick to Apple
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[cfsp key="google_adsense_300x250"]“I loved [perusing] U.S. v. Apple et al. for the juicy details: the 56 phone calls, the clandestine meetings in swank Manhattan eateries, the secret e-mails “double erased” to ensure they couldn’t be traced,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune. “But what makes Apple’s response, filed Tuesday, such a great read is the clarity and precision with which it cuts the government’s case to shreds. At least as it applies to Apple.” The key paragraph: The Government starts from the false premise that an eBooks “market” was characterized by “robust price competition” prior to Apple’s entry. This ignores a simple and incontrovertible fact: before 2010, there was no real competition, there was only Amazon. At the time Apple entered the market, Amazon sold nearly nine out of every ten eBooks, and its power over price and product selection was nearly absolute. Apple’s entr

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Laurene Powell Jobs aligns against teachers unions; backs education reform, charter schools, vouchers
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[cfsp key="google_adsense_300x250"]“Wealthy Democrats, including Los Angeles home developer Eli Broad and New York investment fund managers Whitney Tilson and John Petry, have found common cause with Republicans in a push to apply principles of the corporate world, including free-market competition, to public education,” Stephanie Simon reports for Reuters. “With teachers unions bitterly opposed to such measures, Democrats in the movement say they must break their party’s ties to the unions if they’re ever to make progress.” “So they are offering an alternative to the union dollars, spending freely to back fellow Democrats willing to buck the unions and advance their agenda,” Simon reports. “‘Education reform is really a fight for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party,’ said Derrell Bradford, who runs a political group in New Jersey that recently helped elect two union-defying Democrats to the state legislature.

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Sotheby’s to Auction Off Rare Apple-I Computer and Jobs Memo
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Attention all Mac fanboys/girls: Your chance to own a part of the Apple legacy is here. Auction house Sotheby’s will be putting up on the block next month, one of only six working Apple-1 personal computers, Macworld reports. However, be prepared to pay up: the auction house estimates the piece will go for up to $180,000. Sotheby’s describes the Apple-1 in their catalog: “An exceptionally rare, working example with original Apple cassette interface, operation manuals and a rare BASIC Users’ Manual. It is thought that fewer than 50 Apple I Computers survive, with only 6 known to be in working condition.” While it may just look like a circuit board, owning the Apple-I is akin to holding the history of the company in your hand. It was designed and hand-built by Apple co-founder Steven Wozniak (or, as he’s affectionately referred to in the industry, The Woz), while Steve Jobs handled the business side of things. In order to finance the project and buy all the necessary parts, Wozniak

My Top 10 Apple Questions: Warning I’m past 60.
My Life in my 60's

These are some questions I have after spending 3 hours trying to get my computer to speed up. My poor Apple genius is going to have to answer these questions when I go in Monday. 1. Why do computers only have a life of several years? We kept our TV’s and stereos for eons. If you’re under 30, you’re probably asking “What’s a stereo?” 2. Why do they tell you to upload software, and then tell you, “Oh,  you don’t have enough gigabytes? So, why didn’t you tell me that before I bought new programs for $50.00 and downloaded them. 3. What is a gigabyte exactly. Where is it, and what does it look like? 4. Why don’t these computers come as a self-cleaning devices, like say an oven? 5. Are there little people inside the computer, fixing it up when you clean it? Okay, I know there aren’t any, but I feel like there are. 6. Who reads the messages I send to apple? 7. What’s the best way to co-ordinate all this stuff on the compu

Historic Race Draws 6 Candidates Vying For LA County DA
CBS Los Angeles

[worldnow id=7356023 width=420 height=315 type=video] LOS ANGELES (CBS) — For the first time in nearly 50 years, the race to be the next Los Angeles County District Attorney does not include an incumbent on the ballot. Among the six candidates in the historic race, the current City Attorney and five veteran deputy district attorneys with high profile cases under their belt. All are vying to succeed current D.A. Steve Cooley for the job to lead the largest prosecutorial agency in the nation. Danette Meyers, a Compton native, has 26 years of experience in the courtroom. She was the prosecutor in the Lindsay Lohan case. Her platform is smart justice to ensure public safety. “This is somewhere where I want to make an impact as the D.A. of L.A. County. We’ve never had a woman. We’ve never had a person of color. I think it’s 2012. It’s time that we do,” Meyers said. Known as a modern prosecutor, Alan Jackson was the prosecutor in the Phil Spector trial

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Judge bars Apple from turning court into reality distortion field
Fortune Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine

Forbids lawyers from trying to make patent case an Apple-Android “popularity contest” FORTUNE — If you’re following the smartphone patent wars and have never run into Judge Richard A. Posner before, you’re in for a treat. The federal judge who drew Apple v. Motorola is one of America’s most respected — and outspoken — jurists. He’s had a hand in everything from the Microsoft antitrust trial to the Monica Lewinsky case. He once called the War on Drugs “quixotic” and wrote that anyone who wouldn’t use torture if that were the only way to prevent detonation of a nuclear device in Times Square shouldn’t be in a position of responsibility. (See here.) The patent dispute that brought Apple (AAPL) and Motorola to Posner’s court is scheduled to begin in less than two weeks, and the judge has already made it clear that he will brook no nonsense. Three weeks ago, he ordered both sides to rewrite their briefs in l

9 Inspirational Lessons From Steve Jobs
Blogging Like Bloggers

  Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56. Steve’s career and outlook on life and work are very motivational so in honour of his life, here are some inspirational blogging lessons learned from him. Follow your heart Have a vision for what you want to do and achieve with your blog. Then do what is needed your own way without letting external influences affect you. Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Trust yourself If you believe you can quit your day job and make a living writing a blog, give it a shot. Risk will sometimes result in failure but it is vital to trust yourself and go for it. You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them l

Imagine: How Creativity Works
The Baby Store

Imagine: How Creativity Works by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt List Price : $26.00 Price Save : $15.25 SalesRank :48 Warranty: LowestNewPrice: $14.44 LowestUsedPrice: $14.90 Amazon Exclusive: Jad Abumrad Reviews Imagine I do believe this book will set a new usual for science journalism. I for one can be handing it out as a Christmas gifts for years yet to come. It’s rare that you just read a book where every web page has at the least one “Aha!” second, one second per web page that seizes your standpoint and provides it a just right shake. In different words, while reading this book, I saved experiencing the very phenomenon Jonah is investigating–the sensation of insight. That quality mind fever that overtakes you when you all at once, in a flash, see the sector in a new means. Jad Abumrad is host and creator of the public radio hit Radiolab, now in its seventh season and accomplishing over 1 000 000 individuals month-to-month. Abumrad has won a lot of awards, includ

Gonna Fly Now
I Can Only Imagine

Think Different. ” The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do. “ Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. ” Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. “ - Steve Jobs (1955 -2011)  Imagination is Everything. ” If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it. “ - William Arthur Ward Perseverance. Rebel. Take what is yours. “We will not go quietly into the night!  We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on, we’re going to survive. Today we celebrate our Independence Day! “ - The Independance Day (1996) There it is. This is my first post ever ! About the kind of thoughts that really inspire me.

IPad App Review – Mega Run
TechGearGeek

iPad App Review – Mega Run Hi guys, this is my review on the newly released IOS game called Mega Run by Set Games Inc. iPad link: http://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/mega-run-redfords-adventure/id521906541?mt=8 iPhone link: http://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/mega-run-redfords-adventure/id521906541?mt=8 Please follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/teckireviewer

If Facebook gets any cheaper Apple needs to buy it
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[cfsp key="google_adsense_300x250"]“Apple seems to be piling on cash money as fast as Facebook shares are shedding value,” Owen Thomas writes for The Business Insider. “So at what point does Facebook look too attractive for Apple not to make an offer?” “Cook made conciliatory noises about working with Facebook at D10. But realistically, the only way Apple and Facebook, both of which zealously guard their power to shape users’ experiences, are going to strike a deal is if they’re under the same roof,” Thomas writes. “When Facebook was a private company, Mark Zuckerberg could simply turn down offers. Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs said he admired Zuckerberg for not wanting to sell out—and on Charlie Rose, Facebook’s CEO suggested that Jobs never proposed a deal because he understood Zuckerberg’s reluctance to sell.” Thomas writes, “Apple has pretty much enough cash to do the deal now—and it will have much more

Building a *BRAND* Online – Points to Remember

E-commerce is booooooooooooooming in India. Yes, there’s so many ‘o’s in there to stress on the fact that its really booming. Fueled by the phenomenal growth of the online travel industry, the Indian e-commerce market reached an impressive growth rate of 47 per cent to over Rs 46,000 crore in the 2011 calendar year, a report said. The essential point to remember is that even though there are only under-10 million internet users who actually buy online in India, there are about 150 million internet users or around 75 million households that are ‘ready’ for e-commerce. According to IAMAI, the sectoral umbrella body, current e-commerce market in India is around $ 10 billion, while US e-commerce market is set to touch $ 200 billion in 2013, growing at 17 per cent. In other words: > Basket size for Indian e-commerce buyers = 10 million (max) > Basket size for prospective (soon to be) Indian e-commerce buyers = 150 million > Current e-commerce market in

Hugs From Google
The Sensible Cow

Sadly, I still want to gouge out the eyes of the person that stole my Android phone last summer. When I asked Google why I felt this way, it replied that Steve Jobs vowed til his dying breath to destroy Android for stealing iOS. THANKS GOOGLE. I feel much better now. I guess that I would have better luck finding real porn on Youtube than getting a sympathetic hug from you.

Some Steve Jobs video links
The Problem is Choice

1980   Vintage Steve Jobs footage on Apple – Computer History Museum http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/stevejobs/video/     1987   Steve Jobs building NeXT http://youtu.be/WHsHKzYOV2E     1990   Steve Jobs tribute from mlfilms.com Memory & Imagination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kalMB8jDnY     1994   Steve Jobs on failure http://youtu.be/zkTf0LmDqKI     1995   The Steve Jobs ’95 Interview, unabridged http://youtu.be/121ofj_l6vM     1997   Steve Jobs narrates the first Think different commercial “Here’s to the Crazy Ones” – NEVER AIRED http://youtu.be/8rwsuXHA7RA   NeXT, OpenStep and the return of Steve Jobs to Apple http://youtu.be/QhhFQ-3w5tE   Steve Jobs Super presentation to NeXT vs SUN http://youtu.be/oc40mLKRx7g   Steve Jobs super presentation to NextOS part1 http://youtu.be/HE7W4T8L-Wg   Steve Jobs super presentation to NextOS pa