Posts Tagged “apple”

Why is the Department of Justice filing charges against Apple and book publishers?

by tom acox on April 13, 2012

There have been a whole lot of articles breaking down the he said/she said controversy in the publishing world.  But the two central things involved are being lost in all the banter. The Department of Justice has brought collusion charges against Apple (…)

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How are people using the iPhone 4S?

by tom acox on October 18, 2011

Apple is tracking where you use your iPhone, oh my

by tom acox on April 21, 2011

I’ve seen this all over Facebook but I don’t think anyone has written about it.  Some guy that used to work for Apple has released an open source app that allows you to view tracking data that your iPhone keeps (…)

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Christmas; The Aftermath Economics

by tom acox on December 30, 2010

Advice on what/where/how to buy folks gifts and the economics behind it have largely been covered. In the week after Christmas I had a few of my own first hand observations. 1. The Real Cost of Returns Here’s the math: (…)

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Don’t be so touchy…

by tom acox on November 9, 2010

Today PC Mag published a story on the likelihood that Microsoft will be the first to go for the touch screen monitor…and then they went on to describe why that is a terrible idea.  Here’s some excerpts: Boy are my (…)

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