Doing the Math on Apple's $100 Million US Manufacturing Thing
Tim Cook's $100 million US manufacturing announcement got covered like a huge pivot this week. Doing the math against Apple's actual quarterly profit, it's a lot smaller than that.
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One Line of Macs
Tim Cook told Brian Williams Apple will spend $100 million next year building "one line of Macs" in the US. Nobody's said which one, and I think that detail matters more than the headline.
I Got Mars-Baited, and So Did Everyone Else
NASA finally explained the Curiosity rover's "one for the history books" data today at AGU, and it was organic compounds, not aliens. Heres why I fell for the hype anyway.
Told You So: The Autonomy Deal Finally Blew Up
HP's $8.8 billion Autonomy writedown, a year after I called the deal overpriced, plus a side rant about the Nexus 4 selling out again on Cyber Monday.
The Song That Broke the Internet's Scoreboard
Gangnam Style just became the most-watched video in YouTube history, and Im less interested in the song than in what the milestone says about how we measure "big" online now.
Gangnam Style Just Ate Justin Bieber's YouTube Record
PSY's Gangnam Style just passed Justin Bieber's Baby as the most-watched video in YouTube history, and I have some complicated feelings about what that says about the counter, the algorithm, and my own office.
The Horse Dance Beat Bieber
Gangnam Style just passed Justin Biebers Baby as the most-watched video on YouTube, and Ive got thoughts on what that actually means (plus a complaint about my office lobby TV).
Wii U Launch Night: One Hour of Progress Bar
I bought a Wii U on launch weekend and spent the first hour staring at a mandatory system update bar instead of playing anything.
The Nexus 4 Launch Was a Checkout-Page Disaster
Google's Nexus 4 launch turned into a checkout-page disaster this week, and it's not even the first time. Some thoughts on the sale itself, plus a quick note on the HTC 8X hitting more carriers.
Ninety Minutes to Buy a Phone
A blow-by-blow of yesterday's disastrous Nexus 4 checkout meltdown on Google Play, plus some grumbling about the missing LTE radio and a burned-out Galaxy Nexus.
So Nobody Actually Got a Nexus 4 Yesterday
The Nexus 4 went on sale yesterday at $299 unlocked and the Play Store basically collapsed under demand. Some notes from a very frustrating morning of refreshing a checkout page.
Nobody's Anonymous Gmail Account Is Actually Anonymous
The Petraeus story broke last week for political reasons, but the part that actually kept me up was how trivially the FBI traced an "anonymous" Gmail account back to a real person.