Archive for January 7th, 2010
SAI Editor Henry Blodget Named ‘Jackass Of The Week’
Apple god John Gruber at Daring Fireball adds another accolade to our editor’s trophy case:
Remember how with the iPod, year after year, we were inundated with punditry arguing that the iPod would suffer the same fate as the Mac — “superior technology beaten in the market by cheaper commodity products because Apple tried to maintain too much control”. Or some similar analogy. That didn’t work out well for those pundits.
I haven’t seen as much of that with the iPhone, but Henry Blodget is giving it the old college try, positioning Android as the Windows in the analogy. Now, it’s true that Android is open and the iPhone isn’t, and Android is definitely gaining attention and market share. But the analogy has no legs. The mobile OS market today bears almost no resemblance to the PC market of the ’80s. Blodget can’t even muster an argument as to what Apple should be doing differently. Really: What? License the iPhone OS to other handset makers? Give me a break.
Anyway, this argument is stupid if for no other reason than that iPhone sales are still growing fast.
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AOL Won’t Buy Us (Yet), Says Mashable (AOL)
Remember those rumors that AOL was going to acquire tech blog Mashable?
Mashable founder Pete Cashmore tries to squash them in a note.
He writes:
We’re very open to partnerships and always talk with those that get in touch. We’ve certainly spoken to lots of potential partners, some of those conversations more significant than others. But I don’t feel that any of those conversations reached a point at which Mashable is likely to cease being independent.
What does this mean? Not much. AOL might still be bargaining with Mashable. Or it might not.
Photo: Techset.
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Netflix Stabs Us In The Heart So Hollywood Can Drink Our Blood
FROM TECHCRUNCH: I love Netflix. They’re one of my favorite companies. I think they run their business right both internally and externally. That’s why it was so painful yesterday when they stabbed me in the heart.
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Argentina Central Bank Mutiny Costs Local Bernanke Equivalent His Job, Criminal Charges
A surreal harbinger of what may well transpire in the US some day was today’s firing of the president of Argentina’s Central Bank Martin Redrado by president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The action followed his refusal to release reserves to the government to be used for debt service payments, as well as his refusal to resign. At least in Argentina the Central Bank is answerable to the president, instead of the other way around.
Read the whole post at ZeroHedge — >
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The Wife Of Former White House Counsel Charged With Attempted Murder Is A Skadden Associate
The wife of the former attorney for George Bush charged with strangulation and attempted murder today is an associate in Skadden’s D.C. office.
CBS News reported that Mary Margaret Farren is in stable condition with a broken nose, broken jaw and other injuries. She delivered divorce papers to her husband, John Michael Farren, on Monday. They have a six-year-old and a four-month-old.
She is a 1994 graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, according to her firm bio. She has been with Skadden since 1997.
John Michael Farren is a graduate of the same law school. He served as deputy assistant toe the president and deputy counsel to the president in the most recent Bush administration. He served as Under Secretary of Commerce for the International Trade in the George H.W. Bush administration. He has also served as general counsel and VP of external affairs for Xerox, the Greenich Time reports.
The article, which did not identify Mary Farren by name, quoted her attorney Andrew Bowmen, as saying, “She is terrified of him and we ask that as many restrictions be placed upon him as possible.”
John Michael Farren is being held on $2 million bond.
We’ve reached out to Skadden and will let you know when we have further information.
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