paxman

Love this! Reminds me of the original iconic iPod ads. 

macgui said:

 I love background stories like this stuff. Andy Hertzfeld had a daily short podcast years back talking about some bit of Apple and Mac trivia and how this or that came to be. Very entertaining. I hope I run across them when clearing out old, no longer used hard drives.

I wonder if this new New York can be found for mere non-Dev mortals.

You are probably familiar with this site, but if not... go feast  

darelrex said:

Huge Apple fan, but I gotta mention: "Think different" was a parody of IBM's many-decade "Think" slogan.

Good point and I honestly don't know why Apple even bothered with this, other than perhaps win or loose they'd score some publicity points. I mean, cleverly parodying or playing off previous well known ads is par for the course, is it not? Maybe 'Think Different' is too old but I can't help to wonder if in fact "Tick Different' benefits Apple as much as Swatch. Anyway, I think it is clever and as much as benefitting Apple the court case is sure to have added value to the campaign  

How can this story be about whether TC is any good? The story is about Apple having a little fun after the Presidiot blundered again. When I first saw this I thought it was fake news, literally. That someone had edited the video for humor. But no - this really is the president of the US. So sad.

steven n. said:

I'm puzzled over this. Really I am.

In 2008, the media lauded the Obama campaign for using the growing social media platforms to create a grass roots campaign by scraping data from its users and user's "friends". Obama even had a special app for the 2012 campaign requiring FB login and it collected (without clear notification) very similar data as the CA data.

Personally, I think they are both reprehensible invasions, but why was it lauded by the media in 2008 and 2012 as a wonderful use of the new social media platforms and fully demonize in 2016?

Because then we were innocent but now we know better. Then it was political activists being media savvy, now it is advanced tech operators being paid to actively spread false information and to suppress votes. This is all just the beginning in my opinion. I don't think it is realistic to believe that social networks can self regulate in the future. As more and more people get their news and information from facebook and twitter these organizations may have to become editorially accountable. Perhaps they will no longer be able to hide behind the 'We are just a technology company' mantra. I am not sure, but leaving it to Facebook and Twitter to sort out the 'fake news problem' equates to burying ones head in the sand.