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  • March 2008

    • Only Obama Can Rescue US 'Brand'

      Salon  |  Mar 3, 08 3:40 PM CST

      Only Obama Can Rescue US 'Brand'

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton is the sturdy candidate resembling Microsoft, John McCain evokes Hummer, and Mike Huckabee’s the Applebee’s of the field, but only Barack Obama "has the secret sauce that Brand America needs to regain its appeal." media consultant Jeff Yang writes in Salon. Yang is part of a team studying the "brand's" international standing, and he shares some insights. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Hillary Clinton  • Apple  • Mike Huckabee  • advertising  • Nike  • USA  • American dream

  • February 2008

    • Phone Makers Chase Fickle Customers

      New York Times  |  Feb 29, 08 11:15 AM CST

      Phone Makers Chase Fickle Customers

      (Newser) - With the cellphone industry increasingly hit-driven, phone designers are plumbing the consumer psyche through cultural experts and focus groups, reports the New York Times. "Our job is to be behaviorists and psychologists," says an exec. Competition has heated up as consumers buy—and discard—phones at an ever-faster rate, with the most trend-conscious getting a new one every 9 months. More »

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      Apple  • cell phones  • iPhone  • cell phone industry  • Nokia  • design  • LG Electronics  • product design  • consumer psychology

    • iPhone Runners Beat Apple to Beijing

      New York Times  |  Feb 18, 08 3:50 PM CST

      iPhone Runners Beat Apple to Beijing

      (Newser) - Even as Apple toils to build exclusive deals with local phone companies and gradually release iPhones abroad, smugglers aren’t holding their breath, and the device is already taking China by storm. As many as one in three iPhones sold last year was unlocked and reprogrammed, the New York Times reports—a blow that could cost Apple $1 billion over the next 3 years. More »

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      China  • Apple  • iPhone  • AT&T  • smuggling

    • 25% of iPhones Get Unlocked

      BusinessWeek  |  Feb 13, 08 9:38 AM CST

      25% of iPhones Get Unlocked

      (Newser) - The worldwide demand for the iPhone is creating a growing gray market where the phones are bought and sold outside of Apple’s restrictions, BusinessWeek reports. The devices are supposed to operate only through cell phone carriers who have contracts with Apple. But as many as 1 million iPhones, or one-fourth of the total sold, are unlocked for use on any network. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • cell phone industry  • AT&T  • unlock iPhone

    • Dow Falls as Nasdaq Posts Gains

      MarketWatch  |  Feb 8, 08 3:57 PM CST

      Dow Falls as Nasdaq Posts Gains

      (Newser) - Stocks showed mixed results today, as the Dow rallied and then teetered to a loss off lingering fears of recession. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq posted moderate gains buoyed by strong showings by Amazon, Google, Apple, and Research in Motion, Marketwatch reports. The Nasdaq gained 11.82 to end at 2,304.85; the Dow fell 64.87 to 12,181.32, and the S&P 500 dropped 5.62 to 1,331.29. More »

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      Google  • Dow Jones  • Apple  • Nasdaq  • JPMorgan Chase  • Bank of America  • Amazon.com  • New York Stock Exchange  • Research in Motion

    • Apple Boosts Memory on Hot Gadgets

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Feb 5, 08 3:55 PM CST

      Apple Boosts Memory on Hot Gadgets

      (Newser) - Apple released new iPhone and iPod Touch models today that cost $100 more than their predecessors and have double the memory. The new iPhone boasts 16GB of memory, and the new iPod Touch has 32GB; each costs $499. "For some users, there's never enough memory," an Apple VP told the San Jose Mercury News . More »

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      Apple  • cell phones  • iPhone  • iTunes  • consumer electronics  • iPod Touch  • movie rentals

    • Mac OS X Grabs Record Market Share

      Fortune Magazine  |  Feb 2, 08 8:41 PM CST

      Mac OS X Grabs Record Market Share

      (Newser) - Apple's Mac OS X operating system grabbed a record 7.57% of market share in January, up 21.7% from the year before, Fortune 's Apple 2.0 blog reports. The computer company’s share grew 3.56% over the course of December, while rival Microsoft Windows faced a .36% loss—though it still holds a wide berth over Apple, with 91.46% of the market. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • operating system  • Microsoft Windows  • Mac OS X  • market share

    • Google for Barack, Microsoft for Hillary

      Reuters  |  Feb 2, 08 5:00 PM CST

      Google for Barack, Microsoft for Hillary

      (Newser) - Barack Obama leads presidential hopefuls in Silicon Valley donations, but Hillary is tops among Microsoft employees, Reuters reports. Residents of the valley that Google, Yahoo, and Apple call home are interested in change, one analyst said: "It is absolutely the case that Obama is seen as different, and therefore appealing to Silicon Valley." Computer-industry workers have sent $940,459 to Obama, compared to $883,125 for HIllary. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Google  • Microsoft  • Apple  • Yahoo  • campaign fundraising  • Silicon Valley

    • iPods OK for Pacemaker Patients, Study Says

      Reuters  |  Feb 1, 08 11:14 AM CST

      iPods OK for Pacemaker Patients, Study Says

      (Newser) - Heart patients who have both pacemakers and iPods can rest easy: The music devices don't affect the cardiac ones, reports Reuters. Two studies published last year suggested that iPods created electrical interference, but a new report by a team of FDA researchers concludes, “No interference effects can occur in pacemakers exposed to the iPods we tested." More »

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      Apple  • iPod  • product safety  • heart health  • portable media players

  • January 2008

    • Meet the Next Big Interface: Multitouch

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 31, 08 1:00 PM CST

      Meet the Next Big Interface: Multitouch

      (Newser) - The iPhone was just the coming-out party: The gesture-based touch commands the phone uses, writes Walter Mossberg in today’s Wall Street Journal , have since been ported everywhere from the Macbook Air laptop to a Microsoft coffee-table-sized computer to iPhone wannabes exhibited all over the recent Consumer Electronics Show. Multitouch could be as big as the mouse, he says, in terms of defining the next generation of graphical interfaces. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • iPod Touch  • Microsoft Surface

    • Errant iPhones? No Big Deal, Analyst Says

      ComputerWorld  |  Jan 28, 08 8:41 PM CST

      Errant iPhones? No Big Deal, Analyst Says

      (Newser) - An estimated 1.4 million iPhones that have been either inventoried or clandestinely unlocked may not pose a significant threat to techno-juggernaut Apple's overall profit. The "missing" phones could force stock prices to dip, "but if you look at Apple," reassures analyst Ezra Gottheil, "It's solidly profitable without the iPhone. The iPhone just takes it up to another level." More »

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      stock market  • Apple  • iPhone  • AT and T  • wireless  • unlock iPhone

    • How 'Bout Them Rotten Apples?

      Wired  |  Jan 24, 08 8:59 PM CST

      How 'Bout Them Rotten Apples?

      (Newser) - Apple has been around for almost a quarter of a century, but not all of its products were as ingenious as the iPod. Wired highlights the company's biggest flops. The MessagePad (AKA The Newton): Fashioned to revolutionize personal computing, this PDA was too far ahead of its time for consumers. Apple Pippin: Apple's only foray into the world of video game systems got buried by Nintendo, Sega, and Sony. More »

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      list  • Apple  • Macintosh  • consumer goods  • inventions  • product design