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<title><![CDATA[Steve Jobs vuelve a Apple (1997)]]></title>
<link>http://gabrielgruber.com/2009/11/23/el-regreso-de-steve-jobs-a-apple-1997/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gabrielgruber</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Concreta Respuesta de Steve Jobs a un desarrollador de Software]]></title>
<link>http://cheko08.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/concreta-respuesta-de-steve-jobs-a-un-desarrollador-de-software/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cheko08</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cheko08.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/concreta-respuesta-de-steve-jobs-a-un-desarrollador-de-software/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Esta es una historia de como el propio Steve Jobs responde concretamente a un desarrollador de softw]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Esta es una historia de como el propio Steve Jobs responde concretamente a un desarrollador de software que había sido demandado por Apple por usar una marca registrada en el nombre de uno de sus productos.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://cheko08.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/steve_jobs1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26" title="steve_jobs" src="http://cheko08.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/steve_jobs1.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="464" /></a></p>
<p>Lo divertido de la historia es en la manera que Jobs responde y de la poca importancia que le dio al problema.</p>
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<p><strong>John Devor</strong>, desarrollador y copropietario de una pequeña empresa de <em>software</em> para <strong>Mac</strong> escribía este <em>e-mail</em>que <strong>CrunchGear</strong> ha hecho público:</p>
<blockquote><p>Estimado Sr. Jobs,</p>
<p>Me llamo John Devor y soy copropietario de una pequeña empresa de shareware para Mac llamada “The Little App Factory” y desde hace tiempo cliente y accionista de Apple. Dudo que esté al corriente pero recientemente hemos recibido una carta de un despacho jurídico trabajando en hombre de Apple, indicándonos que habíamos violado varias marcas registradas de Apple en nuestra aplicación iPodRip y pidiéndonos dejar de usar el nombre y las marcas registradas de Apple en nuestros iconos.</p>
<p>Hemos estado distribuyendo iPodRip desde 2003 con la intención de proveer un método de recuperar la música, películas y fotografías de los iPods y iPhones en caso de un fallo serio de hardware que produzca pérdida de esos datos en el Mac. Nuestro objetivo ha sido proporcionar un producto de la más alta calidad unido a un servicio de la más alta calidad en un intento de solucionar algunas de esas angustias generadas por esa horrible experiencia; un servicio acorde a un producto Apple. En este caso pensamos que hemos tenido éxito, ya que tenemos aproximadamente 6 millones de clientes, muchos de ellos empleados de Apple, músicos y otras personas notables para la sociedad. De echo diría que nuestro servicio técnico es mejor que el de todas las aplicaciones que compiten por este nicho de mercado, ya que muchas de ellas son timos y fraudes que dejan a los clientes de Apple con un horrible sabor de boca. Tememos muy mucho que decenas de miles de clientes de Apple están buscando como recuperar su música y habiendo oído hablar de nuestro producto a través del boca a boca, o de otra manera, en su lugar encontren un pruducto hecho por uno de nuestros competidores y se convertirán en víctimas de una estafa (uno de nuestros competidores cobra una tarifa mensual oculta, por ejemplo).</p>
<p>Es bastante obvio que nosotros no significamos una amenaza a Apple con el uso del nobre iPodRip, o por la inclusión de iconos registrados en nuestros iconos, de hecho creo que que nosotros hemos proporcionado un excelente servicio técnico alternativo a los clientes de Apple y eso ha hecho que el cliente repita. De hecho, estamos bastante enterados que el personal de soporte de Apple ha recomendado nuestro software en numerosas ocasiones desde 2004, así que nosotros sentimos que hemos estado haciendo algo correcto.</p>
<p>Con esto en mente, necesitamos desesperadamente ayuda y le rogamos que nos ayude a proteger nuestro producto y nuestra compañía, en ambos hemos puesto miles de miles de horas de trabajo. El objetivo de nuestra compañía es crear software de la más alta calidad con la mejor experiencia de usuario posible. Yo mismo he dejado mis estudios recientemente, buscando un camino en la industria del software para Mac, y usted ha sido una constante inspiración para mí.</p>
<p>Si hay algo que pueda hacer en relación a este asunto, estaríamos muy agradecidos.</p>
<p>Aténtamente,</p>
<p>John Devor.</p></blockquote>
<p>Lo más simpático de este asunto (supongo que para <strong>John</strong> no sería tan simpático) llega con la respuesta de<strong>Steve Jobs</strong>, que curiosamente responde desde su <strong>iPhone</strong>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Cambia el nombre de tus aplicaciones. No es gran cosa.</p>
<p>Steve</p>
<p>Enviado desde mi iPhone.</p></blockquote>
<p>Me llama mucho la atención no sólo que le haya contestado, en lugar de que su ejército de abogados se encargue del asunto, sino de lo <strong>brillantemente directa</strong> que ha sido su respuesta, sin marear la perdiz. Nunca me he declarado admirador de <strong>Steve Jobs</strong> (no me matéis por esto), pero con gestos como este, respondiendo a una queja de un desarrollador, nos da idea de que estamos ante un hombre con una mente privilegiada y que los premios y reconocimientos que ha recibido a lo largo de su carrera no han sido cuestión de la suerte.</p>
<p>Por supuesto los chicos de <strong>The Little App Factory</strong> cambiaron el nombre de su aplicación a <strong>iRip</strong> y se han ahorrado bastantes problemas legales.</p>
<p>Via: <a href="http://es.appleweblog.com/2009/11/steve-jobs-responde-a-las-quejas-de-un-desarrollador">AppleWeblog</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple tamarra EasyPay]]></title>
<link>http://cobain86.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/apple-tamarra-easypay/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cobain86</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cobain86.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/apple-tamarra-easypay/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Apple spot interno &#8211; EasyPay In questo raro spot (che Apple cerca di eliminare con tutte le su]]></description>
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<em>Apple spot interno &#8211; EasyPay</em></p>
<p>In questo raro spot (che Apple cerca di eliminare con tutte le sue forze, quando lo vedrete ne capirete il motivo) la casa di Cupertino (per la comunicazione interna) ha prodotto questa rielaborazione di <em>What is love</em> di Haddaway. Buone risate!</p>
<p><!--more-->Nel lontano 2006 bisognava far familiarizzare i dipendenti della mela con il sistema <em>EasyPay</em> (che tra l&#8217;altro, orrore orrore, girava con un sistema <em>Windows Mobile</em> -pensate il colmo!-) e così venne commissionato questo spot interno.</p>
<p>La storia è breve ma divertente: una coppia di mezz&#8217;età va in un <em>Apple Store </em>e fa scorpacciata di prodotti ma la momento del pagamento partono cancheri e bestemmie per problemi tecnici.</p>
<p>Dal nulla balza fuori questo ingasato giovane, con tanto di occhialoni, sorriso e due patonzoline cinesi che gli ballano intorno: sulle trascinanti note di <em>What is love </em>di Haddaway diventa <em>Maddaway</em> e porta il verbo dell&#8217;<em>EasyPay</em> nel negozio, spiegando con disinvoltura e metrica azzeccata i vantaggi del nuovo sistema di pagamento.</p>
<p>Il risultato è a dir poco demenziale, con un gigante <em>pos</em> EasyPay che gode tra le due ragazze sculettando a tempo e la moglie del brav&#8217;uomo che lo prende a colpi di borsetta (stava guardando vogliosamente le due ragazze, iniziando a sbottonarsi la camicia).</p>
<p>Sicuramente una <em>corporate song</em> che non passa inosservata, decisamente il tentativo più tamarro di spiegare un nuovo sistema di pagamento, lontano anni luce dagli spot semplici ma efficaci del <em>Get a Mac</em>.</p>
<p>Concludiamo con una rassegna di spot seri, che hanno reso la Apple la grande società che è tutt&#8217;ora, con fatturati in forte attivo alla faccia della crisi. Buona visione!</p>
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<em>Apple ADS* 1997-2001</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">*=<em>ADS abbrevia Advertisement, pubblicità.</em></p>
<p><strong><em>Marco</em></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Găurile din armura Google partea III: Apple]]></title>
<link>http://transmix78.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/gaurile-din-armura-google-partea-iii-apple/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>transmix78</dc:creator>
<guid>http://transmix78.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/gaurile-din-armura-google-partea-iii-apple/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ascensiunea fulminantă a lui Google a deranjat mulţi jucători majori de pe piaţa IT şi numai. După c]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple Refuses To Help Smokers]]></title>
<link>http://clearcut.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/apple-refuses-to-help-smokers/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Blue</dc:creator>
<guid>http://clearcut.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/apple-refuses-to-help-smokers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; I didn&#8217;t know that Apple was entering the health care industry?  The Consumerist report]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Noticias: Educación y nuevas tecnologías]]></title>
<link>http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/noticias-educacion-y-nuevas-tecnologias/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jose Sande</dc:creator>
<guid>http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/noticias-educacion-y-nuevas-tecnologias/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Prohibido no usar el móvil en clase&#8230;. ¿es una broma?  No, únicamente es asumir que  es un poco]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/sociedad/2009/11/21/0003_8120780.htm">Prohibido no usar el móvil en clase&#8230;.</a> ¿es una broma?  No, únicamente es asumir que  es un poco absurdo que los institutos tengan WIFI, los alumnos móviles potentes&#8230;y&#8230;no promover que los utilicen para obtener y ampliar información. Sí, deben ser búsquedas guiadas y útiles.</p>
<p><a href="http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/movil-clase1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-800" title="movil clase" src="http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/movil-clase1.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="286" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;Claro que los profesores no les dicen a sus alumnos que llamen o envíen mensajes de texto; lo que les piden es que naveguen por Internet y busquen información sobre lo que están estudiando o lean los blogs de sus maestros, hagan fotos para algunos de los proyectos de clase, realicen cálculos matemáticos o, incluso, tomen notas.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;"><span style="color:#000000;">En California,</span> </span><a href="http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Schwarzenegger/apuesta/ensenanza/Facebook/Twitter/elpepusoc/20090609elpepusoc_3/Tes">Schwarzenegger ha decidido aniquilar los libros de texto</a>:</p>
<p><span style="color:#808080;">&#8220;Desde el comienzo del nuevo año escolar, en agosto, los estudiantes de ciencias y matemáticas en los institutos de California tendrán acceso a textos <em>on line</em> que han aprobado una revisión de estándares académicos. El gobernador sostiene que los libros de texto digitales se pueden adaptar fácilmente, de manera que el aprendizaje se mantiene al ritmo del progreso.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>Por otra parte, los medios de comunicación llevan 3 meses bombardeando con la idea de que el <a href="http://libros.soybits.com/blog/el-ebook-llega-al-mercado-de-masas">e-book será el regalo estrella de estas navidades</a>.</p>
<p>Entendiendo por <strong>e-book</strong> su acepción física, es decir, el aparato lector.</p>
<p><a href="http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ebook.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-801" title="ebook" src="http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ebook.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="313" /></a></p>
<p>Sin embargo, creo sinceramente que se equivocan totalmente con las previsiones por:</p>
<p>- Estamos en un contexto de crisis y el ebook sigue siendo un producto caro (más de 300 euros).</p>
<p>- No hay una oferta adecuada de contenidos. <strong>Las editoriales están actuando muy lentamente</strong> por lo que es previsible que suceda lo mismo que con la música y el cine: al no existir una oferta legal a una calidad-precio adecuada, los contenidos piratas ocuparán el mercado.</p>
<p>- El próximo año <strong>desembarcarán los dos gigantes</strong>: Microsoft y Apple. Microsoft apuesta por un modelo con dos pantallas (el courier) y de Apple se rumorea que una sola, pero algo más grande. Ellos sí tienen la fuerza mediática y económica para inundar el mercado.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/apple_tablet.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-803" title="apple_tablet" src="http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/apple_tablet.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="306" /></a><span style="color:#888888;">Se rumorea que este es el diseño final de la Tablet de Apple </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#888888;"><a href="http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/microsoft_courier_02.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-805" title="microsoft_courier_02" src="http://compartiendoconocimiento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/microsoft_courier_02.jpg" alt="" width="570" height="414" /></a>Microsoft apuesta en su modelo Courier por la doble pantalla</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#888888;"><span style="color:#000000;">El <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIgNfp-MdI">vídeo del funcionamiento del Courier</a> es impresionante. Auguro que <strong>en septiembre del 2011 todos estaremos con uno de estos dos aparatos</strong> en clase. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#888888;"><span style="color:#000000;">Por una parte Apple ha ganado las últimas batallas en cuanto a diseño y pantallas táctiles, pero Microsoft sigue siendo el gigante en sistemas operativos y programas ofimáticos.</span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet Pirates...Beware!]]></title>
<link>http://yyforthewin.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/internet-pirates-beware/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bella</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t noticed, the past week or so has been filled with&#8230; well, nothing. Not sur]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">If you haven&#8217;t noticed, the past week or so has been filled with&#8230; well, nothing. Not surprised? Technically, due to our crazy activeness in writing posts, you might have seen this coming. So. I have a more valid excuse this week, at least it&#8217;s a little less vague as &#8220;I was busy.&#8221; And way better than a disappointingly honest &#8220;I was just too lazy to give a cat&#8217;s whisker.&#8221; Although the last two are usually true, this week Jehovah has decided to at least give me an alibi for <em>all</em> of this blog&#8217;s millions of viewers.</p>
<p>My terribly horrible (no, I mean it was truly terribly horrible) reason is this: the internet. Or rather, airport. Or that little black box with the blinking green lights that&#8217;s plugged into the computer. I don&#8217;t really know the difference, and one day I&#8217;m going to ask Steve Jobs exactly why those little white boxes are called airports. It doesn&#8217;t really make much sense to me. All I know is that all of those things have decided to quit, or go on strike. Either that or they&#8217;re going through puberty as moody adolescents who throw fits and have mood-swings. If you didn&#8217;t understand my analogy, I mean that my internet sucks. When it works it works for an hour or less and only connects to one computer. In fact, it&#8217;s a miracle that I&#8217;m able to even publish this, since this is really an old post that I&#8217;ll be saving (and then publishing) when my internet connects for more than five minutes.</p>
<p>Have you ever gone camping? And not your lame excuse kind of camping where you pitch a tent in your backyard (or neighbor&#8217;s yard, if you want an adventure), but I mean in the (sort of) untouched wilderness of Utah, or Montana, or um&#8230; the park down the street. But anyway, the point is that things, things that normally don&#8217;t matter begin to become a hassle. Like washing your hands for example, brushing your teeth, avoiding bear wastes, or producing wastes. All of these things are hard to do whilst in the wilderness (might or might not apply to neighbor&#8217;s backyard). When you finally decide to take the long trek to the outhouse at night, everyone jumps up to go with you, you all need to take care of unfinished business. Right?</p>
<p>Well, the same goes for bad internet. When you haven&#8217;t used it in weeks and your email is piling up, or you haven&#8217;t harvested your crops on FarmVille and they&#8217;re all wilted, every chance you get to go do those things&#8211;you&#8217;ll take it. Which pretty much explains why my family takes a laptop with us wherever we go. If we&#8217;re at a coffee shop with free wi-fi: Get out the laptop! Cruising through residential areas: Get out the laptop! We&#8217;ve become first-class internet pirates. Although we don&#8217;t wear pirate hats or have parrots/monkeys on our shoulders, we are real deal. Taking over (not really) your internet for as long as we can. So beware, until I get my internet fixed, I might be parked outside your home, using your internet that you paid for with your own money (if you don&#8217;t have a password, that is) or rolling down your street at five miles per hour, looking for more internets to plunder. As a consolation, you should be honored.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Steve Jobs feito por produtos da Apple]]></title>
<link>http://techno09.com/2009/11/20/steve-jobs-feito-por-produtos-da-apple/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Igor</dc:creator>
<guid>http://techno09.com/2009/11/20/steve-jobs-feito-por-produtos-da-apple/</guid>
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<p>Confira:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple won't repair your computer if you smoke?]]></title>
<link>http://louisgw.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/apple-wont-repair-your-computer-if-you-smoke/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
<guid>http://louisgw.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/apple-wont-repair-your-computer-if-you-smoke/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So says The Consumerist. I am all for trying to get people to quit smoking, but this seems more like]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quick Hits: Naming and Branding News]]></title>
<link>http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/quick-hits-naming-and-branding-news-5/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>roselinke</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/quick-hits-naming-and-branding-news-5/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs occasionally swats flies himself. I generally try to keep my electronics away from the re]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_1503" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/steve_jobs.gif"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1503" title="steve_jobs" src="http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/steve_jobs.gif?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="245" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Steve Jobs occasionally swats flies himself.</p></div>
<blockquote><p>I generally try to keep my electronics away from the reach of liquids, but Malcolm Fontier, the brand behind a <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/imojito-the-vegan-friendly-iphone-case-and-wallet/">new product</a> named iMojito doesn’t seem so concerned. The new leather wallet doubles as an iPod/iPhone case. I don’t see the connection to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojito">Cuban cocktail</a>…unless you decide to use the extra pockets to hold your mint, sugar, and lime?</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=140377">AdAge reports</a> that the marketing waters of Twitter remain murky for many leading brands. Many of the Twitter accounts that include the names of multinational corporations, among them Burger King, Bank of America and Comcast, are not owned by the companies themselves, but by unaffiliated squatters. Meanwhile, 76% of the brand names that do own their own accounts <a href="http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=140566">tweet infrequently.</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The recent discovery of a crate of one hundred year old whiskey frozen in Antarctic ice has created quite the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8361995.stm">brand buzz</a> for the drinks group Whyte and MacKay. If only all brands could age as gracefully as whiskey…</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The Roaring 20s…The Swingin’ 60s…As the year comes to a close, The New York Times asks us what should we <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/15segal.html?pagewanted=1&#38;_r=1">name</a> our most recently lived decade?</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Apple recently sent a legal notice to The Little App Factory to <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/19/apple-change-name/">change the name</a> of its popular tool iPodRip, which facilitates the copy and transfer of songs from an iPod or iPhone to a computer. The Little App Factory CEO pleaded with Steve Jobs via email, and Jobs replied from his iPhone, “Change your apps name. Not that big of a deal.”</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Smoke Gets In Your Imac: Smoking Near Apple Computers Creates Biohazard, Voids Warranty]]></title>
<link>http://photozz.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/smoke-gets-in-your-imac-smoking-near-apple-computers-creates-biohazard-voids-warranty/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Unless you&#8217;ve recently arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn]]></description>
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<p><em>Unless you&#8217;ve recently arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn&#8217;t good for you. Did you know, however, that smoking isn&#8217;t good for your computer, either? It&#8217;s true, at least according to Apple. Two readers in different parts of the country claim that their Applecare warranties were voided due to second hand smoke. Both readers appealed their cases up to the office of God Steve Jobs himself. Both lost.</em></p>
<p>via <a href="http://consumerist.com/5408885/smoking-near-apple-computers-creates-biohazard-voids-warranty">Smoke Gets In Your Imac: Smoking Near Apple Computers Creates Biohazard, Voids Warranty</a>.</p>
<p>Frankly, I&#8217;m with Apple on this one. I used to repair computers in an industrial environment and the machines off the factory floor were nothing compared to the smokers machines I have seen. You computer has a fan in it to ventilate the heat. This means that it sucks in the air around it and blows that air over the delicate electronics inside. With smokers, this coats everything with smoke tar. Opening one of these computers is like putting your face in an ashtray and blowing.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Jobs' Personal, Terse Reply to Developer]]></title>
<link>http://theappleblog.com/2009/11/20/jobs-personal-terse-reply-to-developer/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gotta love that Steve Jobs. He never was one to hold back, and even now, when he’s the CEO of the Un]]></description>
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<p class="excerpt">Gotta <em>love</em> that Steve Jobs. He never was one to hold back, and even now, when he’s the CEO of the Universe (or <a href="http://theappleblog.com/2009/11/05/steve-jobs-gets-crowned-ceo-of-the-decade/">something</a> like that), he won’t be found spouting corporate speak.</p>
<p>CrunchGear tells the <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/19/apple-change-name/">story</a> of a small software development company called <a href="http://thelittleappfactory.com/">The Little App Factory</a>. It made an app for the Mac called iPodRip, one of those tools for transferring music from an iPod to a computer. A law firm representing Apple sent The Little App Factory a letter, informing the company it had violated some of Apple’s trademarks, and instructed it to stop using the “iPod” bit in the app’s name.</p>
<p>iPodRip has been around for nearly seven years and CrunchGear’s Daniel Brusilovsky says it has been downloaded more than five million times. You’d think Apple’s legal sniffer hounds, Baker &#38; McKenzie, might have acted a tad sooner… <!--more--></p>
<p>Anyway, iPodRip developer and The Little App Factory CEO John Devor felt this was all rather unfair, so he wrote directly to El Jobso himself. Here’s a little excerpt from his impassioned plea for <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">special treatment</span> sanity (edited by me for brevity, but you can read the whole thing <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/19/apple-change-name/">here</a>);</p>
<blockquote><p>Dear Mr. Jobs,</p>
<p>I doubt you’re aware but we recently received a letter from a law firm working on Apple’s behalf instructing us that we had violated several of Apple’s trademarks in our application iPodRip and asking us to cease using the name and Apple trademarks in our icons.</p>
<p>It is quite obvious that we mean Apple no harm with the use of the name iPodRip, or of the inclusion of trademarked items in our icons… …we are quite aware that Apple support and store staff have recommended our software on numerous occasions as far back as 2004 so we have felt that we were doing something right!</p>
<p>With this in mind, we are in desperate need of some assistance and we beseech you to help us to protect our product and our shareware company, I myself dropped out of school recently to pursue a path in the Mac software industry, and you yourself have been a consistent inspiration for me.</p>
<p>If there is anything at all you can do with regards to this matter, we would be most grateful.</p>
<p>Best,<br />
John Devor</p></blockquote>
<p>Poor fellow. Obviously he has poured his heart and soul into his company, and he has worked hard this last half-decade building a strong brand and large customer base. He wants to protect his investment, and why not? Apple has, it seems, been aware of the product, to some degree, for an awfully long time, so why slap him with a C&#38;D letter now?</p>
<p>So Steve Jobs gets the email and thinks about this, right? He considers the <em>years</em> of service  this guy and his company have provided for iTunes users around the world. He considers carefully the late-in-the-game complaint from Baker &#38; McKenzie. He feels a swell of pride at the obvious passion of those in the Mac development community who so loyally support his products and strive to make the Mac ecosystem a bigger, brighter and more worthwhile place to be. Right?</p>
<p>Of <em>course</em> not. He’s <em>Steve Jobs</em>, people! This is his reply:</p>
<blockquote><p>Change your apps name. Not that big of a deal.</p>
<p>Steve</p>
<p>Sent from my iPhone</p></blockquote>
<p>I nearly fell off my chair in laughter when I saw that. I’m not sure I agree with him that’s it’s “not that big of a deal” (after all, this company has invested many years in their brand and built a considerable customer base) but I admire Steve’s no-nonsense attitude. He says <em>exactly</em> what’s on his mind, no PR-spin, and sends it straight from his iPhone, typos-and-all.</p>
<p>The Little App Factory acquiesced (what else could it do?) and renamed the app iRip. It also changed the app&#8217;s icon. Perhaps this whole affair was a thorn in the side, but I don’t feel too sorry for them, the tech press is giving them a <em>lot</em> of attention right now, and that’s gotta be good for business, right?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Las siete vidas del gato: NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP y como mezclar muchas mayúsculas y minúsculas]]></title>
<link>http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/las-siete-vidas-del-gato-nextstep-openstep-y-como-mezclar-muchas-mayusculas-y-minusculas/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mac OS X es un hijo de padres muy distintos: NeXTSTEP y Mac OS. Aunque lleva menos de diez años con ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Mac OS X es un hijo de padres muy distintos: NeXTSTEP y Mac OS. Aunque lleva menos de diez años con nosotros, en realidad su gestación ha sido bastante larga. Esta es una continuación del artículo que puedes encontrar <a href="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/las-siete-vidas-del-gato-la-prehistoria-de-os-x-ii/">aquí</a>.<a href="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/300px-next_logo_svg.png"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2260" title="next" src="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/300px-next_logo_svg.png?w=150" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Como veíamos en la entrada anterior, la elección de la base para el nuevo Mac OS era NeXTSTEP. ¿Pero qué significaba esto? ¿De dónde salía? ¿Qué implicaba eso para la comunidad de usuarios de Macintosh?</p>
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<h2 style="text-align:justify;">El origen de NeXTSTEP</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cuando Steve Jobs salió, más bien <strong>poco dignamente</strong>, de Apple, decidió que crearía una nueva compañía de computación, inspirado por conversaciones con el ganador del Nobel de química, Paul Berg, acerca de la necesidad de un workstation barato, suficientemente potente para realizar <strong>simulaciones científica</strong><strong>s</strong> en él, de modo que los estudiantes aprendieran ahí en vez de en costosos experimentos. Recordemos que en la época, la división entre computador personal y workstation era muy clara: un computador personal era un equipo con escaso poder, apenas suficiente para mover una aplicación, mientras que los workstation eran equipos muy potentes (para la época). Lo que Jobs se dedicó a crear era, entonces, una especie de intermedio a un precio razonable (lo que no consiguió, era bastante cara para un estudiante universitario).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y, por supuesto, esta máquina debía tener un sistema operativo. Los ingenieros de NeXT crearon un sistema operativo basado en el núcleo <strong>Mach</strong> y en Unix <strong>BSD</strong>. Sin embargo, lo importante es que las capas del sistema destinadas a aplicaciones con interfaz gráfica estaban completamente <strong>orientadas a objetos</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">¿Y qué es eso? La programación orientada a objetos es un tipo de programación, que en los años en que se fundó NeXT estaba empezando a aumentar en popularidad (dentro de lo que puede ser popular un paradigma de programación). Se trata de construir los programas a través de <strong>pequeños fragmentos</strong>, llamados objetos, lo que permite una mayor rapidez y fiabilidad al momento de crear las aplicaciones. Además, las interfaces gráficas de usuario se prestaban notablemente para esta forma de programar.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y efectivamente, en NeXTSTEP este concepto estaba <strong>completamente entretejido</strong> en el sistema. Esto permitía crear aplicaciones de gran calidad y en un tiempo relativamente rápido. Por lo demás el sistema traía (y trae… pero eso más adelante) utilidades que facilitaban enormemente el desarrollo de aplicaciones, aprovechando algunas características un tanto especiales del lenguaje que usaban los programadores, Objective C.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Estos motivos, principalmente, hacían de NeXTSTEP un sistema bastante <strong>avanzado para la época.</strong> Mientras tanto, el negocio de computadores NeXT jamás despegó, salvo en ciertos nichos, como algunos bancos. Esto llevó a una redefinición de la compañía: ya no vendería hardware, concentrándose en producir el sistema operativo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Un detalle importante es que el sistema era originalmente para procesadores Motorola, pero con esa reestructuración, fue necesario convertirlo en multiplataforma. Así, pronto tuvo versiones para SPARC, PA-RISC y, notablemente, procesadores Intel.</p>
<h2 style="text-align:justify;">¿NeXT, OPEN, Open?</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Así, el sistema fue evolucionando, desde la versión 0.8 en 1988 hasta la última, 3.3, en 1995. Pese a sus características, ninguna empresa estuvo mayormente interesada en el sistema. Finalmente, en 1993, fruto de una colaboración entre NeXT y Sun, saldría <strong>OpenStep</strong>. Esto era un API, es decir, una definición de las capas orientadas a objetos de <strong>NeXTSTEP</strong> que podía ser usada sobre distintos sistemas operativos (Unix, Solaris, e incluso Windows). La implementación de NeXT fue llamada <strong>OPENSTEP</strong> (siempre añadiendo confusión con las mayúsculas), lo que en la práctica era NeXTSTEP 4.0.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sin embargo, pese a ser posible usar OpenStep (sin tanta mayúscula) en casi cualquier sistema operativo, en la práctica ello no ocurrió. Ni siquiera Sun, que había creado junto con NeXT la API la usaba. Es en este estado de cosas cuando ocurre la compra de NeXT por parte de Apple. Lo que haría Apple con OPENSTEP (¿o era OpenStep? ¿o NeXTSTEP? ¿o NextStep?) lo veremos en el próximo capítulo.</p>
<h2 style="text-align:justify;">A modo de colofón</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ciertamente, podría decir muchas más cosas de NeXTSTEP. Aunque fue usado por muy poca gente, ciertamente tuvo un impacto que no estaba en proporción a la cantidad de usuarios. Por ejemplo, el concepto de <strong>World Wide Web</strong> y el primer navegador fueron creados por Sir Tim Berners-Lee en 1990 usando un computador NeXT. También otros programas, como Doom o FreeHand, fueron desarrollados principalmente en él.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Además, la interfaz de usuario era bastante avanzada. Antes que escribir sobre ella, prefiero dejar algunas capturas.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nextstep2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2254" title="nextstep2" src="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nextstep2.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="236" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Reiniciando NeXTSTEP. La ruedita que sale en la esquina de la pantalla es el ancestro de la <strong>pelota de playa</strong> de Mac OS X.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nextmaildesktop.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2253" title="NeXTMailDesktop" src="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nextmaildesktop.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="223" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nextmaildesktop.jpg"></a>En esta captura podemos ver <strong>Mail</strong> (sí, es de hecho el antecesor del programa que están pensando), con una de sus características más curiosas, lip service, que permitía insertar como adjunto grabaciones de voz hechas directamente en mail. También podemos ver el <strong>dock</strong>, en el borde derecho.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mail.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2255" title="Mail" src="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mail.gif?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="250" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En esta imagen, además de la misma aplicación Mail (pero en otra versión), podemos ver cosas como el <strong>panel de tipografías</strong>, que guarda una semejanza sospechosa a otro panel de tipografías bien conocido…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/captura-de-pantalla-2009-11-20-a-las-1-29-00.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2256" title="Tipografías - OS X" src="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/captura-de-pantalla-2009-11-20-a-las-1-29-00.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="222" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Hablando de eso, quedan varias &#8220;reliquias&#8221; de NeXTSTEP en OS X. Por ejemplo, el <strong>ícono de cámara</strong> que aparece al sacar un screenshot de una ventana. Hay otras más, que veremos más adelante, cuando describamos en profundidad los componentes de OS X.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Finalmente, un screenshot de NeXTSTEP 4.0, proyecto que no alcanzó a ver la luz (muero de sueño, permítanme la cursilería)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ns40.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2258" title="ns40" src="http://chilenomac.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ns40.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="222" /></a></p>
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<link>http://timriedel.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/making-the-google-admob-deal-make-sense/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The New York Times is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself has filed a patent for an app that]]></description>
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The New York Times is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself has filed a patent for an app that would force handheld device users to view an advertisement without interruption. I like where Apple`s head is but what`s really got me going is AdMob.</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Google&#8217;s AdMob released the first interactive video advertising product for iPhones. Think of the usability of &#8220;AdWords&#8221; but with rich media on an iPhone. </p>
<p>With the snail&#8217;s pace that companies adopt new media ad tools, there is a tremendous opportunity to gain some serious market share with bargain-priced campaigns. </p>
<p>The sheer thought of the potential of these mobile ad tools has me more excited than the time that I snuck into the senior girls&#8217; locker room in the eighth grade.</p>
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<link>http://hightechhistory.com/2009/11/19/found-on-ebay-original-apple-i-wdocumentation/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) has a wonderful story today about an eBay auction for an original]]></description>
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<p>TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) has a <a href="http://tr.im/FiKu">wonderful story</a> today about an eBay auction for an original Apple I computer, which starts out at $50,000. And what do you get for your winning bid?  TUAW explains:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;A non-working Apple I motherboard, the original shipping box (with the return address being the home of Steve Jobs&#8217; parents), and the original manual, complete with schematics on how to take the motherboard and build a workable computer out of it.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;The original full-page advertisement for Apple was included with each Apple I. This features the original Apple &#8216;Isaac Newton&#8217; logo that was designed by the third founder of Apple, Ronald Wayne. Wayne also wrote the Apple I manual. Finally, you&#8217;ll get a photograph of every other owner of this computer. The existing owner has a picture of himself, the computer, and Steve Wozniak that he&#8217;s including.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>By April of 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer. The Apple I, their first product, was the first single-circuit board computer. It had a video interface, 8K of RAM and a keyboard. Its processor, the 6502 designed by Rockwell, cost a mere $25.</p>
<p>The computer, originally mounted on plywood with components visible, was first unveiled at a meeting of the now-famous Homebrew Computer Club which was based in Palo Alto, CA. A local computer dealer (The Byte Show) ordered 100 units, provided Wozniak and Jobs agreed to assemble the kits for customers. In all, 200 were built and sold for $666.66 each.</p>
<p>This is an extraordinary specimen of the Apple I - widely acknowledged to be the first hobby/home computer ever built. And the important archive of ephemera included in the package makes it practically unique. TUAW&#8217;s writeup is accompanied by several thumbnails of documents packaged together with the computer (including the cover of the manual, above).</p>
<p>However, there is one caveat: if you happen to be the successful bidder, you are asked to travel to Roseville, California to pick it up due to the irreplaceable nature of the Apple I. So what are you waiting for?! The holidays are right around the corner!</p>
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<link>http://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/computer-pioneer/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<div>While I often complain about being technologically challenged, I also consider myself and others like me Computer Pioneers.<br />
I went from a Commodore 64 in 1982 to an Amiga, then a Macintosh, (one of several), to my current PC.<br />
The Commodore, (Wisdom of the day- who would ever need more than 64 megabytes?) worked like a typewriter, except you didn&#8217;t have a carriage return and the words parsed all over the place. You couldn&#8217;t always see the beginning of your sentence, or the end of your sentence when it jumped as you were typing. Disconcerting. This beauty cost me about $1,000 plus classes to learn how to use it.</p>
<p>To print on my C Itoh printer, I had to program the page like this:</p>
<p>SP1:pp66:pg55:lm15:re70:vpt&#60; (manually &#60;&#62; (return) eleven times.</p>
<p>For a different program you had to reset the printer turning on and off various dip switches. Instructions: <em>Bend over the machine to read from left to right, with cord to the right, hold a flashlight and use a fingernail or small screwdriver to set the switches.<br />
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The formula read like this:</p>
<p>SW1   8,7,2-closed. 1,3,4,5,6 open.<br />
SW2   2,4,7-closed. 1,3,5,6,8 open.<br />
(Change #8 for programs that double space to #6 on switch 2.</p>
<p>You had to know braille to figure out what was off and on. The flashlight, if you could hold it, didn&#8217;t help much.</p>
<p>To boot up my word processing program I had to type in a load formula, no auto boot.<br />
I guess it isn&#8217;t such a big deal when I think about today&#8217;s long singular lines, no caps, passwords, some numbers and signs, but, at the time, it was daunting and complicated and didn&#8217;t make intuitive sense. Nothing popped up automatically in your address line. You didn&#8217;t even have an address line. If you pressed the wrong button you could easily lose your work. Now, at least, you get a window that asks if you want to destroy, or delete work. Yes, they were quite primitive, those first computers.</p>
<p>We spent the money, helped iron out the bugs, kept buying the next generation up until they could be mass produced inexpensively, so everyone could own a computer. We fought with those machines and cried over tossing them for the next best thing. We were the pioneers.</p>
<p>What the heck,  learning truly is the best entertainment.  I&#8217;m surprised I got from there to here.<br />
I&#8217;m grateful for my computer. I don&#8217;t do anything fancy on it except manipulate pictures, which I love. Its way better than the old typewriter. Thank you Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and half that generation for teaching an old dolly new tricks.</p></div>
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<link>http://pixeloekonom.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/das-geschaftsmodell-von-apple-ist-von-gestern-eigentlich/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Johannes Eber</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Der iPhone-Gott will mit Apple nichts mehr zu tun haben. Er hat genug. Gibt auf. Will zurück in die ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Der <a href="http://www.talkcrunch.com/2007/08/23/interview-with-joe-hewitt-iphone-god/">iPhone-Gott</a> will mit Apple nichts mehr zu tun haben. Er hat genug. Gibt auf. Will zurück in die Freiheit. &#8211; Ganz lapidar hatte Joe Hewitt seine Entscheidung in die Welt getragen: „Es ist Zeit für mich, etwas Neues zu probieren“, <a href="http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/5631765190">twitterte</a> er vor wenigen Tagen, um auf Nachfrage dann doch seine <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/joe-hewitt-developer-of-facebooks-massively-popular-iphone-app-quits-the-project/">Leidensgeschichte</a> zu offenbaren.   </p>
<p>Hewitt ist Programmierer bei Facebook. Damit man auch auf Apples iPhone verfolgen kann, was die Facebook-Freunde so treiben, hat Hewitt eine Software geschrieben, eine so genannte App. Über 100.000 solcher Programme gibt es mittlerweile für das iPhone. </p>
<p>Hewitt galt als einer der besten App-Programmierer. Jetzt steigt er aus, weil er sich von Apple bevormundet und gegängelt fühlt. Wegen des internen Prüfungsverfahrens bei Apple. Jede Software, die im so genannten App-Store angeboten werden will, muss zuvor diese Prüfung durchlaufen. Diese wird von Hewitt (und vielen anderen) als zu strikt und undurchsichtig kritisiert. Manche Entwickler warten Wochen und Monate auf die Zulassung ihrer Software, anderen wird sie mit unverständlichen Begründungen ganz verweigert.  </p>
<p>Typisch Apple! Auf Transparenz legte der Computerkonzern aus dem kalifornischen Cupertino noch nie gesteigerten Wert. Wichtiger sind ihm: Geheimniskrämerei und Abschottung. Dabei scheinen diese Prinzipien so gar nicht zur modernen Computer- und Internetwelt zu passen. Dort ist vermeintlich alles offen, jede Information nur ein Klick weit entfernt, Zusammenarbeit wichtiger als Konkurrenz, Arbeitsteilung das A und O. </p>
<p>Aber Apple ist anders. Man will fast alles selbst machen. Teure Berater rund um den Globus verkünden (bevorzugt in Krisenzeiten), dass sich jedes Unternehmen auf seine Kernkompetenzen zu konzentrieren habe. Verkürzen Sie Ihre Wertschöpfungskette, raten sie. Bieten Sie nur an, was Sie am besten können! </p>
<p>Apple schert sich um solche Ratschläge nicht: Das eigens entwickelte Betriebssystem (OS X) läuft ausschließlich auf den eigens produzierten Rechnern; man steigt mit neuen Produkten (iPhone) in fremde Branchen (Telefonmarkt) ein; schenkt dem Handel keinen Cent, indem man vorwiegend in eigenen Apple-Stores verkauft; und lässt sich eben auch bei den Apps fürs iPhone nicht vorschreiben, wann welche Software zu erscheinen hat. </p>
<p>Apple ist anders, und Apple ist erfolgreich. So erfolgreich wie noch nie. Die jüngsten <a href="http://www.macgadget.de/News/2009/10/19/Apple-meldet-starke-Zahlen-und-Absatzrekorde">Quartalszahlen</a> haben die Erwartungen der Finanzexperten mal wieder deutlich übertroffen. Mehr als 3 Millionen Mac-Computer, über 10 Millionen iPods und 7,4 Millionen iPhones &#8211; so viele Geräte hat Apple allein in den Monaten Juli, August und September verkauft. Der Umsatz stieg auf fast 10 Milliarden Dollar (ein Plus von 25 Prozent im Vergleich zum gleichen Vorjahresquartal) und der Gewinn legte auf 1,67 Milliarden Dollar zu (plus 46 Prozent).</p>
<p>Jetzt ist Apple sogar in Sichtweite der Nummer eins,  Microsoft. 180 Milliarden Dollar ist Apple mittlerweile an der Börse wert und <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5A84VJ20091109">übertrifft damit Branchenriesen</a> wie Google (174 Milliarden Dollar), IBM (159), HP (114), Intel (109) oder Dell (29). Analysten schätzen, dass der Preis pro Aktie auf 280 Dollar steigen könnte. Dann würden alle Apple-Aktien zusammen 250 Milliarden Dollar wert sein, genau so viel, wie alle Microsoft-Aktien heute. </p>
<p>Wenn aber das Geschäftsmodell von Apple eigentlich von gestern ist, warum ist das Unternehmen dann so erfolgreich? </p>
<p>Es ist die Leidenschaft &#8211; eine Eigenschaft, die sich vorwiegend in eigentümergeführten Unternehmen findet. Im Haushaltswaren-Laden um die Ecke oder beim Brillengeschäft am Marktplatz erlebt man die damit verbundene Einstellung häufig: Man wird freundlich bedient, gut beraten, nicht übers Ohr gehauen. Dort, wo der Ladenbesitzer selbst am Werk ist, werden die Wünsche der Kunden am häufigsten erfüllt. </p>
<p>Der Vorteil gegenüber anderen Unternehmensformen: Zumindest für den Chef ist der Beruf mehr als nur ein Job. Der hat viel Zeit und Geld investiert. Es geht ihm um Erfolg, manchmal sogar um die Existenz. Dafür ist er bereit, besonders viel zu leisten. Gute Voraussetzungen für eine positive Geschäftsentwicklung.</p>
<p>Um die Existenz geht es bei Steve Jobs schon lange nicht mehr. Aber Apple ist Jobs Lebenswerk. Er hat das Unternehmen 1976 gegründet und besitzt heute 5,5 Millionen Apple-Aktien. Er hat also viel zu verlieren. Seine Leidenschaft und seine Intelligenz haben Apple aus der Versenkung geholt. Weil er, wie kaum ein zweiter, immer wieder Antworten auf die beiden wichtigsten Fragen findet: Was wollen die Kunden? Wofür sind sie bereit, (möglichst viel) Geld zu bezahlen? &#8211; Für einfache Bedienung? Ja. Für gute Verarbeitung? Ja. Für tolles Design? Ja.   </p>
<p>Hinzu kommt: Steve Jobs hat früh erkannt, dass seine Hard- und Software der Schlüssel für weitere Geldquellen ist. Von jeder verkauften App fürs iPhone erhält Apple 30 Prozent. Und nirgendwo im Internet wird mehr Musik erworben als bei iTunes. <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,420198,00.html">80 Prozent aller Käufe</a> werden über die Software abgewickelt. Die Apple-Gewinnmarge pro verkauftem Song: immerhin 3 Prozent.  </p>
<p>Apples Erfolg aber ist auch Apples Gefahr. Dem Vorteil eigetümergeführter Unternehmen steht ein Nachteil gegenüber: Was passiert, wenn der Eigentümer einmal abtritt? Als Jobs im Januar diesen Jahres eine krankheitsbedingte Auszeit von einem halben Jahr verkündetet, sackte die Apple-Aktie um 10 Prozent ab.</p>
<p>An das Ende des Erfolgsduos Apple und Jobs denken aber zumindest die Börsen zur Zeit nicht. Die kurze Sicht dominiert die lange. Jobs, so wird erwartet, wird alsbald die nächste Revolution einläutet, und zwar in Form eines neuen Apple-Computers, dem Tablet. </p>
<p>Darunter versteht man einen Computer, der vor allem aus einem berührungsempfindlichen Display besteht, also keine Tastatur braucht. Das Tablet soll der  bessere E-Book-Reader werden. Das wird für Apple vermutlich nicht allzu schwer werden, betrachtet man Design und Handhabung der aktuellen Reader. Außerdem soll das Tablet mehr können: Es soll Spielkonsole, DVD-Player, Musikspieler sein; und natürlich wird man mit dem neuen Computer auch im Internet surfen können. </p>
<p>„Apple wird mit seinem Tablet jeden sprachlos machen“,  formuliert jüngst eine Börsen-Analystin ihre hochgesteckten Erwartungen. Bisher hat Jobs diese meist übertroffen. </p>
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Dieser Artikel erscheint im <a href="http://www.suedkurier.de">Südkurier</a>.</p>
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<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/19/rumor-apple-tablet-delayed/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Philip Elmer-DeWitt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/19/rumor-apple-tablet-delayed/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs&#8217; next big thing is being retooled, Asian supply-chain sources report Artist&#39;s r]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Steve Jobs&#8217; next big thing is being retooled, Asian supply-chain sources report</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_15421" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 230px"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-apple-tablet-delayed-until-late-2010-says-taiwan-news-source-2009-11"><img class="size-full wp-image-15421  " title="f" src="http://fortunebrainstormtech.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/f.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="157" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Artist&#39;s rendition. Image: Silicon Alley Insider.</p></div>
<p>Live by the rumor, die by the rumor. Or at least go on life support.</p>
<p>The Apple (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=AAPL">AAPL</a>) tablet computer that all Silicon Valley has taken as a given &#8212; but no one outside of Cupertino seems to have seen &#8212; won&#8217;t be arriving early next year, as widely rumored, and may not appear until the second half of 2010.</p>
<p>This according to a report Thursday in <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091118PB201.html"><em>DigiTimes</em></a>, a Taipei-based daily newspaper that covers &#8212; with uneven results &#8212; every hiccup in the Taiwanese and greater Chinese electronics industry. At one point, <a href="http://macrumors.com">MacRumors</a>, which trades in Apple gossip itself, stopped citing the paper without heavy disclaimers about its track record (see <a href="http://normalkid.com/2007/03/23/digitimescoms-poor-apple-rumor-accuracy/">here</a>.)</p>
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<p>Still, the report includes pricing and component details that, if true, could cause Apple&#8217;s competitors to rethink their own product plans. Among other things, <em>DigiTimes</em> reports that Apple is gearing up to make two models, one with a 10.6 inch LCD screen, another with a far more expensive 9.7-inch organic LED (OLED) panel.</p>
<p>Based on the cost of components, an OLED tablet might sell for as much as $1,200-1,500, according to <em>DigiTimes</em>, although the price point could be reduced if subsidized by, say, AT&#38;T (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=T">T</a>) or Verizon (<a href="http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=VZ">VZ</a>). <em>DigiTimes</em>&#8216; sources expect the 10.6-inch model to priced in the $800-1,000 range.</p>
<p>You can read the full report <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091118PB201.html">here</a>. Take it all with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>UPDATE: Piper Jaffray&#8217;s Gene Munster, one of several analysts who had predicted an early 2010 launch, issued his take on the DigiTimes report in a quick note to clients Thursday morning:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Bottom line. At this point we cannot confirm or deny the validity<br />
of this report, but believe the exact timing is irrelevant given<br />
Street models do not currently reflect the tablet, expectations<br />
for actual units in 2010 are low, and investors focus is more on<br />
whether the tablet is real and less on timing.</p>
<p>&#8220;For purposes of sensitivity, assuming the tablet comes out on<br />
September 1, we believe Apple would sell around 650,000 units at a<br />
$600 ASP in CY10 and would equate to an increase of about 1% to<br />
revenue.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Apple shares closed at $200.51, down 5.45 points (2.65%) for the day.</p>
<p>[Follow Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Twitter @<a rel="external nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/philiped" target="new">philiped</a>]</p>
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<link>http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/11/19/the-e-book-revolution-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>David Crotty</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/11/19/the-e-book-revolution-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/</guid>
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<link>http://cahdsu.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/steve-jobs-introduces-mac-classic-visual-aids/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>CA Heidelberger</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cahdsu.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/steve-jobs-introduces-mac-classic-visual-aids/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s jump in the wayback machine and take a look at Steve Jobs, master salesman, first teasin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Let&#8217;s jump in the wayback machine and take a look at Steve Jobs, master salesman, first teasing a fall 1983 audience with the first showing of the now famous &#8220;1984&#8243; Mac ad, then bringing a January 1984 audience to its feet with the unveiling of the Macintosh.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/lSiQA6KKyJo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/lSiQA6KKyJo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/G0FtgZNOD44&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/G0FtgZNOD44&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Now sure, he doesn&#8217;t have to work very hard to make the sale. His audiences are both favorable Apple crowds. They want to cheer. They already see Jobs as a hero. Of course, living up to such high expectations can be a challenge in itself.</p>
<p>But we see here two examples of stunning visuals that resonated worldwide. The &#8220;1984&#8243; ad appeared once on television &#8212; <em>once </em>&#8211; and has been talked about ever since. Notice that the ad doesn&#8217;t really have a lick of logos; it&#8217;s all pathos. It uses the word <em>computer</em> once. It doesn&#8217;t mention IBM. It doesn&#8217;t need to. Jobs sets up the industry history and the challenge before his company; he then fires a visual ICBM into the cultural metaphorosphere to declare his intent to fight and win.</p>
<p>The Mac unveiling is a very different kind of visual aid speech. Jobs does much less talking in this clip than I expect you to do in class for your visual aid speech. However, in his context, his stepping aside to let the product speak for itself is brilliant salesmanship. He doesn&#8217;t have to use his words to persuade the audience; he just sets his machine center stage and turns it on, a move that by itself takes guts (just <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrAD25V7ll8">ask Bill Gates</a>).</p>
<p>The Mac demo looks laughably cheesy just 25 years later; you probably get better graphics on your cell phone. But recall: <span style="font-family:Terminal, Lucida Console, monospace;font-size:150%;">the only font most people had ever seen on a computer was something like Terminal</span>. The only voice people had heard from a computer was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOPR">WOPR in <em>Wargames</em></a>. In 1984, the Macintosh was amazing.</p>
<p>Odds are you won&#8217;t come up with a visual aid for your Speech 101 performance that will bring 3000 people to their feet and change personal computing forever (but don&#8217;t let me stop you from trying!). But when you&#8217;re preparing your speeches, when you&#8217;re getting ready to persuade an audience, think like Steve Jobs. Look for a visual that will grab your listeners&#8217; attention, make them say, &#8220;Wow!&#8221; and fix you and your message in their minds for a very long time.</p>
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<link>http://appleiinsignia.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/steve-jobs-vs-bill-gates/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alvaro</dc:creator>
<guid>http://appleiinsignia.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/steve-jobs-vs-bill-gates/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Hoy quería compartir con vosotros este gran juego que he encontrado del género de lucha. Stev]]></description>
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<p>Hoy quería compartir con vosotros este gran juego que he encontrado del género de lucha. Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates te sumerge en una batalla con uno de estos dos personajes para luchar el uno contra el otro y demostrar si Apple o Microsoft es mejor.</p>
<p>El juego está muy bien hecho y conseguido, con sonidos muy logrados como los comentarios, el sonido de los sables láser&#8230; ect. Los controles no son muy complicados, moveremos a nuestro personaje con las flechas del cursor y para atacar con el sable simplemente movemos el ratón hacia el lugar que queramos e incluso podemos hacer el movimiento en forma de círculo para quitar más vida. Pues aquí os dejo el link y que gane el mejor.</p>
<p>Link &#124; <a href="http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/jugar.php?id=6874" target="_blank">Steve jobs Vs Bill Gates</a></p>
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<link>http://braindumped.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/apple-executing-a-drmdirty-rotten-maneuvers/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>braindumped</dc:creator>
<guid>http://braindumped.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/apple-executing-a-drmdirty-rotten-maneuvers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Credit: Esarcasm Well, I&#8217;m not exactly an Apple fanboy (yet) but I can imagine a lot of people]]></description>
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<p>Well, I&#8217;m not exactly an Apple fanboy (yet) but I can imagine a lot of people being pissed off over this report by the New York Times: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/business/15digi.html?_r=2&#38;scp=1&#38;sq=stross&#38;st=cse">Apple Wouldn’t Risk Its Cool Over a Gimmick, Would It?</a>. It all concerns a patent application filed by Apple to control the freezing or the un-freezing of an operating system based on the response over an advertisement. From <a href="http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&#38;Sect2=HITOFF&#38;d=PG01&#38;p=1&#38;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&#38;r=1&#38;f=G&#38;l=50&#38;s1=%2220090265214%22.PGNR.&#38;OS=DN/20090265214&#38;RS=DN/20090265214">the patent filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>1. A computer-implemented method for operating a device, the method      comprising:disabling a function of an operating system in a      device;presenting an advertisement in the device while the function is      disabled; andenabling the function in response to the advertisement      ending.</p></blockquote>
<p>Interesting? I could infer that:</p>
<p>1. Apple or the developer could reserve the right to display ads against a product or service.</p>
<p>2.These ads cannot be skipped a.k.a. Tivo-style</p>
<p>3. And this is the key point. <strong>Based on the response to the advertisement by the user, the product or service could be launched or frozen from use.</strong></p>
<p>Well, LOL ! I can&#8217;t imagine Apple would really try one of these on its customers. It&#8217;s one thing to push your ability to control your user&#8217;s experience. This is just crossing the line ! So what could be the other reasons?</p>
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<li>Prevent anyone else from patenting such an absurd concept. Apple and Steve Jobs then become the knight in shining armor.</li>
<li>Let the developer decide if he wants to use it. If he does, then Apple takes a higher revenue share.</li>
<li>Apple gets selective over which products it has the right to use this technology on. Given, it&#8217;s harsh stand on Google products, this could be a way of pushing back.</li>
<li>Maybe, delivery of free content or an extended period of use if you purchase something through an ad. Basically, buy this product and you could get the demo version for another 45 days or get the complete version free !</li>
<li>All theories or maybe something like &#8220;Watch ads for 30 days and get this software free !&#8221;</li>
<li>Or demo for 30 days after that, you have to watch ads and answer Q&#8217;s to use the software. Else you could just buy it.</li>
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<p>Man, really if this is launched, it&#8217;s going to create one more point of battle between Apple and the hackers who constantly subvert Apple&#8217;s software.</p>
<p><strong>Further reading: </strong><br />
<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/15/apple-patents-anti-u.html">Apple patents anti-user attention-complianceware</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fakesteve.net/2009/11/re-our-patent-application-for-an-evil-advertising-scheme.html">Re: our patent application for an evil advertising scheme</a></p>
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<link>http://ifanbr.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/apple-planeja-levar-publicidade-para-ipod-e-iphone/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Em breve, os usuários do iPod e do iPhone poderão se deparar com anúncios publicitários enquanto ouv]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Don’t smoke near your Mac]]></title>
<link>http://thelionsweb.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/don%e2%80%99t-smoke-near-your-mac/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Don’t smoke near your Mac &nbsp; Mac aficionados that also enjoy a pack of Marlboros every now and t]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Think Different]]></title>
<link>http://gabrielgruber.com/2009/11/21/think-different/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gabrielgruber</dc:creator>
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