May 2013
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“When you combine state and federal, Apple is paying approximately $1 million an...”
– Tim Cook as quoted in The Washington Post
April 2013
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“If the history of Apple’s iPhone were accurately captured in a film, audiences...”
– Daniel Eran Dilger in an editorial on Apple’s Ax SoC move from Samsung to TSMC
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“Spending money on great apps means not only do you get great apps now, but...”
– Lex Friedman on why Customers need to help fix the App Store economy
March 2013
4 posts
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“The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how...”
– Evelyn Greenslade, character in the movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011).
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“Apple’s customers appreciate quality, reliability, and usability in a seamlessly...”
– Kate MacKenzie in When It Comes To iPhone And iPad There Are Two Customer Groups Apple Doesn’t Want Or Need
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“For some reason, pundits never tire of reviewing things they’ve never seen. They...”
– The Macalope in Pre-panned for your convenience
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“Where others offer choices, Apple makes decisions. What some of us appreciate is...”
– John Gruber, in Open and Shut
February 2013
5 posts
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“The behaviors required to delight the consumer are simply at odds with the...”
– Charlie Kindel on Why Nobody Can Copy Apple
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“Everyone wants an Argentina, a place where the slate is wiped clean. But the...”
– Dexter Morgan, character in Dexter (Season 7, Episode 8)
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“I believe the only cure for discouragement is dissatisfaction. That it is a key...”
– Patrick Rhone on discouragement vs. dissatisfaction
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“A Swede pays tax more willingly than a Californian because he gets decent...”
– The Economist, on why Politicians from both right and left could learn from the Nordic countries
January 2013
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“The most important thing to Apple is to make the best products in the world that...”
– Tim Cook on Apple earnings and more
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“If pundits knew anything, they’d be running very successful companies...”
– Daniel Eran Dilger in Who wins if Apple’s stock doesn’t skyrocket at earnings?
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“Curiously, cold hard data doesn’t really matter with Apple. Double-digit growth,...”
– Yoni Heisler explaining The Apple double standard
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“When I was a kid, I thought a lot about what made me different from the other...”
– Aaron Swartz in an email exchange from 2009
December 2012
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“Like a satellite in orbit, Apple is perpetually falling. It just happens to miss...”
– Horace Dediu, answering the Quora question: Is this the year detractors of Apple believe it will fall?
Tepid Sales of Microsoft’s Windows 8 Point to... →
parislemon:
It’s almost as if no one wants to admit the obvious: the age of Windows is over. O. V. E. R.
The economy will come back. The sales of Windows-based PCs will not.
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“Anyone who believes Apple is about to have the rug pulled out from under the...”
– John Gruber explaining A Big Misunderstanding about Apple.
danpallotta: Apple’s Attention to Detail →
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“When it comes to the iPad Mini, I have to agree with Apple: It is, by far, the...”
– Nick Bilton in The iPad Mini, Perfect for My Desert Island
November 2012
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Microsoft has failed →
Accurate and thoughtful analyze by Charlie Demerjian.
September 2012
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iOS 6 Features I Didn’t Know About →
chadwilliamsblog:
I have compiled a list of features that I have found in iOS 6 that I did not know about. These are things that Apple has never mentioned and I love them.
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“This iPhone 5 review unit is the single nicest object in my possession. I own...”
– John Gruber, reviewing The iPhone 5
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“Here is the cold hard truth about the iPhone — if people thought the device was...”
– Jim Dalrymple, in iPhone Naysayers
August 2012
3 posts
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WatchCONAN highlight: Samsung vigorously defends itself against Apple’s absurd allegations!
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“This setup right here is Samsung being a parasite on Apple. Samsung don’t have...”
– JohnDoey, in a comment to Samsung’s 2010 Report on AllThingsD
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“Apple has a purpose for everything it does, including this lawsuit.”
– Jim Dalrymple, in Apple’s motivation for suing Samsung
July 2012
2 posts
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“Sometimes the things you want the most don’t happen and what you least expect...”
– Jamie Randall, character in Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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June 2012
3 posts
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“One of my favorite Apple product announcements happened on September 7, 2005. In...”
– Michael Lopp on Rands In Repose: Someone is Coming to Eat You
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“What today’s world needs more than ever before is innovators with vision and a...”
– Cammy H. in Why Facebook is Not Apple: The Difference Between Good Ideas and Visionary Leadership
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“Twitter has achieved in less than six years what Nike, Apple, and Target took...”
– Armin, in Twitter Gives you the Bird
May 2012
2 posts
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“When you find that one person who connects you to the world, you become someone...”
– John Reese, character in Person of Interest (Season 1, Episode 21).
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“Our products are tools and we don’t want design to get in the way. We’re trying...”
– Jonathan Ive, in an interview with The Telegraph
April 2012
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“Our focus is on making the very best smartphone in the world. A phone that...”
– Tim Cook, responding to concern over carrier subsidies.
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“Touchscreens will be supported. However, the Product was designed with the...”
– Google’s Android specification documents in May of 2007.
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“It’s been 2 years since we shipped the iPad and we’ve sold more than 60 million...”
– Tim Cook
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“Anything can be forced to converge. The products are about tradeoffs. You begin...”
– Tim Cook, on combining PC and tablet experiences.
“A mediocre team will screw up a good idea. But give a mediocre idea to a great...”
– Ed Catmull, Pixar (via johannesr)
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“Most companies are looking to ‘wow’ with their products, when in reality what...”
– Christian Lindholm, as quoted in The of course principle of design
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch...”
– Albert Einstein (via johannesr)
March 2012
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“Apple has planned so well for the future that it now has not only a great...”
– Matthew Panzarino, in Why the $399 iPad 2 is the most important announcement Apple made yesterday
February 2012
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“Microsoft’s biggest miss was allowing the world to finally see the truth behind...”
– Patrick Rhone, in Minimal Mac: Microsoft’s Biggest Miss
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“Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units....”
– Tim Cook during Goldman Sachs Keynote on February 14, 2012.
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Yo-Yo Ma pays tribute to Steve Jobs →
“Steve was ever eager to share the latest ‘one more thing.’ I will never forget how he pulled out a prototype of the iPhone for me and the astonished members of the Silk Road Ensemble at UC Berkeley”
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“Simplicity is not a simple thing.”
– Charles Chaplin
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“Facebook is like shouting into a crowd. Twitter is like speaking into a room.”
– Teenager participating in a focus group at Microsoft Research, as quoted in Teens slowly migrating to Twitter. 