techcrunch.com - 8/10/2009
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I’ve had a half dozen or so longer posts about Apple brewing in my head the past couple of weeks. There is no shortage of controversy surrounding the company right now thanks largely to the hugely popular and hugely unpopular aspects of the iPhone. But Jason Calacanis’ post ...
techcrunch.com - 8/8/2009
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techcrunch.com —
While Google CEO Eric Schmidt was on Apple’s
board of directors, the two companies had an agreement...
not to hire away each other’s workers, a former Google employee with knowledge of such matters has told us. We have since confirmed this ...
(more)
Source: Apple And Google Agreed Not To Poach Workers
businessweek.com - 8/7/2009
appleinsider.com - 8/7/2009
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Calacanis's case against Apple: TUAW responds
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Jason Calacanis, the co-founder of Weblogs, Inc. (and the 'godfather' of TUAW), sent out the provocatively titled missive "The Case Against Apple in Five Parts" to his 16,000-member email list on Saturday, and subsequently posted the essay in its entirety to his website. The resulting commotion sparked thoughtful responses from Marco Arment and MG Siegler, among many others. ...
While Rivals Jockey For Market Share, Apple Bathes In Profits
MacBytes.com —
... wanted iPhone minis, they wanted CDMA iPhones, etc. But Apple stuck to its guns and has basically sold one phone, which it could manufacture efficiently, when rivals like Nokia are busy peddling dozens. Sure, there are a few variations on the iPhone (included memory, and now the 3G/3GS), but basically, it’s one phone that is pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars of more profit than the market leader. To people who follow Apple closely, this should be absolutely no surprise. It’s the same thing it does in the computer industry. Despite having a much smaller market share ...
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