Posts by Ricochet

"We believe there is an undying dedication at Apple to innovate and its leadership is working hard to prove bears wrong," he said. I doubt anyone at Apple is working hard to 'prove' anything to anyone. They're working to create great...

I don't think that "innovation" per se is the top priority. "Making great products" is. The former is a lesser-included function of the latter.

Takes too many hands (for wallet/pocketbook, credit card, camera and data entry), and too much time. Strikes me as really cumbersome. Clunky, like this demo: http://www.finovate.com/spring12vid/flintmo.html

Apple's stated goal is to make the best products. So far, a side effect of that has been mountains of money.   The same should be true for customer service. Make it THE BEST, and the money will follow.   Apple exists,...

Were I a Samsung attorney who had seen the Conan spoof, I suppose I'd think seriously about settling. A spoof works because the average Joe "gets it." With a jury composed of 'normal' people, I'd think they could only see it in simple...

"For its part, Path issued an apology and gave users the option to opt out,…" The classy way to do it would be on an "opt in" basis.

Quote: Originally Posted by mwnorris I'm guessing it will concern the estate tax, she is on the hook for quite a bit of cash. So wrong that you are charged to die,… No tax if you give it to charity. What else would she do with it?

Coincident with the coming event is this from http://www.chegg.com/etextbooks/ It's written up on NYT: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0.../?ref=business

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta There's really no excuse for that - her school already issues tablet computers to the kids, so if they had pdf versions, it would be easy. I occasionally see two young girls on the way to school in...

An upgraded replacement for the obsolescing iWeb software would seem to be a natural. Cloud-based?