NEW YORK TIMES media columnist David Carr had an interesting piece in last Sunday’s paper looking at the role Consumer Reports played in the iPhone4-reception debacle. The magazine said it can’t recommend the phone because of issues with the antenna, which wraps around the outside of the device. If the phone is held a certain way, dropped [...]
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Keeping Apple honest
July 21st, 2010 · View Comments · Around the World, Currently, Media Matters, Pop Culture
Tags:apple·Canada·Consumer Reports·David Carr·Gizmodo·iPhone4·New York Times·Steve Jobs·wireless
Jobs: ‘I don’t want to see us descend into a nation of bloggers’
June 14th, 2010 · View Comments · Around the World, Currently, Media Matters, Pop Culture
EARLIER THIS MONTH at the D8 Conference near Los Angeles, Apple CEO Steve Jobs discussed the impact of his company’s latest gadget: the vaunted iPad. In an interview, Jobs was asked whether this new technology – which, among other things, provides print-news organizations with a tool to offer digital content in a more engaging and interactive fashion than through conventional websites – will “save journalism.” “One [...]
Tags:apple·Clay Shirky·digital media·iPad·journalism·media·new media·New York Times·newspapers·Steve Jobs·technlology·Wall Street Journal·Washington Post
iPad to the rescue?
January 30th, 2010 · View Comments · Around the World, Currently, Media Matters, Pop Culture
THE BIG NEWS of the past week – at least for those of us who await Apple’s latest toys with bated breath – was the unveiling of the much ballyhooed iPad tablet. The unfortunate name choice aside – are there no women working in the Apple marketing department? – print media people have been debating the [...]
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